See main article: Results of the 2024 New South Wales local elections.
| Election Name: | (Northern Rivers) |
| 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 Northern Rivers region.
The Northern Rivers has a total population of 311,295 and includes seven local government areas (LGAs), including Tweed Shire.[1]
| Country: | New South Wales |
| Election Name: | 2024 Ballina Shire 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 Ballina Shire Council |
| Image1: | SCT |
| Party1: | Cadwallader Team |
| Party1 Name: | no |
| Last Election1: | 3 seats |
| Seats Before1: | 2 |
| Seats1: | 3 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 10,369 |
| Percentage1: | 40.28% |
| Swing1: | 11.68 |
| Leader2: | Kiri Dicker |
| Party2: | Greens |
| Last Election2: | 2 seats |
| Seats Before2: | 2 |
| Seats2: | 3 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 6,706 |
| Percentage2: | 26.05% |
| Swing2: | 9.55 |
| Image4: | IND |
| Leader4: | N/A |
| Party4: | Independents |
| Last Election4: | 4 seats |
| Seats Before4: | 5 |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seat Change4: | 3 |
| Popular Vote4: | 5,307 |
| Percentage4: | 20.61% |
| Swing4: | 19.79 |
| Leader5: | Andrew Broadley |
| Party5: | Labor |
| Last Election5: | 0 seats |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Popular Vote5: | 1,950 |
| Percentage5: | 7.57% |
| Swing5: | 6.93 |
| Largest party | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent largest party |
| Before Election: | Independents |
| After Election: | Sharon Cadwallader Team |
Ballina Shire Council is composed of three three-member wards, as well as a directly elected mayor.
In August 2024, Sharon Cadwallader Team councillor Eva Ramsey split from the group to contest the election as a self-described "true independent".[2] Two other Cadwallader Team councillors, Rod Bruem (A Ward) and Nigel Buchanan (C Ward), did not seek re-election.[3] Independent B Ward councillor Jeff Johnson also did not recontest, endorsing candidates from the Greens (the party he was a member of until 2015).[4] [5]
| Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Cadwallader Team | 10,369 | 40.28 | +11.68 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Greens | 6,706 | 26.05 | +9.55 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Independents | 5,307 | 20.61 | −19.79 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Labor | 1,950 | 7.57 | −6.93 | 0 | ||||
| Independent Labor | 1,410 | 5.47 | +5.47 | 1 | ||||
| Formal votes | 25,742 | 88.49 | ||||||
| Informal votes | 3,349 | 11.51 | ||||||
| Total | 29,091 | 9 | ||||||
| Registered voters / turnout | ||||||||
| Country: | New South Wales |
| Election Name: | 2024 Byron Shire 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 Byron Shire Council |
| Leader1: | Sarah Ndiaye |
| Party1: | Greens |
| Last Election1: | 2 seats |
| Seats Before1: | 2 |
| Seats1: | 3 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 6,772 |
| Percentage1: | 36.7% |
| Swing1: | 15.2 |
| Leader2: | Asren Pugh |
| Party2: | Labor |
| Last Election2: | 1 seat |
| Seats Before2: | 2 |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 5,001 |
| Percentage2: | 27.1 |
| Swing2: | 13.7 |
| Image4: | BSC |
| Leader4: | David Warth |
| Party4: | Compass |
| Party4 Name: | no |
| Last Election4: | Did not exist |
| Seats Before4: | 0 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 2,503 |
| Percentage4: | 13.6% |
| Swing4: | 13.6 |
| Image5: | BI |
| Leader5: | Michael Lyon |
| Party5: | Byron Inds |
| Party5 Name: | no |
| Last Election5: | 2 seats |
| Seats Before5: | 2 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 2,161 |
| Percentage5: | 11.7% |
| Swing5: | 8.8 |
| Largest party | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent largest party |
Byron Shire Council is composed of eight councillors elected proportionally to a single ward, as well as a directly elected mayor.
In August 2024, mayor Michael Lyon was charged with assault and stalking after an alleged domestic violence incident.[6] Following the charges, Mark Swivel and Meredith Wray withdrew as candidates for Lyon's "Byron Independents" group.[7] Swivel joined the Labor Party, while Wray joined the "Bright Future Byron" group.[8] [9]
| Country: | New South Wales |
| Election Date: | 14 September 2024 |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Vote Type: | First preference |
| Registered: | 41,897 |
| Turnout: | 83.7% (2.0) |
| Majority Seats: | 5 |
| Image1: | IND |
| Leader1: | N/A |
| Party1: | Independents |
| Last Election1: | 6 seats |
| Seats Before1: | 6 |
| Seats1: | 6 |
| Popular Vote1: | 22,686 |
| Percentage1: | 71.3% |
| Leader2: | N/A |
| Party2: | Ind. National |
| Last Election2: | 2 seats |
| Seats Before2: | 2 |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 6,150 |
| Percentage2: | 19.3% |
| Leader3: | Greg Clancy |
| Party3: | Greens |
| Last Election3: | 1 seat |
| Seats Before3: | 1 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 2,998 |
| Percentage3: | 9.4% |
| Swing3: | 0.9 |
| Largest party | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent largest party |
Clarence Valley Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally to a single ward.
| Country: | New South Wales |
| Election Name: | 2024 Kyogle 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 Kyogle Council |
| Image1: | IND |
| Party1: | Independents |
| Last Election1: | 9 seats |
| Seats Before1: | 9 |
| Party2: | Ind. Labor |
| Last Election2: | Did not contest |
| Seats Before2: | 0 |
| Largest party | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent largest party |
Kyogle Council is composed of three three-member wards, totalling nine councillors.
| Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal votes | ||||||||
| Informal votes | ||||||||
| Total | ||||||||
| Registered voters / turnout | ||||||||
| Country: | New South Wales |
| Election Name: | 2024 Lismore City Council election |
| Election Date: | 14 September 2024 |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Vote Type: | First preference |
| Registered: | 31,947 |
| Turnout: | 83.8% (2.1) |
| Majority Seats: | 6 |
| Seats For Election: | All 10 seats on Lismore City Council |
| Image1: | SKFL |
| Leader1: | Steve Krieg |
| Party1: | Steve Krieg |
| Party1 Name: | no |
| Last Election1: | 5 seats |
| Seats Before1: | 5 |
| Seats1: | 5 |
| Popular Vote1: | 12,240 |
| Percentage1: | 48.7% |
| Swing1: | 0.5 |
| Leader2: | Vanessa Grindon-Ekins |
| Party2: | Greens |
| Last Election2: | 2 seats |
| Seats Before2: | 2 |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 5,435 |
| Percentage2: | 21.6% |
| Swing2: | 6.9 |
| Leader3: | Harper Dalton-Earls |
| Party3: | Labor |
| Last Election3: | 1 seat |
| Seats Before3: | 1 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 4,127 |
| Percentage3: | 16.4% |
| Swing3: | 4.1 |
| Largest party | |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent largest party |
Lismore City Council is composed of ten councillors elected proportionally to a single ward, as well as a directly elected mayor.
Our Sustainable Future councillor Elly Bird announced in July 2024 that she would not seek re-election.[10]
Greens councillor Vanessa Grindon-Ekins only contested the mayoral election and did not seek re-election as a councillor.[11] [12]