2024 Gold Coast City Council election

2024 Gold Coast City Council election

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Turnout	79.47% (mayoral election)
Mayor
First party Second party Third party   IND IND Candidate Tom Tate Eddy Sarroff Danielle Dunsmore Party Independent LNP Independent Independent Popular vote 169,209 67,454 25,833 Percentage 51.85% 20.67% 7.92%
Mayor before election Tom Tate Independent LNP Subsequent Mayor Tom Tate Independent LNP
Councillors
All 15 members on the City Council (including the Mayor) 8 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Independent N/A 7 0 Independent LNP N/A 7 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2024 Gold Coast City Council election was held on 16 March 2024 to elect a mayor and 14 councillors to the City of Gold Coast. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia. ^[1]

Incumbent mayor Tom Tate was re-elected to serve a record fourth term in office. ^{[2] [3]}

Background

Division 9 councillor Glenn Tozer, who was elected as Independent LNP, left the Liberal National Party in June 2020 to sit as an independent. ^{[4] [5]}

On 23 August 2023, Division 7 councillor Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden was charged by Queensland Police with the murder of his stepfather, 58-year-old Robert Lumsden. ^{[6] [7]} He was suspended as a councillor on 15 September 2023, but is re-contesting his seat. ^{[8] [9]}

Retiring councillors

Independent

• Pauline Young (Division 12) – announced retirement on 28 October 2023 ^[10]
• Daphne McDonald (Division 13) - announced retirement on 28 January 2024 ^[11]

Independent LNP

• William Owen-Jones (Division 2) - announced retirement on 9 February 2023 ^[12]
• Cameron Caldwell (Division 4) – won Liberal National preselection for the federal seat of Fadden and won the 2023 Fadden by-election
• Hermann Vorster (Division 11) – won Liberal National preselection for the state seat of Burleigh on 29 October 2023 ^[13]

Candidates

A total of 46 candidates ran for election. Incumbents are shown in bold text.

Ward	Held by	Independent LNP	Independent	Animal Justice	Others
Mayor	Independent LNP	Tom Tate Virginia Freebody	Danielle Dunsmore Rosie Foster Brett Lambert Gary Pead Lavinia Rampino Eddy Sarroff	Jennifer Horsburgh
Division 1	Independent		Mark Hammel	Lisa Findlay
Division 2	Independent LNP	Naomi Fowler	Ben Findlay
Division 3	Independent		Donna Gates Michael Banham		Tamzin Revell (Ind. UAP)
Division 4	Independent LNP	Shelley Curtis
Division 5	Independent		Peter Young Craig Bastin Katherine Brooke Martin Vincent
Division 6	Independent LNP	Brooke Patterson	Samantha Delmege David E. Woodley
Division 7	Independent LNP	Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden Joe Wilkinson	Bruce Byatt Joel McInnes Edward Sarroff Jenna Schroeder
Division 8	Independent LNP	Bob La Castra	Monique Jeremiah
Division 9	Independent		Sarah Denny Glenn Tozer
Division 10	Independent LNP	Darren Taylor	Mona Hecke
Division 11	Independent LNP	Dan Doran	Nicholas Rone
Division 12	Independent	Luke Henderson	Nick Marshall Cathy Osborne
Division 13	Independent		Nikki Archer Josh Martin
Division 14	Independent		Kath Down Gail O'Neill	Benjamin Theakstone

Results

Mayor

This section is an excerpt from 2024 Queensland mayoral elections § Gold Coast.[ edit ]

2024 Queensland mayoral elections: Gold Coast ^{[14] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Tom Tate	170,150	51.82	−3.91
	Independent	Eddy Sarroff	68,061	20.73	+20.73
	Independent	Danielle Dunsmore	25,983	7.91	+7.91
	Animal Justice	Jennifer Horsburgh	18,130	5.52	+5.52
	Independent	Rosie Foster	14,642	4.46	+4.46
	Independent	Lavinia Rampino	9,137	2.78	+2.78
	Independent LNP	Virginia Freebody	7,800	2.38	−3.23
	Independent	Brett Lambert	7,581	2.31	−3.97
	Independent	Gary Pead	6,846	2.09	−0.43
Total formal votes			328,330	95.45	+0.86
Informal votes			15,641	4.55	−0.86
Turnout			343,971	79.94	+5.82
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent LNP	Tom Tate	177,666	66.32	−0.61
	Independent	Eddy Sarroff	90,218	33.68	+33.68
	Independent LNP hold		Swing

