Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections in Outer Sydney explained

See main article: Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections.

See also: Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections in Inner Sydney.

Election Name:	(Outer Sydney)
Country:	New South Wales
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Next Year:	2024
Election Date:	4 December 2021

This is a list of results for the 2021 New South Wales local elections in Outer Sydney including the Central Coast, though the region is considered to be separate from Greater Sydney.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Outer Sydney and surrounds covers 22 local government areas (LGAs) (excluding the Central Coast), including Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury and Wollondilly.^[5] A further 10 LGAs are in the Inner Sydney region.

Blacktown

The Liberal Party did not endorse any candidates, including its five councillors elected in 2016.^{[6] [7]}

Party! style="width:70px;"

Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Labor		98,633	53.6	+1.8	10
		Blacktown Coalition Team		33,720	18.3	+18.3	1	1
		Independent Liberal		32,747	17.8		3	3
		Your Community Coalition		9,104	4.9	+4.9	1	1
		Greens		4,632	2.5		0
		Blacktown Matters Independents		4,335	2.4		0
		Independent		981	0.5		0
Formal votes			184,152	93.47
Informal votes			12,862	6.53
Total			197,014	100.0

Ward 1

Elected councillor		Party
		Moninder Singh	Labor
		Christopher Quilkey	Labor
		Jess Diaz	Ind. Liberal

Ward 2

Elected councillor		Party
		Julie Griffiths	Labor
		Kushpinder Kaur	Labor
		Michael Stubley	Coalition Team

Ward 3

Elected councillor		Party
		Susai Benjamin	Labor
		Kathie Collins	Labor
		Allan Green	Community Coalition

Ward 4

Elected councillor		Party
		Carol Israel	Labor
		Bob Fitzgerald	Labor
		Peter Camilleri	Ind. Liberal

Ward 5

Elected councillor		Party
		Tony Bleasdale	Labor
		Brad Bunting	Labor
		Livingston Chettipally	Ind. Liberal

Blue Mountains

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Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Labor		24,032	49.2	+11.4	6	1
		Liberal		11,750	24.1	−1.1	3	1
		Greens		7,296	14.9	−4.3	2
		Independent		5,755	11.8	−5.9	1
Formal votes			48,833	96.48
Informal votes			1,784	3.52
Total			50,617	100.00

Ward 1

Elected councillor		Party
		Suzie van Opdorp	Labor
		Kevin Schreiber	Liberal
		Sarah Redshaw	Greens

Ward 2

Elected councillor		Party
		Claire West	Labor
		Romola Hollywood	Labor
		Brent Hoare	Greens

Ward 3

Elected councillor		Party
		Mick Fell	Labor
		Roza Sage	Liberal
		Daniel Myles	Independent

Ward 4

Elected councillor		Party
		Mark Greenhill	Labor
		Nyree Fisher	Labor
		Brendan Christie	Liberal

Burwood

Elected councillor		Party
		Heather Crichton	Labor
		George Mannah	Labor
		Pascale Esber	Labor
		David Hull	Liberal
		Hugo Robinson	Liberal
		Ned Cutcher	Greens

Camden

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Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal		27,148	44.0	+12.0	4
		Labor		20,351	33.0	+8.0	3
		Independent		13,913	22.5	−20.5	2
		Shooters, Fishers and Farmers		314	0.5	+0.5	0
Formal votes			61,726	94.58
Informal votes			3,537	5.42
Total			65,263	100.0

Central

Elected councillor		Party
		Therese Fedeli	Liberal
		Ashleigh Cagney	Labor
		Peter McLean	Independent

North

Elected councillor		Party
		Lara Symkowiak	Liberal
		Cindy Cagney	Labor
		Usha Dommaraju	Liberal

South

Elected councillor		Party
		Russel Zammit	Liberal
		Eva Campbell	Independent
		Paul Farrow	Labor

Campbelltown

Elected councillor		Party
		George Brticevic	Labor
		Meg Oates	Labor
		Darcy Lound	Labor
		Margaret Chivers	Labor
		Rey Manoto	Labor
		Masood Chowdhury	Labor
		Karen Hunt	Labor
		George Greiss	Liberal
		Marian George	Liberal
		Riley Munro	Liberal
		John Chew	Liberal
		Matt Stellino	Animal Justice
		Josh Cotter	Community First
		Masud Khalil	Community Voice
		Warren Morrison	TLCP

