This is a list of results for the 2024 Victorian local elections in the Northern Melbourne region.

Northern Melbourne covers the local government areas (LGAs) of Banyule, Darebin, Hume, Merri-bek, Nillumbik and Whittlesea.

Banyule

Banyule City Council is composed of nine single-member wards.

Independent Labor councillor Elizabeth Nealy was uncontested in Beale Ward and was formally declared elected after voting closed.

Banyule results +2024 Victorian local elections: BanyulePartyVotes %SwingSeatsChange Independent43,92466.58−5.836  Greens14,44621.90 +9.242 Independent Labor2,6323.99 -5.57 1  Victorian Socialists2,5063.80 +3.800 Independent Liberal2,4613.73−0.76 0  Formal votes65,96997.06 -0.37 Informal votes1,9952.94 +0.37 Total67,9649

Bakewell

Beale

2026 Beale Ward by-election

By-election held after the resignation of sitting councillor Elizabeth Nealy. Wayne Phillips was subsequently retired as a candidate under regulation 27 of the Local Government (Electoral) Regulations 2020, with the VEC not publicly specifying the particular eligibility ground.

Chelsworth

Griffin

Matt Perkins nominated to contest the election, but was found to be ineligible after not completing mandatory candidate training. He was "retired" as a candidate on 20 September 2024 and did not appear on the ballot paper.

Grimshaw

Hawdon

Ibbott

Olympia

Sherbourne

Darebin

Darebin City Council is composed of nine single-member wards. Darebin's ward structure was changed prior to the 2020 election, making this the second election with single-member wards.

Councillors Tim Laurence and Julie Williams, who were both elected as part of "Labor Members for Darebin" in 2020, did not contest the election as endorsed Labor Party candidates.

Independent councillor Susan Rennie did not recontest South Central Ward, where she endorsed Greens candidate Ruth Jelley, and instead unsuccessfully contested South East Ward. Additionally, Greens councillors Tom Hannan (South Ward) and Trent McCarthy (South West Ward) did not seek re-election.

Labor won a majority with five seats, while the Greens retained three seats, although mayor Susanne Newton lost her seat of West Ward.

Darebin results +2024 Victorian local elections: DarebinPartyVotes %SwingSeatsChange Independent 28,746 34.54 +5.49 1 2  Labor 25,905 31.13 +8.89 5 2 Greens 19,418 23.33 −1.24 3  Victorian Socialists 9,634 11.58 +4.02 0 Total 83,219 100.00 9 Informal votes 3,093 3.58 Turnout 86,312 79.76 Enrolled voters 108,217

Central

North Central

North East

North West

2025 North West Ward by-election

By-election held after the death of sitting councillor Gaetano Greco.

South

South Central

South East

South West

West

Hume

Hume City Council is composed of 11 single-member wards. Prior to the 2024 election, it was composed of three multi-member wards (two four-member, one three-member), but the electoral structure has changed as a result of the Local Government Act 2020.

Hume results +2024 Victorian local elections: Hume Party Votes % Swing Seats Change   Independents 60,259 47.87 3 2 Independent Labor 57,162 45.41 7 2 Independent Liberal 5,297 4.21 1   Victorian Socialists 1,660 1.32 0   Greens 1,502 1.19 0  Formal votes 125,880 96.23  Informal votes 4,928 3.77  Total 130,808 100.00 11  Registered voters / turnout 162,752 80.37

Aitken

Bababi Marning

Burt-kur-min

Emu Creek

Jacksons Hill

Merlynston Creek

Mount Ridley

Anand Sharma nominated to contest the election, but was found to be ineligible after not completing mandatory candidate training. He was "retired" as a candidate on 20 September 2024 and did not appear on the ballot paper.

Roxburgh Park

Tullamarine

Woodlands

Yubup

Merri-bek

Merri-bek City Council (known as Moreland until September 2022) is composed of 11 single-member wards. Prior to the 2024 election, it was composed of three multi-member wards (two four-member, one three-member), but the electoral structure has changed as a result of the Local Government Act 2020.

