# Results of the 2024 New South Wales local elections in Hunter

This is a list of results for the 2024 New South Wales local elections in the Hunter Region.
Hunter, also known as Greater Newcastle, covers nine local government areas (LGAs), including the City of Newcastle and the City of Lake Macquarie.

## Cessnock

Cessnock City Council is composed of four wards electing three councillors, each, as well as a directly-elected mayor. At the 2021 election, the Labor Party won a plurality with five councillors and the mayoralty.
In January 2024, D Ward councillor Paul Paynter left Cessnock Independents to join the Liberal Party, which won three seats in 2021. However, the Liberals are unable to recontest after missing the candidate nomination deadline. B Ward Liberal councillor Karen Jackson has formally endorsed Labor.
Olsen Independents became "Cessnock Independents" in 2023, and B Ward councillor Ian Olsen announced in January 2024 that he would not seek re-election.
Cr Daniel Watton’s win of the mayoral seat was described as a historic win, beating out the safe Labor seat, and previous mayor Jay Suvaal.

### Cessnock results

2024 New South Wales local elections: Cessnock :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Cessnock Independents | Cessnock Independents | 16,245 | 42.43 | +17.4 | 5 | 1 |
| | Labor | Labor | 15,563 | 40.65 | −1.8 | 6 | 1 |
| | Independents | Independents | 4,008 | 10.47 | +9.4 | 1 | 1 |
| | Animal Justice | Animal Justice | 1,393 | 3.64 | +3.6 | 0 | |
| | Greens | Greens | 1,080 | 2.82 | −7.1 | 0 | |
| Formal votes | Formal votes | Formal votes | 38,289 | 90.75 | −3.24 | | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,905 | 9.25 | +3.24 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 42,194 | 100.00 | | | |

### A Ward

2024 New South Wales local elections: A Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Cessnock Independents | 1. Jessica Jurd (elected) 2. Tracey Harrington (elected) 3. Sharon Kennedy | 5,751 | 59.06 | +30.87 |
| | Labor | 1. Jay Suvaal (elected) 2. James Hawkins 3. Charlie McLennan | 2,906 | 29.84 | −5.83 |
| | Greens | 1. Llynda Nairn 2. Greg Gilmour 3. Averil Drummond | 1,080 | 11.09 | +0.32 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,737 | 92.57 | −0.22 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 782 | 7.43 | +0.22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,519 | 85.48 | +1.89 |

### B Ward

2024 New South Wales local elections: B Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | 1. Christopher Madden (elected) 2. Fatmata Bangura 3. Steve George | 3,724 | 38.89 |
| | Cessnock Independents | 1. Quintin King (elected) 2. Naomi Smith 3. Col Caban | 2,815 | 29.40 |
| | Independent | 1. Sarah Pascoe (elected) 2. Brett King 3. Brendan Peel | 3,037 | 31.71 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,576 | 90.65 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 988 | 9.35 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,564 | 84.04 |

### C Ward

2024 New South Wales local elections: C Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | 1. Sophie Palmowski (elected) 2. Mitchell Lea (elected) 3. Anne Sander | 4,824 | 48.87 |
| | Cessnock Independents | 1. Daniel Watton 2. Mark Mason (elected) 3. Jack Franklin | 4,076 | 41.29 |
| | Independent | 1. Nick Maher 2. Rachael Thomas 3. Cameron Derewianka-Bowes | 971 | 9.84 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,871 | 89.91 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,108 | 10.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,979 | 85.52 |

### D Ward

2024 New South Wales local elections: D Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | 1. Mitchell Hill (elected) 2. Rosa Grine (elected) 3. Deb Dunne | 4,109 | 45.13 |
| | Cessnock Independents | 1. Sue Dixon (elected) 2. Chris Parker 3. Dave Cocking | 3,603 | 39.57 |
| | Animal Justice | 1. Victoria Davies 2. Graeme Davies 3. Anne McCondach | 1,393 | 15.30 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,105 | 89.86 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,027 | 10.14 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,132 | 86.29 |

## Dungog

Dungog Shire Council is composed of three two-member wards, totalling six councillors, along with − starting at the 2024 election − a directly-elected mayor.
Labor endorsed one candidate for the election, while there were two Independent Labor candidates contesting.

