2016 Brisbane City Council election

Elections to Brisbane City Council were held on Saturday, 19 March 2016 to elect a councillor to each of the local government area's 26 wards and the direct election of the Lord Mayor of Brisbane.

2016 Brisbane City Council elections

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19)

Mayoral election

First party Second party Third party   ALP Leader 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

Council election

All 26 wards in the City of Brisbane 13 wards needed for a majority

Party Leader % 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 Results by ward

The election resulted in the comprehensive 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 just 5 wards, its worst result in over a decade.

The Queensland Greens won their first ward in this election, with Jonathan Sri being elected in The Gabba Ward.[1]