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Mayor & councillors

Mayor & councillors

Penrith has 15 councillors across 3 wards (North, South and East), 5 per ward. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are chosen by fellow councillors, not directly elected by voters. 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
Todd Carney (Labor)Elected by councillors, October 2024, for a 2-year term (second consecutive term as Mayor). East Ward.
Deputy Mayor
Cr Garion Thain (Labor)Elected by councillors, September 2025, for a 1-year term. East Ward. (Cr Ross Fowler OAM held the role for the prior 2024–25 year.)
Councillors
15 total — 5 per ward across 3 wards
Wards
North Ward, South Ward and East Ward

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) — East Ward's 5 seats were uncontested (all declared elected unopposed). The NSWEC records Cr Pollak's party as the Libertarian Party (ticket code 'LP' in the Penrith South Ward count) — distinct from the Liberal Party, whose Penrith candidates (Fowler, Nuttall) are coded 'LIB'. A council's makeup can change between elections through casual vacancies or resignations, 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.