How and Where to Vote

2025 elections

The elections will take place on 18 October 2025.

This year's voting addresses four vacancies on the City of Cockburn Council:
  • East Ward: One Councillor
  • West Ward: Two Councillors
  • Central Ward: Two Councillors
  • Mayor
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Voting in local government elections is not mandatory, but your participation actively shapes our community's future.

Nominations to become a candidate for the elections are in progress. Further details will be provided once the nomination phase concludes.

Eligibility to vote

To be eligible to vote, you must be:
  • a resident of the City of Cockburn and enrolled to vote in the State elections; or
  • enrolled to vote in the State or Federal elections and own or occupy rateable property in the City of Cockburn, and have made a successful eligibiity claim.

Enrolling to vote

If you are a resident and enrolled to vote in the State elections you do not need to enrol to vote. Please do check your enrolment online to ensure your details are up to date.

If you are a non-resident and own or occupy property in the City of Cockburn, you will need to enrol to vote. A maximum of two persons may enrol and vote per rateable property.

Use the below forms to enrol to vote:

If there are more than two co-owner or occupiers, or an owner/occupier is a body corporate, you will also need to fill in some additional forms:

Enrolment can be complex for non-resident owners and occupiers. Please contact us if you need help figuring out what forms to complete.

You must be enrolled by 5pm Friday, 22 August 2025 to be able to vote in the 2025 local government elections.


Not sure about your enrolment status? 

If you are voting as a resident, you can check your enrolment online

If you are voting as a non-resident, contact us to check your enrolment status.

Voting

The 2025 local government elections are a postal election.

Voting packs will be sent out in late September. Packs can be returned in the mail or handed in at the City’s Administration building at 9 Coleville Crescent, Spearwood during business hours (8.30am to 4.30pm)

How to vote

Local government elections uses optional preferential voting.

Under this system you can choose from the following options:
  • Vote for one candidate by marking a '1' next to their name
  • Choose to vote for several candidates by numbering them in order of preference
  • Or, vote for all candidates in order of your preference.
You're not required to fill in all the boxes if you don’t want to. 

More information and contact

More information is avaialble though the following links or you can contact the City on 08 9411 3444 (between 8.30am to 4.30pm).
 

Contact

Address

City of Cockburn
Whadjuk Boodjar
9 Coleville Crescent,
Spearwood 6163

PO Box 1215, Bibra Lake DC,
Western Australia, 6965

Office opening hours:
8.30am to 4.30pm
Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays)

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Cockburn Nyungar moort Beeliar boodja-k kaadadjiny. Koora, yeyi, benang baalap nidja boodja-k kaaradjiny.
Ngalak kaditj boodjar kep wer kaadidjiny kalyakool yoodaniny, wer koora wer yeyi ngalak Birdiya koota-djinanginy.

The City of Cockburn acknowledges the Nyungar people of Beeliar Boodjar. Long ago, now and in the future they care for Country.
We acknowledge a continuing connection to Land, Waters and Culture and pay our respects to Elders, past and present.