Why does everything apart from contacts sync?

Hi,
I've just set up my new iMac and started using iMessage with a friend. I noticed his name didn't appear above his txts; just his number. I figured my contacts hadn't  synced from my iPhone so plugged it in and attempted several times with no success.
My bookmarks, iTunes music library etc all carry over from my iPhone to my iMac - but my contact book still remains empty apart from what appears to be an Apple entry and an entry for me which I assume was created when I set the system up this afternoon.
Even more frustrating is the fact that my partner opened her user account on the system, plugged her phone in and checked her contact book - everything was there!
Any ideas where I'm going wrong here? Has the iMac created an address book running parallel to my existing iPhone one after I set it up? (Referencing the creation of the odd and empty entry in the contact book for myself and Apple).
Please help!
Thanks

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