Meet your new councillors

TWiSK presents provisional results from preference counts as they are revealed.

All the votes have been counted and distributed, unless contested these people will be declared elected on Tuesday 12 November.

More independents, fewer party affiliations is the headline from this council election. The Residents of Port Phillip (RoPP) now have three councillors (up from two), the ALP two councillors (down from three) and the Greens held their vote but did not win in any ward. Liberal independents Sherson and McDonald were also unsuccessful.
The other four councillors are proudly independent, Halliday in Alma, Cunsolo in Port Melbourne, Thomann in St Kilda and Makin in Montague.

The councillors will elect a mayor on Thursday night.

ALBERT PARK

Elected: Rob Hardy (RoPP)

Rob received a majority of votes before all the preferences were distributed after receiving 40% of the primary votes:
Hardy (RoPP) 3502 52%
Small (Ind) 2088 31%
Pinder (PEPP) 1082 16%

ALMA

Elected: Justin Halliday (Independent)

After preferences Justin was ahead of Josie Foster (Greens):
Halliday 3301 58%
Foster 2413 42%

BALACLAVA

Elected: Libby Buckingham (ALP)

Libby was ahead of Rachel Iampolski (Greens) after all the preferences were counted:
Buckingham 3632 57%
Iampolski 2761 43%

ELWOOD

Elected: Louise Crawford (ALP)

After preferences Louise finished ahead of Lilianna Carranza (Greens):
Crawford (ALP) 3015 53%
Carranza (Greens) 2626 47%

LAKESIDE

Elected: Bryan Mears (RoPP)

Bryan was elected ahead of Ivy Pierlot (Greens) after preferences:
Mears 2950 57%
Pierlot 2228 43%

MONTAGUE

Elected: Alex Makin (Ind)

In an upset result, former councillor Peter Martin (ALP) was ousted by Alex Makin (Ind) in a preferences battle with another newcomer Judy Sahayanathan (Ind):
Makin 2843 53%
Sahayanathan 2551 47%

PORT MELBOURNE

Elected: Heather Cunsolo (Ind)

Heather Cunsolo (Ind) got an impressive first vote and a steady preference flow to finish well ahead of Adrián King (Ind):
Cunsolo (Ind) 4110 65%
King (Ind) 2179 35%

SOUTH MELBOURNE

Elected: Beti Jay (RoPP)

Beti and her running mate Trina Lewis polled over 50% with disciplined preference flows coming ahead of Labor’s Bridget Mullahy:
Jay (RoPP) 3192 57%
Mullahy (ALP) 2427 43%