2020 Brisbane City Council election

The 2020 Brisbane City Council election was held on 28 March 2020 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.^[1]

2020 Brisbane City Council election

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First party Second party Third party   Candidate Adrian Schrinner Pat Condren Kath Angus Party Liberal National Labor Greens Leader since 31 March 2019 Popular vote 292,895 189,832 94,481 Percentage 47.7% 30.9% 15.4% Swing 5.1pp 1.1pp 5.0pp TPP 56.3% 43.7% TPP swing 3.0pp 3.0pp

First-preference results by ward Two-candidate-preferred results by ward

Lord Mayor of Brisbane before election Adrian Schrinner Liberal National Subsequent Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner Liberal National

All 26 wards on the City Council 13 wards needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Liberal National Adrian Schrinner 45.88 19 0 Labor Jared Cassidy 32.87 5 0 Greens Kath Angus 17.84 1 0 Independents — 3.25 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. First-preference results by ward Two-candidate-preferred results by ward

The election resulted in the re-election of the Liberal National Party under Adrian Schrinner as Lord Mayor and the Liberal National Party with a majority council. It was a fourth consecutive landslide for the party.

In the Lord Mayoral election, Adrian Schrinner and the Liberal National Party was declared the winner after defeating Pat Condren and the Labor Party on a two-party-preferred basis - 56.3% to 43.7%.

In the ward elections, there were no changes to the representation of the 26 wards, with the Liberal National Party retaining the 19 wards they previously held, the Labor Party retaining the 5 wards they previously held, along with the Greens and Independents each retaining their single wards.

Pendulum

Liberal National wards (19)
Marginal
Doboy	Lisa Atwood	LNP	0.03%
Northgate	Adam Allan	LNP	1.6%
Coorparoo	Fiona Cunningham	LNP	3.1%
Holland Park	Krista Adams	LNP	4.4%
The Gap	Steven Toomey	LNP	4.7%
Enoggera	Andrew Wines	LNP	5.0%
Paddington	Peter Matic	LNP	5.8% v GRN
Fairly safe
Marchant	Fiona Hammond	LNP	7.9%
Central	Vicki Howard	LNP	8.2%
Runcorn	Kim Marx	LNP	8.6%
Safe
Bracken Ridge	Sandy Landers	LNP	10.6%
Calamvale	Angela Owen	LNP	14.7%
MacGregor	Steven Huang	LNP	14.9%
McDowall	Tracy Davis	LNP	15.2%
Walter Taylor	James Mackay	LNP	15.7% v GRN
Very safe
Jamboree	Sarah Hutton	LNP	18.0%
Pullenvale	Greg Adermann	LNP	18.1% v GRN
Chandler	Ryan Murphy	LNP	18.3%
Hamilton	David McLachlan	LNP	20.5%
Labor wards (5)
Marginal
Deagon	Jared Cassidy	ALP	2.9%
Forest Lake	Charles Strunk	ALP	5.4%
Morningside	Kara Cook	ALP	5.9%
Safe
Wynnum Manly	Peter Cumming	ALP	11.7%
Moorooka	Steve Griffiths	ALP	14.5%
Crossbench wards (2)
Fairly safe
The Gabba	Jonathan Sri	GRN	12.0% v LNP
Very safe
Tennyson	Nicole Johnston	IND	23.7% v LNP

Results

Mayor

First-preference results map by ward

Two-candidate-preferred results map by ward

This section is an excerpt from 2020 Queensland mayoral elections § Brisbane.[edit]

2020 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Adrian Schrinner	292,895	47.74	−5.64
	Labor	Pat Condren	189,832	30.94	−1.02
	Greens	Kath Angus	94,481	15.40	+5.0
	Animal Justice	Karagh-Mae Kelly	19,022	3.10	+3.10
	Civil Liberties & Motorists	Jeff Hodges	5,502	0.90	−1.20
	Independent	Frank Jordan	4,008	0.65	+0.65
	Independent	John Dobinson	3,461	0.56	+0.56
	Independent	Ben Gorringe	2,270	0.37	+0.37
	Independent	Jarrod Wirth	2,065	0.34	−0.16
Total formal votes			613,536
Informal votes			16,425
Turnout			629,961
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Adrian Schrinner	306,905	56.32	−2.99
	Labor	Pat Condren	237,988	43.68	+2.99
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−2.99

Lord Mayoral popular vote LNP   47.7% Labor   30.9% Greens   15.4% Others   6.0%

Ward popular vote LNP   45.9% Labor   32.9% Greens   17.8% Others   3.4%

Council Wards LNP   73.1% Labor   19.2% Greens   3.8% Others   3.8%

Wards

First-preference results map by ward

Two-candidate-preferred results map by ward

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland local elections § Brisbane.[edit]

