# 2016 Brisbane City Council election

The 2016 Brisbane City Council election was held on 19 March 2016 to elect a lord mayor and 26 councillors to the City of Brisbane. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Queensland, Australia.
The election resulted in the 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 5 wards, its lowest number in over a decade.
The Queensland Greens won their first ward in this election, with Jonathan Sri being elected in The Gabba Ward.

## Results
### Mayor

2016 Queensland mayoral elections: Brisbane :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal National | Graham Quirk | 325,714 | 53.4 | −8.6 |
| | Labor | Rod Harding | 195,055 | 32.0 | +6.8 |
| | Greens | Ben Pennings | 63,483 | 10.4 | −0.3 |
| | Consumer Rights | Jeffrey Hodges | 12,960 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| | People Decide | Karel Boele | 5,195 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| | Independent | Jim Eldridge | 4,764 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| | Independent | Jarrod Wirth | 3,063 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 610,234 | | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 15,287 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 625,521 | | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal National | Graham Quirk | 336,450 | 59.3 | −9.2 |
| | Labor | Rod Harding | 230,841 | 40.7 | +9.2 |
| | Liberal National hold | Liberal National hold | Swing | | |
Lord Mayoral popular vote
LNP
53.4%
Labor
32.0%
Greens
10.4%
Other
4.2% :

### Councillors

2016 Queensland local elections: Brisbane :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
| | Liberal National | Liberal National | 303,055 | 49.88 | −7.2 | 19 | 1 |
| | Labor | Labor | 201,835 | 33.22 | +1.2 | 5 | 2 |
| | Greens | Greens | 88,008 | 14.49 | +6.0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent | Independent | 13,522 | 2.22 | −0.20 | 1 | |
| | People Decide | People Decide | 1,155 | 0.19 | +0.19 | 0 | |
| Formal votes | Formal votes | Formal votes | 607,575 | | | | |
Ward popular vote
LNP
49.88%
Labor
33.22%
Greens
14.49%
IND
2.42% :
Council Wards
LNP
73.07%
Labor
19.23%
Greens
3.84%
Other
3.84% :

### Ward summary

| Ward | Party | Councillor | Margin (%) |
| Bracken Ridge | LNP | Amanda Cooper | 10.6 |
| Calamvale | LNP | Angela Owen-Taylor | 14.7 |
| Central | LNP | Vicki Howard | 8.2 |
| Chandler | LNP | Adrian Schrinner | 24.6 |
| Coorparoo | LNP | Ian McKenzie | 3.0 |
| Deagon | Labor | Jared Cassidy | 3.7 |
| Doboy | LNP | Ryan Murphy | 4.3 |
| Enoggera | LNP | Andrew Wines | 4.8 |
| Forest Lake | Labor | Charles Strunk | 5.3 |
| Hamilton | LNP | David McLachlan | 17.6 |
| Holland Park | LNP | Krista Adams | 4.8 |
| Jamboree | LNP | Matthew Bourke | 19.1 |
| MacGregor | LNP | Steven Huang | 13.7 |
| Marchant | LNP | Fiona King | 8.3 |
| McDowall | LNP | Norm Wyndham | 15.2 |
| Moorooka | Labor | Steve Griffiths | 13.7 |
| Morningside | Labor | Shayne Sutton | 6.6 |
| Northgate | LNP | Adam Allan | 1.7 |
| Paddington | LNP | Peter Matic | 5.8 |
| Pullenvale | LNP | Kate Richards | 18.1 |
| Runcorn | LNP | Kim Marx | 8.0 |
| Tennyson | Independent | Nicole Johnston | 26.3 |
| The Gabba | Greens | Jonathan Sri | 5.0 |
| The Gap | LNP | Steven Toomey | 5.7 |
| Walter Taylor | LNP | Julian Simmonds | 16.5 |
| Wynnum Manly | Labor | Peter Cumming | 11.6 |