Former celebrity photographer Darryn Lyons has been elected mayor of Geelong.

Darryn Lyons, formerly a london based photographer known as 'Mr Paparazzi', has been elected mayor of Geelong, Victoria's second largest city.

Mr Lyons had previously said that if he were elected it would be 'one of the proudest days of my life'.

"I love the city, I love the people, I grew up here," he says.

Mr Lyons started work as a photographer at the Geelong Advertiser, before moving to London to work on the News of the World and the Daily Mail.

He founded the photographic company Big Pictures and appeared on the UK version of Celebrity Big Brother.

"I've been through wars and I've been standing next to celebrities on the Red Carpet," says Mr Lyons.

Darryn Lyons says he's not planning on toning down his flamboyant image.

"I'm blonde but I'm not sure it's necessarily going to stay that," he says of his trademark mohawk.

"The amount of people on the street who say 'don't change the hair Darryn, we love that'," says Mr Lyons

"I'm still going to be a colourful character," says Darryn Lyons. "At the end of the day I am who I am."

Mr Lyons says he is a member of the Liberal Party.

Darryn Lyons spoke to Red Symons on 774 ABC Melbourne Breakfast.