2020 City of Melbourne election

Elections to the City of Melbourne were held via postal ballot in October 2020 to elect 9 councillors to the council, as well as the direct election of the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne. The incumbent Lord Mayor, Sally Capp, who was first elected in a 2018 by-election, won a second term defeating incumbent Deputy Lord Mayor Arron Wood.

2020 City of Melbourne election

24 October 2020
Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne All 9 seats on the City of Melbourne
Candidate Sally Capp Arron Wood Deputy candidate Nicholas Reece Lisa Teh Voting ticket Independent Independent First round 27,949 13,497 First round (%) 31.60% 15.26% Final round 47,256 41,178 Final round (%) 53.44% 46.56%
Lord Mayor of Melbourne before election Sally Capp Independent Elected Lord Mayor Sally Capp Independent

Results

Leadership Team election

2020 City of Melbourne Leadership Team election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sally Capp Nicholas Reece	27,949	31.60	+31.60
	Greens	Apsara Sabaratnam Roxane Ingleton	14,753	16.68	−4.59
	Independent	Arron Wood Lisa Teh	13,497	15.26	+15.26
	Independent	Nick Russian Michael Burge	8,975	10.15	+10.15
	Labor	Phil Reed Wesa Chau	8,355	9.45	+9.45
	Independent	Jennifer Yang Sandra Gee	8,219	9.29	+9.29
	Victorian Socialists	Kath Larkin Daniel Nair Dadich	2,911	3.29	+3.29
	Independent	Gary Morgan Mary-Lou Howie	2,446	2.77	−4.02
	Independent	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
	Independent	Sally Capp Nicholas Reece	47,256	53.44	+53.44
	Independent	Arron Wood Lisa Teh	41,178	46.56	+46.56
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Councillor election

2020 City of Melbourne Councillor election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Sally Capp	Kevin Louey, Roshena Campbell, Mark McMillan, Tania Davidge, James Young, Tina Kuek	24,395	26.73
	Greens	Rohan Leppert Olivia Ball Emily Corcoran David Jeffery Nakita Thomson Charlotte Geroge	14,602	16.00
	Team Arron Wood	Jason Chang Peter Clarke Beverly Francis Pinder Abdiraman Ali Beverly Honig	12,187	13.35
	Labor	Davydd Griffiths, Mary Delahunty, Hamdi Ali	10,626	11.64
	Bring Back Melbourne	Philip Le Liu, Serena Lu Jiang, Lauren Sherson, Darin Schade	6,683	7.32
	Liberal Democrats		5,064	5.55
	Morgan-Watts Team		1,541	1.69
	Victorian Socialists		1,441	1.58
	Other		6,469	7.09
Total formal votes			88,434	96.62
Informal votes			1,686	3.38	−0.22
	Independent	Arron Wood Lisa Teh	41,178	46.56	+46.56

#	Councillor	Party
1	Kevin Louey		Independent
2	Rohan Leppert		Greens
3	Jason Chang		Independent
4	Davydd Griffiths		Labor
5	Roshena Campbell		Independent
6	Olivia Ball		Greens
7	Philip Le Liu		Independent
8	Jamal Hakim		Independent
9	Elizabeth Mary Doidge		Independent

Key dates

Key dates in relation to the election are:[2]

• Thursday, 28 August 2020 – Close of electoral rolls (4pm)
• Tuesday, 22 September 2020 – Close of nominations (12 noon)
• Tuesday, 6 October 2020 – Mail out of postal ballots commences
• Friday, 23 October 2020 – Close of voting (6pm)
• Friday, 30 October 2020 – Last day for receipt of postal votes (12 noon)
• Friday, 13 November 2020 – Declaration of result

Candidates

A total of 77 candidates nominated for the election, an increase of 19 from the 2016 election. There are 18 candidates for the Leadership Team positions of Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor running on 9 tickets, up from 14 candidates on 7 tickets in 2016. 59 candidates have nominated for councillor positions, up from 44 in 2016.[3]

Leadership Team

Incumbent Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

Socialists candidates	Independent candidates	Independent candidates	Labor candidates	Greens candidates	Independent candidates
Kath Larkin Daniel Nair Dadich	Nick Russian Michael Burge	Wayne Tseng Gricol Yang	Phil Reed Wesa Chau	Apsara Sabaratnam Roxane Ingleton	Arron Wood Lisa Teh
Independent candidates	Independent candidates	Independent candidates
Sally Capp Nicholas Reece	Jennifer Yang Sandra Gee	Gary Morgan Mary-Lou Howie

Councillors

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one councillor are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

Labor candidates	Independent candidates	Independent candidates	Independent candidates	Sustainable candidates	Independent candidates
Davydd Griffiths* Mary Delahunty Hamdi Ali	Elizabeth Mary Doidge* Charles Pick Moti Visa Bedri Sainovski	Jason Chang* Peter Clarke Beverley Frances Pinder Abdirahman I. Ali Beverley Honig	Mary K. Poulakis Fiona Sweetman	Richard Belcher Bettina Terry	Jamal Hakim* Safaa Hakim
Independent candidates	AJP candidates	Independent candidates	LDP candidates	Independent candidates	Independent candidates
Kevin Louey* Roshena Campbell* Mark David McMillan Tania Davidge James Young Tina Kuek	Rabin Bangaar Rod Whitfield	Artemis Pattichi Adriana Mendieta Nino	Paul Silverberg Faith Newman	Janette Corcoran Mary Masters Samantha Tran	Sainab Sheikh Fatuma Ali
Independent candidates	Independent candidates	Independent candidates	Greens candidates	Socialists candidates	Independent candidates
Andrew Rowse John Daniell	Jackie Watts Michael Kennedy Haya Aldaghlas Dashi Zhang	Philip Le Liu* Serena Lu Jiang Lauren Sherson Darin Schade	Rohan Leppert* Olivia Ball* Emily Corcoran David Jeffery Nakita Thomson Charlotte George	Christopher di Pasquale Jesse Lambourn	Joseph Burke Michael Mach
Ungrouped candidates
Scott Robson (Ind) Luke Downing (Ind) Philip Jonathan Bateman (Ind) Andrew Ward (Ind)

References

1. "Melbourne City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
2. "Key dates for prospective candidates". Melbourne City Council. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
3. "Melbourne City Council / Nominations". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

External links

• Melbourne City Council elections – Victorian Electoral Commission
• Melbourne City Council elections – City of Melbourne