Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in Barwon South West explained

See main article: Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections.

Election Name:
(Barwon South West)
Country:Victoria
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Year:2020
Next Year:2028
Election Date:October 2024

This is a list of results for the 2024 Victorian local elections in the Barwon South West region.

Barwon South West has a population of around 450,000 and covers nine local government areas (LGAs), including the City of Greater Geelong.[1]

Colac Otway

Country:Victoria
Election Name:2024 Colac Otway Shire Council election
Election Date:October 2024
Previous Year:2020
Next Year:2028
Type:parliamentary
Vote Type:First preference
Majority Seats:4
Seats For Election:All 7 seats on Colac Otway Shire Council
Largest party
Posttitle:Subsequent largest party
Before Election:Independents
After Election:Independents

Colac Otway Shire Council is composed of a single multi-member ward electing seven councillors.[2]

Colac Otway results

Corangamite

Country:Victoria
Election Date:October 2024
Previous Year:2020
Next Year:2028
Type:parliamentary
Vote Type:First preference
Majority Seats:4
Seats For Election:All 7 seats on Corangamite Shire Council
Largest party
Posttitle:Subsequent largest party
Before Election:Independents
After Election:Independents

Corangamite Shire Council is composed of seven single-member wards. Prior to the 2024 election, it was composed of five wards (four single-member wards and one three-member ward), but the electoral structure has changed as a result of the Local Government Act 2020.[3]

Corangamite results

Party! style="width:70px;"
Votes%SeatsChange
 Independents1,435100.007
 Formal votes1,43596.89
 Informal votes463.11
 Total1,481100.007
 Registered voters12,312

Tandarook

Glenelg

Country:Victoria
Election Name:2024 Glenelg Shire Council election
Election Date:October 2024
Previous Year:2020
Next Year:2028
Type:parliamentary
Vote Type:First preference
Majority Seats:4
Seats For Election:All 7 seats on Glenelg Shire Council
Largest party
Posttitle:Subsequent largest party
Before Election:Independents
After Election:Independents

Glenelg Shire Council is composed of a single multi-member ward electing seven councillors.[4]

Glenelg results

Greater Geelong

Country:Victoria
Election Name:2024 Greater Geelong City Council election
Election Date:26 October 2024
Previous Year:2020
Next Year:2028
Type:parliamentary
Vote Type:First preference
Registered:205,894
Turnout:75.78%
Majority Seats:6
Seats For Election:All 11 seats on Greater Geelong City Council
Image1: IND
Party1:Independents
Last Election1:4 seats
Seats Before1:5
Seats1:6
Seat Change1: 1
Popular Vote1:76,572
Percentage1:50.64%
Swing1: 15.12
Party2:Ind. Liberal
Last Election2:4 seats
Seats Before2:1
Seats2:4
Seat Change2: 3
Popular Vote2:49,649
Percentage2:32.84
Swing2: 6.38
Image3: IND
Party3:Ind. Labor
Last Election3:1 seat
Seats Before3:2
Seats3:1
Seat Change3: 1
Popular Vote3:19,238
Percentage3:12.72%
Swing3: 2.85
Party4:Australian Greens Victoria
Last Election4:1 seat
Seats Before4:0
Seats4:0
Popular Vote4:13,900
Percentage4:9.19%
Swing4: 1.18
Image5: SA
Party5:Socialist Alliance
Last Election5:0 seats
Seats Before5:1
Seats5:0
Seat Change5: 1
Popular Vote5:6,500
Percentage5:4.30%
Swing5: 1.69
Largest party
Posttitle:Subsequent largest party
Before Election:No overall control
After Election:Independents

Greater Geelong City Council is composed of eleven single-member wards. Prior to the 2024 election, it was composed of four multi-member wards (three three-member wards and one two-member ward), but the electoral structure has changed as a result of the Local Government Act 2020.[5]

Greater Geelong results

Party! style="width:70px;"
Votes%Swing SeatsChange
 Independents76,57250.64+15.126 2
 Independent Liberal49,64932.84+6.384
 Independent Labor19,23812.72–2.851
 Greens13,9009.19–1.180 1
 Socialist Alliance6,5004.30+1.690
 Formal votes151,19996.91
 Informal votes4,8223.09
 Total156,021100.0
 Registered voters / turnout205,89475.78

You Yangs

Moyne

Country:Victoria
Election Name:2024 Moyne Shire Council election
Election Date:October 2024
Previous Year:2020
Next Year:2028
Type:parliamentary
Vote Type:First preference
Majority Seats:4
Seats For Election:All 7 seats on Moyne Shire Council
Largest party
Posttitle:Subsequent largest party
Before Election:Independents
After Election:Independents

