Local Government Elections

2020 Local Government Election

The Minister for Local Government has announced the September 2020 Local Government Elections will be postponed to address the risks posed by the COVID-19 virus. Local Government Elections will be held on 4 September 2021. For information about the postponement from the NSW Electoral Commission,  please visit the Office of Local Government webpage: Postponement of the September 2020 Local Government Elections

Local Government Election Voting Information

For more information about voting, please select from one of the options below that will take you to the NSW Electoral Commission website.

• Check your enrolment
• Enrol to vote
• Change name or address
• Voting options
• Non residential roll
• Electoral Commission NSW

Candidate Information

For information, please see the links below.

• Process for becoming a candidate
• Information about political parties
• Third party campaigners
• Information for political donors

Mayoral Elections

Sutherland Shire Council has 15 publicly elected Councillors who hold office as ‘the Council’ for a term of four years, representing our five wards (A, B, C, D and E). To find out what Ward you are a part of, Ward Boundaries are available here.

Councillors vote to elect the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Sutherland Shire. To read more about the 2020 Sutherland Shire Council Mayoral Election, and the Mayoral Election process, click here.