2012 Sydney City Council election

2012 Sydney City Council election

8 September 2012

First party Second party Third party   Candidate Clover Moore Edward Mandla Linda Scott Party Team Clover Liberal Labor Popular vote 34,903 11,031 7,124 Percentage 51.1% 16.1% 10.4% Swing 5.4 2.1 4.6   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   SEX Candidate Angela Vithoulkas Irene Doutney Zahra Stardust Party Living Sydney Greens Sex Party Popular vote 6,722 4,462 2,241 Percentage 9.8% 6.52% 3.3% Swing 9.8 6.9 3.3

Lord Mayor before election Clover Moore Team Clover Subsequent Lord Mayor Clover Moore Team Clover

The 2012 Sydney City Council election was held on 8 September 2012 to elect nine councillors and a lord mayor to the City of Sydney. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales, Australia.

Results

Lord Mayor

This section is an excerpt from 2012 New South Wales local elections § Sydney.[edit]

2012 New South Wales mayoral elections: Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Clover	Clover Moore	34,903	51.1	−5.4
	Liberal	Edward Mandla	11,031	16.1	+2.1
	Labor	Linda Scott	7,124	10.4	−4.6
	Living Sydney Team	Angela Vithoulkas	6,722	9.8	+9.8
	Greens	Irene Doutney	4,462	6.5	−6.9
	Sex Party	Zahra Stardust	2,241	3.3	+3.3
	Independent	Dixie Coulton	1,303	1.9	+1.9
	Housing Action Team	Denis Doherty	557	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			68,343	97.4
Informal votes				2.6
Turnout				69.2
	Team Clover hold		Swing	−5.4

Councillors

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2012 New South Wales local elections § Sydney.[edit]

2012 New South Wales local elections: Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Clover	1. Clover Moore 2. Robert Kok (elected 1) 3. Robyn Kemmis (elected 4) 4. John Mont (elected 5) 5. Jenny Green (elected 6) 6. Nell Schofield 7. Claudia McIntosh 8. Alex Greenwich 9. John Hutchinson	30,352	46.0	−3.9
	Liberal	1. Edward Mandla (elected 2) 2. Christine Forster (elected 9) 3. Sean O'Connor 4. Joe Alvaro 5. Lisa Fenwick 6. Tony Eriksen 7. Rebecca Lau	12,067	18.3	+3.3
	Labor	1. Linda Scott (elected 3) 2. Damian Spruce 3. Jo Holder 4. Robyn Fortescue 5. Hilary Mortlock 6. Collin Lyon 7. Jade Tyrrell 8. Graham Brecht 9. Peter McNally 10. Gregory Lovekin	8,093	12.3	−4.4
	Greens	1. Irene Doutney (elected 7) 2. De Brierley Newton 3. Mark Smith 4. Caroline Alcorso 5. Christopher Brentin 6. Dejay Toborek 7. Roman Deauna 8. Armen Aghazarian 9. Isabel McIntosh	6,197	9.4	−8.8
	Living Sydney Team	1. Angela Vithoulkas (elected 8) 2. Margaret Harvie 3. Stephan Gyory 4. Angelo Tsirbas 5. Linda Wang 6. Jill Yates 7. Andrew Duckmanton 8. Fabian Marsden	5,524	8.4	+8.4
	Sex Party	1. Andrew Patterson 2. Zahra Stardust 3. Geoffrey Thomas 4. Robyn Trigg 5. Graeme Dunne	2,149	3.3	+3.3
	Independent	1. Dixie Coulton 2. Robbie Hall 3. Maddalen Panuccio 4. Rebecca Goldsworthy 5. Virginia Buckworth 6. Andrew Male	819	1.2	+1.2
	Housing Action Team	1. Denis Doherty 2. Ray Jackson 3. Jay Fletcher 4. Raul Bassi 5. Andrew Chuter	764	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Stuart Baanstra	16	0.0
Total formal votes			65,981	93.8
Informal votes				6.2
Turnout				69.4
Party total seats				Seats	±
	Clover Moore Independent Team			4	1
	Liberal			2	1
	Labor			1
	Greens			1	1
	Living Sydney Team			1	1