Moyne Shire Council is composed of a single multi-member ward electing seven councillors.[6]

Moyne results

Queenscliffe

Country:Victoria
Election Date:26 October 2024
Previous Year:2020
Next Year:2028
Type:parliamentary
Vote Type:First preference
Registered:3,351
Turnout:87.85% (0.74)
Majority Seats:3
Seats For Election:All 5 seats on Queenscliffe Borough Council
Image1: IND
Party1:Independents
Last Election1:3 seats
Seats Before1:4
Seats1:3
Seat Change1: 1
Popular Vote1:1,829
Percentage1:64.00%
Swing1: 13.44
Party2:Ind. Liberal
Last Election2:1 seat
Seats Before2:1
Seats2:2
Seat Change2: 1
Popular Vote2:1,029
Percentage2:36.00%
Swing2: 23.02
Largest party
Posttitle:Subsequent largest party
Before Election:Independents
After Election:Independents

Queenscliffe Borough Council is composed of a single multi-member ward electing five councillors.[7]

On 8 March 2022, Independent Labor councillor Susan Salter resigned from council because of an ongoing illness.[8] [9] She died only eight days later on 16 March.[10] [11] The vacancy on council was filled by Isabelle Tolhurst via countback on 12 April 2022.[12] [13]

Queenscliffe results

Southern Grampians

Country:Victoria
Election Name:2024 Southern Grampians
Shire Council election
Election Date:26 October 2024
Previous Year:2020
Next Year:2028
Type:parliamentary
Vote Type:First preference
Majority Seats:4
Seats For Election:All 7 seats on Southern Grampians Shire Council
Image1: IND
Leader1:N/A
Party1:Independents
Last Election1:7 seats
Seats Before1:7
Seats1:7
Popular Vote1:9,575
Percentage1:93.5%
Leader2:Tam Ramsay
Party2:Animal Justice
Last Election2:Did not contest
Seats Before2:0
Seats2:0
Popular Vote2:664
Percentage2:6.5%
Swing2: 6.5
Largest party
Posttitle:Subsequent largest party
Before Election:Independents
After Election:Independents

Southern Grampians Shire Council is composed of a single multi-member ward electing seven councillors.[14]

All successful candidates were independents. The Animal Justice Party was the only party to endorse a candidate, with Tam Ramsay narrowly missing out on being elected.[15] [16]

Southern Grampians results

Surf Coast

Country:Victoria
Election Name:2024 Surf Coast Shire Council election
Election Date:October 2024
Previous Year:2020
Next Year:2028
Type:parliamentary
Vote Type:First preference
Turnout:83.44%
Registered:30,125
Majority Seats:5
Seats For Election:All 9 seats on Surf Coast Shire Council
Image1: IND
Party1:Independents
Last Election1:5 seats
Seats Before1:5
Seats1:5
Popular Vote1:12,164
Percentage1:49.67%
Party2:Back to Basics
Party2 Name:no
Last Election2:Did not exist
Seats Before2:1
Seats2:3
Seat Change2: 2
Popular Vote2:5,604
Percentage2:22.88%
Party4:Australian Greens Victoria
Last Election4:1 seat
Seats Before4:1
Seats4:0
Seat Change4: 1
Popular Vote4:4,284
Percentage4:17.49%
Image5: IND
Party5:Ind. Labor
Last Election5:2 seats
Seats Before5:2
Seats5:1
Seat Change5: 1
Popular Vote5:2,437
Percentage5:9.95%
Largest party
Posttitle:Subsequent largest party
Before Election:Independents
After Election:Independents

Surf Coast Shire Council is composed of three multi-member wards with three members each. Prior to the 2024 election, the council was composed of four multi-member wards (one single-member, two two-member and one four-member).[17]

The "Surf Coast Back to Basics Team" has endorsed four candidates, including incumbent councillor Paul Barker (who has also been endorsed by the Libertarian Party).[18] [19]

Surf Coast results

Party! style="width:70px;"
Votes%Swing SeatsChange
 Independent12,16449.675
 Back to Basics Team5,60422.88+22.883 3
 Greens4,28417.490 1
 Independent Labor2,4379.951 1
 Formal votes24,48997.43
 Informal votes6482.57
 Total25,137100.0
 Registered voters / turnout30,12583.44

Winchelsea

Warrnambool

Country:Victoria
Election Name:2024 Warrnambool City Council election
Election Date:October 2024
Previous Year:2020
Next Year:2028
Type:parliamentary
Vote Type:First preference
Majority Seats:4
Seats For Election:All 7 seats on Warrnambool City Council
Largest party
Posttitle:Subsequent largest party
Before Election:Independents
After Election:Independents

