Western Australia’s local councils are elected using the most backwards and least fair voting system in all of Australia, and the WA state government is now proposing some changes that will make it a bit better.
One of the main things that determines the shape of an electoral system is the number of elected members elected for each constituency. It’s a key feature that sets the direction of how elections work in each NSW local council. In this post I’m going to explore how this varies across New South Wales.
One of the main things that determines the shape of an electoral system is the number of elected members elected for each constituency. It’s a key feature that sets the direction of how elections work in each NSW local council. In this post I’m going to explore how this varies across New South Wales.
Ben is joined by Nick McLaren, lead news reporter for ABC Illawarra, to discuss the council elections for Wollongong and Shoalhaven, along with a brief detour to Shellharbour and Kiama.
Ben is joined by Nick McLaren, lead news reporter for ABC Illawarra, to discuss the council elections for Wollongong and Shoalhaven, along with a brief detour to Shellharbour and Kiama.
Following up on Monday’s blog post, I’ve also added information about whether each candidate is an incumbent councillor to my dataset of 1402 candidates running for the 24 most populous councils.
I had noticed some councils where large numbers of sitting councillors were retiring. So I thought it’d be interesting to calculate rates of retirement for each council. For this post I’m including the incumbent mayor, and including the mayoral contest.
Following up on Monday’s blog post, I’ve also added information about whether each candidate is an incumbent councillor to my dataset of 1402 candidates running for the 24 most populous councils.
I had noticed some councils where large numbers of sitting councillors were retiring. So I thought it’d be interesting to calculate rates of retirement for each council. For this post I’m including the incumbent mayor, and including the mayoral contest.
Today I’m joined by Allison Hore from the Inner West Review to discuss the council elections for the City of Sydney and the Inner West Council.
Today I’m joined by Allison Hore from the Inner West Review to discuss the council elections for the City of Sydney and the Inner West Council.
I’ve just finished compiling my list of the 1402 candidates running for council or mayor in the 24 most populous councils, the ones featured in my election guide. Unfortunately the NSWEC has not published a single dataset with all of the candidate details, so it wasn’t really practical to do an analysis of the whole state. Instead I’ve just focused on those 24 councils.