2016 Brisbane City Council election

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.

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2016 Brisbane City Council election

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First party Second party Third party   Candidate Graham Quirk Rod Harding Ben Pennings Party Liberal National Labor Greens Popular vote 325,714 195,055 63,483 Percentage 53.4% 32.0% 10.4% Swing 8.6pp 6.8pp 0.3pp TPP 59.3% 40.7% TPP swing 9.2pp 9.2pp

Lord Mayor of Brisbane before election Graham Quirk Liberal National Subsequent Lord Mayor Graham Quirk Liberal National

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

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Liberal National Graham Quirk 49.88 19 +1 Labor Rod Harding 33.22 5 −2 Greens Ben Pennings 14.49 1 +1 Independents — 2.42 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by ward

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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]