2024 Victorian local elections (Inner Melbourne)
This is a list of results for the 2024 Victorian local elections in the Inner Melbourne region.[ 1] [ 2]
Inner Melbourne covers three local government areas (LGAs) − Melbourne City Council , Port Phillip City Council , and Yarra City Council .
Melbourne
Melbourne City Council is elected in a single multi-member ward which electing nine councillors through single transferable voting and a leadership team (consisting of a lord mayor and deputy lord mayor) through Instant-runoff voting with each team of candidates running as a single unit.[ 3] [ 4]
Leadership Team
Councillors
Port Phillip
2024 Port Phillip City Council election
Port Phillip City Council is composed of nine single-member wards. Prior to the 2024 election, it was composed of three multi-member wards with three members each, but the electoral structure changed as a result of the Local Government Act 2020 .[ 13]
Port Phillip results
2024 Victorian local elections : Port Phillip [ 6] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19]
Party
Votes
%
Swing
Seats
Change
Independent
19,090
36.21
+21.74
1
Labor
9,213
17.48
−6.24
2
Greens
9,171
17.40
−3.83
0
2
Residents of Port Phillip
7,279
13.81
−1.04
3
1
People Empowering Port Phillip
5,465
10.37
+10.37
1
1
Independent Liberal
2,038
3.87
−16.49
0
2
Victorian Socialists
461
0.87
+0.87
0
Formal votes
52,717
97.66
+1.57
Informal votes
1,262
2.34
−1.57
Total
53,979
100.0
9
Registered voters / turnout
74,095
72.85
+7.12
Albert Park
Alma
Balaclava
Elwood
Lakeside
Montague
Port Melbourne
South Melbourne
St Kilda
Yarra
2024 Yarra City Council election Registered 68,723 Turnout 73.04% ( 3.07)
Yarra City Council is composed of nine single-member wards. Prior to the 2024 election, it was composed of three multi-member wards with three members each, but the electoral structure changed as a result of the Local Government Act 2020 .[ 24]
After winning a majority at the 2020 election with five seats, the Greens were left with only two seats ahead of the 2024 election.[ 25] [ 26] Amanda Stone and Anab Mohamud resigned from the party in 2023 and 2024 respectively, while Gabrielle De Vietri was elected to the Parliament of Victoria in 2022 and replaced by Michael Glynatis via countback .[ 27] [ 28]
In early 2024, Independent Socialist councillor Stephen Jolly formed Yarra For All (YFA) alongside fellow councillors Michael Glynatis and Bridgid O'Brien.[ 29] [ 16] A total of 11 YFA candidates contested the elections, with four of those elected.[ 30] [ 31]
The Labor Party endorsed three candidates, while the Victorian Socialists endorsed eight.[ 32] [ 33]
Yarra results
Boulevard
Curtain
Hoddle
Langridge
Lennox
MacKillop
Melba
Nicholls
Yarra Bend
See also
Notes
References
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^ https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/voting/2024-local-council-elections/melbourne-city-council/results
^ "Melbourne City Council election" . VEC.
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^ "Former Labor heavyweight snubbed by party in council preferences bombshell" . Herald Sun. 23 September 2024. Archived from the original on 23 September 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024 .
^ "Regent theatrics aside, the clock's still ticking" . Team Kouta. 3 October 2024. Archived from the original on 7 November 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024 .
^ "Ex-mayor makes stand for St Albans" . Star Community. 14 January 2014. Archived from the original on 7 November 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024 .
^ Lucas, Clay (7 October 2016). "Melbourne City Council elections: No place for homeless in battle for town hall" . The Age. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2024 .
^ a b c "Melbourne City Council election results 2020" . Victorian Electoral Commission. 4 November 2020. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024 .
^ "Melbourne City Council election" . VEC.
^ "Port Phillip City Council" . VEC. Retrieved 24 September 2024 .
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^ a b c Dexter, Rachael; Scott, Nathanael (7 October 2024). " 'It's like an outbreak': How 'quasi-parties' will influence your council's election" . The Age. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024 .
^ "Meet Our Candidates" . Residents of Port Phillip. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024 .
^ Victorian Electoral Commission. "Port Phillip City Council results" . www.vec.vic.gov.au . Retrieved 2024-11-09 .
^ "ALP candidates announced without former Mayor Dick Gross" . This Week In St Kilda. 13 July 2024. Archived from the original on 12 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024 .
^ "Lauren Sherson for Albert Park Ward" . laurensherson.com.au . Archived from the original on 2 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024 . I'm Lauren Sherson, your Independent Liberal candidate for Albert Park Ward in the upcoming Local Government election.
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^ "I'm David Wright, your Labor candidate for Port Melbourne Ward" . Facebook . David Wright 4 Port Melbourne Ward. 17 September 2024. Archived from the original on 12 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024 .
^ "Council Elections" . Yarra City Council. Retrieved 18 September 2024 .
^ Eddie, Rachel (6 November 2020). "Australia's first Greens-dominated council elected in Yarra" . The Age. Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024 .
^ Hall, Bianca (6 February 2023). "Greens' control of Yarra City Council erodes as long-serving councillor quits party" . The Age. Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024 .
^ Thomas, Shibu (28 November 2022). "Greens' Gabrielle De Vietri Is Victoria's Newest Out Member Of Parliament" . Star Observer. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2024 .
^ Smethurst, Annika (30 April 2024). "Greens councillors tear up membership, slam leadership over 'surveillance, disinformation, fear' " . The Age. Archived from the original on 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024 .
^ "The time for change is now" . Facebook . Yarra For All. 12 March 2024. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024 .
^ Dexter, Rachael (5 November 2024). "Greens lag in progressive heartlands; Liberals are 'teal-washed' out of Boroondara" . The Age. Archived from the original on 8 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024 .
^ Dexter, Rachael (27 November 2024). "Park scrapped, dog poo audit launched as new-look Yarra council adopts mega manifesto" . The Age. Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024 . Four Yarra For All councillors were elected, as well as two other independents not funded by the group but who voted for Jolly, who has been on the council for 20 years and was formerly a member of the Victorian Socialists, as mayor.
^ "Dropped in at the Yarra Labor campaign launch yesterday evening" . Facebook . Ryan Batchelor MP. 26 August 2024. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024 .
^ "Candidates" . Yarra Labor. Archived from the original on 12 September 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024 .
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^ Victorian Electoral Commission. "Yarra City Council results" . www.vec.vic.gov.au . Retrieved 2024-11-08 .
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^ "Stephen Jolly keeps spot on Yarra Council" . Herald Sun . 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024 .
^ "Spring Street wants to build thousands of homes. It could face a battle with local election candidates" . The Age. 4 October 2024. Archived from the original on 6 October 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024 . Victoria Chipperfield, who is running for council in the City of Yarra in the Yarra For All party
^ "VEC retires 16 local council election candidates" . Victorian Electoral Commission. 30 September 2024. Archived from the original on 1 October 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024 .
^ "16 council candidates retired over training failure" . Inside Local Government. 30 September 2024. Archived from the original on 1 October 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024 .
^ "Retired candidates" . Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 7 November 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024 .