2020 Melbourne local elections

Elections to the City of Melbourne were held via postal ballot in October 2020 to elect 9 councillors to the council, as well as the direct election of the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne. The incumbent Lord Mayor, Sally Capp, who was first elected in a 2018 by-election, won a second term defeating incumbent Deputy Lord Mayor Arron Wood.

Main article: 2020 Victorian local elections
2020 City of Melbourne election
24 October 2020 (2020-10-24)
Mayoral election
 
Candidate Sally Capp Arron Wood
Deputy candidate Nicholas Reece Lisa Teh
Voting ticket Team Sally Capp Team Arron Wood
First round 27,949 13,497
First round (%) 31.60% 15.26%
Final round 47,256 41,178
Final round (%) 53.44% 46.56%
Lord Mayor of Melbourne before election

Sally Capp
Independent

 Elected Lord Mayor

Sally Capp
Team Sally Capp

Council election
All 9 seats in the Melbourne City Council
5 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Independents — 60.57 6 -1
Greens Rohan Leppert 16.00 2 0
Labor Davydd Griffiths 11.64 1 +1

The election was held in concurrent with the 2020 Victorian local elections.

Results

Leadership Team election
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2020 Melbourne local elections: Leadership team[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Team Sally Capp Sally Capp
Nicholas Reece		 27,949 31.60 +31.60
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 +53.44
Team Arron Wood Arron Wood
Lisa Teh		 41,178 46.56 +46.56
Team Sally Capp hold SwingN/A

Councillor election
# Councillor Party
1 Kevin Louey   Team Sally Capp
2 Rohan Leppert   Greens
3 Jason Chang   Team Arron Wood
4 Davydd Griffiths   Labor
5 Roshena Campbell   Team Sally Capp
6 Olivia Ball   Greens
7 Philip Le Liu   Bring Back Melbourne
8 Jamal Hakim   Team Hakim
9 Elizabeth Mary Doidge   Back To Business
2020 Melbourne local elections: Council[1]
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 −10.72
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 K. 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

Key dates

Key dates in relation to the election are:[2]

  • 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 the 2016 election. There are 18 candidates 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 have nominated for councillor positions, up from 44 in 2016.[3]

Leadership Team

Incumbent Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

Socialists candidates Bring Back Melbourne candidates Team Zorin candidates Labor candidates Greens candidates Team Arron Wood candidates
 
  1. Kath Larkin
  2. Daniel Nair Dadich
  1. Nick Russian
  2. Michael Burge
  1. Wayne Tseng
  2. Gricol Yang
  1. Phil Reed
  2. Wesa Chau
  1. Apsara Sabaratnam
  2. Roxane Ingleton
  1. Arron Wood
  2. Lisa Teh
Team Sally Capp candidates Back To Business candidates Morgan-Watts Team
 
  1. Sally Capp
  2. Nicholas Reece
  1. Jennifer Yang
  2. Sandra Gee
  1. Gary Morgan
  2. Mary-Lou Howie

Councillors

Sitting members 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 candidates Back to Business candidates Team Arron Wood candidates Your Melbourne Team Get It Done candidates Sustainable candidates Team Hakim candidates
 
  1. Davydd Griffiths*
  2. Mary Delahunty
  3. Hamdi Ali
  1. Elizabeth Mary Doidge*
  2. Charles Pick
  3. Moti Visa
  4. Bedri Sainovski
  1. Jason Chang*
  2. Peter Clarke
  3. Beverley Frances Pinder
  4. Abdirahman I. Ali
  5. Beverley Honig
  1. Mary K. Poulakis
  2. Fiona Sweetman
  1. Richard Belcher
  2. Bettina Terry
  1. Jamal Hakim*
  2. Safaa Hakim
Team Sally Capp candidates AJP candidates Artemis Pattichi - Independent Local Voice candidates LDP candidates Residents First candidates Melbourne - We All Matter candidates
 
  1. Kevin Louey*
  2. Roshena Campbell*
  3. Mark David McMillan
  4. Tania Davidge
  5. James Young
  6. Tina Kuek
  1. Rabin Bangaar
  2. Rod Whitfield
  1. Artemis Pattichi
  2. Adriana Mendieta Nino
  1. Paul Silverberg
  2. Faith Newman
  1. Janette Corcoran
  2. Mary Masters
  3. Samantha Tran
  1. Sainab Sheikh
  2. Fatuma Ali
Innovate Melbourne - Startup The City candidates Morgan-Watts Team candidates Bring Back Melbourne candidates Greens candidates Socialists candidates It Will Be Okay Melbourne candidates
 
  1. Andrew Rowse
  2. John Daniell
  1. Jackie Watts
  2. Michael Kennedy
  3. Haya Aldaghlas
  4. Dashi Zhang
  1. Philip Le Liu*
  2. Serena Lu Jiang
  3. Lauren Sherson
  4. Darin Schade
  1. Rohan Leppert*
  2. Olivia Ball*
  3. Emily Corcoran
  4. David Jeffery
  5. Nakita Thomson
  6. Charlotte George
  1. Christopher di Pasquale
  2. Jesse Lambourn
  1. Joseph Burke
  2. Michael Mach
Ungrouped candidates
 

Scott Robson (Ind)
Luke Downing (Ind)
Philip Jonathan Bateman (Ind)
Andrew Ward (Ind)

References
  1. "Melbourne City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  2. "Key dates for prospective candidates". Melbourne City Council. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. "Melbourne City Council / Nominations". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
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