AFTER more than two hours of deliberation, the City of Perth finally has a new Deputy Lord Mayor - but it wasn't one of the two men who originally nominated for the job.

Jemma Green emerged as the only candidate in the second vote after the councillors reappeared at 9pm, nominated by Reece Harley and seconded by Lily Chen.

Neither Cr Harley or the other nominee in the first vote, James Limnios, stood a second time and Cr Green was sworn in as Deputy Lord Mayor a short time later.

She becomes the acting Lord Mayor while Lisa Scaffidi awaits the outcome of an appeal into her disqualification.

Earlier, both Cr Harley and Cr Limnios, the only two candidates for the role, polled four votes, leading to the meeting being adjourned.

Councillors retired to a committee room at about 6.20pm and did not reconvene until 9pm.

The vote is being seen as critical because of Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi’s decision to stand aside from her role while pursuing an appeal into a disqualification from office.

The tied vote comes after a turbulent few days for the City of Perth, after two sitting councillors allied to embattled Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi were voted out of office.

Former councillors Judy McEvoy and Keith Yong both fell about 700 votes short of re-election, with new comers Steve Hasluck and Lexi Barton taking their place.

Mrs Scaffidi also caused controversy when she launched into allegation of a four year campaign run against her by the WA Labor Party, in a radio interview this morning.

Camera Icon James Limnios. Credit: PerthNow Camera Icon Reece Harley. Credit: PerthNow

Speaking on 6PR on Monday, Mrs Scaffidi said there had been a “deliberate campaign” to de-seat her by councillors Reece Harley, in concert with the Labor Party.

“The Premier is really acting only under instruction from (Local Government David) Templeman and (Perth MP John) Carey and the Union Left as it’s known, who I’m told control the current Premier’s every move and they all want me gone,” she said.

“I know your listeners might not believe a lot of what I have to say because my name has been muddied through this process, but certainly the wider public and more sadly the City of Perth stakeholders do not appreciate the political influence that is currently at play.

“There has been a very deliberate campaign afoot against me for three to four years and it has been driven by the one who wants the position of Lord Mayor the most, and that person’s political connections have certainly swung in strongly behind him.

“The wrecking ball that I’m accused of swinging has actually swung by one and then by two who will dual it out for the deputy lord mayoral position tomorrow evening.”

In the City of Stirling, Mark Irwin is the new Mayor, beating incumbent Giovanni Italiano, while David Lagan has been elected deputy.

It is likely to be the last time that councillors vote for the Mayor in Stirling, after a referendum came back overwhelming in favour of switching to a ratepayer vote for the Mayor.