The NSW Electoral Commission has confirmed the ten (10) Lismore City Councillors today from the September 14 NSW local council elections.

As was expected, there were no surprises. The Lismore City Councillors for the next four years will be;

• Steve Krieg Mayor
• Jeri Hall
• Andrew Gordon
• Electra Jensen
• Andrew Bing
• Gianpiero Battista
• Adam Guise
• Virginia Waters
• Harper Dalton-Earls
• Jasmine Knight-Smith
• Big Rob

Seven councillors are returning from the 2021 elections; one (Gianpiero Battista) is returning for a second stint, and three are first-time councillors.

There is more experience for this term of council than in 2021 when seven new faces began their terms as councillors.

The independent Steve Krieg ticket will hold the majority in chambers with six councillors. The Greens have two, Labor has two, along with independent Big Rob.

The new-look team will meet at council chambers next week for an orientation session and, no doubt, a photo session. The elected team will then have their first Lismore City Council meeting on Tuesday, October 15 at 6pm.

The NSW Electoral Commission said that Lismore had 31,947 enrolled electors as of 5 August 2024.

There were 26,758 votes in the Councillor elections and 26,752 in the Mayoral elections.

This gives an 83.75 per cent participation rate in the councillor vote and 83.73 per cent in the Mayoral vote, which is slightly under the Lismore result for the 2021 NSW Local government elections turnout (85.91 per cent) held during the COVID pandemic, but above the State average for that election (83.56 per cent).

The remaining registered voters decided not to participate and will be fined. The informal vote for the councillor election was 6.04%.