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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 â Lawrie Cox, Stevan Kozmevksi, Christine Stow and John Fry â 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.