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Mayor & councillors

Mayor & councillors

Glen Innes Severn is an undivided (at-large) council: its seven councillors are elected across the whole local government area by proportional representation, rather than by ward. The councillors elect the Mayor and Deputy Mayor from among themselves (there is no popularly elected mayor). Councillors Margot Davis and Carol Sparks were elected Mayor and Deputy Mayor at the first ordinary meeting of the new council on 10 October 2024. Two of the seven seats have since changed hands through countback rather than a by-election, after councillors resigned. Below is who currently holds office, with their published contact details and links to the September 2024 election results.

New to these terms? Read them in plain English
How the mayor is chosen
Either elected directly by voters, or chosen by the councillors.
Ward
A subdivision of a council area that elects its own councillors.
Local Government Area (LGA)
The official area a council governs.
NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC)
Runs council elections and publishes the official results.
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Who represents you

Mayor
Cr Margot Davis (Independent)Elected Mayor by the councillors at the meeting of 10 October 2024, at which the new council took its oath/affirmation of office.
Deputy Mayor
Cr Carol Sparks (Greens)Elected Deputy Mayor by the councillors, October 2024.
Councillors
7 total — undivided (single ward, elected by proportional representation)
How the Mayor is chosen
Elected by the councillors (not by popular vote)
Casual vacancies
Filled by countback, not a by-electionCouncil resolved after the 2024 election to fill vacancies by countback — a recount of the 2024 ballot papers run by the NSW Electoral Commission. David Scott was declared elected on 19 November 2024 after Rob Banham resigned on 10 October 2024; Anne Vosper was declared elected on 1 September 2025 after Troy Arandale resigned on 24 July 2025.

Your representatives

Want to raise something? Contacting your ward councillor or the mayor is one of the most direct ways to be heard between elections.

We list who's in office and link to their official profiles and the election results; we don't characterise anyone's politics. Party labels are those each councillor was elected under at the September 2024 election (NSW Electoral Commission) — the NSWEC's declaration lists Timothy Alt, Rob Banham, Troy Arandale, Margot Davis, Max Elphick and Andrew Parsons with an Independent (IND) code and Carol Sparks with a Greens (GRN) code. David Scott and Anne Vosper took their seats through casual-vacancy countbacks and the NSWEC publishes no group code for them, so their affiliation is left blank here rather than guessed. Casual vacancies can change the makeup, so the council's official page has the most current list.

Sources — check it yourself

Figures are current as at the dates shown and may change — always confirm with the linked source. See the notice at the bottom of the page for full details and how to report a correction.