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Mayor & councillors

Mayor & councillors

Inner West Council has 15 councillors — three for each of five wards, each named after both the suburb it covers and its Gadigal/Wangal name. The Mayor is chosen by fellow councillors (not directly by voters) for a two-year term; the Deputy Mayor is elected annually. Below is who currently holds office, with links to their official profiles and 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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Mayor
Darcy Byrne (Labor)Baludarri (Balmain) Ward. Re-elected by fellow councillors on 8 October 2024 for a 2-year term.
Deputy Mayor
Cr Chloe Smith (Labor)Damun (Stanmore) Ward. Elected by councillors on 23 September 2025 for a 1-year term.
Councillors
15 total — 3 for each of 5 wards
Wards
Baludarri (Balmain), Damun (Stanmore), Djarrawunang (Ashfield), Gulgadya (Leichhardt), Midjuburi (Marrickville)
Council composition (Sep 2024 election)
8 Labor · 5 Greens · 1 Liberal · 1 IndependentAs recorded by the NSW Electoral Commission; Inner West Council has had a large Greens presence across its terms.

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) — a neutral, publicly recorded fact, not our editorial judgement. A council's makeup can change between elections through casual vacancies, 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.