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2021 New South Wales local elections
(Outer Sydney)

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This is a list of results for the 2021 New South Wales local elections in Outer Sydney including the Central Coast, though the region is considered to be separate from Greater Sydney.

Outer Sydney and surrounds covers 22 local government areas (LGAs) (excluding the Central Coast), including Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury and Wollondilly. A further 10 LGAs are in the Inner Sydney region.

Blacktown

The Liberal Party did not endorse any candidates, including its five councillors elected in 2016.

2021 New South Wales local elections: Blacktown

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		98,633	53.6	+1.8	10
	Blacktown Coalition Team		33,720	18.3	+18.3	1	1
	Independent Liberal		32,747	17.8		3	3
	Your Community Coalition		9,104	4.9	+4.9	1	1
	Greens		4,632	2.5		0
	Blacktown Matters Independents		4,335	2.4		0
	Independent		981	0.5		0
Formal votes			184,152	93.47
Informal votes			12,862	6.53
Total			197,014	100.0

Ward 1

Ward 2

Ward 3

Ward 4

Ward 5

Blue Mountains

2021 New South Wales local elections: Blue Mountains

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		24,032	49.2	+11.4	6	1
	Liberal		11,750	24.1	−1.1	3	1
	Greens		7,296	14.9	−4.3	2
	Independent		5,755	11.8	−5.9	1
Formal votes			48,833	96.48
Informal votes			1,784	3.52
Total			50,617	100.00

Ward 1

Ward 2

Ward 3

Ward 4

Burwood

2021 New South Wales local elections: Burwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		9,002	52.2	+1.1
	Liberal		4,050	23.5	−2.4
	Greens		2,196	12.7	+12.7
	Independent		1,277	7.4	+7.4
	Major Independent Group		725	4.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			17,250	94.4
Informal votes			1,030	5.6
Turnout			18,280	87.0
Party total seats				Seats	±
	Labor			3
	Liberal			2
	Greens			1	1

Camden

2021 New South Wales local elections: Camden

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal		27,148	44.0	+12.0	4
	Labor		20,351	33.0	+8.0	3
	Independent		13,913	22.5	−20.5	2
	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers		314	0.5	+0.5	0
Formal votes			61,726	94.58
Informal votes			3,537	5.42
Total			65,263	100.0

Central

North

South

Campbelltown

2021 New South Wales local elections: Campbelltown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor		39,162	43.8	+0.5
	Liberal		22,056	24.7	+8.2
	Community First Team		7,561	8.5	−0.4
	Totally Locally Committed		4,809	5.4	−4.6
	Community Voice		4,388	4.9
	Animal Justice		4,261	4.8	+4.8
	Greens		4,057	4.5	−0.4
	Campbelltown Independents		2,857	3.2
	Independent	Mukesh Chand	98	0.1
	Independent	Mick Allen	88	0.1
Total formal votes			89,337	93.7
Informal votes			6,011	6.3
Turnout			95,348	84.4
Party total seats				Seats	±
	Labor			7
	Liberal			4	1
	Community First Team			1
	Totally Locally Committed			1	1
	Community Voice			1	1
	Animal Justice			1	1
	Greens			0	1

Four councillors did not seek re-election:

• Ralph George (Liberal) − announced 3 November 2021
• Ted Rowell (Liberal) − announced 3 November 2021
• Paul Lake (Community First) − announced 3 November 2021
• Bob Thompson (Bob Thompson's Independent Team) − announced 3 November 2021

Canada Bay

2021 New South Wales local elections: Canada Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal		14,126	29.8	−8.8
	Labor		13,917	29.3	−6.1
	Our Local Community		12,867	27.1	+27.1
	Greens		4,653	9.8	−1.5
	Independent		1,909	4.0	−4.2
Total formal votes			47,472	95.4
Informal votes			2,312	4.6
Turnout			49,784	85.6
Party total seats				Seats	±
	Liberal			3
	Labor			2	1
	Our Local Community			2	2
	Greens			1
	Independent			0	1

Canterbury-Bankstown

2021 New South Wales local elections: Canterbury-Bankstown

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		83,724	47.4	+0.0	9
	Liberal		52,960	30.0	+0.6	5
	Greens		6,608	3.7	−4.8	0	1
	Independent		16,221	9.1	+4.6	0
	Barbara Coorey Independent Group		9,027	5.1	+5.1	1	1
	Our Local Community		5,105	2.9	−7.2	0
	Animal Justice		2,746	8.2	+8.2	0
	Communist League		99	0.1		0
Formal votes			176,490

Bankstown

Bass Hill

Canterbury

Revesby

Roselands

Cumberland

2021 Cumberland City Council election

← 2017 4 December 2021 2024 →
All 15 councillors on Cumberland City Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   OLC IND Party Labor OLC Ind. Liberal Last election 8 seats 2 seats Did not contest Seats before 6 3 5 Seats won 8 4 2 Seat change 2 1 3 First preference vote 47,343 27,547 12,467 Percentage 48.6% 28.3% 12.8 Swing 9.4 14.0 13.4
Largest party before election Labor Subsequent largest party Labor

Cumberland City Council is composed of five three-member wards, totalling 15 councillors. At the 2017 election, Labor won a majority with eight seats.

