2016 Sydney City Council election

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10 September 2016

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Councillors

All 10 seats on the Sydney City Council
5 seats needed for a majority

	Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
Team Clover	Clover Moore	54.93	6	+1
Liberal	Christine Forster	19.70	2	0
Labor	Linda Scott	11.63	1	0
Sydney Matters	Angela Vithoulkas	7.35	1	0
Greens	Lindsay Johnston	5.98	0	−1

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2016 Sydney City Council election was held on 10 September 2016 to elect nine councillors and a lord mayor to the City of Sydney. The election held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales, Australia.

Background

Clover Moore, an independent had served as Lord Mayor since 2004 and had won the last election, held in 2012.

In 2014, she did not declare her candidacy, prompting many to believe she would not run.

Many parties, namely the Liberals, used the slogan "No Moore" in their election campaigns.

Moore won a fourth consecutive term in office.

Unlike other councils in Sydney and elsewhere in Australia, the Sydney City Council has no wards.

Newspaper	Endorsement		Link
The Daily Telegraph		Liberal

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