2020 Queensland local elections

28 March 2020

First party Second party Third party   IND Leader N/A N/A N/A Party Independents Liberal National Labor Last election 39 14 Seats before 39 14 Seats won 424 34 12 Seat change 5 2 Popular vote 954,307 449,157 280,034 Percentage 41.72% 19.63% 12.24%   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 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 1 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 mayors and councils of the 77 local government areas in Queensland, Australia.^[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.

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	41.72		424
	Liberal National	279,793	12.23		19
	Greg Williamson Alliance	272,691	11.92		6
	Labor	200,428	8.76		5
	Independent Liberal National	169,364	7.40		15	5
	Greens	141,006	6.16		1
	Independent Labor	79,606	3.48		7	2
	Team Jenny Hill	44,715	1.95		9
	Christensen & Keioskie	43,781	1.91		0
	Cairns Unity	26,395	1.15		6
	Future Noosa	25,280	1.11		1
	Our Team 4 Your Shire	24,973	1.09		3
	Progress Mount Isa	20,155	0.88		5	5
	Your Voice Of Experience	18,917	0.83		2
	Unity Maranoa	16,546	0.72		4
	Mount Isa Community Team	15,571	0.68		0
	North Queensland State Alliance	12,469	0.55		0
	It's Time for Townsville	12,375	0.54		0
	Animal Justice	10,665	0.47		0
	Our Voice	10,587	0.46		0
	Team WORK	7,483	0.33		0
	Liberal Democrats	7,433	0.32		0
	Locals United - Back to Basics	5,128	0.22		0
	Independent Socialist	4,428	0.19		1	1
	Logan Needs Moore	4,362	0.19		0
	Independent One Nation	3,928	0.17		1
	Better Families	2,395	0.10		0
	Whig	1,825	0.08		0
	Independent United Australia	1,352	0.06		0
	Civil Liberties & Motorists	586	0.03		0
	Team Josh Weazel	410	0.02		2
	Independent Katter's Australian	409	0.02		1	1
Total[lower-alpha 1]		2,287,588	94.55		512
Invalid/blank votes		131,775	5.45		–	–
Turnout		2,419,363	77.28		–	–
Registered voters		3,130,716	–	–	–	–

See also

• 2020 Brisbane City Council election
• 2020 Gold Coast City Council election

Notes

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