2024 Northern Beaches Council election

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All 15 seats onNorthern Beaches Council 8 seats needed for a majority
Registered	188,741[1]
Turnout	82.73% ( 1.23)
First party Second party Third party   TRUE Leader Sue Heins None Vincent De Luca Party YNBIT Greens True Independents Leader's seat Frenchs Forest N/A Narrabeen Last election 6 seats 2 seats 1 seat Seats before 5 2 1 Seats won 7 4 2 Seat change 2 2 1 Primary vote 71,095 27,052 15,814 Percentage 49.14% 18.70% 10.93% Swing 18.04 3.70 7.51
Results by ward

The2024 Northern Beaches Council election was held on 14 September 2024 to elect 15 councillors to theNorthern Beaches Council.^[2] The election was held as part of thestatewide local government elections inNew South Wales.^[3]

Your Northern Beaches Independent Team (YNBIT) won seven seats, one short of a majority, while theGreens doubled its seats to four.^[4] TheLiberal Party lost all six seats it held prior to the election, owing to amissed candidate nomination deadline which prevented its councillors from recontesting, although oneparty member running without endorsement was elected.^[5]

Northern Beaches Council, located in theNorthern Beaches region ofSydney, was established in 2016 and held its first electionone year later.^[6]Your Northern Beaches Independent Team (YNBIT), established by formerWarringah mayorMichael Regan, won six seats at the 2017 election and retained all six in 2021.^[7]

Regan was elected to theNew South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member forWakehurst at the2023 state election.^[8] Following this,Curl Curl Ward councillor Sue Heins replaced Regan as YNBIT leader and Northern Beaches mayor on 16 May 2023.^[9] Liberal councillorRory Amon was also elected to parliament as the member forPittwater, with formerManly councillor Karina Page elected as his replacement following acountback on 20 June 2023.^[10]

On 28 January 2024,Pittwater Ward councillor Michael Gencher left YNBIT to join theLiberal Party.^[11] According to theNorthern Beaches Advocate, Gencher was one of several YNBIT councillors facing "pressure to stand aside" in favour of candidates aligned withteal independents.^[12] Heins told the Manly Observer in response that "if Gencher needs more structure, then he has made the right move".^[13] As a result of Gencher's defection, YNBIT lost its plurality on council.^[14]

Like in all other New South Waleslocal government areas (LGAs), Northern Beaches Council elections useoptional preferential voting.^[15] Under this system, voters are only required to vote for one candidate or group, although they can choose to preference other candidates.^[16]

All elections for councillor positions are elected usingproportional representation.^[17] Northern Beaches has anAustralian Senate-style ballot paper with above-the-line and below-the-line voting.^[18] The council is divided into fivewards, each electing three councillors.^[2]

The election was conducted by theNew South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).^[19][20]

• Michael Regan (Frenchs Forest) – elected toparliament in2023^[21]

• Stuart Sprott (Frenchs Forest)^[22]

On 14 August 2024, the day that candidates nominations closed, theLiberal Party revealed they hadmissed the deadline to nominate 164 candidates in 16 different LGAs.^[23][24] This included all Liberal councillors seeking re-election to Northern Beaches Council.^[25][26]

The only Liberal member to remain on the ballot was Mandeep Singh, who was supposed to run on the party'sPittwater Ward ticket with Gencher.^[27] Singh had mistakenly submitted his own nomination form, rather than waiting for the Liberals to do it on his behalf, meaning he appeared on the ballot as an ungrouped candidate.^[28][29]

YNBIT ran candidates in every ward, while theGreens contested four wards and theLabor Party contested three.^[30][31] Additionally,Manly Ward councillor Candy Bingham recontested with her "Good For Manly" registered party, andNarrabeen Ward councillor Vincent De Luca ran on the "True Independents" ticket.^[32][33]

Although he was the only Liberal member contesting the election, Singh was not permitted to use official party material during the campaign.^[37] Singh was also endorsed by Liberal MP and former councillorRory Amon, prior to Amon being charged with child sex offences and resigning from parliament on 30 August 2024.^[38][39]

2024 Northern Beaches Council election: Ward results

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Your Northern Beaches		71,095	49.14	+18.04	7	1
	Greens		27,052	18.70	+3.70	4	2
	True Independents		15,814	10.93	+7.51	2	1
	Independent Liberal		10,710	7.40	−27.70[a]	1	4[a]
	Good For Manly		10,230	7.07	+2.67	1
	Labor		9,387	6.49	−0.01	0
	Friends of Mona Vale		387	0.26	+0.26	0
Formal votes			144,675	92.66
Informal votes			11,472	7.34
Total			156,147	100.0		15
Registered voters / turnout			188,741	82.73	−1.23

Singh resigned from the Liberal Party on 8 April 2025 to contest theDivision of Mackellar as an independent at the2025 federal election.^[40] He received 0.63% of the vote, finishing last in a field of nine candidates.^[41]

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