Hume council election, 2024

The City of Hume covers areas in the north-west of the Melbourne urban area.

The council covers Craigieburn, Sunbury, Roxburgh Park, Greenvale, Mickleham and Broadmeadows. The council had a population of 243,901 as of the 2021 census.

• Wards
• Redistribution
• Incumbent councillors
• History
• Candidate summary
• Assessment
• Voting trends by ward

Wards
The City of Hume will be divided into eleven single-member wards as of 2024:

• Aitken – in the east, covering parts of Craigieburn.
• Bababi Marning – in the south-east, covering Campbellfield, Coolaroo and Meadow Heights.
• Burt-Kur-Min – in the east, covering parts of Craigieburn and Yuroke.
• Emu Creek – in the north-west, covering parts of Sunbury and rural areas to the north.
• Jacksons Hill – in the south-west, covering parts of Sunbury and rural areas to the south.
• Merlynston Creek – in the south-east, covering Broadmeadows, Dallas, Jacana and parts of Westmeadows.
• Mount Ridley – in the east, covering northern parts of Craigieburn.
• Roxburgh Park – in the east, covering Roxburgh Park and Somerton.
• Tullamarine – in the south, covering Melbourne Airport, Attwood, Gladstone Park, Tullamarine and parts of Westmeadows.
• Woodlands – in the centre, covering Greenvale.
• Yubup – in the north-east, covering Kalkallo and Mickleham.

Redistribution
The council previously consisted of three wards, electing eleven councillors. The Jackson Creek Ward elected three members, while the Aitken and Meadow Valley wards each elected four.

The north-eastern Aitken ward covered the entire new Aitken, Burt-Kur-Min, Mount Ridley, Roxburgh Park and Yubup wards, and parts of the new Bababi Marning and Woodlands wards.

The western Jacksons Hill ward covered the entire new Emu Creek and Jacksons Hill wards in the Sunbury area, along with the Melbourne Airport now contained in the new Tullamarine ward.

The south-eastern Meadow Valley ward covered the entire new Merlynston Creek ward, most of the population in the new Tullamarine ward, and parts of the new Bababi Marning and Woodlands wards.

Incumbent councillors

History
The City of Hume was created in 1994 out of parts of the City of Broadmeadows, the Shire of Bulla, the City of Keilor and the City of Whittlesea.

In the 2000s the council used an electoral structure of four wards, with one three-member ward and three two-member wards, for a total of nine councillors.

In 2012, the council was expanded to eleven seats, with the wards reorganised into a single three-member ward and two four-member wards.

The last election produced a council consisting entirely of independents.

The last four years have seen mayoral elections be entirely unopposed. Joseph Haweil took the job in 2020 and 2022, with Carly Moore taking the job in 2021 (after serving two years in the previous term), and Naim Kurt taking over at the end of 2023.

Candidate summary
Councillor Chris Hollow is not running for re-election.

The Greens and Victorian Socialists are each running two candidates, while everyone else is unendorsed.

Assessment
Hume is dominated by independents so is unlikely to have a recognisable factional or partisan contest in 2024.

Voting trends by ward
In order to understand the relative political position of each ward, I have estimated the results of the 2022 federal election in each ward.

On a two-party-preferred basis, Labor won every ward. The Labor vote was generally stronger in the more urbanised eastern part of the council, while Labor’s vote was weaker in the Sunbury-area wards.

Candidates – Aitken Ward

• Cr Carly Moore
• Gurpreet Singh
• Harsimran Kaur

Candidates – Bababi Marning Ward

• Ozcan Oztas
• John Haddad
• Sema N. Bolat
• Graeme David Marr
• Asif Naeem
• Burhan Yigit

Candidates – Burt-kur-min Ward

• Hussam Mestou
• Sarwan Singh Sandhu
• Jo Hardie
• Gurpreet Singh Mann
• Manoj Kumar
• Avonjot Singh
• Manisha Garg
• Sabahat Farooq
• Cr Jim Overend

Candidates – Emu Creek Ward

• Cr Jack Medcraft
• Cr Trevor Dance
• Kate Hamley

Candidates – Jacksons Hill Ward

• Natalie Harrison
• Cr Jarrod Bell
• John Karagiannidis

Candidates – Merlynston Creek Ward

• Joe Aguilus
• Mutullah Can Yolbulan (Victorian Socialists)
• Shahnoor Shah (Greens)
• Yesim Kuluk
• Ibrahim Gocol
• Bassima Hawli
• Sheena Haweil
• Micaela Griffiths
• Cr Karen Sherry

Candidates – Mount Ridley Ward

• Amarjeet Singh Bhullar
• Marcus Harrington
• Venkata Ambati
• Ricky Rataul Singh
• Ananta Raj Poudel
• Daniel English
• Raj Mann

Candidates – Roxburgh Park Ward

• Yasir Mahmud
• Phillip Di Biase
• Sargon Thomas
• Muhammad Nisar Ul Murtaza (Greens)
• Roshan Silva
• David Williams (Victorian Socialists)
• Aleyna Mimi
• Drew Jessop
• Muhtadi Albandar
• Cr Sam Misho
• Sahar Ageed

Candidates – Tullamarine Ward

• Cr Jodi Jackson
• Linda Hanna
• Cr Naim Kurt

Candidates – Woodlands Ward

• Steve Gagen
• Lalith Udugampala
• Khalid Hussain
• Adem Atmaca
• Assaad Eddie Issa
• Cr Joseph Haweil

Candidates – Yubup Ward

• Vikein Mouradian
• Muhammad Shahzad
• Guri Singh
• Sahib Singh
• Ally Watson
• Emily Greco
• Ravneet Singh Sohi

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