Basil Zempilas Independent Basil Zempilas Independent The 2023 Perth City Council election was held on was held on 21 October 2023 to elect a lord mayor and 4 councillors to the City of Perth.

The previous mayoral election was held in October 2020, following the council's suspension by the Western Australian state government in 2018.

[2] Three candidates contended the position of Lord Mayor − incumbent Basil Zempilas, councillor Sandy Anghie (who also contested the 2020 election) and Will Leyland.

[3] The campaign was surrounded by claims that Zempilas would join the Western Australian Liberal Party and contest the 2025 state election.

[4] The Greens endorsed one candidate − Isabella Tripp − who also ran in Cowan at the 2022 federal election.