2020 Brisbane City Council election

2020 Brisbane City Council election

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  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Adrian Schrinner Pat Condren Kath Angus
Party Liberal National Labor Greens
Leader since 31 March 2019
Popular vote 292,895 189,832 94,481
Percentage 47.7% 30.9% 15.4%
Swing Decrease 5.1pp Decrease 1.1pp Increase 5.0pp
TPP 56.3% 43.7%
TPP swing Decrease 3.0pp Increase 3.0pp


Lord Mayor of Brisbane before election

Adrian Schrinner
Liberal National

Subsequent Lord Mayor

Adrian Schrinner
Liberal National


All 26 wards on the City Council
13 wards needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Liberal National Adrian Schrinner 45.88 19 0
Labor Jared Cassidy 32.87 5 0
Greens Kath Angus 17.84 1 0
Independents 3.25 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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.

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Election Preview - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News. Retrieved 28 March 2020.