2016 Brisbane City Council election

2016 Brisbane City Council election
Lord Mayor of Brisbane before election; Graham Quirk; Liberal National	Subsequent Lord Mayor ; Graham Quirk; Liberal National
	All 26 wards on the City Council; 13 wards needed for a majority
	Results by ward

The 2016 Brisbane City Council election was held on 19 March 2016 to elect a lord mayor and 26 councillors to the City of Brisbane. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Queensland, Australia.

The election resulted in the re-election of the Liberal National Party to a majority in the chamber, with incumbent LNP Lord Mayor Graham Quirk also being returned. The Liberal Nationals increased their representation by one ward to a total of 19 of 26. The Lord Mayoral result of 59.3% of the two-party-preferred vote for Quirk was a reduction from the 69.5% result at the previous election.

The main opposition party, the Labor Party was reduced to 5 wards, its lowest number in over a decade.

The Queensland Greens won their first ward in this election, with Jonathan Sri being elected in The Gabba Ward.^[1]

Results

Mayor

2016 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Graham Quirk	325,714	53.4	-8.6
	Labor	Rod Harding	195,055	32.0	+6.8
	Greens	Ben Pennings	63,483	10.4	-0.3
	Consumer Rights	Jeffrey Hodges	12,960	2.1	+2.1
	People Decide	Karel Boele	5,195	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Jim Eldridge	4,764	0.8	+0.8
	Independent	Jarrod Wirth	3,063	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			610,234
Informal votes			15,287
Turnout			625,521
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Graham Quirk	336,450	59.3	-9.2
	Labor	Rod Harding	230,841	40.7	+9.2
	Liberal National hold		Swing

Lord Mayoral popular vote

LNP			53.4%
Labor			32.0%
Greens			10.4%
Other			4.2%

Councillors

2016 Queensland local elections: Brisbane^[3]
Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal National	303,055	49.88	−7.2	19	1
	Labor	201,835	33.22	+1.2	5	2
	Greens	88,008	14.49	+6.0	1	1
	Independent	13,522	2.22	−0.20	1
	People Decide	1,155	0.19	+0.19	0
Formal votes		607,575

Ward popular vote

LNP			49.88%
Labor			33.22%
Greens			14.49%
IND			2.42%

Council Wards

LNP			73.07%
Labor			19.23%
Greens			3.84%
Other			3.84%

Ward summary

Ward^[4]		Councillor	Margin (%)
Bracken Ridge	LNP	Amanda Cooper	10.6
Calamvale	LNP	Angela Owen-Taylor	14.7
Central	LNP	Vicki Howard	8.2
Chandler	LNP	Adrian Schrinner	24.6
Coorparoo	LNP	Ian McKenzie	3.0
Deagon	Labor	Jared Cassidy	3.7
Doboy	LNP	Ryan Murphy	4.3
Enoggera	LNP	Andrew Wines	4.8
Forest Lake	Labor	Charles Strunk	5.3
Hamilton	LNP	David McLachlan	17.6
Holland Park	LNP	Krista Adams	4.8
Jamboree	LNP	Matthew Bourke	19.1
MacGregor	LNP	Steven Huang	13.7
Marchant	LNP	Fiona King	8.3
McDowall	LNP	Norm Wyndham	15.2
Moorooka	Labor	Steve Griffiths	13.7
Morningside	Labor	Shayne Sutton	6.6
Northgate	LNP	Adam Allan	1.7
Paddington	LNP	Peter Matic	5.8
Pullenvale	LNP	Kate Richards	18.1
Runcorn	LNP	Kim Marx	8.0
Tennyson	Independent	Nicole Johnston	26.3
The Gabba	Greens	Jonathan Sri	5.0
The Gap	LNP	Steven Toomey	5.7
Walter Taylor	LNP	Julian Simmonds	16.5
Wynnum Manly	Labor	Peter Cumming	11.6

References

^ "Queensland elects its first Greens councillor, Jonathan Sri". Guardian Australia. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
^ "Lord Mayor Election - ABC News". ABC News. ABC. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
^ "Party Totals". ABC News.
^ "Wards". ABC News. Retrieved 4 March 2017.

[1] "Queensland elects its first Greens councillor, Jonathan Sri". Guardian Australia. Retrieved 8 June 2023.

[2016_Queensland_mayoral_elections_ABC-2] "Lord Mayor Election - ABC News". ABC News. ABC. Retrieved 4 March 2017.

[3] "Party Totals". ABC News.

[4] "Wards". ABC News. Retrieved 4 March 2017.

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