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 (2020-10-24)
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 SwingN/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
 
  1. Kath Larkin
  2. Daniel Nair Dadich
  1. Nick Russian
  2. Michael Burge
  1. Wayne Tseng
  2. Gricol Yang
  1. Phil Reed
  2. Wesa Chau
  1. Apsara Sabaratnam
  2. Roxane Ingleton
  1. Arron Wood
  2. Lisa Teh
Independent candidates Independent candidates Independent candidates
 
  1. Sally Capp
  2. Nicholas Reece
  1. Jennifer Yang
  2. Sandra Gee
  1. Gary Morgan
  2. 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
 
  1. Davydd Griffiths*
  2. Mary Delahunty
  3. Hamdi Ali
  1. Elizabeth Mary Doidge*
  2. Charles Pick
  3. Moti Visa
  4. Bedri Sainovski
  1. Jason Chang*
  2. Peter Clarke
  3. Beverley Frances Pinder
  4. Abdirahman I. Ali
  5. Beverley Honig
  1. Mary K. Poulakis
  2. Fiona Sweetman
  1. Richard Belcher
  2. Bettina Terry
  1. Jamal Hakim*
  2. Safaa Hakim
Independent candidates AJP candidates Independent candidates LDP candidates Independent candidates Independent candidates
 
  1. Kevin Louey*
  2. Roshena Campbell*
  3. Mark David McMillan
  4. Tania Davidge
  5. James Young
  6. Tina Kuek
  1. Rabin Bangaar
  2. Rod Whitfield
  1. Artemis Pattichi
  2. Adriana Mendieta Nino
  1. Paul Silverberg
  2. Faith Newman
  1. Janette Corcoran
  2. Mary Masters
  3. Samantha Tran
  1. Sainab Sheikh
  2. Fatuma Ali
Independent candidates Independent candidates Independent candidates Greens candidates Socialists candidates Independent candidates
 
  1. Andrew Rowse
  2. John Daniell
  1. Jackie Watts
  2. Michael Kennedy
  3. Haya Aldaghlas
  4. Dashi Zhang
  1. Philip Le Liu*
  2. Serena Lu Jiang
  3. Lauren Sherson
  4. Darin Schade
  1. Rohan Leppert*
  2. Olivia Ball*
  3. Emily Corcoran
  4. David Jeffery
  5. Nakita Thomson
  6. Charlotte George
  1. Christopher di Pasquale
  2. Jesse Lambourn
  1. Joseph Burke
  2. 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.
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