Kerryn Phelps will remain a councillor for the City of Sydney as she takes up her likely seat in Federal Parliament for Wentworth.

Dr Phelps said she would juggle the two political roles, splitting her time between Sydney and Canberra, as votes for the eastern suburbs seat continued to be counted on Thursday.

Kerryn Phelps. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

"I've spoken with the [Sydney City council] CEO about meeting those commitments and that would be my intention," Dr Phelps said in Canberra.

However, she would not be drawn on whether she would publicly release the legal advice she sought to ensure she was eligible to sit in federal Parliament under section 44 of the Constitution.