[1] Independents Sharon Cadwallader Team Ballina Shire Council is composed of three three-member wards, as well as a directly elected mayor.

In August 2024, Sharon Cadwallader Team councillor Eva Ramsey split from the group to contest the election as a self-described "true independent".

[3] Independent B Ward councillor Jeff Johnson also did not recontest, endorsing candidates from the Greens (the party he was a member of until 2015).

In August 2024, mayor Michael Lyon was charged with assault and stalking after an alleged domestic violence incident.

[22] Following the charges, Mark Swivel and Meredith Wray withdrew as candidates for Lyon's "Byron Independents" group.