Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections in Inner Melbourne

Main article: Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections

2020 Victorian local elections
(Inner Melbourne)

24 October 2020

This is a list of results for the 2020 Victorian local elections in the Inner Melbourne region.[1]

Inner Melbourne covers three local government areas (LGAs) − Melbourne City Council, Port Phillip City Council, and Yarra City Council.

Melbourne

Main article: 2020 Melbourne City Council election

Leadership Team

2020 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Leadership Team)[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Sally Capp	Sally Capp Nicholas Reece	27,949	31.60	+6.22
	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	+0.39
	Team Arron Wood	Arron Wood Lisa Teh	41,178	46.56	+46.56
	Team Sally Capp hold		Swing	N/A

Councillors

2020 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (councillors)[2]

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	+26.73
	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

Port Phillip

2020 Port Phillip City Council election

24 October 2020
All 9 seats on Port Phillip City Council 5 seats needed for a majority
Registered	88,268
Turnout	65.73% ( 17.13)
First party Second party   Party Labor Greens Last election 2 seats 2 seats Seats before 2 2 Seats won 2 2 Seat change First preference vote 13,228 11,881 Percentage 23.72% 21.31%   Third party Fourth party   IND RoPP Party Ind. Liberal Ratepayers Last election 2 seats Did not exist Seats before 2 0 Seats won 2 2 Seat change 2 First preference vote 11,353 8,279 Percentage 20.36% 14.85%
Largest party before election No overall control Subsequent largest party No overall control

Port Phillip City Council is composed of three multi-member wards, each electing three councillors.

Port Phillip results

2020 Victorian local elections: Port Phillip[3][4]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor		13,228	23.72		2
	Greens		11,881	21.31		2
	Independent Liberal		11,353	20.36		2
	Ratepayers of Port Phillip		8,279	14.85	+14.85	2	2
	Independent		8,068	14.47		1
	Sustainable Australia		1,559	2.79		0
	Ind. Ratepayers of Port Phillip		482	0.86	+0.86	0
Formal votes			55,752	96.09	+4.12
Informal votes			2,269	3.91	−4.12
Total			58,021	100.0
Registered voters / turnout			88,268	65.73	+17.13

Canal

2020 Victorian local elections: Canal Ward[5][6][7][8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Louise Crawford (elected 1)	4,637	23.30	+10.54
	Labor	Dick Gross	3,001	15.08	+0.09
	Greens	Tim Baxter (elected 3)	2,733	13.73	−12.14
	Ratepayers of Port Phillip	Rhonda Clark[a] (elected 2)	2,144	10.77	+10.77
	Independent Liberal	Jo McDonald	1,834	9.22	+9.22
	Independent Liberal	Warwick Cahir	1,527	7.67	+7.67
	Greens	Maddy Blay	1,444	7.26	+7.26
	Independent	Lesley G. Pianella	1,023	5.14	+5.14
	Sustainable Australia	Dennis Bilic	798	4.01	+4.01
	Sustainable Australia	Steven Armstrong	761	3.82	+0.02
Total formal votes			19,902	95.67
Informal votes			901	4.33
Turnout			20,803	69.85

Gateway

2020 Victorian local elections: Gateway Ward[11][12][13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	Marcus Pearl (elected 1)	4,134	21.81	+1.07
	Independent	Heather Cunsolo (elected 2)	3,858	20.36	+20.36
	Labor	Peter Martin (elected 3)	2,716	14.33	+14.33
	Ratepayers of Port Phillip	Sami Maher	2,442	12.89	+12.89
	Greens	Earl James	2,285	12.06	+9.73
	Independent	Stan Gyles	1,219	6.43	+6.43
	Independent	Trina Lewis	1,168	6.16	+6.16
	Independent	Cleo Papageorgiou	1,130	5.96	+5.96
Total formal votes			18,952	96.52
Informal votes			684	3.48
Turnout			19,636	69.98

Lake

2020 Victorian local elections: Lake Ward[15][16][17][18][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Katherine Copsey	5,419	26.77	+0.18
	Independent Liberal	Andrew Bond	3,858	20.36	+3.03
	Ratepayers of Port Phillip	Christina Sirakoff	3,693	18.25	+18.25
	Labor	Robbie Nyaguy	2,874	14.20	+14.20
	Independent	Geoffrey Conaghan	1,436	7.09	+7.09
	Independent	Bernard Mandile	1,322	6.53	+6.53
	Independent	Roger Ward	770	3.80	+3.80
	Ind. Ratepayers	Adrian Jackson	482	2.38	+2.38
Total formal votes			20,241	96.65
Informal votes			702	3.35
Turnout			20,943	68.83

Yarra

2020 Yarra City Council election

24 October 2020
All 9 seats on Yarra City Council 5 seats needed for a majority
Registered	78,795
Turnout	70.14% ( 18.99)
First party Second party   IND Party Independents Greens Last election 2 seats 4 seats Seats before 3 2 Seats won 2 5 Seat change 1 3 First preference vote 15,081 13,909 Percentage 28.78% 26.54%   Third party Fourth party   IND Party Labor Ind. Socialist Last election 2 seats 0 seats Seats before 2 2 Seats won 0 2 Seat change 2 First preference vote 7,501 7,380 Percentage 14.31% 14.08%
Largest party before election Independents Subsequent largest party Greens