Councillors

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland local elections § Gold Coast.[ edit ]

2024 Queensland local elections: Gold Coast

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Independent		202,972	66.98		7
	Independent LNP		89,919	29.67		7
	Animal Justice		7,942	2.62		0
	Independent UAP		2,222	0.73		0

Division 1

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mark Hammel	19,347	76.91
	Animal Justice	Lisa Findlay	5,810	23.09
Turnout			26,281	77.80
	Independent hold		Swing

Division 2

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 2 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Naomi Fowler	18,734	73.35
	Independent	Ben Findlay	6,807	26.65
Turnout			26,535	81.97
	Independent LNP hold		Swing

• Incumbent councillor William Owen-Jones (Independent LNP) did not recontest

Division 3

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 3 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Donna Gates	15,852	68.01
	Independent	Michael Banham	5,233	22.45
	Independent UAP	Tamzin Revell	2,222	9.53
Turnout			24,553	77.15
	Independent hold		Swing

Division 4

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 4 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Shelley Curtis	unopposed
Turnout
	Independent LNP hold		Swing	N/A

• Incumbent councillor Cameron Caldwell (Independent LNP) did not recontest after winning 2023 Fadden by-election

Division 5

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Young	15,349	61.83
	Independent	Martin Vincent	5,106	20.57
	Independent	Katherine Brooke	3,797	15.29
	Independent	Craig Bastin	574	2.31
Turnout			26,104	82.33
	Independent hold		Swing

Division 6

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 6 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Brooke Patterson	10,820	50.81
	Independent	Samantha Delmege	8,422	39.55
	Independent	David E. Woodley	2,055	9.65
Turnout			22,274	76.52
	Independent LNP hold		Swing

Division 7

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 7 ^{[20] [21]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Joe Wilkinson	5,882	24.32
	Independent	Jenna Schroeder	5,311	21.96
	Independent LNP	Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden	5,234	21.64	−39.59
	Independent	Joel McInnes	3,285	13.58
	Independent	Edward Sarroff	3,016	12.47
	Independent	Bruce Byatt	1,460	6.04
Turnout			25,426	80.64
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent LNP	Joe Wilkinson	8,410	53.22
	Independent	Jenna Schroeder	7,392	46.78
	Independent LNP gain from Independent LNP		Swing

Division 8

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 8 ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Bob La Castra	14,463	64.93
	Independent	Monique Jeremiah	7,813	35.07
Turnout			23,332	80.92
	Independent LNP hold		Swing

Division 9

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Glenn Tozer	16,589	69.09
	Independent	Sarah Denny	7,422	30.91
Turnout			24,947	83.18
	Independent hold		Swing

• Incumbent councillor Glenn Tozer was elected as Independent LNP but left the LNP in June 2020 ^{[23] [24]}

Division 10

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 10 ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Darren Taylor	14,196	60.48
	Independent	Mona Hecke	9,279	39.52
Turnout			24,523	75.91
	Independent LNP hold		Swing

Division 11

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 11 ^{[26] [27]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Dan Doran	14,189	60.65
	Independent	Nicholas Rone	9,207	39.35
Turnout			24,798	80.46
	Independent LNP hold		Swing

• Incumbent councillor Hermann Vorster (Independent LNP) did not recontest ^[28]

Division 12

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 12 ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nick Marshall	8,392	37.73
	Independent	Cathy Osborne	7,450	33.49
	Independent LNP	Luke Henderson	6,401	28.78
Turnout			23,228	78.73
	Independent hold		Swing

• Incumbent councillor Pauline Young (Independent) did not recontest

Division 13

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Josh Martin	12,015	54.84
	Independent	Nikki Archer	9,896	45.16
Turnout			23,050	78.01
	Independent hold		Swing

• Incumbent councillor Daphne McDonald (Independent) did not recontest

Division 14

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 14

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gail O'Neill	9,844	45.94
	Independent	Kath Down	9,451	44.11
	Animal Justice	Benjamin Theakstone	2,132	9.95
Turnout			22,618	77.05
	Independent hold		Swing

See also

• 2024 Queensland local elections
• 2024 Queensland mayoral elections
• 2024 Brisbane City Council election
• 2024 Townsville City Council election

References

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