2024 Melbourne City Council election explained

Country:Melbourne
Type:parliamentary
Vote Type:First preference
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2020 Melbourne City Council election
Previous Year:2020
Next Election:2028 Melbourne City Council election
Next Year:2028
Election Date:October 2024
Module:
Election Name:Leadership team
Embed:yes
Votes For Election:Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne
All 9 seats on the City of Melbourne
Colour1:EB612A
Candidate2:TBA
Candidate3:TBA
Candidate4:Arron Wood
Candidate5:Roxane Ingleton
Image6: IND
Candidate6:Anthony Koutoufides
1Blank:Deputy candidate
1Data1:Roshena Campbell
1Data5:Marley McRae McLeod
2Blank:Party
3Blank:Popular vote
4Blank:Percentage
5Blank:2CP
Lord Mayor
Before Election:Nicholas Reece
Before Party:Independent Labor
Posttitle:Elected Lord Mayor

The 2024 Melbourne City Council election will be held in October 2024 to elect nine councillors and a leadership team (consisting of a lord mayor and deputy lord mayor) to the City of Melbourne. The election will be held as part of the statewide local government elections in Victoria, Australia.[1]

Background

Party defections

On 24 June 2022, Bring Back Melbourne councillor Philip Le Liu left the Liberal Party to join the Victorians Party and contest the 2022 Victorian state election.[2] However, the party disbanded on 13 August 2022 before the election was held.[3] [4]

Rohan Leppert trans comments

In March 2022, Greens councillor Rohan Leppert made comments in a private Facebook group about the Andrews state government's gay conversion therapy laws.[5] After the comments were leaked, some Greens members labelled him transphobic and called for him to be expelled from the party.[6]

On 6 April 2022, the Victorian Greens released a statement "in light of recent commentary by Leppert", saying the party "reject[s] any suggestion that trans rights should be up for debate".[7] [8]

Leppert chose in March 2024 not to seek re-election after three terms as a councillor.[9]

Sally Capp resignation

On 28 March 2024, then-lord mayor Sally Capp announced that she would not seek re-election.[10] She resigned as lord mayor on 2 July 2024, and was replaced by deputy lord mayor Nicholas Reece.[11] [12]

Candidates

After being sworn in as lord mayor, Reece confirmed he would seek re-election, although he would not be running as an endorsed Labor Party candidate.[13] He announced incumbent councillor Roshena Campbell as his running mate on 28 July.[14]

The Victorian Liberal Party will endorse leadership team candidates for the first time in the party's history.[15]

In February 2024, former senator Derryn Hinch announced he would run for lord mayor. However, one month later he withdrew due to the cost of running a campaign.[16]

Councillors

Incumbent councillors are highlighted in bold text.[2]

Retiring councillors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Local council elections . Victorian Electoral Commission.
  2. Web site: Car . Sean . City of Melbourne elections: who’s staying, who’s going? . CBD News . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240316052232/https://www.cbdnews.com.au/city-of-melbourne-elections-whos-staying-whos-going/ . 16 March 2024 . 21 November 2023.
  3. Web site: Rooney . Kieran . Victorians Party announce first batch of candidates to take on major parties . Herald Sun . 8 July 2024 . 24 June 2022 . Other upper house candidates include City of Melbourne councillor Philip Le Liu.
  4. Web site: Victorians Party announce abrupt exit from state election race, citing finance difficulties . Herald Sun.
  5. Web site: Greens councillor Rohan Leppert under fire for online comments . OUTinPerth . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240301170339/https://www.outinperth.com/greens-councillor-rohan-leppert-under-fire-for-online-comments/ . 1 March 2024 . 30 March 2022.
  6. Web site: Sakkal . Paul . Leak puts Victorian Greens in turmoil over transgender policy . The Age . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231208012120/https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/victorian-greens-in-turmoil-over-transgender-policy-20220401-p5a9yx.html . 8 December 2023 . 1 April 2022.
  7. Web site: Statement from the Victorian Greens . Victorian Greens . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231002065501/https://greens.org.au/vic/news/statement-from-the-victorian-greens . 2 October 2023 . 6 April 2022.
  8. Web site: Thomas . Shibu . Victorian Greens Apologise To Trans Community Over Out Gay Councillor’s Comments . Star Observer . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230624080011/https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/victorian-greens-apologise-to-trans-community-over-out-gay-councillors-comments/211798 . 24 June 2023 . 7 April 2022.
  9. Web site: Car . Sean . The Greens preselect lead City of Melbourne candidates . Inner City News . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240409031631/https://www.innercitynews.com.au/the-greens-preselect-lead-city-of-melbourne-candidates/ . 9 April 2024 . 27 March 2024.
  10. Web site: Statement from Lord Mayor Sally Capp . City of Melbourne . 28 March 2024.
  11. Web site: Nicholas Reece sworn in as new Lord Mayor . Melbourne News . City of Melbourne . 4 July 2024 . en-AU . 2 July 2024.
  12. News: Aubrey . Cara Waters, Sophie . New lord mayor to target ‘completely unacceptable’ safety issues, cleanliness . 4 July 2024 . The Age . 2 July 2024 . en.
  13. Web site: Backroom Baz: Liberal Party candidate Angela Newhouse pops up at UK election . Herald Sun . Sunday Herald Sun . 8 July 2024 . 7 July 2024 . Reece is of course life long Labor man, having been a former adviser to Steve Bracks and Julia Gillard and being Mayor is his first big step to the front and centre of the political stage.
  14. Web site: Roshena and I have worked together closely on Council for four years, and I have a great deal of respect for her. . Twitter . Nick Reece . 29 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240729091950/https://archive.md/RpTHd . 29 July 2024 . 28 July 2024.
  15. Web site: Placella . Laura . Douglas . Carly . Liberal Party to endorse Melbourne lord mayor for first time in history . Herald Sun . 29 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240729091353/https://archive.md/JeykB . 29 July 2024 . 21 July 2024.
  16. Web site: Derryn Hinch pulls pin on mayoral bid due to the excessive cost of running a campaign . Herald Sun.
  17. Web site: Greens’ Melbourne Lord Mayor ticket to run on housing affordability issue . Herald Sun . 25 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240725010517/https://archive.md/web/20240725010517/https://archive.md/asBl9#selection-911.0-916.0 . 25 July 2024 . 25 July 2024.
  18. Web site: Royall . Ian . Derryn Hinch will contest election for Melbourne’s Lord Mayor . Herald Sun . https://web.archive.org/web/20240302030854/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/pollster-gary-morgan-vows-to-extend-free-tram-zone-in-sixth-lord-mayor-bid/news-story/f8ba690e0a4ac0f1c4368dcefe321365 . 2 March 2024 . 28 February 2024 . His confirmed nomination came as pollster Gary Morgan declared he would also contest the mayoral election, pledging to expand the city’s free tram zone..
  19. Web site: Olivia Ball . Australian Greens Victoria . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240502051426/https://greens.org.au/vic/person/olivia-ball . 2 May 2024.

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