2020 Queensland local elections
28 March 2020
  First party Second party Third party
 
IND
Leader N/A Deb Frecklington Annastacia Palaszczuk
Party Independents Liberal National Labor
Last election 19 5
Seats before 19 5
Seats won 424 19 5
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 954,307 279,793 200,428
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
NQSA
AJP
Leader No leader Peter Raffles No leader
Party Greens NQ State Alliance Animal Justice
Last election 1 Did not exist 0
Seats before 1 0 0
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Popular vote 141,006 12,469 10,665
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
LDP
ABF
WHIG
Leader No leader No leader Mike Jessop
Party Liberal Democrats Better Families Whig
Last election 0 0 0
Seats before 0 1 0
Seats won 0 0 0
Seat change Steady Decrease 1 Steady
Popular vote 7,433 2,395 1,825
Results by LGA

The 2020 Queensland local elections were held on 28 March 2020 to elect the councils of the 77 local government areas in Queensland.[1] Many councils also held mayoral elections.[1]

The elections were held in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, and on the same day as the state by-elections in Bundamba and Currumbin.[2]

Party changes before elections

A number of councillors joined or left parties before the 2024 elections.

CouncilWardCouncillorFormer partyNew partyDate
Rockhampton Mayor Margaret Strelow   Independent Labor   Independent 6 November 2017
Ipswich Mayor Andrew Antoniolli   Independent Labor   Independent 3 May 2018
Ipswich Division 4 Kylie Stoneman   Independent Labor   Independent 1 August 2018
Redland Division 9 Paul Gleeson   Independent   Better Families 28 March 2019
Maranoa Mayor Tyson Golder   Independent   Unity Maranoa 22 February 2020
Gympie Division 2 Glen Hartwig   Katter's Australian   Independent 3 March 2020
Wujal Wujal Mayor Desmond Tayley   Independent   North Queensland First 2020

Political parties

Queensland Local Governments are almost all non-partisan. Most wards are not contested by political parties and are rarely successful when they do. The sole exception to this is Brisbane, which is contested by the Liberal National Party, Labor and The Greens. The Greens also contested several seats in other LGAs, though none of their candidates outside Brisbane were elected.[3] There are also a number of Councillors who are members of political parties but ran as independents.

Minor parties including the Animal Justice Party and the Liberal Democrats also contested the elections.[4] There are also a number of local parties that operate exclusively within a single LGA.

The North Queensland State Alliance, which advocates for the creation of the State of North Queensland, ran two separate party tickets − Cairns N.Q.S.A. Team (5,775 votes) and TSV Team NQ State Alliance (6,694 votes). No candidates from either ticket were elected.[5]

Results

Council elections

Party Votes  % Swing Seats Change
  Independents 954,307 39.44 424
  Liberal National 279,793 11.56 19 Steady
  Greg Williamson Alliance 272,691 11.27 6
  Labor 200,428 8.28 5 Steady
  Independent Liberal National 169,364 7.00 15 Decrease 5
  Greens 141,006 5.83 1 Steady
  Independent Labor 79,606 3.29 7 Decrease 2
  Team Jenny Hill 44,715 1.85 9
  Christensen & Keioskie 43,781 1.81 0 Steady
  Cairns Unity 26,395 1.09 6
  Future Noosa 25,280 1.04 1
  Our Team 4 Your Shire 24,973 1.03 3
  Progress Mount Isa 20,155 0.83 5 Increase 5
  Your Voice Of Experience 18,917 0.78 2
  Unity Maranoa 16,546 0.68 4
  Mount Isa Community Team 15,571 0.64 0 Steady
  North Queensland State Alliance 12,469 0.52 0 Steady
  It's Time for Townsville 12,375 0.51 0
  Animal Justice 10,665 0.44 0 Steady
  Our Voice 10,587 0.44 0
  Team WORK 7,483 0.31 0
  Liberal Democrats 7,433 0.31 0 Steady
  Locals United - Back to Basics 5,128 0.21 0 Steady
  Independent Socialist 4,428 0.18 1 Increase 1
  Logan Needs Moore 4,362 0.18 0 Steady
  Independent One Nation 3,928 0.16 1 Steady
  Better Families 2,395 0.10 0 Steady
  Whig 1,825 0.08 0 Steady
  Independent United Australia 1,352 0.06 0 Steady
  Civil Liberties & Motorists 586 0.02 0 Steady
  Team Josh Weazel 410 0.02 2
  Independent Katter's Australian 409 0.02 1 Decrease 1
 Total[lower-alpha 1] 2,419,363 100 512
 Registered voters / turnout 3,130,716 77.28

Mayoral elections

Mayors listed in italics did not re-contest their position.

Council Before Result after preference distribution
Mayor Party Party Candidate % Result
Brisbane Adrian Schrinner Liberal National LNP Adrian Schrinner 56.30 Liberal National hold
Labor Pat Condren 43.70
Cairns Bob Manning Cairns Unity Cairns Unity Bob Manning 81.25 Cairns Unity hold
Independent Georgia Babatsikos 18.75
Gold Coast Tom Tate Independent Liberal National Ind. LNP Tom Tate 66.93 Ind. Liberal National hold
Independent Mona Hecke 33.07
Mackay Greg Williamson Greg Williamson Alliance Williamson Alliance Greg Williamson N/A Greg Williamson Alliance hold
Elected unopposed
Maranoa Tyson Golder Unity Maranoa Unity Maranoa Tyson Golder 72.35 Unity Maranoa hold
Ind. KAP Rob Loughnan 27.65
Mareeba Tom Gilmore Independent Independent Angela Toppin 52.32 Independent gain
Our Team Nipper Brown 47.68
Mount Isa Joyce McCulloch Progress Mount Isa MICT Danielle Slade 52.25 Mount Isa Community Team gain
Progress Joyce McCulloch 47.75
Townsville Jenny Hill Team Jenny Hill Team Hill Jenny Hill 61.53 Team Jenny Hill hold
Independent Sam Cox 38.47
Woorabinda Cheyne Wilkie Independent Team Weazel Josh Weazel 69.46 Team Josh Weazel gain
Independent Leslie Murgha 30.54
Wujal Wujal Desmond Tayley North Queensland First Independent Bradley Creek 52.87 Independent gain
NQ First Desmond Tayley 47.13

Notes

  1. ↑ Most local councils are undivided, meaning the total number of votes is greater than the total number of ballots. This row lists the number of ballots.

References

  1. 1 2 "2020 Local Government Elections". Electoral Commission of Queensland.
  2. ↑ "Queensland elections: coronavirus poses 'lethal risk' to voters, experts say". The Guardian.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony. "Election Preview - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News.
  4. ↑ "2020 Local government elections - Candidate list in ballot paper order" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Queensland.
  5. ↑ "Cairns election: Jen Sackley reveals North Queensland State Alliance contenders". Cairns Post.
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