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Mayor & councillors

Mayor & councillors

Port Stephens Council has 10 councillors: a Mayor elected directly by voters (unlike most councils, where councillors choose the mayor), plus three councillors for each of three wards — Central, East and West. 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.
See the full explainer, with formulas →
Mayor
Leah Anderson (Labor)Popularly elected Mayor (directly by voters); declared elected 1 October 2024.
Deputy Mayor
Rotating over the council termAt its October 2024 inaugural meeting the council resolved a rotating deputy mayoralty across the four-year term, with Jason Wells, Chris Doohan, Nathan Errington and Giacomo Arnott each to serve a one-year term as Deputy Mayor. The exact year each holds the role is reported slightly differently between sources — check the council's official page for the current Deputy Mayor.
Councillors
10 total — directly-elected Mayor + 9 ward councillors
Wards
Central, East and West (3 councillors each)

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 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.