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In addition to political parties registered at the state and national level, a number of political parties and groups compete solely in local government elections in Australia.

Some of these parties are officially registered with electoral commissions in their respective states.

Non-local parties refers to parties in each state or territory that endorse candidates for local elections, but do not exclusively operate at a local level. This differs in each jurisdiction, with the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party of Australia only contesting in certain states.

The Australian Greens have endorsed councillors in all states and territories, except South Australia.

New South Wales

Parties with representation

Political party				Est.	Leader	Seats		Ref.
						LGA	Councillors
	CMIT	—	Clover Moore Independent Team	2004	Clover Moore	Sydney	5 / 10
	CC	—	Community Champions	2023	Kellie Darley	Parramatta	1 / 15
	CFTIP	—	Community First Totally Independent Party	2024	Josh Cotter	Campbelltown	2 / 15
	GRRRP		Georges River Residents and Ratepayers	2021		Georges River	4 / 15
	GFM	—	Good for Manly			Northern Beaches	1 / 15
	LMI	—	Lake Mac Independents	2021		Lake Macquarie	3 / 11
	LCIT		Liverpool Community Independents Team	1994		Liverpool	3 / 13
	LWI	—	Lorraine Wearne Independents		Lorraine Wearne	Parramatta	1 / 15
	OLC		Our Local Community	2013	Paul Garrard	Parramatta	4 / 15
						Cumberland	3 / 15
						Canada Bay	2 / 9
	PB	—	Peaceful Bayside	2020	Heidi Douglas	Bayside	1 / 15
	RFW		Residents First Woollahra	2003		Woollahra	5 / 15
	SM	—	Serving Mosman		Carolyn Corrigan	Mosman	4 / 7
	SIG	—	Shoalhaven Independents Group		Patricia White	Shoalhaven	4 / 13
	SI	—	Strathfield Independents			Strathfield	1 / 7
	YNBIT	—	Your Northern Beaches Independent Team	2017	Michael Regan	Northern Beaches	5 / 15
	YWI	—	Yvonne Weldon Independents	2023	Yvonne Weldon	Sydney	1 / 10

Parties without representation

Some parties are registered for local elections only, even though they may also contest state or federal elections.

Non-local parties

Both the Labor Party and Liberal Party endorse candidates for local elections in a large number of New South Wales LGAs, as do several minor parties.

Northern Territory

Non-local parties

The Territory Labor Party and Country Liberal Party generally do not endorse local government candidates.

Queensland

At local elections in Queensland, candidates and incumbent councillors can formally register groups (which operate similarly to parties) with the state electoral commission. These groups often contain members of other political parties, including the ALP and LNP.

Parties with representation

Parties without representation

Non-local parties

The Queensland Labor Party and Liberal National Party contest Brisbane City Council elections, while several minor parties also endorse candidates across the state.

Tasmania

According to psephologist Kevin Bonham, tickets formed for Tasmanian local elections are "alliances of convenience that may have an ideological basis," not necessarily parties.

Parties with representation

Non-local parties

The Tasmanian Liberal Party and the Tasmanian Labor Party generally do not endorse local government candidates.

Victoria

Parties with representation

Parties without representation

Non-local parties

The Victorian Labor Party contests multiple LGAs with endorsed candidates, as do several minor parties.

Western Australia

Local elections in Western Australia are officially non-partisan, and the vast majority of candidates and councillors are not members of any political party.

Non-local parties

Former parties

Parties with representation

Parties without representation

See also

• Independent Labor (Australia)
• Independent Liberal (Australia)
• Independent National (Australia)

Notes

1. ^ Including directly-elected mayors (if applicable).
2. Also known as Team Clover.
3. The party was formed as a local group in 2020, however it wasn't registered with the New South Wales Electoral Commission until 2023.
4. Known as Save Tuggerah Lakes until 2020.
5. Appeared on ballot as "Jacko's Team - Mackay First".
6. Appeared on ballot as "Change".
7. Known as Ratepayers of Port Phillip until 2023.
8. The party's seats is determined by the party's maximum number of seats acquired during its tenure.
9. Known officially as the Citizens' Reform Association until 1960.
10. Known as Burwood Community Voice until 2016.
11. Also known as Team Arlett; appeared on ballot as "Vote 1 Jayne Arlett's Team".
12. Also known as Living City Independents.
13. Known as Wake Up Warringah until 2012, later became Your Northern Beaches.
14. Party deregistered in January 2024 and did not contest any elections.
15. Although the ticket was led by the Greens, only three out of eight candidates (including mayoral candidate Jenny Stirling) were Greens members.

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v t e Political parties in Australia
Federal parliamentary parties	Labor (H: 78, S: 25) Coalition (H: 55, S: 30) Liberal (H: 40, S: 24) National (H: 15, S: 6) Greens (H: 4, S: 11) One Nation (S: 2) Australia's Voice (S: 1) Centre Alliance (H: 1) Katter (H: 1) Lambie (S: 1) People First (S: 1)
State and territory parliaments (parties not represented federally)	Legalise Cannabis (NSW: 1, Vic: 2, WA: 1) Shooters, Fishers and Farmers (NSW: 2, Vic: 1) Animal Justice (NSW: 1, Vic: 1) Libertarian (NSW: 1, Vic: 1) SA-Best (SA: 1)
Other AEC-registered parties	Christians Citizens Democrats Federation Fusion Family First Great Australian Indigenous-Aboriginal Kim for Canberra Socialist Alliance Sustainable Australia Victorian Socialists
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