2023 Perth City Council Election
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.
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Background
The previous mayoral election was held in October 2020, following the council's suspension by the Western Australian state government in 2018. Four of the eight councillors elected in 2020 faced another election in 2021, while the remaining four had their terms expire in 2023.
Three candidates contended the position of Lord Mayor − incumbent Basil Zempilas, councillor Sandy Anghie (who also contested the 2020 election) and Will Leyland.
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. Anghie campaigned on "serving full time for a full term," and said she did not have ambitions for state or federal politics.
The Greens endorsed one candidate − Isabella Tripp − who also ran in Cowan at the 2022 federal election.
Electoral reform introduced into the state parliament by the McGowan government in February 2023 saw optional preferential voting (used for state and some local elections in New South Wales) introduced, replacing first-past-the-post.
Results
Lord Mayor
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Catherine Lezer (elected) | 911 | 16.57 | ||
| Independent Liberal | Bruce Reynolds (elected) | 827 | 15.04 | ||
| Labor | David Goncalves (elected) | 547 | 9.95 | ||
| Labor | 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
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