No Peninsula residents elected

No Peninsula residents have been elected to Gosford Council, but several working on or living near the Peninsula have been.

Independent Chris Holstein, owner of Woy Woy's Gnostic Mana restaurant, and Central Coast First's Peter Hale, general manager of Ettalong Beach Memorial Club, have been elected.

Labor's Jim MacFayden of Pretty Beach has also been elected.

Labor, Liberal and Central Coast First parties have each secured two seats and the Greens one seat.

Independents Chris Holstein, Craig Doyle and Robert Bell will retain their places on Council.

The successful Labor party candidates are Jim McFayden and Vicki Scott.

Incumbent councillor Malcolm Brooks and Trevor Drake will take up seats for the Liberal Party.

Central Coast First's successful candidates are Laurie Maher and Peter Hale.

The successful Greens' candidate is Terri Latella.

Counting of the survey conducted at the election is also showing results.

Returning officer Mr Kevin Street has so far processed 4887 papers, with 2993 people supported building heights of seven storeys or less of in Gosford city centre, 1292 wanted 8 to 14 storeys, 630 15 to 21 storeys and 549 22 storeys or more.

The State and Federal governments were not providing enough assistance to manage population growth, according to 4039 people. Only 405 disagreed.

A better public transport system for the Central Coast should be a high priority, according to 4135 voters. Only 349 said no.

A merger with Wyong was rejected by 3111 voters, while only 1120 agreed with the proposal.

Alison Branley, April 2