2016 Tweed Shire Council election

The 2016 Tweed Shire Council election was held on 29 October 2016 to elect seven councillors to the Tweed Shire, a local government area of New South Wales, Australia.

2016 Tweed Shire Council election
29 October 2016
  First party Second party Third party
 
IND
Leader N/A Katie Milne James Owen
Party Independents Greens Liberal
Seats won 3 1 1
Popular vote 24,802 7,279 5,525
Percentage 52.22% 15.30% 11.63%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
NHR
DHG
Leader Reece Byrnes Ron Cooper Dot Holdom
Party Country Labor No High-Rise Dot Holdom Group
Seats won 1 1 0
Popular vote 4,970 2,028 1,524
Percentage 10.46% 4.27% 3.21%

The election was scheduled to be held a month earlier on 10 September 2016 as part of the statewide local elections, however it was postponed following the death of No High-Rise candidate Ken "Stents" Nicholson, aged 88. Nicholson died on 19 August 2016, after suffering a heart attack and fall.

76 candidates in 15 groups (as well as four ungrouped candidates) contested the election.

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