The 2020 Melbourne City Council election was held in October 2020 to elect nine councillors and a leadership team (consisting of a lord mayor and deputy lord mayor) to the City of Melbourne. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Victoria, Australia.
Incumbent lord mayor Sally Capp, who was first elected at a 2018 by-election, won a second term, defeating incumbent deputy lord mayor Arron Wood.
Key dates Key dates in relation to the election are: 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 Electoral system At the 2020 election, the Melbourne City Council electoral roll was composed of 55.1% business and out-of-the-area property owners, with local residents making up the remaining 44.9%. Candidates A total of 77 candidates nominated for the election, an increase of 19 from 2016.
18 candidates ran 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 nominated for councillor positions, up from 44 in 2016.
Leadership Team Incumbent Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.
Socialists Bring Back Melbourne Team Zorin Labor Greens Kath Larkin Daniel Nair DadichNick Russian Michael BurgeWayne Tseng Gricol YangPhil Reed Wesa ChauApsara Sabaratnam Roxane Ingleton Team Arron Wood Team Sally Capp Back To Business Morgan-Watts Team Arron Wood Lisa TehSally Capp Nicholas ReeceJennifer Yang Sandra GeeGary Morgan Mary-Lou Howie
Councillors Incumbent councillors 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 Bring Back Melbourne Team Arron Wood Your Melbourne Team Get It Done Sustainable Australia Team Hakim Davydd Griffiths* Mary Delahunty Hamdi AliElizabeth Mary Doidge* Charles Pick Moti Visa Bedri SainovskiJason Chang* Peter Clarke Beverley Frances Pinder Abdirahman I. Ali Beverley HonigMary Poulakis Fiona SweetmanRichard Belcher Bettina TerryJamal Hakim* Safaa Hakim Team Sally Capp Animal Justice Artemis Pattichi - Independent Local Voice Liberal Democrats Residents First Melbourne - We All Matter Kevin Louey* Roshena Campbell* Mark David McMillan Tania Davidge James Young Tina KuekRabin Bangaar Rod WhitfieldArtemis Pattichi Adriana Mendieta NinoPaul Silverberg Faith NewmanJanette Corcoran Mary Masters Samantha TranSainab Sheikh Fatuma Ali Innovate Melbourne - Startup The City Morgan-Watts Team Bring Back Melbourne Greens Socialists It Will Be Okay Melbourne Andrew Rowse John DaniellJackie Watts Michael Kennedy Haya Aldaghlas Dashi ZhangPhilip Le Liu* Serena Lu Jiang Lauren Sherson Darin SchadeRohan Leppert* Olivia Ball* Emily Corcoran David Jeffery Nakita Thomson Charlotte GeorgeChristopher di Pasquale Jesse LambournJoseph Burke Michael Mach Ungrouped Scott Robson (Ind)Luke Downing (Ind)Philip Jonathan Bateman (Ind)Andrew Ward (Ind)
Results
Leadership Team
Councillor election
References
External links
Melbourne City Council ballot pack (archived 26 October 2020) Melbourne City Council elections – Victorian Electoral Commission Melbourne City Council elections – City of Melbourne