This is a list of results for the 2024 New South Wales local elections in the Illawarra region.

Illawarra covers five local government areas (LGAs), including the City of Wollongong.

Kiama

Kiama Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally to a single ward.

Kiama results

Shellharbour

Shellharbour is composed of four two-member wards and a directly elected mayor.

Shellharbour results +2024 New South Wales local elections: Shellharbour Party Votes % Swing Seats Change   18,870 40.2 −21.6 3 1   Kellie Marsh Independents 8,705 18.6 −6.9 2 1   6,958 14.8 1   Kane Murphy Independents 4,784 10.2 1 1   7,586 16.2 −0.1 1 1  Formal votes 46,903 92.3  Informal votes 3,940 7.7  Total 50,843 8  Registered voters / turnout

A Ward

B Ward

C Ward

D Ward

Shoalhaven

Shoalhaven City Council is composed of three wards electing four councillors each, as well as a directly elected mayor.

Independent Liberal councillors Serena Copley (Ward 1) and Paul Ell (Ward 2) were endorsed by the Liberal Party for the 2024 election, but the party missed the candidate nomination deadline and none of its candidates (including Copley and Ell) were able to contest.

Incumbent mayor Amanda Findley did not seek re-election, with Kaye Gartner chosen as the Greens mayoral candidate. Gartner is not contesting a ward.

Ward 3 councillor Patricia White led the Shoalhaven Independents Group (SIG). Ward 2 SIG councillor Greg Watson did not seek re-election after 50 years as a councillor.

Former councillor Jemma Tribe announced on 30 April 2024 that she would contest the election leading "Team Tribe". She resigned as a member of the Liberal Party on 1 August 2024 after claiming she was "told to go on a crash diet and to make way for male candidates".

Shoalhaven mayor

Shoalhaven results +2024 New South Wales local elections: Shoalhaven Party Votes % Swing Seats Change   Shoalhaven Independents 30,231 46.33 +4.79 6 2   13,301 20.38 +20.38 3 3   13,281 20.35 +0.13 3   8,439 12.93 −13.66 0 3  Formal votes 65,252  Informal votes 5,614  Total 70,866 12  Registered voters / turnout 85,835

Ward 1

Ward 2

Ward 3

Wingecarribee

Wingecarribee Shire Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally to a single ward.

In March 2021, the council was suspended following the breakdown of relationships between councillors and senior staff. As a result, no election was held for Wingecarribee in December 2021, with the council eventually dismissed in July 2022.

Labor, the Greens and the Libertarian Party contested the election with endorsed party tickets.

The National Party does not endorse candidates in local elections, but the party's Southern Highlands branch supposed the "Wingecarribee First" ticket, which included two Independent Nationals and was led by former Nationals member Sara Moylan.

Additionally, although the Liberal Party is not endorsing candidates, a group composed entirely of Liberal members contested.

Wingecarribee results

Wollongong

Wollongong City Council is composed of three four-member wards, totalling 12 councillors, as well as a directly elected mayor. At the 2021 election, Labor won six seats.

Wollongong results +2024 New South Wales local elections: Wollongong Party Votes % Swing Seats Change   Labor 62,333 52.5 +12.3 7 1   Greens 37,246 31.4 +11.1 3 1   Independents 19,115 16.1 +6.4 2 1  Formal votes 118,694 88.4  Informal votes 15,598 11.6  Total 134,292 100.0 12  Registered voters / turnout

Ward 1

Ward 2

Ward 3

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