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2016 New South Wales local elections

The 2016 New South Wales local elections were held on 10 September 2016 to elect the councils of 79 of the 128 local government areas (LGAs) of New South Wales. Several councils also held mayoral elections and/or referendums.

The 2016 New South Wales local elections were held on 10 September 2016 to elect the councils of 79 of the 128 local government areas (LGAs) of New South Wales. Several councils also held mayoral elections and/or referendums.

The elections were conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission, with the exception of Fairfield, Gunnedah, Kempsey, Lake Macquarie and Penrith, who chose to conduct their own elections.

The election in Tweed was deferred until 29 October 2016 due to the death of a candidate.

Following the 2012 elections, major changes occurred as a result of the enactment of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948 and as a result of a review by the NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) that commenced in 2013. On 12 May 2016, following a further review by the Minister for Local Government and the independent Local Government Boundaries Commission, Premier Mike Baird announced Stage 1 starting with 19 new councils, through amalgamations and mergers, with immediate effect. The Minister indicated in principle support to create a further nine new councils, subject to the decision of the courts. On the same day, the Governor of New South Wales acted on the advice of the Minister, and proclaimed the 19 new local government areas. Another proclamation occurred a few months later with the amalgamation of City of Botany Bay and City of Rockdale.

This resulted in 46 councils not being contested until 2017, before the vast majority contested together again in 2021.

The following registered parties contested this election. This does not include groups of independents:

Animal Justice Party
Christian Democrats
Greens
Labor Party
Liberal Democrats
Liberal Party

In addition, a number of local government-registered parties also contested the elections.

A number of councillors joined or left parties before the 2016 elections.

In Fairfield, Labor councillor George Barcha was handed a 6-month suspension for branch stacking and ran fourth on the party's Cabravale Ward ticket at the election.

Council	Ward	Councillor	New party
Cessnock	C Ward	Suellen Wrightson	Liberal	Palmer United	23 June 2013
Penrith	East	Maurice Girotto	Australia First	Independent	31 October 2013
Hurstville	Peakhurst	Michelle Stevens	Labor	Independent	3 April 2014
Ballina	B Ward	Jeff Johnson	Greens	Independent	16 February 2015
Wagga Wagga	Unsubdivided	Paul Funnell	Democratic Labour	Country	5 March 2015
Wagga Wagga	Unsubdivided	Paul Funnell	Country	Independent	29 March 2015
Fairfield	Cabravale	George Barcha	Labor	Independent Labor	11 November 2015
Blacktown	Ward 5	Jacqueline Donaldson	Liberal	Independent	2015
Penrith	East	Maurice Girotto	Independent	Christian Democrats	16 March 2016
Fairfield	Cabravale	Dai Le	Liberal	Independent	16 August 2016
Fairfield	Mayor	Frank Carbone	Labor	Independent	30 August 2016

Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independents	678,591	39.59	+1.45	545
	Labor	429,605	24.60	+5.43	81
	Liberal	286,013	16.40	−5.45	48
	Greens	110,491	6.35	−0.33	23
	Clover Moore Independent Team	45,224	2.60	+1.71	5	1
	Independent National	40,896	2.35	+1.36	15
	Shoalhaven Independents	21,510	1.31	+0.98	5	2
	Independent Liberal	21,364	1.30	−2.57	5
	Independent Lake Alliance	20,978	1.21	+0.44	1	3
	Lake Mac Independents	19,036	1.10	+1.10	3	3
	Christian Democrats	15,326	0.90	+0.49	0
	Liverpool Community Independents Team	13,207	0.75	+0.54	2	1
	Totally Locally Committed	7,865	0.45	+0.24	2
	Community First	7,049	0.41	+0.25	1
	Sydney Matters	6,051	0.35	+0.35	1	1
	Australia First	4,424	0.27	+0.08	0	1
	Liberal Democrats	4,356	0.27	−0.04	0	1
	Our Sustainable Future	4,295	0.26	+0.18	2
	Bob Thompson	3,891	0.25	+0.13	1
	Independent Labor	3,700	0.23	−0.24	4
	Community Service Environment	2,152	0.14	+0.02	0	1
	For A Better Shoalhaven	1,394	0.10	+0.10	0
	Albury Citizens and Ratepayers	301	0.03	−0.05	0	1
	Animal Justice	193	0.02	+0.02	0
1,747,912	100.00	–	–	–

In addition to the local elections, six LGAs held referendums.

The New South Wales Electoral Commission held a number of by-elections to fill vacancies on councils after the 2016 elections up until 2021.

2016 Sydney City Council election
2016 Tweed Shire Council election

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