In 2017, Greystanes Ward councillor Greg Cummings was suspended from Labor, and was expelled from the party in October 2018. In September 2019, Granville Ward councillor Steve Christou left Labor to join Our Local Community.

The Liberal Party did not endorse any candidates, leading its incumbent councillors to contest as Independent Liberals.

Cumberland results

2021 New South Wales local elections: Cumberland

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		47,343	48.6	+9.4	8
	Our Local Community		27,547	28.3	+14.0	4	2
	Independent Liberal		12,467	12.8	−13.4	2	3
	The Independents		6,388	6.5	+6.5	1	1
	Greens		2,748	2.8	+1.1	0
	Independent		968	1.0		0
Formal votes			97,461	96.48

Granville

Greystanes

Regents Park

South Granville

Wentworthville

Fairfield

2021 Fairfield City Council election

← 2016 4 December 2021 2024 →
All 12 seats on Fairfield City Council 7 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Frank Carbone Dai Le George Barcha Party Frank Carbone Dai Le Labor Seats won 6 3 3 First preference vote 39,445 18,774 23,081 Percentage 42.5% 20.2% 24.9%
Largest party before election Labor Subsequent largest party Carbone-Le Alliance

Fairfield City Council is composed of two six-member wards, as well as a directly-elected mayor.

The Liberal Party did not endorse any candidates, including its three councillors elected in 2016.

The election was conducted by the Australian Election Company.

Although Frank Carbone and Dai Le formed their own groups, they have an alliance on council.

Fairfield results

2021 New South Wales local elections: Fairfield

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Frank Carbone		39,445	42.5		6
	Dai Le		18,774	20.2		3
	Labor		23,081	24.9	−20.2	3	3
	The Real Local		3,468	3.7	+3.7	0
	Independent		3,007	3.2		0
	Our Local Community		2,880	3.1	+3.1	0
	Independent Liberal		2,207	2.4	−16.1	0	3
Formal votes			92,862

Fairfield/Cabravale

• Paul Azzo (Liberal) did not seek re-election

Parks

• Joe Molluso (Liberal) did not seek re-election

Georges River

2021 Georges River Council election

← 2017 4 December 2021 2024 →
All 15 councillors on Georges River Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   R&R Party Labor Liberal GRRRP Last election 6 seats 5 seats Did not exist Seats before 6 5 0 Seats won 5 5 4 Seat change 1 4 First preference vote 25,064 22,459 16,607 Percentage 32.4% 29.0% 21.4% Swing 5.7 4.6% 21.4
Largest party before election Labor Subsequent largest party No overall control

Georges River Council is composed of five three-member wards, totalling 15 councillors. At the 2017 election, Labor won a plurality with six seats.

Georges River results

2021 New South Wales local elections: Georges River

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		25,064	32.4	−5.7	5	1
	Liberal		22,459	29.0	−4.6	5
	Residents and Ratepayers		16,607	21.4	+21.4	4	4
	Independents		10,279	13.3	−5.1	0	3
	Georges River Association		2,105	2.7	+2.7	1	1
	Kogarah Residents' Association		919	1.2	−3.4	0	1
	Communist League		17	0.0	+0.0	0
Formal votes			77,450	94.56
Informal votes			4,456	5.44
Total			81,906	100.00

Blakehurst

Hurstville

Kogarah Bay

Mortdale

Peakhurst

Hawkesbury

Hornsby

2021 New South Wales local elections: Hornsby

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal		42,748	50.2	+6.3	6	4
	Greens		23,904	28.1	+9.1	3	1
	Labor		11,755	13.0	−3.8	0	2
	Independent		6,664	7.8	−12.3	0	1
Formal votes			85,071	96.89
Informal votes			2,732	3.11
Total			87,803	100.00

A Ward

B Ward

• Joe Nicita (Greens) moved from B Ward to C Ward to contest as the second candidate on independent councillor Vince del Gallego's ticket

C Ward

Ku-ring-gai

Comenarra

Gordon

Roseville

St Ives

Wahroonga

Liverpool

North

South

Parramatta

The Liberal Party did not endorse any candidates, including its six councillors elected in 2017.

2021 New South Wales local elections: Parramatta

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		46,022	41.5	+10.3	7	2
	Our Local Community		21,476	19.4	+12.3	4	2
	Greens		11,233	10.1	+2.7	1
	Lorraine Wearne Independents		9,423	8.5	+4.4	1
	Independent Liberal		6,310	5.7	−30.8	1	5
	Kellie Darley Independents		4,637	4.2	+4.2	1	1
	Lee Malkoun Independents		3,489	3.1	−5.9	0
	Small Business		3,126	2.8	+2.8	0
	Liberal Democrats		2,161	2.0	+2.0	0
	Independent		1,882	1.7		0
	Community Need Not Corporate Greed		1,026	0.9	+0.9	0
Formal votes			110,785	95.23
Informal votes			5,547	4.77
Total			116,332	100.0

Dundas

Epping

North Rocks

Parramatta

Rosehill

Penrith

The election was conducted by the Australian Election Company.

East

North

South

Notes

1. ^ Compared with the Liberal Party result at the 2017 election.
2. Excluding the mayor, who is directly-elected.
3. ^ Compared with the Liberal Party result at the 2016 election.
4. ^ Compared with the Liberal Party result at the 2017 election.
5. ^ Compared with The Local Independent Party result at the 2017 election.

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