| Country: | Queensland |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | 19 July 2014 |
| Candidate1: | Anthony Lynham |
| Party1: | Australian Labor Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 12,626 |
| Percentage1: | 50.6% |
| Swing1: | 17.1 |
| Candidate2: | Bob Andersen |
| Party2: | Liberal National Party of Queensland |
| Popular Vote2: | 8,339 |
| Percentage2: | 33.4% |
| Swing2: | 16.8 |
| Candidate3: | Anna Boccabella |
| Party3: | Australian Greens |
| Popular Vote3: | 2,971 |
| Percentage3: | 11.9% |
| Swing3: | 0.6 |
| 1Blank: | TPP |
| 2Blank: | TPP swing |
| 1Data1: | 62.0% |
| 2Data1: | 19.1 |
| 1Data2: | 38.0% |
| 2Data2: | 19.1 |
| MP | |
| Before Election: | Chris Davis |
| Before Party: | Liberal National Party of Queensland |
| After Election: | Anthony Lynham |
| After Party: | Australian Labor Party |
A by-election was conducted for the Queensland Legislative Assembly seat of Stafford on 19 July 2014 following 23 May resignation of LNP MP Chris Davis.[1] [2] The LNP won Stafford from Labor at the 2012 election with 57.1 percent of the two-party vote from a 14.4-point two-party swing. The 2014 Redcliffe by-election saw a 17.2-point two-party swing to Labor. Analysts predicted a Labor win with a 10–12-point two-party swing.[3] [4] Labor candidate Anthony Lynham won the by-election with a 62 percent two-party vote from a 19.1-point two-party swing.
This election was the first in Australia which required voter identification to be shown prior to receiving a ballot paper.
The four candidates in ballot paper order were as follows:
| Candidate nominations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Background | |||
| Liberal National Party | Bob Andersen | Psychologist for Queensland Health. | |||
| Family First Party | Sally-Anne Vincent | Accountant. Family First candidate for Sandgate in 2006, Murrumba in 2009 and 2012 and Redcliffe in 2014, federal seat of Petrie in 2007 and 2010, and Senate in 2013. | |||
| Queensland Greens | Anne Boccabella | Small businesswoman. Greens candidate for Brisbane Central in 2012, 2009 and 2007, and independent candidate for Mount Coot-tha in 2001. | |||
| Labor Party | Anthony Lynham | Oral and maxillofacial surgeon at the Royal Brisbane Hospital.[6] | |||
Katter's Australian Party, which received 4.9 percent in 2012, did not re-contest Stafford at the by-election. Clive Palmer initially said the Palmer United Party would run in the by-election,[7] but then said it was undecided whether the party would field a candidate.[8] A candidate was not fielded.[9]
The result saw the biggest swing at a Queensland by-election since changes to the 1992 Electoral Act.[10]