### Dungog results

2024 New South Wales local elections: Dungog :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Independents | Independents | 4,047 | 66.20 | −10.46 | 3 | 1 |
| | Labor | Labor | 753 | 12.32 | +12.32 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent National | Independent National | 664 | 10.86 | −2.63 | 1 | |
| | Independent Labor | Independent Labor | 649 | 10.62 | +0.77 | 1 | |
| Formal votes | Formal votes | Formal votes | 6,113 | 93.19 | −2.15 | | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 447 | 6.81 | +2.15 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 6,560 | 100.0 | | 6 | |
| Registered voters | turnout | Registered voters | turnout | Registered voters | turnout | 7,565 | 86.72 | +0.13 | | |

### A Ward

2024 New South Wales local elections: A Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent National | Michael Dowling (elected) | 664 | 33.57 | −8.10 |
| | Independent | Liam Ley (elected) | 549 | 27.76 | +27.76 |
| | Independent | John Connors | 367 | 18.55 | +5.27 |
| | Independent Labor | Michael Tobin | 220 | 11.12 | −19.28 |
| | Independent | Tony Edwards | 91 | 4.60 | +4.60 |
| | Independent | Stephen Farrow | 87 | 4.40 | −10.25 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,978 | 95.33 | −0.29 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 97 | 4.67 | +0.29 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,075 | 86.82 | −0.60 |

### B Ward

2024 New South Wales local elections: B Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Stephen Low (elected) | 498 | 24.02 | −20.87 |
| | Independent | Alan Green | 449 | 21.66 | +2.34 |
| | Independent Labor | James Campbell (elected) | 429 | 20.69 | +20.69 |
| | Independent | Karen Drinan | 384 | 18.52 | +18.52 |
| | Independent | Jessica Clark | 313 | 15.10 | −20.69 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,073 | 92.05 | −3.68 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 179 | 7.95 | +3.68 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,252 | 85.34 | −1.38 |

### C Ward

2024 New South Wales local elections: C Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Alexandria Carruthers (elected) | 753 | 36.52 | +36.52 |
| | Independent | Fred Paton (elected) | 692 | 33.56 | +33.56 |
| | Independent | Bradley Bale | 617 | 29.92 | −0.11 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,062 | 92.34 | −2.33 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 171 | 7.66 | +2.33 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,233 | 88.05 | +2.39 |

## Lake Macquarie
### Lake Macquarie results

2024 New South Wales local elections: Lake Macquarie :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Labor | Labor | 46,239 | 35.2 | −4.0 | 5 | 1 |
| | Liberal | Liberal | 30,363 | 23.1 | −2.6 | 3 | |
| | Lake Mac Independents | Lake Mac Independents | 28,530 | 21.7 | +2.3 | 3 | |
| | Greens | Greens | 13,257 | 10.1 | +0.3 | 0 | |
| | Community First Independents | Community First Independents | 2,942 | 2.2 | | 0 | |
| | Our Local Community | Our Local Community | 2,819 | 2.1 | | 0 | |
| | Independents | Independents | 7,221 | 5.5 | +1.9 | 1 | 1 |
| Formal votes | Formal votes | Formal votes | 131,371 | 92.8 | | | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 10,133 | 7.2 | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 141,504 | | | 12 | |
| Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout | Registered voters / turnout | | | | | |

### East

2024 New South Wales local elections: East Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | 1. Adam Shultz (elected mayor) 2. Christine Buckley (elected 1) 3. Stacey Radcliffe (elected 3) 4. Joseph Steel | 18,551 | 40.8 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal | 1. Matt Schultz (elected 2) 2. Melody Harding 3. Rod Chapman 4. Dianne Volker | 11,620 | 25.5 | −0.9 |
| | Lake Mac Independents | 1. Michael Hannah (elected 4) 2. David Gibson 3. John Edwards 4. Allison Hannah | 7,766 | 17.1 | +0.6 |
| | Greens | 1. Jane Oakley 2. Elizabeth Riley 3. Patricia Philippou 4. Stephanee Reay Bartsch | 4,053 | 8.9 | +0.1 |
| | Independent | 1. Rowen Turnbull 2. Kaciee Wagstaff 3. Dyllan Harvey 4. Tina Sulis | 3,511 | 7.7 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 45,501 | 92.8 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,543 | 7.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,044 | 85.9 | |

