See main article: Results of the 2024 New South Wales local elections.
| Election Name: | (Illawarra) |
| Country: | New South Wales |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Election Date: | 14 September 2024 |
This is a list of results for the 2024 New South Wales local elections in the Illawarra region.[1] [2]
Illawarra covers five local government areas (LGAs), including the City of Wollongong.[3]
| Country: | New South Wales |
| Election Name: | 2024 Kiama Council election |
| Election Date: | 14 September 2024 |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Vote Type: | First preference |
| Majority Seats: | 5 |
| Seats For Election: | All 9 seats on Kiama Council |
| Largest party | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent largest party |
| Before Election: | No overall control |
Kiama Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally to a single ward.
| Country: | New South Wales |
| Election Name: | 2024 Shellharbour City Council election |
| Election Date: | 14 September 2024 |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Vote Type: | First preference |
| Majority Seats: | 5 |
| Seats For Election: | All 8 seats on Shellharbour City Council |
| Image1: | IND |
| Leader1: | N/A |
| Party1: | Independents |
| Last Election1: | 4 seats |
| Seats Before1: | 4 |
| Seats1: | 5 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Leader2: | Rob Petreski |
| Party2: | Labor |
| Last Election2: | 4 seats |
| Seats Before2: | 4 |
| Seats2: | 3 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Largest party | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent largest party |
Shellharbour is composed of four two-member wards and a directly elected mayor.
| Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18,870 | 40.2 | −21.6 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Kellie Marsh Independents | 8,705 | 18.6 | −6.9 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 6,958 | 14.8 | 1 | ||||||
| Kane Murphy Independents | 4,784 | 10.2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 7,586 | 16.2 | −0.1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Formal votes | 46,903 | 92.3 | ||||||
| Informal votes | 3,940 | 7.7 | ||||||
| Total | 50,843 | 8 | ||||||
| Registered voters / turnout | ||||||||
| Country: | New South Wales |
| Election Name: | 2024 Shoalhaven City Council election |
| Election Date: | 14 September 2024 |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Vote Type: | First preference |
| Majority Seats: | 7 |
| Seats For Election: | All 12 seats on Shoalhaven City Council |
| Image1: | SIG |
| Leader1: | Patricia White |
| Leader Since1: | 16 May 2024 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Ward 3 |
| Party1: | SIG |
| Last Election1: | 4 seats |
| Seats Before1: | 4 |
| Leader2: | Kaye Gartner |
| Leader Since2: | 3 June 2024 |
| Leaders Seat2: | None (contesting mayor) |
| Party2: | Greens |
| Last Election2: | 3 seats |
| Seats Before2: | 3 |
| Leader4: | N/A |
| Leader Since4: | N/A |
| Leaders Seat4: | N/A |
| Party4: | Labor |
| Last Election4: | 3 seats |
| Seats Before4: | 3 |
| Image5: | TT |
| Leader5: | Jemma Tribe |
| Leader Since5: | 30 April 2024 |
| Leaders Seat5: | None (contesting Ward 2) |
| Party5: | Team Tribe |
| Party5 Name: | no |
| Last Election5: | Did not exist |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Largest party | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent largest party |
| Before Election: | Liberal |
Shoalhaven City Council is composed of three wards electing four councillors each, as well as a directly elected mayor.
