This is a list of results for the 2021 New South Wales local elections in the Northern Rivers region.[1][2][3][4]
Ballina
edit| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 1,0195 | 40.4 | 4 |  1
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| Sharon Cadwallader Team | 7,227 | 28.6 | 3 | ||||
| Greens | 4,173 | 16.5 | +16.5 | 2 | 2
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| Labor | 3,676 | 14.5 | +14.5 | 0 | 
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| Formal votes | 25,271 | 90.94 | |||||
| Informal votes | 2,517 | 9.06 | |||||
| Total | 27,788 | 100.00 | 9 | ||||
| Registered voters / turnout | 32,830 | 84.64 | |||||
A Ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Cadwallader Team | Rod Bruem (elected) | 1,395 | 17.6 | ||
| Independent | Steve McCarthy (elected) | 1,371 | 17.3 | ||
| Independent | Phil Meehan (elected) | 1,337 | 16.8 | ||
| Labor | Col Riches | 1,079 | 13.6 | ||
| Greens | Jason Shrieves | 919 | 11.6 | ||
| Independent | Rick Hyde | 818 | 10.3 | ||
| Independent | Lenkunyar Roberts | 335 | 4.2 | ||
| Sharon Cadwallader Team | Simon Kinny | 327 | 4.1 | ||
| Independent | Kevin Loughrey | 290 | 3.6 | ||
| Independent | John Bout | 76 | 1.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 7,947 | 89.5 | |||
| Informal votes | 933 | 10.5 | |||
| Turnout | 82.4 | ||||
B Ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Cadwallader Team | Sharon Cadwallader | 3,321 | 36.5 | ||
| Independent | Jeff Johnson (elected) | 2,172 | 23.9 | ||
| Greens | Kiri Dicker (elected) | 1,485 | 16.3 | ||
| Labor | Keith Williams | 1,215 | 13.4 | [a] | |
| Sharon Cadwallader Team | Eva Ramsey (elected) | 371 | 4.1 | ||
| Independent | Wendy Wishart | 342 | 3.8 | ||
| Labor | Leonie Price | 181 | 2.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 9,087 | 92.4 | |||
| Informal votes | 747 | 7.6 | |||
| Turnout | 85.3 | ||||
C Ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Eoin Johnston (elected) | 3,454 | 41.9 | ||
| Greens | Simon Chate (elected) | 1,769 | 21.5 | ||
| Sharon Cadwallader Team | Nigel Buchanan (elected) | 1,242 | 15.1 | ||
| Labor | Therese Crollick | 1,201 | 14.6 | ||
| Sharon Cadwallader Team | Stephen Bocking | 571 | 6.9 | ||
| Total formal votes | 8,237 | 90.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 837 | 9.2 | |||
| Turnout | 86.3 | ||||
Byron
edit| Elected councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Duncan Dey | Greens | |
| Cate Coorey | Independent (Group B) | |
| Mark Swivel | Mark Swivel Team | |
| Sama Balson | Byron Independents | |
| Asren Pugh | Labor | |
| Sarah Ndiaye | Greens | |
| Peter Westheimer | Byron Independents | |
| Alan Hunter | Byron Alliance | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greens | 3,755 | 21.2 | −21.7 | ||
| Byron Independents | 3,627 | 20.5 | |||
| Mark Swivel Team | 2,969 | 16.7 | |||
| Independent (Group B) | 2,633 | 14.8 | |||
| Labor | 2,196 | 12.4 | |||
| Byron Alliance | 1,235 | 7.0 | |||
| Byron Shire Action Group | 975 | 5.5 | |||
| Independent | John Anderson | 345 | 1.9 | ||
| Total formal votes | 17,735 | 94.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,021 | 5.4 | |||
| Turnout | 18,756 | 73.8 | |||
| Party total seats | Seats | ± | |||
| Independent | 5 | 3
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| Greens | 2 |  1
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| Labor | 1 | 1
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- Incumbent councillor Basil Cameron (Our Sustainable Future) did not seek re-election[8]
Kyogle
edit| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 3,419 | 100.0 | +0.0 | 9 |
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| Formal votes | 3,419 | 95.2 | |||||
| Informal votes | 172 | 4.8 | |||||
| Total | 3,591 | 100.0 | |||||
