2020 Melbourne City Council election

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.

2020 Melbourne City Council election

← 2016 24 October 2020 (2020-10-24) 2024 →

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Leadership team

Candidate Sally Capp Apsara Sabaratnam Arron Wood Party Team Sally Capp Greens Team Wood Running mate Nicholas Reece Roxane Ingleton Lisa Teh Primary vote 27,949 14,753 13,497 Percentage 31.60% 16.68% 15.26% 2CP 53.44% 46.56%

Lord Mayor before election Sally Capp Team Sally Capp Elected Lord Mayor Sally Capp Team Sally Capp

Councillors

All 9 seats in the Melbourne City Council 5 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Independents — 60.57 6 −1 Greens Rohan Leppert 16.00 2 0 Labor Davydd Griffiths 11.64 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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:^[1]

• 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 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.^[2]

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 Dadich	Nick Russian Michael Burge	Wayne Tseng Gricol Yang	Phil Reed Wesa Chau	Apsara Sabaratnam Roxane Ingleton
Team Arron Wood	Team Sally Capp	Back To Business	Morgan-Watts Team
Arron Wood Lisa Teh	Sally Capp Nicholas Reece	Jennifer Yang Sandra Gee	Gary 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 Ali	Elizabeth Mary Doidge* Charles Pick Moti Visa Bedri Sainovski	Jason Chang* Peter Clarke Beverley Frances Pinder Abdirahman I. Ali Beverley Honig	Mary Poulakis Fiona Sweetman	Richard Belcher Bettina Terry	Jamal 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 Kuek	Rabin Bangaar Rod Whitfield	Artemis Pattichi Adriana Mendieta Nino	Paul Silverberg Faith Newman	Janette Corcoran Mary Masters Samantha Tran	Sainab Sheikh Fatuma Ali
Innovate Melbourne - Startup The City	Morgan-Watts Team	Bring Back Melbourne	Greens	Socialists	It Will Be Okay Melbourne
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
Scott Robson (Ind) Luke Downing (Ind) Philip Jonathan Bateman (Ind) Andrew Ward (Ind)

Results

Leadership Team

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections in Inner Melbourne § Leadership Team.[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (Leadership Team)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Sally Capp	Sally Capp Nicholas Reece	27,949	31.60	+6.22
	Greens	Apsara Sabaratnam Roxane Ingleton	14,753	16.68	−4.59
	Team Arron Wood	Arron Wood Lisa Teh	13,497	15.26	+15.26
	Bring Back Melbourne	Nick Russian Michael Burge	8,975	10.15	+10.15
	Labor	Phil Reed Wesa Chau	8,355	9.45	+9.45
	Back To Business	Jennifer Yang Sandra Gee	8,219	9.29	+9.29
	Victorian Socialists	Kath Larkin Daniel Nair Dadich	2,911	3.29	+3.29
	Morgan-Watts Team	Gary Morgan Mary-Lou Howie	2,446	2.77	−4.02
	Team Zorin	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
	Team Sally Capp	Sally Capp Nicholas Reece	47,256	53.44	+0.39
	Team Arron Wood	Arron Wood Lisa Teh	41,178	46.56	+46.56
	Team Sally Capp hold		Swing	N/A

Councillor election

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Victorian local elections in Inner Melbourne § Councillors.[edit]

2020 Victorian local elections: Melbourne (councillors)^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Team Sally Capp	1. Kevin Louey (elected 1) 2. Roshena Campbell (elected 5) 3. Mark David McMillan 4. Tania Davidge 5. James Young 6. Tina Kuek	24,395	26.73	+26.73
	Greens	1. Rohan Leppert (elected 2) 2. Olivia Ball (elected 6) 3. Emily Corcoran 4. David Jeffery 5. Nakita Thomson 6. Charlotte George	14,602	16.00	−4.16
	Team Arron Wood	1. Jason Chang (elected 3) 2. Peter Clarke 3. Beverley Frances Pinder 4. Abdirahman I. Ali 5. Beverley Honig	12,187	13.35	+13.35
	Labor	1. Davydd Griffiths (elected 4) 2. Mary Delahunty 3. Hamdi Ali	10,626	11.64	+11.64
	Bring Back Melbourne	1. Philip Le Liu (elected 7) 2. Serena Lu Jiang 3. Lauren Sherson 4. Darin Schade	6,683	7.32	−1.77
	Back To Business	1. Elizabeth Mary Doidge (elected 9) 2. Charles Pick 3. Moti Visa 4. Bedri Sainovski	6,572	7.18	+7.18
	Liberal Democrats	1. Paul Silverberg 2. Faith Newman	5,064	5.55	+5.55
	Morgan-Watts Team	1. Jackie Watts 2. Michael Kennedy 3. Haya Aldaghlas 4. Dashi Zhang	1,541	1.69	−3.22
	Victorian Socialists	1. Christopher di Pasquale 2. Jesse Lambourn	1,441	1.58	+1.58
	Sustainable Australia	1. Richard Belcher 2. Bettina Terry	1,361	1.49	+1.49
	Animal Justice	1. Rabin Bangaar 2. Rod Whitfield	1,251	1.37	−1.07
	Residents First	1. Janette Corcoran 2. Mary Masters 3. Samantha Tran	1,110	1.21	+1.21
	Innovate Melbourne	1. Andrew Rowse 2. John Daniell	817	0.89	+0.89
	Team Hakim	1. Jamal Hakim (elected 8) 2. Safaa Hakim	379	0.41	+0.41
	Melbourne - We All Matter	1. Sainab Sheikh 2. Fatuma Ali	374	0.41	+0.41
	Artemis Pattichi - Independent Local Voice	1. Artemis Pattichi 2. Adriana Mendieta Nino	351	0.38	+0.38
	Ungrouped	Scott Robson Luke Downing Philip Jonathan Bateman Andrew Ward	332	0.36	+0.10
	Your Melbourne Team Get It Done	1. Mary Poulakis 2. Fiona Sweetman	291	0.32	+0.32
	It Will Be Okay Melbourne	1. Joseph Burke 2. Michael Mach	203	0.22	+0.22
Total formal votes			88,434	96.62	−1.42
Informal votes			1,686	3.38	+1.42
Turnout			91,531	66.73	+11.54