### North

2024 New South Wales local elections: North Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | 1. Brian Adamthwaite (elected 1) 2. Keara Conroy (elected 4) 3. Mark Howells 4. Gaurav Vijay | 17,122 | 37.9 | −4.7 |
| | Liberal | 1. Jack Antcliff (elected 2) 2. Daniel Swane 3. Susan Antcliff 4. Mark Pauling | 10,822 | 24.0 | +2.2 |
| | Lake Mac Independents | 1. Colin Grigg (elected 3) 2. Tara Hall 3. Daniel Secomb 4. Timothy Sullivan | 10,519 | 23.3 | +8.0 |
| | Greens | 1. Bryce Ham 2. Gregory Watkinson 3. Tal Nelson 4. Andrew McLean | 6,425 | 14.2 | +2.4 |
| | Independent | James McCorkell | 141 | 0.3 | |
| | Independent | Daniel Smith | 89 | 0.2 | |
| | Independent | Travis McCorkell | 35 | 0.1 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 45,153 | 93.7 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,015 | 6.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,168 | 86.0 | |

### West

2024 New South Wales local elections: West Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | 1. Madeline Bishop (elected 1) 2. David Belcher 3. Mackenzie Robson 4. Stephen Ryan | 10,566 | 26.0 | −7.4 |
| | Lake Mac Independents | 1. Kate Warner (elected 2) 2. Ashley Dorse 3. Steve Graham 4. Olenka Motyka | 10,245 | 25.2 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal | 1. Jason Pauling (elected 3) 2. Nicholas Jones 3. Julie Pauling 4. Michael Uidam | 7,921 | 19.5 | −9.3 |
| | Independent | 1. Anthony Swinsburg (elected 4) 2. Lorna Edwards 3. David Pickard 4. Linda Lord | 3,388 | 8.3 | |
| | Community First Independents | 1. Rosmairi Dawson 2. Graham Davidson 3. Janette Coulter 4. Melissa Rogan | 2,942 | 7.2 | +4.0 |
| | Our Local Community | 1. Toni Bowyer 2. Elizabeth Cooper 3. Alan Hogan 4. Paris Southee | 2,819 | 6.9 | |
| | Greens | 1. Ingrid Schraner 2. Kim Grierson 3. Kerry Suwald 4. Charmian Eckersley | 2,779 | 6.8 | −1.9 |
| | Independent | Eddie Milton | 57 | 0.1 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 40,717 | 91.9 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,575 | 8.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,292 | 83.2 | |

## Maitland

Maitland City Council is composed of four three-member wards, totalling 12 councillors, as well as a directly-elected mayor.
Starting at this election, Central Ward was known known as Ward 1, North Ward as Ward 2, East Ward as Ward 3 and West Ward as Ward 4.
The Liberal Party was unable to recontest the mayoral election, Ward 2, Ward 3 and Ward 4 after missing the candidate nomination deadline. Liberal Ward 2 councillor Mitchell Griffin became an Independent Liberal shortly before nominations closed in order to stay on the ballot. He endorsed both Penfold Independents and the Independent National group in Ward 4.