| Registered voters / turnout | 6,688 | 53.7 | |||||
A Ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Hayden Doolan (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Kylie Thomas (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Janet Wilson (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,251 | ||||
B Ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Robert Cullen (elected) | 534 | 30.5 | ||
| Independent | John Burley (elected) | 415 | 23.7 | ||
| Independent | Maggie May (elected) | 392 | 22.4 | ||
| Independent | Vickie Steward | 210 | 12.0 | ||
| Independent | Bob Dwyer | 202 | 11.5 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,753 | 95.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 90 | 4.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,843 | 83.9 | |||
C Ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Danielle Mulholland (elected) | 813 | 48.8 | ||
| Independent | Tom Cooper (elected) | 446 | 26.8 | ||
| Independent | James Murray (elected) | 322 | 19.3 | ||
| Independent | Simon Dejoux | 85 | 5.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,666 | 95.3 | |||
| Informal votes | 82 | 4.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,748 | 78.0 | |||
Lismore
edit| Elected councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Colby | Steve Krieg | |
| Jeri Hall | Steve Krieg | |
| Andrew Gordon | Steve Krieg | |
| Electra Jensen | Steve Krieg | |
| Andrew Bing | Steve Krieg | |
| Vanessa Grindon-Ekins | Greens | |
| Adam Guise | Greens | |
| Darlene Cook | Labor | |
| Elly Bird | OSF | |
| Big Rob | Independent | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Krieg for Lismore | 12,766 | 49.2 | +49.2 | ||
| Greens | 3,820 | 14.7 | +0.8 | ||
| Labor | 3,195 | 12.3 | −10.3 | ||
| Our Sustainable Future | 2,769 | 10.7 | +0.0 | ||
| Independent | 1,948 | 7.5 | |||
| Independent Lismore | 797 | 3.1 | |||
| Animal Justice | 653 | 2.5 | +2.5 | ||
| Total formal votes | 25,948 | 95.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,140 | 4.2 | |||
| Turnout | 27,088 | 85.9 | |||
Richmond Valley
edit| Elected councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Morrissey | Independent (Group B) | |
| Sam Cornish | Independent (Group B) | |
| Sandra Humphrys | Independent (Group B) | |
| Debra McGillan | Independent (Group B) | |
| Patrick Deegan | Labor | |
| Robert Hayes | Independent (Group D) | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent (Robert Mustow's Group B) | 7,346 | 57.6 | |||
| Labor | 1,769 | 13.9 | |||
| Independent (Group D) | 1,457 | 11.4 | |||
| Independent (Group A) | 1,281 | 10.0 | |||
| Independent (Group C) | 776 | 6.1 | |||
| Independent | Robyn Kapeen | 127 | 1.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 12,756 | 90.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,313 | 9.3 | |||
| Turnout | 14,069 | 85.4 | |||
Notes
edit- ^ Compared to results as an Independent Labor candidate at the 2016 election.
References
edit- ^ "Registers of groups of candidates". New South Wales Electoral Commission.
- ^ "Local Government Register of Groups of Candidates" (PDF). New South Wales Electoral Commission. 29 November 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Local Government Register of Candidates - in Name order" (PDF). New South Wales Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2023.
- ^ "2021 NSW Local Government Elections". ABC News. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Ballina". ABC News.
- ^ "Ballina's new mayor 'humbled and honoured'". echo.net.au.
- ^ "Byron". ABC News.
- ^ "Farewell Byron's true Independent Basil Cameron". The Echo.
- ^ "Kyogle". ABC News.
- ^ "City of Lismore". ABC News.
- ^ "Richmond Valley". ABC News.
- ^ "Richmond Valley Council Group B". Facebook. Richmond Valley Council Group B.