Labor could now end up with seven councillors in the new Campbelltown Council following Saturday’s local government election.
As counting continues it looks like the Darcy Lound-led ALP ticket will be in a fight with Sustainable Australia Party for the 15th and last spot on the council.
The NSW Electoral Commission has counted 64,106 votes for Campbelltown, which has a single ward system and 119,951 registered voters.
Sustainable Australia has received one quota as well as .55 of a quota.
Labor received 6.52 quotas, which means its candidates in fifth and sixth spot, Isabella Wisniewska and Ash Rahman will be elected to council.
The question is whether its candidate in seventh spot on the ticket, David Weblin, will join the other six Labor councillors-elect.
Seven councillors would also deliver the mayoralty to Darcy Lound and Labor for four years.
The next biggest block on the new council will be Community First Totally Independent Party, with three councillors: Josh Cotter, Warren Morrison and Seta Berbari.
Community First Totally Independent is on 2.95 quotas so far.
Community Voice Australia with 1.91 quotas will almost certainly have two councillors in the chamber.
Macarthur Greens are pretty confident they will also have two, sitting on 1.89 quotas at the moment.
Also set to be elected for the first time is Adam Zahra who is on .91 of a quota. Mr Zahra is a member of One Nation but stood as an independent at this election.
The other noteworthy aspect of the election was the huge number of informal votes: 22.31 percent at the moment, most of them expected to be Liberal Party voters who had none of their party’s candidates they could support.
In Camden, both former mayors Therese Fedeli (Liberal Party) and Ashleigh Cagney (Labor) have been returned in central ward and could once again be contesting for the top job.
The Libertarian Party, formerly Liberal Democrats, have won two spots on the new council.
Vince Ferreri picked up 1.84 quotas in north ward, while Rose Sicari has 1.25 quotas in south ward.
In Wollondilly, as well as Matt Gould being returned as mayor with a thumping majority, his group in north ward have 3.47 quotas as counting continues.
Ally Dench also received one quota, while in east ward Matthew Deeth and Suzy Brandstater both have received one quota, with Benn Banasik sitting on .96 of a quota.