2020 Queensland local elections: Brisbane

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal National		279,793	45.9	−3.9	19
	Labor		200,428	32.9	−0.3	5
	Greens		108,759	17.8	+3.3	1
	Independent		19,790	3.2	+1.2	1
	Motorists		586	0.1	+0.1	0
	Animal Justice		428	0.1	+0.1	0

Party		Wards (Total 26 Wards)
	Liberal National	19
	Labor	5
	Greens	1
	Independent	1

Ward totals^[3][4]

Ward	Party		Councillor	Two-party-preferred results[3][4]
				Party		Candidate	%	Result		Margin	Swing
Bracken Ridge		LNP	Sandy Landers		LNP	Sandy Landers	54.2		LNP hold	4.2	-6.4
					Labor	Cath Palmer	45.8
Calamvale		LNP	Angela Owen		LNP	Angela Owen	52.2		LNP hold	2.2	-12.1
					Labor	James Martin	47.8
Central		LNP	Vicki Howard		LNP	Vicki Howard	57.8		LNP hold	7.8	-0.4
					Greens	Trina Massey	42.2
Chandler		LNP	Ryan Murphy		LNP	Ryan Murphy	68.3		LNP hold	18.3	-3.8
					Labor	Penny O'Neill	31.7
Coorparoo		LNP	Fiona Cunningham		LNP	Fiona Cunningham	55.7		LNP hold	5.7	+2.6
					Greens	Sally Dillon	44.3
Deagon		Labor	Jared Cassidy		Labor	Jared Cassidy	61.5		Labor hold	11.5	+8.6
					LNP	Kimberley Washington	38.5
Doboy		LNP	Lisa Atwood		LNP	Lisa Atwood	54.7		LNP hold	4.7	+9.6
					Labor	Jo Culshaw	45.3
Enoggera		LNP	Andrew Wines		LNP	Andrew Wines	51.8		LNP hold	1.8	-3.2
					Labor	Jonty Bush	48.2
Forest Lake		Labor	Charles Strunk		Labor	Charles Strunk	63.4		Labor hold	13.4	+7.9
					LNP	Roger Hooper	36.6
Hamilton		LNP	David McLachlan		LNP	David McLachlan	70.5		LNP hold	20.5	+0.6
					Labor	Leah Malzard	29.5
Holland Park		LNP	Krista Adams		LNP	Krista Adams	54.7		LNP hold	4.7	+0.3
					Labor	Karleigh Auguston	45.3
Jamboree		LNP	Sarah Hutton		LNP	Sarah Hutton	59.3		LNP hold	9.3	-8.7
					Labor	Rachel Hoppe	40.7
MacGregor		LNP	Steven Huang		LNP	Steven Huang	64.1		LNP hold	14.1	-0.8
					Labor	Trent McTiernan	35.9
Marchant		LNP	Fiona Hammond		LNP	Fiona Hammond	55.0		LNP hold	5.0	-2.9
					Labor	Susan Lynch	45.0
McDowall		LNP	Tracy Davis		LNP	Tracy Davis	63.5		LNP hold	13.5	-1.7
					Labor	Liam Culverhouse	36.5
Moorooka		Labor	Steve Griffiths		Labor	Steve Griffiths	69.5		Labor hold	19.5	+5.0
					LNP	Warren Craze	30.5
Morningside		Labor	Kara Cook		Labor	Kara Cook	59.7		Labor hold	9.7	+3.8
					LNP	Toby Moore	40.3
Northgate		LNP	Adam Allan		LNP	Adam Allan	51.9		LNP hold	1.9	+0.3
					Labor	Reg Neil	48.1
Paddington		LNP	Peter Matic		LNP	Peter Matic	50.7		LNP hold	0.7	-5.1
					Greens	Donna Burns	49.3
Pullenvale		LNP	Greg Adermann		LNP	Greg Adermann	59.9		LNP hold	9.9	-8.2
					Greens	Charles Druckmann	40.1
Runcorn		LNP	Kim Marx		LNP	Kim Marx	58.3		LNP hold	8.3	-0.3
					Labor	John Prescott	41.7
Tennyson		Independent	Nicole Johnston		Independent	Nicole Johnston	73.4		Independent hold	23.4	+0.4
					LNP	Maurice Lane	26.6
The Gabba		Greens	Jonathan Sri		Greens	Jonathan Sri	62.3		Greens hold	12.3	+5.3
					LNP	Nathaniel Jones	37.7
The Gap		LNP	Steven Toomey		LNP	Steven Toomey	57.1		LNP hold	7.1	+2.4
					Labor	Daniel Bevis	42.9
Walter Taylor		LNP	James Mackay		LNP	James Mackay	53.9		LNP hold	3.9	-11.8
					Greens	Michaela Sargent	46.1
Wynnum Manly		Labor	Peter Cumming		Labor	Peter Cumming	61.4		Labor hold	11.4	-0.3
					LNP	Megan Piccardi	38.6

See also

• 2020 Queensland local elections
• 2020 Gold Coast City Council election