Girl power on Council

South Ward Councillor Sue Day and the second on her independent ticket, Councillor Faithe Skinner.

THE NSW Electoral Commission has confirmed the final results for the Penrith Local Government elections. Your 15 elected Councillors are listed below. 

The ALP has 9 Councillors in total, meaning they will effectively have dominance on Council and will get their choice on who will be the Mayor, which will likely be Todd Carney. Mr Carney was our Mayor prior to the elections on September 14. 

All five Councillors elected in South Ward are female, and the gender make up of the total 15 is 8 females and 7 males; the first time there’s been more women than men. 

The 9 newcomers to Council are Reece Nuttall, Vanessa Pollack, Hollie McLean, Faithe Skinner, Kirstie Boerst, Garion Thain, Sarbjeet Kaur,  Libby Austin and Edwin Mifsud.

North Ward Councillor Glenn Gardiner.

North Ward
John Thain (ALP)
Ross FOWLER (LIB)
Reece NUTTALL (LIB)
Robin COOK (ALP)
Glenn GARDINER (IND)

South Ward
Sue Day (IND)
Vanessa Pollack (Libertarian)
Hollie McLean (ALP)
Faithe Skinner (IND)
Kirstie Boerst (ALP) 

East Ward
Todd CARNEY (ALP
Garion THAIN (ALP)
Sarbjeet KAUR (ALP
Libby AUSTIN (ALP)
Edwin MIFSUD (ALP)