[1][2] Outer Sydney and surrounds covers 22 local government areas (LGAs) (excluding the Central Coast), including Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury and Wollondilly.

[5] The Liberal Party, which won three seats in 2021, was unable to recontest any wards after missing the candidate nomination deadline.

[15] The Liberal Party, which won four seats in 2021, was unable to recontest after missing the candidate nomination deadline.

Canada Bay City Council is composed of eight councillors elected proportionally to a single ward, as well as a directly-elected mayor.

OLC has chosen not to recontest Canada Bay, with neither of the party's remaining councillors − Joseph Cordaro and Carmela Ruggeri − seeking re-election.

[24] Kurt Pudniks, who ran for the Greens in the Queensland seat of Leichhardt at the 2016 federal election, is contesting for the Libertarian Party as an ungrouped candidate.

[32] Greystanes Ward councillor Eddy Sarkis left Our Local Community (OLC) after losing party preselection in February 2024.

[33] Sarkis and Wentworthville Ward candidate Zac Alameh both ran under the same "People Not Party Politics" branding.

[40][41][42] Basim Shamaon, who contested the 2021 election leading "The Real Local" group, is running as Labor's mayoral candidate.

[45][46] However, the Liberals (including Ng) were unable to contest Mortdale and Peakhurst after missing the candidate nomination deadline.

[47] Two Labor councillors − Warren Tegg (Mortdale) and Kevin Greene (Peakhurst) − resigned at various points in 2022 and were replaced by Ashvini Ambihaipahar and Veronica Ficarra respectively following countbacks.

A number of Independent Liberals are contesting the election, while Labor and the Greens have endorsed candidates in one ward each.

[71] In April 2022, South Ward councillor Karress Rhodes resigned from the Liverpool Community Independents Team.

[76] At the 2021 election, Your Northern Beaches Independent Team (YNBIT) won a plurality of seats with six, although the Liberal Party had the largest vote percentage (35.1%).

[79] On 28 January 2024, Pittwater Ward councillor Michael Gencher left YNBIT to join the Liberal Party.

According to the Northern Beaches Advocate, Gencher was one of several YNBIT councillors facing "pressure to stand aside" in favour of candidates aligned with teal independents.

[83] Only Mandeep Singh, an ungrouped candidate in Pittwater Ward appearing without a party affiliation on the ballot, is endorsed by the Liberals.

[84] Labor Liberal Parramatta City Council is composed of three wards, each electing five councillors, totalling 15 seats.

Ryde City Council is composed of three four-member wards, totalling 12 councillors, as well as − starting at the 2024 election − a directly-elected mayor.

The Liberal Party won a plurality with six seats in 2021, before gaining a majority in October 2022 after winning the West Ward by-election following Labor councillor Jerome Laxale's resignation.