Four councillors did not seek re-election:

• Ralph George − announced 3 November 2021
• Ted Rowell − announced 3 November 2021
• Paul Lake (Community First) − announced 3 November 2021^[8]
• Bob Thompson (Bob Thompson's Independent Team) − announced 3 November 2021^[8]

Canada Bay

Elected councillor		Party
		Michael Megna	Liberal
		Stephanie Di Pasqua	Liberal
		Anthony Bazouni	Liberal
		Julia Little	Labor
		Andrew Ferguson	Labor
		Joseph Cordaro	OLC
		Carmela Ruggeri	OLC
		Charles Jago	Greens

Canterbury-Bankstown

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Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Labor		83,724	47.4	+0.0	9
		Liberal		52,960	30.0	+0.6	5
		Greens		6,608	3.7	−4.8	0	1
		Independent		16,221	9.1	+4.6	0
		Barbara Coorey Independent Group		9,027	5.1	+5.1	1	1
		Our Local Community		5,105	2.9	−7.2	0
		Animal Justice		2,746	8.2	+8.2	0
		Communist League		99	0.1		0
Formal votes			176,490

Bankstown

Elected councillor		Party
		Khal Asfour	Labor
		Bilal El-Hayek	Labor
		George Zakhia	Liberal

Bass Hill

Elected councillor		Party
		Rachelle Harika	Labor
		Christopher Cahill	Labor
		Charlie Ishac	Liberal

Canterbury

Elected councillor		Party
		Clare Raffan	Labor
		Jessie Nguyen	Liberal
		Barbara Coorey	BCIG

Revesby

Elected councillor		Party
		David Walsh	Labor
		Linda Downey	Labor
		Charbel Abouraad	Liberal

Roselands

Elected councillor		Party
		Karl Saleh	Labor
		Bhadra Waida	Labor
		Sazeda Akter	Liberal

Cumberland

Country:	New South Wales
Election Name:	2021 Cumberland City Council election
Election Date:	4 December 2021
Previous Year:	2017
Next Year:	2024
Type:	parliamentary
Vote Type:	First preference
Majority Seats:	8
Party1:	Labor
Last Election1:	8 seats
Seats Before1:	6
Seats1:	8
Seat Change1:	2
Popular Vote1:	47,343
Percentage1:	48.6%
Swing1:	9.4
Party2:	OLC
Last Election2:	2 seats
Seats Before2:	3
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	1
Popular Vote2:	27,547
Percentage2:	28.3%
Swing2:	14.0
Image3:	IND
Party3:	Ind. Liberal
Last Election3:	Did not contest
Seats Before3:	5
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	3
Popular Vote3:	12,467
Percentage3:	12.8
Swing3:	13.4
Largest party
Posttitle:	Subsequent largest party
Before Election:	Labor
After Election:	Labor

Cumberland City Council is composed of five three-member wards, totalling 15 councillors. At the 2017 election, Labor won a majority with eight seats.^[9]

In 2017, Greystanes Ward councillor Greg Cummings was suspended from Labor, and was expelled from the party in October 2018. In September 2019, Granville Ward councillor Steve Christou left Labor to join Our Local Community.

The Liberal Party did not endorse any candidates, leading its incumbent councillors to contest as Independent Liberals.^[10]

Cumberland results

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Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Labor		47,343	48.6	+9.4	8
		Our Local Community		27,547	28.3	+14.0	4	2
		Independent Liberal		12,467	12.8	−13.4	2	3
		The Independents		6,388	6.5	+6.5	1	1
		Greens		2,748	2.8	+1.1	0
		Independent		968	1.0		0
Formal votes			97,461	96.48

Granville

Elected councillor		Party
		Ola Hamed	Labor
		Steve Christou	OLC
		Joseph Rahme	Ind. Liberal

Greystanes

Elected councillor		Party
		Diane Colman	Labor
		Eddy Sarkis	OLC
		Greg Cummings	The Independents

Regents Park

Elected councillor		Party
		Kun Huang	Labor
		Sabrin Farooqui	Labor
		Helen Hughes	OLC

