2020 Melbourne City Council election
The 2020 Melbourne City Council election was held in October 2020 to elect nine councillors and a leadership team to the City of Melbourne. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Victoria, Australia.
Incumbent lord mayor Sally Capp, who was first elected at a 2018 by-election, won a second term, defeating incumbent deputy lord mayor Arron Wood.
Key dates
Key dates in relation to the election are:- Thursday, 28 August 2020 – Close of electoral rolls
- Tuesday, 22 September 2020 – Close of nominations
- Tuesday, 6 October 2020 – Mail out of postal ballots commences
- Friday, 23 October 2020 – Close of voting
- Friday, 30 October 2020 – Last day for receipt of postal votes
- Friday, 13 November 2020 – Declaration of result
Electoral system
At the 2020 election, the Melbourne City Council electoral roll was composed of 55.1% business and out-of-the-area property owners, with local residents making up the remaining 44.9%.Candidates
A total of 77 candidates nominated for the election, an increase of 19 from 2016.18 candidates ran for the Leadership Team positions of Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor running on 9 tickets, up from 14 candidates on 7 tickets in 2016.
59 candidates nominated for councillor positions, up from 44 in 2016.
Leadership Team
Incumbent Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.| Socialists | Bring Back Melbourne | Team Zorin | Labor | Greens |
Kath Larkin Daniel Nair Dadich | Nick Russian Michael Burge | Wayne Tseng Gricol Yang | Phil Reed Wesa Chau | Apsara Sabaratnam Roxane Ingleton |
| Team Arron Wood | Team Sally Capp | Back To Business | Morgan-Watts Team | - |
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Arron Wood Lisa Teh | Sally Capp Nicholas Reece | Jennifer Yang Sandra Gee | Gary Morgan Mary-Lou Howie | - |
Councillors
Incumbent councillors are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one councillor are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk.| Labor | Bring Back Melbourne | Team Arron Wood | Your Melbourne Team Get It Done | Sustainable Australia | Team Hakim |
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| Team Sally Capp | Animal Justice | Artemis Pattichi - Independent Local Voice | Liberal Democrats | Residents First | Melbourne - We All Matter |
| Innovate Melbourne - Startup The City | Morgan-Watts Team | Bring Back Melbourne | Greens | Socialists | It Will Be Okay Melbourne |
| Ungrouped | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | |
| Scott Robson Luke Downing Philip Jonathan Bateman Andrew Ward | - | - | - | - | - |