Maurice Collison, following the sudden resignation of Wayne Bedggood as mayor and as a councillor on 9 June 2020.

[citation needed] The towns of the Upper Hunter are Scone, Parkville, Aberdeen, Murrurundi, and Merriwa, as well as several villages, including Bunnan, Gundy, Moonan Flat, Ellerston, Wingen, Blandford and Cassilis.

[14] The median weekly income for residents within the Upper Hunter Shire was marginally lower than the national average.

In excess of 29% of all residents in the Upper Hunter Shire nominated a religious affiliation with Anglican at the 2021 census, which was considerably higher than the national average of 9.8 percent.

[2][1] Upper Hunter Shire Council is composed of nine councillors elected by Optional Preferential Voting as a single ward.