Results of the 2021 New South Wales local elections in Central West
This is a list of results for the 2021 New South Wales local elections in the Central West region.[1][2][3][4]
Bathurst
| Elected councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Fry | Balanced Bathurst | |
| Kirralee Burke | Balanced Bathurst | |
| Ian North | TEAM NORTH | |
| Marg Hogan | Marg Hogan Team | |
| Graeme Hanger | Team Hanger | |
| Jess Jennings | Better Bathurst | |
| Robert 'Stumpy' Taylor | Back Bathurst | |
| Andrew 'Struthy' Smith | Back Bathurst | |
| Warren Aubin | Bathurst First | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanced Bathurst | 4,943 | 20.0 | |||
| Back Bathurst | 4,334 | 17.5 | |||
| TEAM NORTH | 2,475 | 10.0 | |||
| Marg Hogan Team | 2,119 | 8.6 | |||
| Better Bathurst | 2,057 | 8.3 | |||
| Team Hanger – Working Together for Bathurst | 1,737 | 7.0 | |||
| The Restore Bathurst Team | 1,458 | 5.9 | |||
| Nick Packham for Bathurst | 1,244 | 5.0 | |||
| Bathurst First | 1,125 | 4.6 | |||
| Bathurst Matters | 792 | 3.2 | |||
| Independent | Alex Christian | 733 | 3.0 | ||
| TEAM BOURKE | Bobby Bourke | 456 | 1.8 | ||
| Independent (Group J) | 393 | 1.6 | |||
| Independent | Stuart Driver | 292 | 1.2 | ||
| Team Singleton | 214 | 0.9 | |||
| Independent | Catherine Strods | 129 | 0.5 | ||
| Independent | Steve Semmens | 105 | 0.4 | ||
| TEAM BOURKE | Jeff Muir | 42 | 0.2 | ||
| TEAM BOURKE | Steve Ellery | 25 | 0.1 | ||
| TEAM BOURKE | Ken Hope | 21 | 0.1 | ||
| TEAM BOURKE | Michael Forde | 10 | 0.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 24,704 | 92.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,939 | 7.3 | |||
| Turnout | 86.3 | ||||
Blayney
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Scott Ferguson (elected) | 1,036 | 22.7 | ||
| Independent | Bruce Reynolds (elected) | 635 | 13.9 | ||
| Independent | Michelle Pryse Jones (elected) | 605 | 13.3 | ||
| Independent | Craig Gosewisch (elected) | 559 | 12.3 | ||
| Independent | Allan Ewin (elected) | 526 | 11.5 | ||
| Independent | David Somervaille (elected) | 443 | 9.7 | ||
| Independent | John Newstead (elected) | 416 | 9.1 | ||
| Independent | Iris Dorsett | 340 | 7.5 | ||
| Total formal votes | 4,560 | 95.3 | |||
| Informal votes | 224 | 4.7 | |||
| Turnout | 4,784 | 87.7 | |||
Cabonne
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Kevin Beatty (elected) | 1,859 | 23.7 | ||
| Independent | Marlene Nash (elected) | 1,090 | 13.9 | ||
| Independent | Andrew Pull (elected) | 726 | 9.3 | ||
| Independent | Kathryn O'Ryan (elected) | 657 | 8.4 | ||
| Independent | Andrew Rawson (elected) | 641 | 8.2 | ||
| Independent | Jamie Jones (elected) | 638 | 8.1 | ||
| Independent | Peter Batten (elected) | 511 | 6.5 | ||
| Independent | Libby Oldham (elected) | 378 | 4.8 | ||
| Independent | Aaron Pearson | 375 | 4.8 | ||
| Independent | Kevin Walker | 293 | 3.7 | ||
| Independent | Jenny Weaver (elected) | 250 | 3.2 | ||
| Independent | Paul Mullins | 205 | 2.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 7,836 | 92.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 618 | 7.3 | |||
| Turnout | 8,454 | 84.0 | |||
Cowra
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Bill West (elected) | 2,132 | 27.5 | ||
| Independent | Erin Watt (elected) | 1,138 | 14.7 | ||
| Independent | Sharon D'Elboux (elected) | 705 | 9.1 | ||
| Independent | Nikki Kiss (elected) | 676 | 8.7 | ||
| Independent | Cheryl Downing (elected) | 527 | 6.8 | ||
| Independent | Peter Wright (elected) | 428 | 5.5 | ||
| Independent | Paul Smith (elected) | 386 | 5.0 | ||
