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2020 Brisbane City Council elections

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9 wards of Sydney City Council
5 wards are needed for a majority council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Clover Moore Christine Forster Linda Scott
Party Clover Moore Independent Team Liberal Labor
Leader since 2019
Last election ? seat 2 seats ? seat
Seats won 6 seats 2 seats 1 seat
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 0

Lord Mayor of Brisbane before election

Adrian Schrinner
Liberal National

Subsequent Lord Mayor

Adrian Schrinner
Liberal National

Elections to Brisbane City Council were held on Saturday 28 March 2020 to elect a councillor to each of the local government area's 26 wards and the direct election of the Lord Mayor of Brisbane.[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.

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 holding onto the 19 wards they already held, same for the Labor Party in the 5 wards they already held and same for the Greens and Independents with the 1 ward they already held each.

Results[edit]

Mayoral election[edit]

Sydney Lord Mayoral election 2016[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Team Clover Clover Moore 48,068 57.83
Liberal Christine Forster 15,753 18.95
Labor Linda Scott 8,673 10.43
Sydney Matters Angela Vithoulkas 6,432 7.74
Greens Lindsay Johnston 4,200 5.05
Total formal votes 83,126
Informal votes 1,361 1.61
Turnout 84,487
CMI hold Swing
Lord Mayoral Popular Vote
Clover Moore
57.8%
Liberal
18.9%
Labor
10.4%
Sydney Matters
7.7%
Greens
5.1%
Council Popular Vote
Clover Moore
54.9%
LNP
19.7%
Labor
11.6%
Sydney Matters
7.3%
Greens
5.9%
Others
0.4%

Councillor elections[edit]

City of Sydney Council (STV)
Party Votes % ± Seats
Seats
won
Seat
change
  Clover Moore Independent Team 45,224 54.93 ? 5 Increase 1
  Liberal 16,219 19.70 ? 2 ?
  Labor 9,573 11.63 ? 1 ?
  Sydney Matters 6,051 7.35 ? 1 ?
  Greens 4,921 5.98 ? 0 ?
  Other 344 0.42 ? 0 ?
Total 82,332 100.00 9
Invalid/blank votes 2,523 2.97 ?
Registered voters/turnout 84,855 ? ?
Source: Electoral Commission NSW

References[edit]

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Election Preview - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Council of the City of Sydney: Mayoral Contest". NSW Local Government Election Results 2016. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 July 2018.