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2020 Melbourne City Council election

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The 2020 Melbourne City Council election was held in October 2020 to elect nine councillors and a leadership team (consisting of a lord mayor and deputy lord mayor) to the City of Melbourne. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Victoria, Australia.

2020 Melbourne City Council election
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Leadership team
 
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Candidate Sally Capp Apsara Sabaratnam Arron Wood
Deputy candidate Nicholas Reece Roxane Ingleton Lisa Teh
Party Team Sally Capp Greens Team Arron Wood
Popular vote 27,949 14,753 13,497
Percentage 31.60% 16.68% 15.26%
2CP 53.44% 46.56%
Lord Mayor before election

Sally Capp
Team Sally Capp

Elected Lord Mayor

Sally Capp
Team Sally Capp

Councillors
All 9 seats in the Melbourne City Council
5 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Independents — 60.57 6 −1
Greens Rohan Leppert 16.00 2 0
Labor Davydd Griffiths 11.64 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Incumbent lord mayor Sally Capp, who was first elected at a 2018 by-election, won a second term, defeating incumbent deputy lord mayor Arron Wood.

Results edit

Leadership Team edit

 
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections § Leadership Team.[edit]
2020 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Leadership Team)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Team Sally Capp Sally Capp
Nicholas Reece 		27,949 31.60 +31.60
Greens Apsara Sabaratnam
Roxane Ingleton 		14,753 16.68 −4.59
Team Arron Wood Arron Wood
Lisa Teh 		13,497 15.26 +15.26
Bring Back Melbourne Nick Russian
Michael Burge 		8,975 10.15 +10.15
Labor Phil Reed
Wesa Chau 		8,355 9.45 +9.45
Back To Business Jennifer Yang
Sandra Gee 		8,219 9.29 +9.29
Victorian Socialists Kath Larkin
Daniel Nair Dadich 		2,911 3.29 +3.29
Morgan-Watts Team Gary Morgan
Mary-Lou Howie 		2,446 2.77 −4.02
Team Zorin Wayne Tseng
Gricol Yang 		1,329 1.50 +1.50
Total formal votes 88,434 96.62 +0.22
Informal votes 3,096 3.38 −0.22
Two-candidate-preferred result
Team Sally Capp Sally Capp
Nicholas Reece 		47,256 53.44 +53.44
Team Arron Wood Arron Wood
Lisa Teh 		41,178 46.56 +46.56
Team Sally Capp hold Swing N/A

Councillor election edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections § Councillors.[edit]
2020 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (councillors)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Team Sally Capp 1. Kevin Louey (elected 1)
2. Roshena Campbell (elected 5)
3. Mark David McMillan
4. Tania Davidge
5. James Young
6. Tina Kuek 		24,395 26.73 −10.72
Greens 1. Rohan Leppert (elected 2)
2. Olivia Ball (elected 6)
3. Emily Corcoran
4. David Jeffery
5. Nakita Thomson
6. Charlotte George 		14,602 16.00 −4.16
Team Arron Wood 1. Jason Chang (elected 3)
2. Peter Clarke
3. Beverley Frances Pinder
4. Abdirahman I. Ali
5. Beverley Honig 		12,187 13.35 +13.35
Labor 1. Davydd Griffiths (elected 4)
2. Mary Delahunty
3. Hamdi Ali 		10,626 11.64 +11.64
Bring Back Melbourne 1. Philip Le Liu (elected 7)
2. Serena Lu Jiang
3. Lauren Sherson
4. Darin Schade 		6,683 7.32 −1.77
Back To Business 1. Elizabeth Mary Doidge (elected 9)
2. Charles Pick
3. Moti Visa
4. Bedri Sainovski 		6,572 7.18 +7.18
Liberal Democrats 1. Paul Silverberg
2. Faith Newman 		5,064 5.55 +5.55
Morgan-Watts Team 1. Jackie Watts
2. Michael Kennedy
3. Haya Aldaghlas
4. Dashi Zhang 		1,541 1.69 −3.22
Victorian Socialists 1. Christopher di Pasquale
2. Jesse Lambourn 		1,441 1.58 +1.58
Sustainable Australia 1. Richard Belcher
2. Bettina Terry 		1,361 1.49 +1.49
Animal Justice 1. Rabin Bangaar
2. Rod Whitfield 		1,251 1.37 −1.07
Residents First 1. Janette Corcoran
2. Mary Masters
3. Samantha Tran 		1,110 1.21 +1.21
Innovate Melbourne 1. Andrew Rowse
2. John Daniell 		817 0.89 +0.89
Team Hakim 1. Jamal Hakim (elected 8)
2. Safaa Hakim 		379 0.41 +0.41
Melbourne - We All Matter 1. Sainab Sheikh
2. Fatuma Ali 		374 0.41 +0.41
Artemis Pattichi - Independent Local Voice 1. Artemis Pattichi
2. Adriana Mendieta Nino 		351 0.38 +0.38
Ungrouped Scott Robson
Luke Downing
Philip Jonathan Bateman
Andrew Ward 		332 0.36 +0.10
Your Melbourne Team Get It Done 1. Mary Poulakis
2. Fiona Sweetman 		291 0.32 +0.32
It Will Be Okay Melbourne 1. Joseph Burke
2. Michael Mach 		203 0.22 +0.22
Total formal votes 88,434 96.62 −1.42
Informal votes 1,686 3.38 +1.42
Turnout 91,531 66.73 +11.54

