2020 Brisbane City Council election explained

Election Name:	2020 Brisbane City Council election
Country:	Brisbane
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2016 Brisbane City Council election
Previous Year:	2016
Next Election:	2024 Brisbane City Council election
Next Year:	2024
Seats For Election:	26 wards of the City Council 14 wards are needed for a majority council
Module:	Embed: yes Type: parliamentary Ongoing: no Candidate1: Adrian Schrinner Party1: Liberal National Party of Queensland Leader Since1: 31 March 2019 Popular Vote1: 292,895 Percentage1: 47.7% Swing1: 5.1pp Party2: Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) Popular Vote2: 189,832 Percentage2: 30.9% Swing2: 1.1pp Candidate3: Kath Angus Party3: Queensland Greens Popular Vote3: 94,481 Percentage3: 15.4% Swing3: 5.0pp 1Blank: TPP 2Blank: TPP swing 1Data1: 56.3% 2Data1: 3.0pp 1Data2: 43.7% 2Data2: 3.0pp Lord Mayor of Brisbane Posttitle: Subsequent Lord Mayor Before Election: Adrian Schrinner Before Party: Liberal National Party of Queensland After Election: Adrian Schrinner 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 Party1: Liberal National Party of Queensland Leader1: Adrian Schrinner Percentage1: 45.88 Swing1: -4.00 Seats1: 19 Last Election1: 19 Party2: Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) Leader2: Jared Cassidy Percentage2: 32.87 Swing2: -0.35 Seats2: 5 Last Election2: 5 Party3: Queensland Greens Leader3: Kath Angus Percentage3: 17.84 Swing3: +3.35 Seats3: 1 Last Election3: 1 Party4: Independents Leader4: — Percentage4: 3.25 Swing4: +0.83 Seats4: 1 Last Election4: 1

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]

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

Wards

Party		Wards (Total 26 Wards)
		Liberal National
		Labor
		Greens
		Independent

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Party	Councillor	Two-party-preferred results^[2]
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

Notes and References

1. News: Green . Antony . Election Preview - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) . 28 March 2020 . ABC News . en-AU.
2. Web site: Brisbane City Council 2020 Election Results ECQ (Electoral Commission of Queensland). ECQ (Electoral Commission of Queensland). 28 March 2020.