User:Catiline52/2016 Sydney City Council election
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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,
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
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
Mayoral election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Councillor elections
Party | Votes | % | ± | Seats | ||
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Seats won |
Seat change | |||||
Clover Moore Independent Team | 45,224 | 54.93 | ? | 5 | ![]() | |
Liberal | 16,219 | 19.70 | ? | 2 | ? | |
Labor | 9,573 | 11.63 | ? | 1 | ? | |
Sydney Matters | 6,051 | 7.35 | ? | 1 | ? | |
Greens
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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
- ^ Green, Antony. "Election Preview - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "Council of the City of Sydney: Mayoral Contest". NSW Local Government Election Results 2016. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 July 2018.