NSW council elections – the undecided races
With the addition of iVotes on Wednesday night, the number of races in play is starting to shrink and we are getting closer to...
The council party trends across Sydney
The withdrawal of the Liberal Party from a number of large Sydney councils has unsurprisingly led to a decline in the Sydney-wide Liberal vote,...
What trends can we see in council results?
Up until this point, most of my analysis of the NSW council elections has been contained to one council.
In one sense this makes sense...
Highlights from smaller councils
Before I zoom out, I thought I would also highlight some of the smaller councils that grabbed my interest. There are simply too many...
Call of the board, part 2
After some spotty live results earlier in the night, I turned last night's liveblog into a run through of the end-of-night results in some...
NSW council elections – election night results thread
1:03 - Okay I'm going to have to leave this here. I'll come back in the morning and finish the run of the board...
NSW councils – election day open thread
It's voting day! I am out and about today but feel free to talk about the goings-on in this thread. I'll be back at...
NSW council election turnout, mapped
This is the last in my series of posts looking at various trends in NSW council elections.
I wrote recently about how poor turnout is...
The NSW councils where one seat changes things
The proportional voting system used for New South Wales councils doesn't tend to produce huge one-party majorities in most areas. It often results in...
Podcast #61: NSW local government final week
Ben is joined by Roberta Ryan, Professor of Local Government at the University of Newcastle, to discuss some broader trends in NSW local government...