See main article: Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections.
| Election Name: | (Inner Melbourne) |
| 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 Inner Melbourne region.[1] [2]
Inner Melbourne covers three local government areas (LGAs) − Melbourne City Council, Port Phillip City Council, and Yarra City Council.
See main article: 2024 Melbourne City Council election. Melbourne City Council is elected in a single multi-member ward which electing nine councillors through single transferable voting and a leadership team (consisting of a lord mayor and deputy lord mayor) through Instant-runoff voting with each team of candidates running as a single unit.[3] [4]
| Country: | Victoria |
| Election Name: | 2024 Port Phillip City Council election |
| Election Date: | 26 October 2024 |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Vote Type: | First preference |
| Majority Seats: | 5 |
| Seats For Election: | All 9 seats on Port Phillip City Council |
| Image1: | IND |
| Party1: | Independents |
| Last Election1: | 1 seat |
| Seats Before1: | 1 |
| Seats1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 19,090 |
| Percentage1: | 36.21% |
| Swing1: | 21.74 |
| Party2: | Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) |
| Last Election2: | 2 seats |
| Seats Before2: | 3 |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 9,213 |
| Percentage2: | 17.48% |
| Swing2: | 6.24 |
| Party3: | Australian Greens Victoria |
| Last Election3: | 2 seats |
| Seats Before3: | 1 |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 9,171 |
| Percentage3: | 17.40% |
| Swing3: | 3.83 |
| Image4: | RoPP |
| Party4: | Residents |
| Last Election4: | 2 seats |
| Seats Before4: | 2 |
| Seats4: | 3 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 8,279 |
| Percentage4: | 14.85% |
| Swing4: | 1.04 |
| Image5: | PEPP |
| Last Election5: | Did not exist |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 5,465 |
| Percentage5: | 10.37% |
| Swing5: | 10.37 |
| Image6: | IND |
| Party6: | Ind. Liberal |
| Last Election6: | 2 seats |
| Seats Before6: | 2 |
| Seats6: | 0 |
| Seat Change6: | 2 |
| Popular Vote6: | 2,038 |
| Percentage6: | 3.87% |
| Swing6: | 16.49 |
| Largest party | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent largest party |
| Before Election: | No overall control |
Port Phillip City Council is composed of nine single-member wards. Prior to the 2024 election, it was composed of three multi-member wards with three members each, but the electoral structure changed as a result of the Local Government Act 2020.[5]
| Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 19,090 | 36.21 | +21.74 | 1 | ||||
| Labor | 9,213 | 17.48 | −6.24 | 2 | ||||
| Greens | 9,171 | 17.40 | −3.83 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Residents of Port Phillip | 7,279 | 13.81 | −1.04 | 3 | 1 | |||
| People Empowering Port Phillip | 5,465 | 10.37 | +10.37 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Independent Liberal | 2,038 | 3.87 | −16.49 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Victorian Socialists | 461 | 0.87 | +0.87 | 0 | ||||
| Formal votes | 52,717 | 97.66 | +1.57 | |||||
| Informal votes | 1,262 | 2.34 | −1.57 | |||||
| Total | 53,979 | 100.0 | 9 | |||||
| Registered voters / turnout | 74,095 | 72.85 | +7.12 | |||||
| Country: | Victoria |
| Election Name: | 2024 Yarra City Council election |
| Election Date: | 26 October 2024 |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Vote Type: | First preference |
| Registered: | 68,723 |
| Turnout: | 73.04% (3.07) |
| Majority Seats: | 5 |
| Seats For Election: | All 9 seats on Yarra City Council |
| Leader1: | Stephen Jolly |
| Party1: | Yarra For All |
| Last Election1: | Did not exist |
| Seats Before1: | 3 |
| Seats1: | 4 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 16,157 |
| Percentage1: | 32.80% |
| Swing1: | 15.85 |
| Leader2: | N/A |
| Party2: | Australian Greens Victoria |
| Last Election2: | 5 seats |
| Seats Before2: | 2 |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 13,108 |
| Percentage2: | 26.05% |
| Swing2: | 0.07 |
| Image4: | IND |
| Leader4: | N/A |
| Party4: | Independents |
| Last Election4: | 2 seats |
| Seats Before4: | 4 |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 12,685 |
| Percentage4: | 25.75% |
| Swing4: | 3.03 |
| Leader5: | N/A |
| Party5: | Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) |
| Last Election5: | 0 seats |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 3,491 |
| Percentage5: | 7.08% |
| Swing5: | 7.23 |
| Largest party | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent largest party |
| Before Election: | No overall control |
| After Election: | Yarra For All |
Yarra City Council is composed of nine single-member wards. Prior to the 2024 election, it was composed of three multi-member wards with three members each, but the electoral structure changed as a result of the Local Government Act 2020.[6]
After winning a majority at the 2020 election with five seats, the Greens were left with only two seats ahead of the 2024 election.[7] [8] Amanda Stone and Anab Mohamud resigned from the party in 2023 and 2024 respectively, while Gabrielle De Vietri was elected to the Parliament of Victoria in 2022 and replaced by Michael Glynatis via countback.[9] [10]
In early 2024, councillor Stephen Jolly formed Yarra For All (YFA) alongside fellow councillors Michael Glynatis and Bridgid O'Brien.[11] A total of 11 YFA candidates contested the elections, with four of those elected.[12] [13]
The Labor Party endorsed three candidates, while the Victorian Socialists endorsed eight.[14] [15]
| Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yarra For All | 16,157 | 32.80 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Greens | 13,108 | 26.61 | +0.07 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Independents | 12,685 | 25.75 | −3.03 | 2 | ||||
| Victorian Socialists | 3,814 | 7.74 | +7.74 | 0 | ||||
| Labor | 3,491 | 7.08 | −7.23 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Formal votes | 49,255 | 97.90 | +3.09 | |||||
| Informal votes | 1,058 | 2.10 | −3.09 | |||||
| Total | 50,313 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Registered voters / turnout | 68,723 | 73.21 | +3.07 | |||||