Who is in and who is out in the newly elected council?

Susanna Freymark

The votes are still being counted and then they will be checked, and there are postal votes still to come in for all wards.

The trend for the three wards in the Kyogle Council Election is mostly clear – the first two places are well ahead while the third place will need confirmation and that may take a few more days and in some cases, weeks.

So how is the new Kyogle Council looking?

IndyNR.com predicts that the councillors will be: Kieran Somerville, Danielle Mulholland, Brett McNamara, Janet Wilson, Tom Cooper, John Burley, Olivia Taylor and Rob Cullen.

Likely but too close to call are: Robin Harley/James Murray.

Across the LGA the three candidates with the most votes are Danielle Mulholland with 574, Olivia Taylor with 554 and Brett McNamara with 486.

For Taylor and McNamara this is quite an achievement in their first time running for councillor positions.

Below are the voting numbers for the wards as of Monday, September 16 at noon.

Postal voting is yet available for any of the wards. This could of course impact any candidates who are close in votes. This is why we have included the 4^th candidate so you can see how close they are to getting in or not.

IndyNR.com will update this story when postal votes are complete.

We’ve asked the NSW Electoral Commission when the referendum results will be in and are waiting for their reply.

WARD A

Brett McNamara: 486

Kieran Somerville: 416

Janet Wilson: 287

In 4^th place is Doug Layton with 204

1713 votes out of a possible 2337 have been counted with 153 informal votes so far.

WARD B

Olivia Taylor: 554

John Burley: 407

Rob Cullen: 314

In 4^th place is Neil Summerville with 239

1745 votes out of a possible 2210 have been counted with 117 informal votes so far.

WARD C

Danielle Mulholland: 574

Tom Cooper: 315

Robin Harley: 184

In 4^th place is James Murray with 162

1503 out of a possible 2293 have been counted with 101 informal votes.

Candidates who were not elected include Naomi Worrall, Simon Dejoux, Ian Murrell, Earle Grundy, and Glenn Robinson,

The NSW Electoral Commission describes what an informal vote on a ballot paper means. Go here to read more about that.