Warrnambool City Council is composed of seven single-member wards. Prior to the 2024 election, it was composed of a single multi-member ward electing seven councillors, but the electoral structure has changed as a result of the Local Government Act 2020.[20]

Warrnambool results

Party! style="width:70px;"
Votes%Swing SeatsChange
 Independents11,547100.00+0.07
 Formal votes11,54795.77+4.56
 Informal votes5104.23–4.56
 Total12,057100.007
 Registered voters26,851

Wollaston

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Victoria's Barwon South West Region . Regional Development Victoria . 2 October 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240315101422mp_/https://www.rdv.vic.gov.au/victorias-regions/barwon-south-west . 15 March 2024.
  2. Web site: Colac Otway Shire Council. VEC. 2 October 2024.
  3. Web site: Corangamite Shire Council. VEC. 2 October 2024.
  4. Web site: Glenelg Shire Council. VEC. 2 October 2024.
  5. Web site: Greater Geelong City Council. VEC. 3 October 2024.
  6. Web site: Moyne Shire Council. VEC. 3 October 2024.
  7. Web site: Borough of Queenscliffe Council. VEC. 4 October 2024.
  8. Web site: Mayne . Stephen . Tracking Victorian Crs who were members of a political party in 2016 . The Mayne Report . 5 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241105042932/https://www.maynereport.com/articles/2016/10/24-0943-8109.html . 5 November 2024 . 6 October 2024.
  9. Web site: Statement from Mayor: Resignation of Councillor Susan Salter . Borough of Queenscliffe . 9 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707162121/https://www.queenscliffe.vic.gov.au/Your-Council/News-and-projects/Latest-news/Statement-from-Mayor-Resignation-of-Councillor-Susan-Salter . 7 July 2022 . 9 March 2022.
  10. Web site: Passing of Councillor Susan Salter . Borough of Queenscliffe . 9 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707170904/https://www.queenscliffe.vic.gov.au/Your-Council/News-and-projects/Latest-news/Passing-of-Councillor-Susan-Salter . 7 July 2022 . 17 March 2022.
  11. Web site: Meade . Michaela . Van Estrop . Chad . Former Queenscliffe mayor and teacher Susan Salter has died . Geelong Advertiser . 9 November 2024 . https://archive.today/20241109014259/https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/geelong/former-queenscliffe-mayor-susan-salter-has-died/news-story/6911f4b00603461280264654dd883c8a?amp&nk=97e906c9098a1fdc4d3169b50eb24d73-1731116591 . 9 November 2024 . 18 March 2022.
  12. Web site: Isabelle Tolhurst elected to Council following countback . Borough of Queenscliffe . 9 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707155957/https://www.queenscliffe.vic.gov.au/Your-Council/News-and-projects/Latest-news/Isabelle-Tolhurst-elected-to-Council-following-countback . 7 July 2022 . 12 April 2022.
  13. Web site: Borough of Queenscliffe Council countback . Victorian Electoral Commission . 9 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241025032001/https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/results/council-election-results/council-by-elections-and-countbacks-timeline/april-2022-borough-of-queenscliffe-council-countback . 25 October 2024 . 13 April 2022.
  14. Web site: Southern Grampians Shire Council. VEC. 4 October 2024.
  15. Web site: RAMSAY, Tam . Victorian Electoral Commission . 7 November 2024 . 17 September 2024.
  16. Web site: Good luck to Dr Tam Ramsay for Southern Grampians AJP member and Vic council elections candidate for Southern Grampians Shire! . Facebook . Animal Justice Party AJP Victoria . 7 November 2024 . https://archive.today/20241107110509/https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1105967527558883&id=100044369381894&_rdr . 7 November 2024 . 20 October 2024.
  17. Web site: Surf Coast Shire Council electoral structure review . VEC . 4 October 2024.
  18. Web site: Join our back to basics movement! . surfcoastbacktobasics.com.au . 13 October 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241107202356/https://surfcoastbacktobasics.com.au/ . 7 November 2024.
  19. Web site: Want council to get back to basics? . Facebook . Surf Coast Back to Basics Team . 13 October 2024 . https://archive.today/20241013002658/https://www.facebook.com/SurfCoastBackToBasicsTeam/posts/pfbid02kWdaJsMiYjNvGF3t1hCro8L5byP6f9Cr7iwaygpmVnBv1RPbZSx1brcywhAQmN2Dl?rdid=fPWSaZbhkh96k5Uw . 13 October 2024 . 9 October 2024.
  20. Web site: Warrnambool City Council. VEC. 4 October 2024.

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