### Maitland results

2024 New South Wales local elections: Maitland :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Penfold Independents | Penfold Independents | 22,450 | 40.7 | +12.7 | 6 | 2 |
| | Labor | Labor | 19,199 | 34.8 | −2.9 | 4 | |
| | Liberal | Liberal | 3,141 | 5.7 | −17.6 | 1 | 3 |
| | Independent Liberal | Independent Liberal | 2,478 | 4.5 | +4.5 | 1 | 1 |
| | Greens | Greens | 6,388 | 11.6 | +6.3 | 0 | |
| | Independent National | Independent National | 1,501 | 2.7 | +2.7 | 0 | |
| | Independents | Independents | 65 | 0.1 | -6.1 | 0 | |
| Formal votes | Formal votes | Formal votes | 55,222 | 92.7 | | | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,322 | 7.3 | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 59,544 | | | | |

### Ward 1

2024 New South Wales mayoral elections: Ward 1 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | 1. Amelia Atkinson (elected 1) 2. Loretta Baker 3. Aidan Foy | 5,350 | 37.2 | −1.1 |
| | Penfold Independents | 1. Ken Jordan (elected 2) 2. Tony Robinson 3. Jodie Jordan | 4,205 | 29.2 | +8.4 |
| | Liberal | 1. Sally Halliday (elected 3) 2. Rod Doherty 3. Carol Doherty | 3,141 | 21.8 | −3.7 |
| | Greens | 1. Campbell Knox 2. Natalie Masterton 3. Kayla Jacobs | 1,638 | 11.4 | +1.5 |
| | Independent | Matthew Leonard | 65 | 0.5 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 14,399 | 94.1 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 906 | 5.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,305 | 86.0 | |

### Ward 2

2024 New South Wales mayoral elections: Ward 2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | 1. Rachel Barstow (elected 1) 2. Michael Voorbij 3. Robert Aitchison | 4,780 | 34.8 | +3.5 |
| | Penfold Independents | 1. Kristy Flannery (elected 2) 2. Nicole Yarrington 3. Gary Ferguson | 4,250 | 30.9 | +3.3 |
| | Independent Liberal | 1. Mitchell Griffin (elected 3) 2. Larissa Griffin 3. Selby Green | 2,478 | 18.0 | −0.5 |
| | Greens | 1. Paul Johns 2. Jenny Rooke 3. Dennis Thurlow | 2,228 | 16.2 | +8.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 13,736 | 91.9 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,218 | 8.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,954 | 86.8 | |

### Ward 3

2024 New South Wales mayoral elections: Ward 3 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Penfold Independents | 1. Bill Hackney (elected 1) 2. Ben Worth (elected 3) 3. Christopher Vollmer | 6,948 | 50.3 | +21.7 |
| | Labor | 1. Ben Whiting (elected 2) 2. Andrew Raw 3. Peta Lindsay | 5,295 | 38.3 | −4.9 |
| | Greens | 1. Michael Jacobs 2. Jan Davis 3. Keryn Jacobs | 1,575 | 11.4 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 13,818 | 92.8 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,073 | 7.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,891 | 85.3 | |

### Ward 4

2024 New South Wales mayoral elections: Ward 4 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Penfold Independents | 1. Phillip Penfold (elected mayor) 2. Mike Yarrington (elected 1) 3. Warrick Penfold (elected 3) | 7,047 | 53.1 | +16.7 |
| | Labor | 1. Donald Ferris (elected 2) 2. Brendan Pyne 3. Carolyn Sinclair | 3,774 | 28.4 | −10.8 |
| | Independent National | 1. Melanie Shortland 2. Marilyn Alex 3. Judith Brown | 1,501 | 11.3 | |
| | Greens | 1. Jessie McDonnell 2. Wendy White 3. Errin O'Brien | 947 | 7.1 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 13,269 | 92.2 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,125 | 7.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,394 | 86.5 | |

## Muswellbrook

Muswellbrook Shire Council is composed of twelve councillors elected proportionally to a single ward.

