2016 Brisbane City Council election explained

Election Name:	2016 Brisbane City Council election
Country:	Brisbane
Previous Election:	2012 Brisbane City Council election
Previous Year:	2012
Next Election:	2020 Brisbane City Council election
Next Year:	2020
Module:	Embed: yes Type: parliamentary Ongoing: no Leader1: Graham Quirk Party1: Liberal National Party of Queensland Popular Vote1: 325,714 Percentage1: 53.4% Swing1: 8.6pp Party2: Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) Popular Vote2: 195,055 Percentage2: 32.0% Swing2: 6.8pp Leader3: Ben Pennings Party3: Queensland Greens Popular Vote3: 63,483 Percentage3: 10.4% Swing3: 0.3pp 1Blank: TPP 2Blank: TPP swing 1Data1: 59.3% 2Data1: 9.2pp 1Data2: 40.7% 2Data2: 9.2pp Lord Mayor of Brisbane Posttitle: Subsequent Lord Mayor Before Election: Graham Quirk Before Party: Liberal National Party of Queensland After Election: Graham Quirk After Party: Liberal National Party of Queensland Module: Embed: yes Ongoing: no Seats For Election: All 26 wards on the City Council 13 wards needed for a majority Leader1: Graham Quirk Party1: Liberal National Last Election1: 18 Seats1: 19 Percentage1: 49.88 Leader2: Rod Harding Party2: Labor Last Election2: 7 Seats2: 5 Percentage2: 33.22 Leader3: Ben Pennings Party3: Greens Last Election3: 0 Seats3: 1 Percentage3: 14.49 Leader4: — Party4: Independents Last Election4: 1 Seats4: 1 Percentage4: 2.42

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

Ward summary

Ward^[2]	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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Queensland elects its first Greens councillor, Jonathan Sri. Guardian Australia. 8 June 2023.
2. Web site: Wards . ABC News. en-AU. 2017-03-04.