2008 Brisbane City Council election
Mayoral election

2008 Brisbane City Council election

Section Title: Mayoral election
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Liberal	Campbell Newman	335,076	60.1	+12.9

Labor	Greg Rowell	161,845	29.0	11.6

Greens	Jo-Anne Bragg	46,733	8.4	1.8

Independent	Robert Campbell	8,439	1.5	+1.5

Independent	Louise Day	1,801	0.3	+0.3

Independent	Bryan Crawford	1,331	0.2	+0.2

Independent	David Alan Couper	952	0.2	+0.2

Independent	James Patrick Sinnamon	856	0.2	+0.2

Independent	Derek Rosborough	773	0.1	+0.1

Other	2.2

Total formal votes	557,806

Informal votes	9,618

Turnout	567,424

Two-party-preferred result

Liberal	Campbell Newman	66.1	+13.7

Labor	Greg Rowell	33.9	13.7

Liberal hold	Swing	+13.7

Sentence(s)

The 2008 Brisbane City Council election resulted in the re-election of Campbell Newman of the Liberal Party, defeating Labor's Greg Rowell in a landslide with 66.1% of the mayoral two-party-preferred vote.
In the 2008 Brisbane City Council election, Campbell Newman of the Liberal Party defeated Labor's Greg Rowell with 66.1% of the mayoral two-party-preferred vote.
The election resulted in Campbell Newman of the Liberal Party, defeating Labor's Greg Rowell with 66.1% of the mayoral two-party-preferred vote.

final_sentence: The 2008 Brisbane City Council election resulted in the re-election of Campbell Newman of the Liberal Party, defeating Labor's Greg Rowell in a landslide with 66.1% of the mayoral two-party-preferred vote.
final_sentence: In the 2008 Brisbane City Council election, Campbell Newman of the Liberal Party defeated Labor's Greg Rowell with 66.1% of the mayoral two-party-preferred vote.
final_sentence: The election resulted in Campbell Newman of the Liberal Party, defeating Labor's Greg Rowell with 66.1% of the mayoral two-party-preferred vote.