# 2021 Sydney City Council election

The 2021 Sydney City Council election was held on 4 December 2021 to elect nine councillors and a lord mayor to the City of Sydney. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales, Australia.
Clover Moore was re-elected Lord Mayor of Sydney.

## Candidates

Incumbent councillors are highlighted in bold text.
| Team Clover | Liberal | Unite for Sydney | Small Business |
| Clover Moore Jess Scully Robert Kok Emelda Davis William Chan Adam Worling Mike Galvin Elaine Czulkowski Philip Thalis Jess Miller | Shauna Jarrett Lyndon Gannon Sam Danieli Phyllisse Stanton Richard Hicklin Ricky Lee | Yvonne Weldon Karen Freyer Stephen Conlon Meead Saberi Kalaee Kiran De Silva Mark Hodge | Angela Vithoulkas Paul Crossin Tatiana Coulter Phillip Joel Allan Sudale Lisa Jayne Nicole Santer |
| Greens | Labor | Ungrouped |
| Sylvie Ellsmore Dejay Toborek Caroline Alcorso Chetan Sahai Mark Smith | Linda Scott Damien Minton Norma Ingram Tamira Stevensen Tony Pooley Meagan Lawson Ian Roberts Frier Bentley | John McFadden (Ind) Wen Zhou (Ind) |

### Retiring councillors

* Christine Forster (Liberal) − announced 10 February 2021
* Kerryn Phelps (Independent) − announced 2 May 2021
* Craig Chung (Liberal) − announced 22 June 2021
* Jess Miller (Team Clover) − announced 2021, remained on ticket

## Results
### Lord Mayor

2021 New South Wales mayoral elections: Sydney :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Team Clover | Clover Moore | 50,896 | 42.9 | −14.9 |
| | Liberal | Shauna Jarrett | 17,891 | 15.1 | −3.9 |
| | Labor | Linda Scott | 17,367 | 14.7 | +4.2 |
| | Unite for Sydney | Yvonne Weldon | 14,368 | 12.1 | +12.1 |
| | Greens | Sylvie Ellsmore | 9,812 | 8.3 | +3.2 |
| | Small Business | Angela Vithoulkas | 8,177 | 8.9 | −0.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 118,511 | 98.6 | +0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,675 | 1.4 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 120,186 | 68.7 | +8.9 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Team Clover | Clover Moore | 60,926 | 67.9 | |
| | Labor | Linda Scott | 28,786 | 32.1 | |
| | Team Clover hold | Team Clover hold | Swing | | |

### Councillors

2021 New South Wales local elections: Sydney :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Team Clover | 1. Clover Moore 2. Jess Scully (elected 1) 3. Robert Kok (elected 5) 4. Emelda Davis (elected 6) 5. William Chan (elected 7) 6. Adam Worling 7. Mike Galvin 8. Elaine Czulkowski 9. Philip Thalis 10. Jess Miller | 47,877 | 40.8 | −14.13 |
| | Liberal | 1. Shauna Jarrett (elected 2) 2. Lyndon Gannon (elected 8) 3. Sam Danieli 4. Phyllisse Stanton 5. Richard Hicklin 6. Ricky Lee | 20,432 | 17.4 | −2.3 |
| | Labor | 1. Linda Scott (elected 4) 2. Damien Minton 3. Norma Ingram 4. Tamira Stevensen 5. Tony Pooley 6. Meagan Lawson 7. Ian Roberts 8. Frier Bentley | 18,077 | 14.7 | +3.07 |
| | Greens | 1. Sylvie Ellsmore (elected 3) 2. Dejay Toborek 3. Caroline Alcorso 4. Chetan Sahai 5. Mark Smith | 12,972 | 11.1 | +5.12 |
| | Unite for Sydney | 1. Yvonne Weldon (elected 9) 2. Karen Freyer 3. Stephen Conlon 4. Meead Saberi Kalaee 5. Kiran De Silva 6. Mark Hodge | 10,577 | 9.0 | +9.0 |
| | Small Business | 1. Angela Vithoulkas 2. Paul Crossin 3. Tatiana Coulter 4. Phillip Joel 5. Allan Sudale 5. Lisa Jayne 7. Nicole Santer | 7,219 | 6.2 | −1.15 |
| | Independent | Wen Zhou | 133 | 0.1 | |
| | Independent | John McFadden | 75 | 0.1 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 118,511 | 98.6 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,675 | 1.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 120,186 | 68.7 | |
| Party total seats | Party total seats | Party total seats | Party total seats | Seats | ± |
| | Team Clover | Team Clover | Team Clover | 4 | 1 |
| | Liberal | Liberal | Liberal | 2 | |
| | Labor | Labor | Labor | 1 | |
| | Greens | Greens | Greens | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent | Independent | Independent | 1 | 1 |
| | Small Business | Small Business | Small Business | 0 | 1 |