2024 Cairns Regional Council election

2024 Cairns Regional Council election
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Mayor
  First party Second party Third party
 
EDEN
UNI
IND
Candidate Amy Eden Terry James Paul Taylor
Party Team Eden Cairns Unity Independent
Popular vote 25,782 20,187 19,532
Percentage 30.70% 24.04% 23.26%
Swing Increase 30.70 Decrease 42.93 Increase 23.26
TCP 56.64% 43.36%
TCP swing Increase 56.64% Decrease 37.89
Mayor before election

Terry James
Cairns Unity

Subsequent Mayor

Amy Eden
Team Eden

Councillors
All 10 members on the Regional Council (including the mayor)
6 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Cairns Unity Terry James 3 −2
Independent N/A 3 +1
Team Eden Amy Eden 1 0
Independent LNP N/A 1 +1
Ind. Socialist Alliance Rob Pyne 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2024 Cairns Regional Council election was held on 16 March 2024 to elect a mayor and nine councillors to the Cairns Region. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia.[1]

The Cairns Unity Team, which had held a majority on council since 2012, was defeated. Incumbent mayor Terry James was defeated by first-term councillor Amy Eden, who became the second woman to hold the role, after Val Schier.[2][3]

  1. ^ "2024 local government elections". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 22 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Queensland local government election results show several incumbent mayors face 'kicking' from voters". ABC News. 17 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Cairns Regional Mayor". Electoral Commission of Queensland. July 2019.