South Granville

Elected councillor		Party
		Glenn Elmore	Labor
		Mohamad Hussein	Labor
		Paul Garrard	OLC

Wentworthville

Elected councillor		Party
		Suman Saha	Labor
		Lisa Lake	Labor
		Michael Zaiter	Ind. Liberal

Fairfield

Country:	New South Wales
Election Name:	2021 Fairfield City Council election
Election Date:	4 December 2021
Previous Year:	2016
Next Year:	2024
Type:	parliamentary
Vote Type:	First preference
Majority Seats:	7
Seats For Election:	All 12 seats on Fairfield City Council
Leader1:	Frank Carbone
Seats1:	6
Popular Vote1:	39,445
Percentage1:	42.5%
Leader2:	Dai Le
Seats2:	3
Popular Vote2:	18,774
Percentage2:	20.2%
Leader3:	George Barcha
Party3:	Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)
Seats3:	3
Popular Vote3:	23,081
Percentage3:	24.9%
Swing3:	20.2
Largest party
Posttitle:	Subsequent largest party
Before Election:	Labor
After Election:	Carbone-Le Alliance

Fairfield City Council is composed of two six-member wards, as well as a directly-elected mayor.

The Liberal Party did not endorse any candidates, including its three councillors elected in 2016.^[11]

The election was conducted by the Australian Election Company.^[11]

Although Frank Carbone and Dai Le formed their own groups, they have an alliance on council.^{[12] [13] [14]}

Fairfield results

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Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Frank Carbone		39,445	42.5		6
		Dai Le		18,774	20.2		3
		Labor		23,081	24.9	−20.2	3	3
		The Real Local		3,468	3.7	+3.7	0
		Independent		3,007	3.2		0
		Our Local Community		2,880	3.1	+3.1	0
		Independent Liberal		2,207	2.4	−16.1	0	3
Formal votes			92,862

Fairfield/Cabravale

• Paul Azzo did not seek re-election^[15]

Parks

• Joe Molluso did not seek re-election^[16]

Georges River

Country:	New South Wales
Election Name:	2021 Georges River Council election
Election Date:	4 December 2021
Previous Year:	2017
Next Year:	2024
Type:	parliamentary
Vote Type:	First preference
Majority Seats:	8
Party1:	Labor
Last Election1:	6 seats
Seats Before1:	6
Seats1:	5
Seat Change1:	1
Popular Vote1:	25,064
Percentage1:	32.4%
Swing1:	5.7
Party2:	Liberal
Last Election2:	5 seats
Seats Before2:	5
Seats2:	5
Popular Vote2:	22,459
Percentage2:	29.0%
Swing2:	4.6%
Image3:	R&R
Party3:	GRRRP
Last Election3:	Did not exist
Seats Before3:	0
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	4
Popular Vote3:	16,607
Percentage3:	21.4%
Swing3:	21.4
Largest party
Posttitle:	Subsequent largest party
Before Election:	Labor
After Election:	No overall control

Georges River Council is composed of five three-member wards, totalling 15 councillors. At the 2017 election, Labor won a plurality with six seats.

Georges River results

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Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Labor		25,064	32.4	−5.7	5	1
		Liberal		22,459	29.0	−4.6	5
		Residents and Ratepayers		16,607	21.4	+21.4	4	4
		Independents		10,279	13.3	−5.1	0	3
		Georges River Association		2,105	2.7	+2.7	1	1
		Kogarah Residents' Association		919	1.2	−3.4	0	1
		Communist League		17	0.0	+0.0	0
Formal votes			77,450	94.56
Informal votes			4,456	5.44
Total			81,906	100.00

Blakehurst

Elected councillor		Party
		Sam Elmir	Liberal
		Natalie Mort	GRRRP
		Kathryn Landsberry	Labor

Hurstville

Elected councillor		Party
		Colleen Symington	Labor
		Nancy Liu	Liberal
		Benjamin Wang	GRA

Kogarah Bay

Elected councillor		Party
		Nick Katris	Labor
		Elise Borg	GRRRP
		Sam Stratikopoulos	Liberal

