align=left| Birgit Onori | align=left| The Left | 1,009 | 3.2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Marcel Stubbe | align=left| Independent | 521 | 1.7 |- ! colspan=3| Valid votes ! 31,133 ! 98.3 ! 24,484 ! 99.4 |- ! colspan=3| Invalid votes ! 540 ! 1.7 ! 137 ! 0.6 |- ! colspan=3| Total ! 31,673 ! 100.0 ! 24,621 ! 100.0 |- ! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout ! 65,876 ! 48.1 ! 65,837 ! 37.4 |- | colspan=7| Source: City of Velbert (1st round, 2nd round) |} City council The Velbert city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows: ! colspan=2| Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 9,471 | 30.4 | 4.2 | 21 | ±0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 6,543 | 21.0 | 10.2 | 15 | 8 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 5,435 | 17.4 | 9.7 | 12 | 5 |- | | align=left| Independent Velbert Citizens (UVB) | 2,343 | 7.5 | 2.2 | 5 | 2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD) | 1,998 | 6.4 | New | 4 | New |- | | align=left| Velbert Differently (Anders) | 1,643 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 4 | ±0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | 1,392 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 3 | ±0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| The Left (Die Linke) | 1,174 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 3 | ±0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Pirate Party Germany (Piraten) | 1,177 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 3 | 1 |- | colspan=7 bgcolor=lightgrey| |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Independent | 18 | 0.1 | New | 0 | New |- ! colspan=2| Valid votes ! 31,194 ! 98.5 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Invalid votes ! 471 ! 1.5 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Total ! 31,665 ! 100.0 ! ! 70 ! 8 |- ! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout ! 65,875 ! 48.1 ! 1.1 ! ! |- | colspan=7| Source: City of Velbert |} Coat of arms The first coat of arms was created in 1882 and abolished in local government reform of 1975. It showed the