### Muswellbrook results

2024 New South Wales local elections: Muswellbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | 1. Jeffrey Drayton (Ind. Labor) (elected 1) 2. Louise Dunn (elected 5) 3. Claire Bailey (elected 7) 4. Stephen Ward (elected 11) 5. Rachel McInnes 6. Tracey Vicary | 3,107 | 35.1 | +19.5 |
| | Independent | 1. De-Anne Douglas (elected 2) 2. Rod Scholes (elected 6) 3. David Hartley (elected 12) 4. Kristin Goodhew 5. Dane Scandurra 6. Heidi Hartley | 1,934 | 21.9 | +12.8 |
| | Independent | 1. Max Morris (elected 3) 2. Jacinta Ledlin 3. Tim Williams 4. Megan Black 5. Andrew Reynolds 6. Thomas Griffin | 1,242 | 14.1 | |
| | Independent | Mahajan Rohit (elected 4) | 863 | 9.8 | −2.1 |
| | Independent | Darryl Marshall (elected 8) | 567 | 6.4 | −0.4 |
| | Independent | Graeme McNeill (elected 10) | 464 | 5.3 | +0.2 |
| | Independent | Amanda Barry (elected 9) | 452 | 5.1 | −3.9 |
| | Independent | Mark Bowditch | 86 | 1.0 | −1.3 |
| | Independent | Jennifer Lecky | 52 | 0.6 | −6.2 |
| | Independent | Graham "Dick" Varley | 45 | 0.5 | |
| | Independent | Kim Granger | 31 | 0.4 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,843 | 90.4 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 942 | 9.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,785 | 81.9 | |

## Newcastle

Newcastle City Council is composed of four three-member wards, as well as a directly-elected mayor.

### Newcastle results

2024 New South Wales local elections: Newcastle :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Labor | Labor | 35,324 | 35.6 | −5.2 | 5 | 1 |
| | Greens | Greens | 20,719 | 20.9 | +4.3 | 3 | 1 |
| | Our Newcastle | Our Newcastle | 23,306 | 23.5 | | 2 | 2 |
| | Liberal | Liberal | 16,594 | 16.7 | −1.7 | 2 | 1 |
| | Independent Liberal | Independent Liberal | 2,324 | 2.3 | | 0 | |
| | Socialist Alliance | Socialist Alliance | 707 | 0.7 | −0.2 | 0 | |
| | Christians For Community | Christians For Community | 257 | 0.3 | | 0 | |
| | Independents | Independents | 87 | 0.1 | | 0 | |
| Formal votes | Formal votes | Formal votes | 99,319 | 93.5 | | | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 6,924 | 6.5 | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 106,243 | | | | |

### Ward 1

2024 New South Wales local elections: Ward 1 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | 1. Declan Clausen (elected 1) 2. Sandra Feltham 3. Rachel Smoothy | 7,491 | 30.9 | −3.5 |
| | Greens | 1. Charlotte McCabe (elected 2) 2. Catherine Burgess 3. Simon West | 6,018 | 24.9 | +2.7 |
| | Our Newcastle | 1. Ross Kerridge 2. Peter Gittins (elected 3) 3. Emily Coker | 6,010 | 24.8 | +19.62 |
| | Liberal | 1. Rochelle Manning 2. Lucas Lee 3. Colin Peebles | 3,903 | 16.1 | +3.0 |
| | Socialist Alliance | 1. Steve O'Brien 2. Samantha Ashby 3. Stefani Strazzari | 707 | 2.9 | −0.9 |
| | Independent | Deborah Mackenzie | 50 | 0.2 | |
| | Independent | Grant Osland | 37 | 0.2 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 24,216 | 94.6 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,369 | 5.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,585 | 81.5 | |

### Ward 2

2024 New South Wales local elections: Ward 2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | 1. Paige Johnson (elected 1) 2. Carol Duncan 3. Justine Clark | 7,867 | 30.4 | −6.2 |
| | Liberal | 1. Jenny Barrie (elected 2) 2. Paul McNamara 3. Natarsha Mann | 6,593 | 25.5 | +2.7 |
| | Greens | 1. Joel Pringle (elected 3) 2. Greg Giles 3. Sophie McAuley | 5,906 | 22.8 | +1.5 |
| | Our Newcastle | 1. Leisha Parkinson 2. John Beach 3. Christine Everingham | 5,535 | 21.4 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 25,901 | 94.4 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,534 | 5.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,435 | 83.8 | |