Mortdale

Elected councillor		Party
		Warren Tegg	Labor
		Nick Smerdely	Liberal
		Christina Jamieson	GRRRP

Peakhurst

Elected councillor		Party
		Kevin Greene	Labor
		Lou Konjarski	Liberal
		Peter Mahoney	GRRRP

Hawkesbury

Elected councillor		Party
		Sarah McMahon	Liberal
		Patrick Conolly	Liberal
		Paul Veigel	Liberal
		Jill Reardon	Liberal
		Barry Calvert	Labor
		Amanda Kotlash	Labor
		Mary Lyons-Buckett	People Not Parties
		Nathan Zamprogno	Ind. Liberal
		Les Sheather	Les and The Doc
		Shane Djuric	SFF
		Danielle Wheeler	Greens
		Eddie Dogramaci	Small Business

Hornsby

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Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal		42,748	50.2	+6.3	6	4
		Greens		23,904	28.1	+9.1	3	1
		Labor		11,755	13.0	−3.8	0	2
		Independent		6,664	7.8	−12.3	0	1
Formal votes			85,071	96.89
Informal votes			2,732	3.11
Total			87,803	100.00

A Ward

Elected councillor		Party
		Nathan Tilbury	Liberal
		Warren Waddell	Liberal
		Tania Salitra	Greens

B Ward

Elected councillor		Party
		Sallianne McClelland	Liberal
		Monika Ball	Greens
		Janelle McIntosh	Labor

• Joe Nicita (Greens) moved from B Ward to C Ward to contest as the second candidate on independent councillor Vince del Gallego's ticket^[17]

C Ward

Elected councillor		Party
		Verity Greenwood	Liberal
		Sreeni Pillamarri	Liberal
		Emma Heyde	Greens

Ku-ring-gai

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Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
				39,069	56.8		6
		Your Voice on Local Issues		6,863	10.0		1
				6,053	8.8		0
				5,908	8.6		2
		Preserve Ku-ring-gai		2,600	3.8		1
		Greg Cook & Tori Huxtable		2,455	3.6		0
				1,840	3.6		0
		Roshan Wickremanayake Group		1,729	2.5		0
		Comenarra Independents		1,170	1.7		0
		Campaign for Comenarra		1,075	1.6		0
Formal votes			68,762	94.94
Informal votes			3,665	5.06
Turnout			72,427

Wahroonga

Liverpool

South

Parramatta

The Liberal Party did not endorse any candidates, including its six councillors elected in 2017.^[18]

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Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Labor		46,022	41.5	+10.3	7	2
		Our Local Community		21,476	19.4	+12.3	4	2
		Greens		11,233	10.1	+2.7	1
		Lorraine Wearne Independents		9,423	8.5	+4.4	1
		Independent Liberal		6,310	5.7	−30.8	1	5
		Kellie Darley Independents		4,637	4.2	+4.2	1	1
		Lee Malkoun Independents		3,489	3.1	−5.9	0
		Small Business		3,126	2.8	+2.8	0
		Liberal Democrats		2,161	2.0	+2.0	0
		Independent		1,882	1.7		0
		Community Need Not Corporate Greed		1,026	0.9	+0.9	0
Formal votes			110,785	95.23
Informal votes			5,547	4.77
Total			116,332	100.0

Dundas

Elected councillor		Party
		Pierre Esber	Labor
		Michelle Garrard	OLC
		Kellie Darley	Kellie Darley Inds

Epping

Elected councillor		Party
		Donna Davis	Labor
		Lorraine Wearne	Lorraine Wearne Inds
		Cameron Maclean	Labor

North Rocks

Elected councillor		Party
		Angela Humphries	Labor
		Georgina Valjak	Ind. Liberal
		Donna Wang	OLC

Parramatta

Elected councillor		Party
		Sameer Pandey	Labor
		Henry Green	OLC
		Phil Bradley	Greens

Rosehill

Elected councillor		Party
		Patricia Prociv	Labor
		Dan Siviero	OLC
		Paul Noack	Labor

Penrith

The election was conducted by the Australian Election Company.^[19]