Independent Liberal councillors Serena Copley (Ward 1) and Paul Ell (Ward 2) were endorsed by the Liberal Party for the 2024 election, but the party missed the candidate nomination deadline and none of its candidates (including Copley and Ell) were able to contest.[4] [5]
Incumbent mayor Amanda Findley did not seek re-election, with Kaye Gartner chosen as the Greens mayoral candidate.[6] Gartner is not contesting a ward.[7]
Ward 3 councillor Patricia White led the Shoalhaven Independents Group (SIG).[8] Ward 2 SIG councillor Greg Watson did not seek re-election after 50 years as a councillor.[9]
Former councillor Jemma Tribe announced on 30 April 2024 that she would contest the election leading "Team Tribe".[10] She resigned as a member of the Liberal Party on 1 August after claiming was "told to go on a crash diet and to make way for male candidates".[11]
| Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoalhaven Independents | 30,231 | 46.33 | +4.79 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 13,301 | 20.38 | +20.38 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 13,281 | 20.35 | +0.13 | 3 | |||||
| 8,439 | 12.93 | -13.66 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Formal votes | 65,252 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 5,614 | |||||||
| Total | 70,866 | 12 | ||||||
| Registered voters / turnout | 85,835 | |||||||
| Country: | New South Wales |
| Election Name: | 2024 Wingecarribee Shire Council election |
| Election Date: | 14 September 2024 |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Vote Type: | First preference |
| Majority Seats: | 5 |
| Seats For Election: | All 9 seats on Wingecarribee Shire Council |
| Image1: | FVYD |
| Leader1: | Jesse Fitzpatrick |
| Party1: | FVYD |
| Party1 Name: | no |
| Seats1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 13,421 |
| Percentage1: | 41.1% |
| Swing1: | 41.1 |
| Leader2: | Rachel Russell |
| Party2: | ROC |
| Party2 Name: | no |
| Seats2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 4,217 |
| Percentage2: | 12.9% |
| Swing2: | 12.9 |
| Leader3: | Heather Champion |
| Party3: | Greens |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 2,675 |
| Percentage3: | 8.2% |
| Swing3: | 1.5 |
| Leader4: | David Kent |
| Party4: | Labor |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 2,625 |
| Percentage4: | 8.0% |
| Swing4: | 8.2 |
| Image5: | LGIR |
| Leader5: | Nicole Smith |
| Party5: | Let's Get It Right |
| Party5 Name: | no |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 2,319 |
| Percentage5: | 7.1% |
| Swing5: | 7.1 |
| Image6: | WF |
| Leader6: | Sara Moylan |
| Party6: | Winge. First |
| Party6 Name: | no |
| Seats6: | 1 |
| Popular Vote6: | 2,307 |
| Percentage6: | 7.1% |
| Swing6: | 7.1 |
| Largest party | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent largest party |
| Before Election: | N/A |
Wingecarribee Shire Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally to a single ward.
In March 2021, the council was suspended following the breakdown of relationships between councillors and senior staff.[12] As a result, no election was held for Wingecarribee in December 2021, with the council eventually dismissed in July 2022.[13]
Labor, the Greens and the Libertarian Party contested the election with endorsed party tickets.[14]
The National Party does not endorse candidates in local elections, but the party's Southern Highlands branch supposed the "Wingecarribee First" ticket, which included two Independent Nationals and was led by former Nationals member Sara Moylan.[15] [16] [17]
Additionally, although the Liberal Party is not endorsing candidates, a group composed entirely of Liberal members contested.
| Country: | New South Wales |
| Election Name: | 2024 Wollongong City Council election |
| Election Date: | 14 September 2024 |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Vote Type: | First preference |
| Majority Seats: | 7 |
| Party1: | Labor |
| Leader1: | Tania Brown |
| Last Election1: | 6 seats |
| Seats Before1: | 6 |
| Seats1: | 7 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 62,333 |
| Percentage1: | 52.5% |
| Swing1: | 12.3 |
| Party2: | Greens |
| Leader2: | Jess Whittaker |
| Last Election2: | 2 seats |
| Seats Before2: | 2 |
| Seats2: | 3 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 37,246 |
| Percentage2: | 31.4% |
| Swing2: | 11.1 |
| Largest party | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent largest party |
| Before Election: | Labor |
| After Election: | Labor |
Wollongong City Council is composed of three four-member wards, totalling 12 councillors, as well as a directly elected mayor. At the 2021 election, Labor won six seats.
| Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | 62,333 | 52.5 | +12.3 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Greens | 37,246 | 31.4 | +11.1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Independents | 19,115 | 16.1 | +6.4 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Formal votes | 118,694 | 88.4 | ||||||
| Informal votes | 15,598 | 11.6 | ||||||
| Total | 134,292 | 100.0 | 12 | |||||
| Registered voters / turnout | ||||||||