2023 Perth City Council election
21 October 2023
  First party Second party Third party
 
IND
IND
Candidate Basil Zempilas Sandy Anghie Will Leyland
Party Independent Independent Independent
Popular vote 3,264 2,108 405
Percentage 56.50% 36.49% 7.01%
Swing Increase 27.06 Increase 26.92 Increase 7.01
Lord Mayor before election

Basil Zempilas
Independent

 Subsequent Lord Mayor

Basil Zempilas
Independent

The 2023 Perth City Council election was held on was held on 21 October 2023 to elect a lord mayor and 4 councillors to the City of Perth. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Western Australia.[1]

Background

The previous mayoral election was held in October 2020, following the council's suspension by the Western Australian state government in 2018.[2] Four of the eight councillors elected in 2020 faced another election in 2021, while the remaining four had their terms expire in 2023.[3]

Three candidates contended the position of Lord Mayor − incumbent Basil Zempilas, councillor Sandy Anghie (who also contested the 2020 election) and Will Leyland.[4]

The campaign was surrounded by claims that Zempilas would join the Western Australian Liberal Party and contest the 2025 state election. On 6 September 2023, Zempilas confirmed he would seek re-election.[4] Anghie campaigned on "serving full time for a full term," and said she did not have ambitions for state or federal politics.[5]

The Greens endorsed one candidate − Isabella Tripp − who also ran in Cowan at the 2022 federal election.[6][7]

Eectoral reform introduced into the state parliament by the McGowan government in February 2023 saw optional preferential voting (used for local and state elections in New South Wales) introduced, replacing first-past-the-post.[1]

Results

Lord Mayor

2023 Western Australian local elections: Lord Mayor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Basil Zempilas 3,264 56.50 +27.06
Independent Sandy Anghie 2,108 36.49 +26.92
Independent Will Leyland 405 7.01 +7.01
Total formal votes 5,777 99.26
Informal votes 43 0.74
Turnout 5,820 34.51 −6.78
Independent hold Swing

Councillors

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 Western Australian local elections § Perth.[edit]
2023 Western Australian local elections: Perth[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Catherine Lezer (elected) 911 16.57
Independent Bruce Reynolds (elected) 827 15.04
Labor David Goncalves (elected) 547 9.95
Independent Crawford Yorke 519 9.44
Independent Raj Doshi (elected) 442 8.04
Independent Glennys Marsdon 420 7.64
Independent Bronte Macmillan 365 6.64
Independent Will Leyland 361 6.57
Independent Naijiao (Jason) Bo 330 6.00
Greens Isabella Tripp 304 5.53
Independent Dave Lee 244 4.44
Independent Shirley Vine 227 4.13
Total formal votes 5,497 98.76
Informal votes 69 1.24
Turnout 5,566 33.00

References

  1. 1 2 "Local Government Elections". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "At last, City of Perth to pick new mayor, council in October election". WA Today.
  3. ↑ "City of Perth Section 4.13 Other Election - 17 October 2020". Western Australian Electoral Commission.
  4. 1 2 "True to his word, Zempilas readies for another tilt at Perth mayoral role". WA Today.
  5. ↑ "'In it for the city': Sandy Anghie running for Perth Lord Mayor". WAMN News.
  6. ↑ "Local Government Elections in Western Australia". Greens.
  7. ↑ "Cowan (Key Seat) - Federal Election 2022". ABC News.
  8. ↑ "Candidates for Local Government Elections". WA Labor. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "2023 Ordinary Election - Perth". Western Australian Electoral Commission.
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