Key dates edit

Key dates in relation to the election are:[2]

  • Thursday, 28 August 2020 – Close of electoral rolls (4pm)
  • Tuesday, 22 September 2020 – Close of nominations (12 noon)
  • Tuesday, 6 October 2020 – Mail out of postal ballots commences
  • Friday, 23 October 2020 – Close of voting (6pm)
  • Friday, 30 October 2020 – Last day for receipt of postal votes (12 noon)
  • Friday, 13 November 2020 – Declaration of result

Candidates edit

A total of 77 candidates nominated for the election, an increase of 19 from the 2016 election. There are 18 candidates for the Leadership Team positions of Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor running on 9 tickets, up from 14 candidates on 7 tickets in 2016. 59 candidates have nominated for councillor positions, up from 44 in 2016.[3]

Leadership Team edit

Incumbent Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

Socialists candidates Bring Back Melbourne candidates Team Zorin candidates Labor candidates Greens candidates Team Arron Wood candidates
 
  1. Kath Larkin
  2. Daniel Nair Dadich
  1. Nick Russian
  2. Michael Burge
  1. Wayne Tseng
  2. Gricol Yang
  1. Phil Reed
  2. Wesa Chau
  1. Apsara Sabaratnam
  2. Roxane Ingleton
  1. Arron Wood
  2. Lisa Teh
Team Sally Capp candidates Back To Business candidates Morgan-Watts Team
 
  1. Sally Capp
  2. Nicholas Reece
  1. Jennifer Yang
  2. Sandra Gee
  1. Gary Morgan
  2. Mary-Lou Howie

Councillors edit

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one councillor are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

Labor candidates Back to Business candidates Team Arron Wood candidates Your Melbourne Team Get It Done candidates Sustainable candidates Team Hakim candidates
 
  1. Davydd Griffiths*
  2. Mary Delahunty
  3. Hamdi Ali
  1. Elizabeth Mary Doidge*
  2. Charles Pick
  3. Moti Visa
  4. Bedri Sainovski
  1. Jason Chang*
  2. Peter Clarke
  3. Beverley Frances Pinder
  4. Abdirahman I. Ali
  5. Beverley Honig
  1. Mary K. Poulakis
  2. Fiona Sweetman
  1. Richard Belcher
  2. Bettina Terry
  1. Jamal Hakim*
  2. Safaa Hakim
Team Sally Capp candidates AJP candidates Artemis Pattichi - Independent Local Voice candidates LDP candidates Residents First candidates Melbourne - We All Matter candidates
 
  1. Kevin Louey*
  2. Roshena Campbell*
  3. Mark David McMillan
  4. Tania Davidge
  5. James Young
  6. Tina Kuek
  1. Rabin Bangaar
  2. Rod Whitfield
  1. Artemis Pattichi
  2. Adriana Mendieta Nino
  1. Paul Silverberg
  2. Faith Newman
  1. Janette Corcoran
  2. Mary Masters
  3. Samantha Tran
  1. Sainab Sheikh
  2. Fatuma Ali
Innovate Melbourne - Startup The City candidates Morgan-Watts Team candidates Bring Back Melbourne candidates Greens candidates Socialists candidates It Will Be Okay Melbourne candidates
 
  1. Andrew Rowse
  2. John Daniell
  1. Jackie Watts
  2. Michael Kennedy
  3. Haya Aldaghlas
  4. Dashi Zhang
  1. Philip Le Liu*
  2. Serena Lu Jiang
  3. Lauren Sherson
  4. Darin Schade
  1. Rohan Leppert*
  2. Olivia Ball*
  3. Emily Corcoran
  4. David Jeffery
  5. Nakita Thomson
  6. Charlotte George
  1. Christopher di Pasquale
  2. Jesse Lambourn
  1. Joseph Burke
  2. Michael Mach
Ungrouped candidates
 

Scott Robson (Ind)
Luke Downing (Ind)
Philip Jonathan Bateman (Ind)
Andrew Ward (Ind)

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Melbourne City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission.
  2. ^ "Key dates for prospective candidates". Melbourne City Council. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Melbourne City Council / Nominations". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

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