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Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Labor		36,376	34.5	–6.2	5
		Liberal		35,081	33.3	+2.9	6
		Independent		10,336	9.8
		Sue Day Independent		6,859	6.5		1
		The North Ward Independents		5,820	5.5		1
		MARCUS CORNISH		3,868	3.7
		WE DESERVE BETTER		3,073	2.9		1
		Australia First		2,549	2.4	+2.4
		People Before Politics		1,534	1.5
Formal votes			105,496

East

Elected councillor		Party
		Bernard Bratusa	Liberal
		Tricia Hitchen	Liberal
		Todd Carney	Labor
		Robin Cook	Labor
		Marlene Shipley	WE DESERVE BETTER

North

Elected councillor		Party
		Ross Fowler	Liberal
		Glenn Gardiner	Liberal
		John Thain	Labor
		Jonathan Pullen	Labor
		Kevin Crameri	North Ward Inds

South

Elected councillor		Party
		Mark Davies	Liberal
		Mark Rusev	Liberal
		Karen McKeown	Labor
		Sue Day	Sue Day
		Jim Aitken	Independent

Notes and References

1. Web site: Registers of groups of candidates . New South Wales Electoral Commission.
2. Web site: Local Government Register of Groups of Candidates . New South Wales Electoral Commission . https://web.archive.org/web/20231215223532/https://elections.nsw.gov.au/getmedia/0147e933-e782-4159-9d3d-d05465ae381a/2021-lg-groups-of-candidates.pdf . 15 December 2023 . 29 November 2021.
3. Web site: Local Government Register of Candidates - in Name order . New South Wales Electoral Commission . https://web.archive.org/web/20231204055800/https://bicyclensw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20211019-LG-Register-of-Candidates-by-Name-1.pdf . 4 December 2023.
4. Web site: 2021 NSW Local Government Elections . ABC News . https://web.archive.org/web/20230331050545/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/nswlg/2021 . 31 March 2023.
5. Web site: Coast is top spot to move to in Greater Sydney area . Coast Community News . 25 August 2024 . 19 May 2024 . 3 October 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241003115447/https://coastcommunitynews.com.au/central-coast/news/2024/05/coast-is-top-spot-to-move-to-in-greater-sydney-area/ . live .
6. Web site: Blacktown . ABC News.
7. Web site: Blacktown council election, 2021 . The Tally Room.
8. Web site: Paul Lake, Bob Thompson, Ted Rowell, Ralph George farewell Campbelltown Council . The Daily Telegraph . 3 November 2021.
9. Web site: Cumberland . ABC News . 7 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230604112912/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/nswlg/2017/cumberland . 4 June 2023 . 9 September 2017.
10. Web site: Rayner . Isabella . 'I stand by my decision': Labor councillor whose vote banned same-sex parenting books from council libraries breaks silence . Sky News Australia . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240708075848/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/i-stand-by-my-decision-labor-councillor-whose-vote-banned-samesex-parenting-books-from-council-libraries-breaks-silence/news-story/fc891eb5dab536bb23ce24415ae2e2e4 . 8 July 2024 . 8 May 2024 . He was also runner up at the last elections in 2021, where Cumberland Council elected a Labor majority with two Independent Liberals..
11. Web site: City of Fairfield . ABC News . 12 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240627015346/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/nswlg/2021/fairfield . 27 June 2024 . 4 December 2021.
12. Web site: Raue . Ben . Booth map of the day: Fowler . The Tally Room . 12 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240909141103/https://www.tallyroom.com.au/47903 . 9 September 2024 . 14 June 2022.
13. Web site: Raue . Ben . Fairfield council election, 2024 . The Tally Room . 12 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240908105552/https://www.tallyroom.com.au/nswcouncil2024/fairfield2024 . 8 September 2024.
14. Web site: What do Greater Sydney’s council candidates really think? We asked all of them . Sydney Morning Herald . 11 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240911234224/https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/what-do-greater-sydney-s-council-candidates-really-think-we-asked-all-of-them-20240906-p5k8ea.html . 11 September 2024 . 10 September 2024.
15. Web site: Fairfield council election, 2021 . The Tally Room.
16. Web site: Fairfield council election, 2021 . The Tally Room.
17. Web site: Hornsby council election, 2021 . The Tally Room.
18. Web site: City of Parramatta . ABC News.
19. Web site: Penrith . ABC News.