| Independent National | Ruth Fagan (elected) | 265 | 3.4 | ||
| Independent | Donna Peters | 260 | 3.3 | ||
| Independent National | Ian Docker | 235 | 3.0 | ||
| Independent | Rodrick Buhr | 230 | 3.0 | ||
| Independent | Judi Smith (elected) | 216 | 2.8 | ||
| Independent | Michael Nobes | 152 | 2.0 | ||
| Independent | Alex Cozadinos | 145 | 1.9 | ||
| Independent | Rebecca Morgan | 143 | 1.8 | ||
| Independent | Simon Bray | 126 | 1.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 7,764 | 94.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 480 | 5.8 | |||
| Turnout | 8,244 | 85.0 | |||
Forbes
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent National | Phyllis Miller (elected) | 2,062 | 36.6 | ||
| Independent | Steve Karaitiana (elected) | 577 | 10.3 | ||
| Independent | Jenny Webb (elected) | 569 | 10.1 | ||
| Independent | Margaret Duggan (elected) | 456 | 8.1 | ||
| Independent | Aidan Clarke (elected) | 451 | 8.0 | ||
| Independent | Maria Willis (elected) | 272 | 4.8 | ||
| Independent | Chris Roylance (elected) | 267 | 4.7 | ||
| Independent | Emma Henderson | 190 | 3.4 | ||
| Independent | Brian Mattiske (elected) | 176 | 3.1 | ||
| Independent | Graeme Miller | 164 | 2.9 | ||
| Independent | Thomas Dwyer | 160 | 2.8 | ||
| Independent | Michele Herbert (elected) | 142 | 2.5 | ||
| Independent | Jeff Nicholson | 142 | 2.5 | ||
| Total formal votes | 5,628 | 97.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 170 | 2.9 | |||
| Turnout | 5,798 | 83.1 | |||
Lachlan
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 649 | 100.0 | +0.0 | 10 | |||
| Formal votes | 649 | 98.2 | |||||
| Informal votes | 12 | 1.8 | |||||
| Total | 661 | 100.0 | |||||
| Registered voters / turnout | 4,366 | 15.14 | |||||
A Ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Medcalf (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Megan Mortimer (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 859 | ||||
B Ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Melissa Blewitt (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Melissa Rees (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 846 | ||||
C Ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Dave Carter (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Peter Harris (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 839 | ||||
D Ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Elaine Bendall (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Independent | Dennis Brady (elected) | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 906 | ||||
E Ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Judith Bartholomew (elected) | 281 | 43.3 | ||
| Independent | Paul Phillips (elected) | 239 | 36.8 | ||
| Independent | Allan Johnston | 73 | 11.2 | ||
| Independent | Mark Hall | 56 | 8.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 649 | 98.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 12 | 1.8 | |||
| Turnout | 661 | 72.2 | |||
Lithgow
| Elected councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Maree Stratham | Team Maree | |
| Col O'Connor | Team Maree | |
| Stuart McGhie | Team Maree | |
| Almudena Bryce | Team Maree | |
| Darryl Goodwin | Good for Council | |
| Deanna Goodsell | Good for Council | |
| Cass Coleman | Cass Coleman | |
| Eric Mahony | Cass Coleman | |
| Stephen Lesslie | Independent | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Maree | 5,502 | 42.1 | |||
| Good for Council | 2,496 | 19.1 | |||
| Cass Coleman Community Team | 2,147 | 16.4 | |||
| Independent | 1,665 | 12.7 | |||
| Ring's Independent Lithgow | 633 | 4.8 | |||
| Lithgow First | 618 | 4.7 | |||
