2016 Brisbane City Council election

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.

2016 Brisbane City Council election

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First party Second party Third party   Candidate Graham Quirk Rod Harding Ben Pennings Party Liberal National Labor Greens Popular vote 325,714 195,055 63,483 Percentage 53.4% 32.0% 10.4% Swing 8.6pp 6.8pp 0.3pp TPP 59.3% 40.7% TPP swing 9.2pp 9.2pp

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

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Liberal National Graham Quirk 49.88 19 +1 Labor Rod Harding 33.22 5 −2 Greens Ben Pennings 14.49 1 +1 Independents — 2.42 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by ward

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

This section is an excerpt from 2016 Queensland mayoral elections § Brisbane.[edit]

2016 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Graham Quirk	325,714	53.38	−8.56
	Labor	Rod Harding	195,055	31.96	+6.80
	Greens	Ben Pennings	63,483	10.40	−0.30
	Consumer Rights	Jeffrey Hodges	12,960	2.12	+2.12
	People Decide	Karel Boele	5,195	0.85	+0.85
	Independent	Jim Eldridge	4,764	0.78	+0.78
	Independent	Jarrod Wirth	3,063	0.50	+0.50
Total formal votes			610,234
Informal votes			15,287
Turnout			625,521
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Graham Quirk	336,450	59.31	−9.19
	Labor	Rod Harding	230,841	40.69	+9.19
	Liberal National hold		Swing

Lord Mayoral popular vote LNP   53.4% Labor   32.0% Greens   10.4% Other   4.2%

Councillors

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Queensland local elections § Brisbane.[edit]

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]	Party		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