Labor, the Greens, the Victorian Socialists and Socialist Alliance all continued to endorse candidates. The Fusion Party endorsed Owen Miller in Bulleke-bek Ward as the party's first-ever local elections candidate. Incumbent councillor Oscar Yildiz led "Your Local Independents" with ten candidates.

Merri-bek results +2024 Victorian local elections: Merri-bek Party Votes % Swing Seats Change   Labor 23,108 24.48 +4.18 3   Your Local Independents 21,930 23.23 +1.89 2 1   Greens 21,069 22.32 +6.40 4   Victorian Socialists 11,068 11.72 +7.77 0   Independents 8,965 9.50 −35.10 1 1   Socialist Alliance 6,266 6.63 +1.71 1  Independent Liberal 1,621 1.71 +1.71 0   Fusion 351 0.37 +0.37 0  Formal votes 94,378 97.11  Informal votes 2,810 2.89  Total 97,188 100.00  Registered voters / turnout 123,327 78.81

Bababi Djinanang

Box Forest

Brunswick West

Bulleke-bek

Djirri-Djirri

Harmony Park

Pascoe Vale South

Pentridge

Randazzo

Warrk-Warrk

Westbreen

Nillumbik

Nillumbik Shire Council is composed of seven single-member wards. Nillumbik's ward structure was changed prior to the 2020 election, making this the second election with single-member wards.

The Greens endorsed two candidates, with incumbent Greens councillor Ben Ramcharan not recontesting Sugarloaf Ward. The party chose Morgan Ranieri to contest the ward, but he withdrew as a candidate on 9 September 2024. Shortly before the close of candidate nominations, the Greens replaced Ranieri with Rosemary Storey.

Nillumbik results +2024 Victorian local elections: NillumbikPartyVotes %SwingSeatsChange Independent 29,982 75.21 5  Greens 4,760 11.94 1  Independent Liberal 2,407 6.04 0 1 Independent Labor 2,390 6.00 1 1 Victorian Socialists 323 0.81 0  Formal votes 39,862 96.99 +0.58 Informal votes 1,239 3.01 −0.58 Total 41,101 100.00 7  Registered voters / turnout 47,461 86.60 −1.57

Blue Lake

Bunjil

Edendale

Ellis

Sugarloaf

Swipers Gully

Wingrove

Whittlesea

Whittlesea City Council is composed of eleven single-member wards. Prior to the 2024 election, it was composed of three multi-member wards (two four-member, one three-member), but the electoral structure has changed as a result of the Local Government Act 2020.

This is the first election for the City of Whittlesea since 2016, as the council was dismissed and put into administration in March 2020. Four former councillors − Lawrie Cox, Stevan Kozmevksi, Christine Stow and John Fry − contested the 2024 election.

Former Queensland MP Aidan McLindon led a team of 11 candidates known as "Our Community Independents", which included two Liberal Party members.

Whittlesea results +2024 Victorian local elections: WhittleseaPartyVotes %SeatsChange Independent 58,767 46.41 5  Labor 33,409 26.38 4 1  30,018 23.70 2 2 Greens 1,923 1.51 0   Ind. United Australia 1,327 1.04 0  Victorian Socialists 1,165 0.92 0  Formal votes 126,609 96.16 Informal votes 5,058 3.84 Total 131,667 100.0 11  Registered voters / turnout 161,358 81.59

Bundoora

Epping

Ganbu Gulinj

Kirrip

Lalor

2025 Lalor Ward by-election

On 13 November 2024, the Victorian Electoral Commission applied to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) for a review of the results in Lalor Ward after a high number of multiple returns (referring to when more than one ballot pack is returned by a voter) were detected. On 8 May 2025, VCAT voided the results in Lalor Ward, finding there was attempted and actual interference that could affect the result of the election, triggering a by-election.

Mernda

Mill Park

North

Painted Hills

South Morang

Thomastown

2026 Thomastown Ward by-election

By-election held after the resignation of sitting councillor Nicholas James Brooks.

See also Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in Eastern Melbourne Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in Inner Melbourne Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in South-Eastern Melbourne Results of the 2024 Victorian local elections in Western Melbourne

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