By popular demand, here’s a thread for discussion of the New South Wales council elections. Can’t tell you much about them myself, except that they’re on tomorrow. Antony Green has an index of candidates and the ABC will be publishing results, no doubt in more digestible form than the New South Wales Electoral Commission.
On VERY early figures LIB may pick up two seats in Blacktown’s First Ward
I would have thought it would be prudent of the ALP members to run as independents.
I must say I’ve looked at 3 or 4 wards (is that what you call them?) and have seen many independents and no ALP listed in the party column.
Not being from NSW I really have no idea where these places are.
Blacktown First Ward ALP 38%
Also, Gosford, Sydney and Campbelltown are all bigger than federal electorates and don’t have any wards, so it’s quite a large contest. There’s a few bigger councils, but they all have wards.
Don’t mention the war. All their publicity was for your “Local Labor” “teams” (most of whom probably loathe each other)
these would be mostly rural LGAs where to admit you were ALP would mean instant social death
The numbers are miniscule. The Libs are on 120 and that comes out as 40%.
I doubt more than 1000 votes have been lodged in the whole of the Sydney metropolitan region.
But the ABC site is much better than the NSWEC site, unsurprisingly.
On the Electoral Commission NSW site waht’s it mean if there is no party or “Independent” listed beside a person’s name. I would have thought you’d either be a member of a party or independent.
Very few urban councils have any votes lodged, mainly Baulkham Hills, Blue Mountains and Sutherland and Blacktown, and all in their most rural areas. It’s far too early to say anything about anything.
ALP vote holding up based on VERY early figures in Blacktown Third and Fifth Wards
Where does it say “No Party? It either has a party or it says “IND”, for independant.
In councils where every candidate seems to be an “Independant” you can be sure they’re Nationals, Liberals or Labor in disguise.
Thanks albertross, I’m on a steep learning curve when it comes to local elections , especially when they’re being held in NSW.
NSWEC way ahead of ABC
No, it doesn’t say “no party”, there is a blank.
Albertross, 40 votes out of 77 counted is a meaningless figure.
Not really going argue against that Oz – I did say “VERY”
Should’ve said “VERY, VERY”!
Roughly, how many people would be in each ward / area call it what you will? I take it voting is compulsory.
http://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/status.aspx?type=lgcc
Does that mean that counting for most councils, including Sydney, won’t begin till next week? Or is it only talking about the make-up of councils after preferences have been allocated?
Don’t worry, I’ve found the enrolment numbers.
Very Very Very early count in Blue Mtns Fourth ward GRN 53%
Greens are going off in Marrickville.
even on just 1% counted, looks like clover moore will poo it in
did i mention i need a life?
Very early results in C’town suggest a big swing to the Libs away from the ALP.
Marrickville – they get to whack BOTH Mr and Mrs Albanese – even if it is at arm’s length
Sydney shaping up to be Clover Moore vs. Chris Harris (Greens). I don’t think anyone’s doubting that she’ll win easily.
Blue Mtns 2nd Ward with nearly 10% in GRN 31%, ALP 19% LIB 24%
Shouldn’t have mentioned Campbelltown. Depressing figures.
Blue Mountains is a weird place. Half the wards have the Libs in the lead, the other half with The Greens.
Blue Mtns 1st Ward with the sainted Naomi Parry as lead candidate ALP 9% with 5% counted
heh
Greens with 53% in Leichardt with 7.3% counted.
God I love the inner-city.
Greens – 57% in Marrickville.
Cessnock Ward A 5% in
ALP 8%
LP 34%
GRN 32%
ALP vote seems to be collapsing in Cessnock an ALP heartland (vvvvv early figures)
The mayoral election is what’s exciting in Cessnock. If current trends continue and assuming Liberal preferences to The Greens instead of the Independent, they’ll take the top spot.
mayoral elections are preferenced or first past the post?
Oz are the Libs smart enough to have thought of this?
Leichardt – Gadigal/Annandale-Lchhrdt Ward.
Greens have more than Libs and Labor put together, 55%.
50% of the overall vote.
bloody hell the greens are taking over the world
I don’t think the Libs have to be very smart to win just about everything today, and to help the Greens win what they can’t win themselves.
Labor 16% for Mayor of Queanbeyan, so my first vote in NSW is for naught 🙁
In Randwick North Ward GRN 40% LIB 40% Daylight third
Zombiemao, I know that they’re preferenced in some seats (Sydney is one) but I’m not sure about others.
albertross, I’ve always wondered about the Libs preferencing Greens over Labor which they do in a lot of areas, even though Labor is more ideologically related. Obviously they do it to stop them getting into government but with increased Greens votes it isn’t going to keep working as a tactic. If even a decent percentage of Libs preferences go to The Greens then that’ll be enough to make it toe-to-toe against Labor.
Unfortunately zombiemao, inner-city Sydney doesn’t equal the world. =(
pfffft sif the suburbs and the rurals count 😀
Cessnock is very weird. Labor still flying high in the mayoral position but getting hammered in both wards with counts so far, with a 40% swing against them and The Greens in front with 40% of the vote.
Greens are going to get at least half the positions in Leichardt going by figures at 20% counted.
It’s a pretty pass when coal-mining towns vote Green. What do they think they are going to do for a living, mine tofu?
I really want to see Socialist Alliance outpoll the Libs in Marrickville.
It’s not unprecedented, Adam. Tasmanian’s do the same thing. They’re economy is largely based on forestry, something vehemently opposed by The Greens but a huge proportion (relatively) of Tasmanians vote greens. So you’ve either got people against coal because they see the destruction it causes first hand or maybe even some of the miners who see the writing on the wall when it comes to fossil fuels.
Electoral Commission’s packed it in for Sydney and given it Clover after only counting 1% it seems, lol.