| Total formal votes | 13,061 | 95.4 | |||
| Informal votes | 636 | 4.6 | |||
| Turnout | 13,697 | 86.4 | |||
Oberon
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Mark Kellam (elected) | 570 | 17.7 | ||
| Independent | Clive McCarthy (elected) | 435 | 13.5 | ||
| Independent | Ian Tucker (elected) | 352 | 10.9 | ||
| Independent | Katy Graham (elected) | 301 | 9.4 | ||
| Independent | Mick McKechnie (elected) | 252 | 7.8 | ||
| Independent | Andrew McKibbin (elected) | 249 | 7.7 | ||
| Independent | Lauren Trembath (elected) | 220 | 6.8 | ||
| Independent | Bruce Watt (elected) | 213 | 6.6 | ||
| Independent | Helen Hayden (elected) | 155 | 4.8 | ||
| Independent | Sig Sovik | 143 | 4.4 | ||
| Independent | Neil Francis | 121 | 3.8 | ||
| Independent | Gregory Bourne | 113 | 3.5 | ||
| Independent | Margaret Kilby | 91 | 2.8 | ||
| Total formal votes | 3,215 | 95.5 | |||
| Informal votes | 153 | 4.5 | |||
| Turnout | 3,368 | 84.4 | |||
Orange
| Elected councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|
| Tony Mileto | For Our Future | |
| Jack Evans | For Our Future | |
| Tammy Greenhalgh | Team Hamling | |
| Glenn Floyd | SFF | |
| Steven Peterson | Refresh Orange | |
| Kevin Duffy | Independent (Group F) | |
| David Mallard | Greens | |
| Melanie McDonell | McDonell Team | |
| Jeff Whitton | Ind. Labor | |
| Frances Kinghorne | ORRAP | |
| Gerald Power | Independent (Group I) | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For Our Future | 3,786 | 15.9 | |||
| Team Hamling | 3,155 | 13.3 | |||
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 2,928 | 12.3 | |||
| Refresh Orange | 2,469 | 10.4 | |||
| Independent (Group F) | 2,351 | 9.9 | |||
| Greens | 2,185 | 9.2 | |||
| McDonell Team | 1,870 | 7.9 | |||
| Independent Labor | 1,786 | 7.5 | |||
| Orange Residents and Ratepayers Association | 1,408 | 5.9 | |||
| Independent (Group I) | 846 | 3.6 | |||
| Independent | Amanda Spalding | 347 | 1.5 | ||
| Independent | Geoff Naughton | 266 | 1.1 | ||
| Independent | Lesley Smith | 192 | 0.8 | ||
| Independent | Scott Munro | 105 | 0.4 | ||
| Independent | Josh Girle-Bennett | 46 | 0.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 23,740 | 93.4 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,684 | 6.6 | |||
| Turnout | 25,424 | 84.4 | |||
Parkes
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 1. Glenn Wilson (elected) 2. Erik Snyman 3. Matthew Scherer 4. Daniel Weber (elected) 5. Peter Weber 6. Ray Hodge |
1,596 | 19.9 | ||
| Independent National | Ken Keith (elected) | 1,172 | 14.6 | ||
| Independent | Louise O'Leary (elected) | 786 | 9.8 | ||
| Independent | Neil Westcott (elected) | 708 | 8.8 | ||
| Independent | Bill Jayet (elected) | 707 | 8.8 | ||
| Independent | Jacob Cass (elected) | 650 | 8.1 | ||
| Independent | Marg Applebee (elected) | 573 | 7.1 | ||
| Independent | Kenny McGrath (elected) | 496 | 6.2 | ||
| Independent | George Pratt (elected) | 431 | 5.4 | ||
| Independent National | John Southon | 332 | 4.1 | ||
| Independent | Johanne Burke | 213 | 2.7 | ||
| Independent | Cathy Francis | 160 | 2.0 | ||
| Independent | John Coulston | 156 | 1.9 | ||
| Independent | Sean White | 47 | 0.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 8,027 | 91.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 797 | 9.0 | |||
| Turnout | 8,824 | 83.8 | |||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Independent | 6,523 | 81.3 | |||
| Independent National | 1,504 | 18.7 | |||
| Party total seats | Seats | ± | |||
| Independent | 9 | ||||
| Independent | 1 | ||||
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