Yarra City Council is composed of three multi-member wards, each electing three councillors.[20]

All five Greens candidates were elected, giving the party a majority − the first time the party had won a majority on any council in Victoria.[21] Two independents and two Independent Socialist candidates were also elected.[22][23]

The Labor Party endorsed five candidates, including Rowan Payne, who replaced Alicia Carr as one of two candidates in Langridge Ward after she withdrew for family reasons.[24][25] However, they were unable to win any seats, marking the first time since the council's first election in 1996 that Labor had been without elected representation in Yarra.[26]

The Reason Party endorsed three candidates, while the Liberal Democratic Party and Animal Justice Party had one candidate each.[27] A local group, Richmond First, had two candidates in Melba Ward.[28]

Yarra results

2020 Victorian local elections: Yarra[29][30]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independent		15,081	28.78		2
	Greens		13,909	26.54		5	1
	Labor		7,501	14.31		0	2
	Independent Socialist		7,380	14.08		2	2
	Reason		2,609	4.99	+4.99	0
	Independent Liberal		2,217	4.23	+4.23	0
	Richmond First		1,897	3.62	+3.62	0
	Liberal Democrats		1,282	2.45		0
	Animal Justice		524	1.00		0
Formal votes			52,400	94.81	+2.86
Informal votes			2,872	5.19	−2.86
Total			55,272	100.0		9
Registered voters / turnout			78,795	70.14	+18.99

Langridge

2020 Victorian local elections: Langridge Ward[31][32][33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Socialist	Stephen Jolly (elected 1)	4,836	26.07	−4.99[b]
	Greens	Anab Mohamud (elected 2)	3,216	17.34	+17.34
	Greens	Gabrielle de Vietri (elected 3)	2,206	11.89	+11.89
	Labor	Karen Douglas	1,823	9.83	+9.83
	Independent Liberal	James Bae	1,725	9.30	+9.30
	Independent	Michael Glynatsis	1,503	8.10	+8.10
	Reason	Jeremy Cowen	1,311	7.07	+7.07
	Independent	Hai Tran	781	4.21	−3.28
	Independent	Matoc Mordecai Achol	450	2.43	−4.11[c]
	Independent	Peter Hude	432	2.33	+2.33
	Labor	Rowan Payne	267	1.44	+1.44
Total formal votes			18,550	95.78	+4.14
Informal votes			817	4.22	−4.14
Turnout			19,367	68.96	+19.06

Melba

2020 Victorian local elections: Melba Ward[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Edward Crossland (elected 1)	2,866	16.82	−7.67
	Independent	Claudia Nguyen (elected 2)	2,094	12.29	+12.29
	Labor	Sandeep Sarathy	1,825	10.71	−8.44
	Independent	Herschel Landes (elected 3)	1,437	8.43	−2.36
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Ford	1,282	7.52	+7.52
	Independent	Meca Ho	1,207	7.08	+7.08
	Independent	Sarah Witty	1,066	6.26	+6.26
	Richmond First	Dora Tsipouras	968	5.68	+5.68
	Richmond First	David Horseman	929	5.45	+5.45
	Independent	Katarina Radonic	788	4.62	+4.62
	Independent	Mitchell Price	562	3.30	+3.30
	Labor	Julie Bignell	556	3.26	+3.26
	Reason	Penelope Drummond	523	3.07	+3.07
	Independent Liberal	Kate Drake	492	2.89	−1.02
	Independent	Don Ash	444	2.61	+2.61
Total formal votes			17,039	93.30	+2.84
Informal votes			1,223	6.70	−2.84
Turnout			18,262	69.79	+18.78

Nicholls

2020 Victorian local elections: Nicholls Ward[38][39][40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Amanda Stone (elected 3)	2,937	17.47	−5.82
	Greens	Sophie Wade (elected 2)	2,684	15.97	−2.01
	Independent Socialist	Bridgid O'Brien (elected 1)	2,544	15.13	+10.22[b]
	Labor	Annabelle Wilson	1,958	11.65	+11.65
	Independent	Gerald Fisher	1,545	9.19	+9.19
	Independent	Sasha Beitner	1,356	8.07	+8.07
	Labor	Debra Thorpe	1,072	6.38	+6.38
	Independent	Catherine Noone	944	5.62	+5.62
	Reason	Guy Ewan Barker	775	4.61	+4.61
	Animal Justice	Amber Anderson	524	3.12	+3.12
	Independent	Em Sage	472	2.81	+2.81
Total formal votes			16,811	95.28	+1.49
Informal votes			832	4.72	−1.49
Turnout			17,643	71.89	+19.21

Notes

1. Also a Liberal Party member.[10]
2. Compared to results as a Socialists candidate at the 2016 election.[34]
3. Compared to results as a Greens candidate at the 2016 election.[35][36]

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