# 2022 Hobart City Council election

The 2022 Hobart City Council election was held in October 2022 to elect a lord mayor, deputy lord mayor and 12 councillors to the City of Hobart. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Tasmania, Australia.
Anna Reynolds was re-elected lord mayor with 53.41% of the vote after preferences, while Helen Burnet was re-elected deputy lord mayor.
An elector poll was also held with the question of 'Do you support the University of Tasmania’s proposal to relocate the Sandy Bay campus into Hobart’s central business district?' with 7,797 (25.62%) yes votes and 22,631 (74.38%) no votes.
Like all other local government areas in Tasmania, voting was compulsory for the first time.

## Candidates

Incumbent lord mayor Anna Reynolds announced in June 2022 that she would seek re-election.
Former Liberal Democrats senator Duncan Spender contested the deputy lord mayoral election.

## Results
### Lord Mayor

2022 Tasmanian mayoral elections: Hobart :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Your Hobart Independents | Anna Reynolds | 9,015 | 28.78 |
| | Independent | John Kelly | 6,190 | 19.76 |
| | Independent | Marti Zucco | 3,676 | 11.73 |
| | Independent | Louise Elliot | 3,593 | 11.47 |
| | Greens | Bill Harvey | 3,481 | 11.11 |
| | Independent Liberal | Louise Bloomfield | 3,025 | 9.65 |
| | Our Hobart | Marcus Bai | 1,176 | 3.75 |
| | Independent Liberal | Will Coats | 1,161 | 3.70 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 31,317 | 97.87 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 684 | 2.13 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,001 | 83.02 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Your Hobart Independents | Anna Reynolds | 14,571 | 53.41 |
| | Independent | John Kelly | 12,711 | 46.59 |
| | Your Hobart Independents hold | Your Hobart Independents hold | Swing | |

### Deputy Lord Mayor

2022 Tasmanian deputy mayoral elections: Hobart :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Greens | Helen Burnet | 8,203 | 26.38 |
| | Independent Liberal | Simon Behrakis | 5,261 | 16.92 |
| | Your Hobart Independents | Mike Dutta | 4,557 | 14.65 |
| | Independent | Jeff Briscoe | 4,538 | 14.59 |
| | Independent Labor | Ryan Posselt | 2,816 | 9.05 |
| | Independent | Damon Thomas | 2,315 | 7.44 |
| | Our Hobart | Ron Christie | 1,453 | 4.67 |
| | Ind. Liberal Democrat | Duncan Spender | 1,043 | 3.35 |
| | Independent | Michael Jackson | 470 | 1.51 |
| | Our Hobart | Owen Davies | 432 | 1.38 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 31,088 | 97.15 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 914 | 2.85 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,002 | 83.02 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Greens | Helen Burnet | 16,068 | 61.13 |
| | Independent Liberal | Simon Behrakis | 10,216 | 38.87 |
| | Greens hold | Greens hold | Swing | |

### Councillors

2022 Tasmanian local elections: Hobart :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Your Hobart Independents | Anna Reynolds (elected) | 4,266 | 13.89 | |
| | Independent | John Kelly (elected) | 4,067 | 13.24 | |
| | Independent | Marti Zucco (elected) | 2,150 | 7.00 | |
| | Independent | Louise Elliot (elected) | 1,824 | 5.94 | |
| | Greens | Helen Burnet (elected) | 1,529 | 4.98 | |
| | Independent Liberal | Louise Bloomfield (elected) | 1,473 | 4.80 | |
| | Independent Liberal | Simon Behrakis (elected) | 1,448 | 4.72 | |
| | Your Hobart Independents | Mike Dutta (elected) | 1,230 | 4.01 | |
| | Greens | Bill Harvey (elected) | 1,219 | 3.97 | |
| | Independent Labor | Ryan Posselt (elected) | 1,016 | 3.31 | |
| | Independent | Ben Lohberger (elected) | 936 | 3.05 | |
| | Independent | Jax Fox | 838 | 2.73 | |
| | Your Hobart Independents | Zelinda Sherlock (elected) | 656 | 2.14 | |
| | Your Hobart Independents | Kate Kelly | 646 | 2.10 | |
| | Independent | Jeff Briscoe | 605 | 1.97 | |
| | Our Hobart | Marcus Bai | 572 | 1.86 | |
| | Your Hobart Independents | Brian Corr | 500 | 1.63 | |
| | Independent Liberal | Will Coats | 486 | 1.58 | |
| | Independent | Damon Thomas | 459 | 1.49 | |
| | Greens | Gemma Kitsos | 428 | 1.39 | |
| | Your Hobart Independents | Matt Etherington | 373 | 1.21 | |
| | Independent | Steven Phipps | 350 | 1.14 | |
| | Greens | Bec Taylor | 321 | 1.05 | |
| | Greens | Nathan Volf | 281 | 0.92 | |
| | Independent | Debra Thurley | 270 | 0.88 | |
| | Independent | Edwin Johnstone | 268 | 0.87 | |
| | Your Hobart Independents | Juniper Shaw | 258 | 0.84 | |
| | Independent Liberal | James McKee | 256 | 0.83 | |
| | Our Hobart | Ron Christie | 241 | 0.78 | |
| | Independent | Yang Liu | 225 | 0.73 | |
| | Independent | Sam Campbell | 213 | 0.69 | |
| | Your Hobart Independents | Raj Chopra | 169 | 0.55 | |
| | Ind. Liberal Democrat | Duncan Spender | 157 | 0.51 | |
| | Independent | Tiina Sexton | 137 | 0.45 | |
| | Our Hobart | Lili Christie | 131 | 0.43 | |
| | Independent Liberal | Daniel Geng | 127 | 0.41 | |
| | Independent Liberal | Stefan Vogel | 115 | 0.37 | |
| | Independent | Jono Stagg | 108 | 0.35 | |
| | Independent | Michael Jackson | 99 | 0.32 | |
| | Our Hobart | Ling Ling Gao | 76 | 0.25 | |
| | Independent | Joe Grech | 72 | 0.23 | |
| | Our Hobart | Owen Davies | 42 | 0.14 | |
| | Our Hobart | Karen Rothery | 39 | 0.13 | |
| | Independent | Cadence Mitchell | 32 | 0.10 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 30,708 | 96.70 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,047 | 3.30 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,755 | 82.38 | |
| Party total votes ||||||
| | Independent | Independent | 12,653 | 41.21 | |
| | Your Hobart Independents | Your Hobart Independents | 8,098 | 26.37 | |
| | Independent Liberal | Independent Liberal | 3,905 | 12.72 | |
| | Greens | Greens | 3,778 | 12.30 | |
| | Our Hobart | Our Hobart | 1,101 | 3.59 | |
| | Independent Labor | Independent Labor | 1,016 | 3.31 | |
| | Independent Liberal Democrat | Independent Liberal Democrat | 157 | 0.51 | |
| Party total seats | Party total seats | Party total seats | Party total seats | Seats | ± |
| | Independent | Independent | Independent | 4 | |
| | Your Hobart Independents | Your Hobart Independents | Your Hobart Independents | 3 | |
| | Greens | Greens | Greens | 2 | |
| | Independent Liberal | Independent Liberal | Independent Liberal | 2 | |
| | Independent Labor | Independent Labor | Independent Labor | 1 | |