Morningside Ward

The Morningside Ward is a Brisbane City Council ward covering Morningside, Balmoral, Bulimba, Hawthorne, Norman Park, Seven Hills, and parts of Camp Hill and Cannon Hill.^[2]

Morningside Ward
MP	Lucy Collier
Party	Labor
Namesake	Morningside
Electors	31,563 (2024)[1]
Demographic	Inner metropolitan

Councillors for Morningside Ward

Member		Party	Term
	Sharon Humphreys	Labor	1994–2004[3]
	Shayne Sutton	Labor	2004–2017
	Kara Cook	Labor	2018–2023
	Lucy Collier[4]	Labor	2023–present

Results

2024

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland local elections § Morningside.[edit]

2024 Queensland local elections: Morningside Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Allie Griffin	10,600	40.14	+3.24
	Labor	Lucy Collier	9,173	34.73	−13.17
	Greens	Linda Barry	6,637	25.13	+9.93
Total formal votes			26,410	98.32
Informal votes			450	1.68
Turnout			26,860	85.10
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lucy Collier	13,393	54.51	−5.09
	Liberal National	Allie Griffin	11,176	45.49	+5.09
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.09

2020

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

2020 Queensland local elections: Morningside Ward^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kara Cook	10,677	47.9	−0.3
	Liberal National	Toby Moore	8,242	36.9	−4.2
	Greens	Rolf Kuelsen	3,390	15.2	+4.5
Total formal votes			22,309
Informal votes			445
Turnout			22,754
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kara Cook	12,543	59.7	+3.8
	Liberal National	Toby Moore	8,482	40.3	−3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

2018 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 2018 Morningside Ward by-election § Results.[edit]

2018 Morningside Ward by-election^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kara Cook	10,241	50.04	+1.24
	Liberal National	Melina Morgan	7,561	36.95	−3.55
	Greens	Rolf Kuelsen	2,331	11.39	+0.69
	Independent	Angus Jell	331	1.62	+1.62
Total formal votes			20,464	98.50
Informal votes			312	1.50
Turnout			20,776
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kara Cook	11,999	60.24	+3.64
	Liberal National	Melina Morgan	7,919	39.76	−3.64
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.64

2004

This section is an excerpt from 2004 Brisbane City Council election § Morningside.[edit]

2004 Brisbane City Council election: Morningside Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Shayne Sutton	8,248	43.10
	Liberal	Maurice Lane	7,366	38.49
	Greens	Rob Wilson	2,405	12.57
	Independent	Simeon Adams	1,116	5.83
Total formal votes			19,135	97.86
Informal votes			419	2.14
Turnout			19,554	84.32
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Shayne Sutton	9,215	54.18
	Liberal	Maurice Lane	7,792	45.82
	Labor hold		Swing