### Ward 3

2024 New South Wales local elections: Ward 3 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | 1. Nuatali Nelmes (elected 1) 2. Peta Winney-Baartz 3. Margaret Wood 4. Phillip Millard | 9,225 | 38.0 | −6.0 |
| | Our Newcastle | 1. Mark Brooker (elected 2) 2. Michelle Brown 3. Alyssa Lochrin | 7,380 | 30.4 | +19.4 |
| | Greens | 1. Sinead Francis-Coan (elected 3) 2. Siobhan Isherwood 3. Anne Rooke-Frizell | 5,366 | 22.1 | +9.0 |
| | Independent Liberal | 1. Katrina Wark 2. Milton Caine 3. Andrew Weatherstone | 2,324 | 9.6 | −9.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 24,295 | 93.2 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,765 | 6.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,060 | 84.1 | |

### Ward 4

2024 New South Wales local elections: Ward 4 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | 1. Elizabeth Adamczyk (elected 1) 2. Deahnna Richardson (elected 3) 3. Jimmy Scott | 10,741 | 43.1 | −5.3 |
| | Liberal | 1. Callum Pull (elected 2) 2. Beniamino Gigli 3. Edward Hayes | 6,098 | 24.5 | +8.0 |
| | Our Newcastle | 1. Tahlia Kelso 2. Julie Davies 3. Wayne Rogers | 4,382 | 17.6 | |
| | Greens | 1. Rebecca Watkins 2. Graham Whittall 3. Phillip Maher | 3,429 | 13.8 | +4.0 |
| | Christians For Community | 1. Timothy Boyce 2. Anna Harris | 257 | 1.0 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 24,907 | 91.7 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,256 | 8.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,163 | 86.7 | |

## Port Stephens

Port Stephens Council is composed of three three-member wards, as well as a directly-elected mayor.
"Save Port Stephens" has been formed as a group for the election, contesting the mayoral election, Central Ward and East Ward. The group also chose Neil Turner as their West Ward lead candidate, but ended up not contesting that ward.
Incumbent Liberal councillor Matt Bailey is not seeking re-election in East Ward after winning preselection for Ward 3 on the City of Newcastle.

### Port Stephens results

2024 New South Wales local elections: Port Stephens :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Labor | Labor | 19,936 | 42.64% | +1.04% | 4 | - |
| | Liberal | Liberal | 4,534 | 9.70% | +0.60% | 1 | - |
| | Greens | Greens | 1,234 | 2.64% | -0.76% | 0 | - |
| | Save Port Stephens | Save Port Stephens | 5,159 | 11.03% | +11.03% | 1 | +1 |
| | Independents | Independents | 15,896 | 34.00% | -11.90% | 3 | -1 |
| Formal votes | Formal votes | Formal votes | 46,759 | 91.54% | | | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,322 | 8.46% | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,081 | | | | |

### Central

2024 New South Wales local elections: Central Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | 1. Jason Wells (elected 1) 2. Kelly Hammond 3. Beverly Rabbit | 6,330 | 38.82% |
| | Save Port Stephens | 1. Scott Leech 2. Scott Schultz 3. Neville Sutrin 4. George Trinkler | 2,059 | 12.63% |
| | Independent | 1. Chris Doohan (elected 2) 2. Rosanne Colling 3. Jaike Doohan | 4,869 | 29.86% |
| | Independent | 1. Ben Niland (elected 3) 2. Steve Tucker 3. Nathan Ashpole | 3,048 | 18.69% |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,306 | 90.48% |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,716 | 9.52% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,022 | |

### East

2024 New South Wales local elections: East Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | 1. Leah Anderson (elected Mayor) 2. Roz Armstrong (elected 1) 3. Mackenzie Goring 4. Sharon Smart | 6,230 | 41.26% |
| | Liberal | 1. Nathan Errington (elected 2) 2. Katy McHugh 3. Geoffrey McHugh | 4,534 | 30.03% |
| | Greens | 1. Kim Scott 2. Mark Adamski 3. Jane Rich | 1,234 | 8.17% |
| | Save Port Stephens | 1. Mark Watson (elected 3) 2. Jamie Green 3. Troy Radford | 3,100 | 20.53% |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 15,098 | 93.60% |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,033 | 6.40% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,131 | |

