Mayor & councillors
Woollahra Municipal Council has 15 councillors — three elected for each of five wards: Bellevue Hill, Cooper, Double Bay, Paddington and Vaucluse. Unlike a few Sydney councils, the Mayor is chosen by the councillors from among themselves (not directly 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.
- Mayor
- Cr Sarah Dixson (Liberal)Cooper Ward; elected Mayor by the councillors at an Extraordinary Meeting on 9 October 2024. She was elected to council at the September 2024 election under the name Sarah Swan and now uses Sarah Dixson.
- Deputy Mayor
- Cr Sean Carmichael (Liberal)Bellevue Hill Ward; elected Deputy Mayor by the councillors on 9 October 2024.
- Councillors
- 15 total — 3 per ward across 5 wards
- Wards
- Bellevue Hill, Cooper, Double Bay, Paddington, Vaucluse (3 councillors each)
- Composition (elected Sep 2024)
- Liberal 9 · Residents First Woollahra 5 · Greens 1Party labels are those each councillor was elected under (NSW Electoral Commission).
Your representatives
Sarah Dixson
Mayor / Councillor · Cooper Ward · Liberal
Sean Carmichael
Deputy Mayor / Councillor · Bellevue Hill Ward · Liberal
Lucinda Regan
Councillor · Bellevue Hill Ward · Residents First Woollahra
Hugh Woodgate
Councillor · Bellevue Hill Ward · Liberal
Jeanette Mitchell
Councillor · Cooper Ward · Liberal
Torsten Blackwood
Councillor · Cooper Ward · Residents First Woollahra
Toni Zeltzer
Councillor · Double Bay Ward · Liberal
Mark Silcocks
Councillor · Double Bay Ward · Residents First Woollahra
James Ardouin
Councillor · Double Bay Ward · Liberal
Alexander Andruska
Councillor · Paddington Ward · Liberal
Harriet Price
Councillor · Paddington Ward · Residents First Woollahra
Matthew Robertson
Councillor · Paddington Ward · Greens
Mary-Lou Jarvis
Councillor · Vaucluse Ward · Liberal
Merrill Halkerston Witt
Councillor · Vaucluse Ward · Residents First Woollahra
Julian Parmegiani
Councillor · Vaucluse Ward · Liberal
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); 'Residents First Woollahra' is a registered group name on the ballot. The Mayor was elected Sarah Swan in September 2024 and now uses the name Sarah Dixson. 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.