### West

2024 New South Wales local elections: West Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | 1. Giacomo Arnott (elected 2) 2. Peter Francis (elected 3) 3. Sue Sneesby 4. Lea Harris 5. David Jones | 7,376 | 48.04% |
| | Independent | 1. Paul Le Mottee (elected 1) 2. Joshua Moxey 3. Huxley Rowe | 5,329 | 34.71% |
| | Independent | 1. Peter Kafer 2. Lea Smith 3. Nathan Avnell | 2,650 | 17.26% |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 15,355 | 90.71% |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,573 | 9.29% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,928 | |

## Singleton

Singleton Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally to a single ward, as well as a directly elected mayor.
At the 2021 election, seven independents were elected, as well as one Labor member and one Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party (SFFP) member. However, the election was re-run in 2022 after the New South Wales Electoral Commission's online voting system crashed, preventing 55 people in Singleton from casting their vote.
All councillors elected in 2021 were re-elected in 2022 with the exception of independent Belinda Charlton, who was defeated by Labor's Sarah Johnstone.
Councillor Malinda McLachlan left the SFFP in December 2022 after comments made by party leader Robert Borsak. As a result, SFFP is not recontesting Singleton in 2024, while McLachlan is running as an independent.
The Greens and the Libertarian Party are contesting for the first time.

### Singleton results

2024 New South Wales local elections: Singleton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Sue Moore (elected Mayor) | 3,318 | 26.11 | +1.85 |
| | Independent | Danny Thompson (elected 3) | 2,945 | 23.17 | +5.50 |
| | Labor | 1. Peree Watson (elected 1) 2. Patrick Thompson (elected 9) 3. Timothy McGeachie | 1,987 | 15.63 | |
| | Independent | Malinda (Mel) McLachlan (elected 2) | 1,638 | 12.89 | −2.46 |
| | Independent | Godfrey Adamthwaite (elected 5) | 677 | 5.33 | −1.72 |
| | Independent | Hollee Jenkins (elected 6) | 672 | 5.29 | +1.61 |
| | Libertarian | Scott Yeomans (elected 8) | 493 | 3.88 | |
| | Independent | Sue George (elected 4) | 457 | 3.60 | +1.30 |
| | Greens | Louise Scott | 397 | 3.12 | |
| | Independent | Anne McGowan (elected 7) | 126 | 0.99 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 12,710 | 85.19 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,210 | 14.81 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,920 | 83.79% | |

## Upper Hunter

Upper Hunter Shire Council is composed of nine councillors elected proportionally to a single ward.
In December 2022, Greens councillor Sue Abbott resigned from council after she was reported to the Office of Local Government while on compassionate leave following the death of her son. A countback was won by independent Belinda McKenzie, and the Greens are not re-contesting Upper Hunter.
On 1 May 2024, councillor Elizabeth Flaherty was dismissed from council following claims of "antagonism" and bullying complaints. An appeal from Flaherty to review the dismissal was itself dismissed several weeks later.
Flannery, McKenzie, Ron Campbell and Lee Watts are not contesting the election.

### Upper Hunter results

2024 New South Wales local elections: Upper Hunter :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Maurice Collison (elected) | 1,197 | 14.6 | −5.5 |
| | Independent | Peter McGill (elected) | 1,173 | 14.3 | |
| | Independent | George Fraser (elected) | 1,038 | 12.7 | |
| | Independent | Troy Stolz (elected) | 893 | 10.9 | |
| | Independent | Tayah Clout (elected) | 653 | 8.0 | +3.0 |
| | Independent | Earle Shields (elected) | 624 | 7.6 | |
| | Independent National | Pat Ryan (elected) | 595 | 7.3 | |
| | Independent | Adam Williamson (elected) | 582 | 7.1 | +1.6 |
| | Independent National | Allison McPhee (elected) | 573 | 7.0 | +1.2 |
| | Independent National | James Burns | 539 | 6.6 | +0.6 |
| | Independent | Christopher Richards | 338 | 4.1 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,205 | 92.5 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 669 | 7.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,874 | 84.1 | |