2024 Gold Coast City Council election

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2024 Gold Coast City Council election
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Turnout79.47% (mayoral election)
Mayor
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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IND
IND
Candidate Tom Tate Eddy SarroffDanielle Dunsmore
Party Independent LNP Independent Independent
Popular vote169,20967,45425,833
Percentage51.85%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
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
Independent N/A70
Independent LNP N/A70
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]

Contents

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

Independent LNP

Candidates

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

WardHeld 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 HammelLisa Findlay
Division 2 Independent LNP Naomi FowlerBen 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 PattersonSamantha 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 TaylorMona Hecke
Division 11 Independent LNP Dan Doran Nicholas Rone
Division 12 Independent Luke HendersonNick 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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent LNP Tom Tate 170,15051.82−3.91
Independent Eddy Sarroff68,06120.73
Independent Danielle Dunsmore25,9837.91
Animal Justice Jennifer Horsburgh18,1305.52
Independent Rosie Foster14,6424.46
Independent Lavinia Rampino9,1372.78
Independent LNP Virginia Freebody7,8002.38−3.23
Independent Brett Lambert7,5812.31
Independent Gary Pead6,8462.09
Total formal votes328,33095.45
Informal votes15,6414.55
Turnout 343,97179.94
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent LNP Tom Tate 177,66666.32−0.61
Independent Eddy Sarroff90,21833.68+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
PartyVotes %SwingSeatsChange
  Independent 202,97266.987
  Independent LNP 89,91929.677
  Animal Justice 7,9422.620Steady2.svg
  Independent UAP 2,2220.730Steady2.svg

Division 1

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mark Hammel19,34776.91
Animal Justice Lisa Findlay5,81023.09
Turnout 26,28177.80
Independent hold Swing

Division 2

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 2 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent LNP Naomi Fowler18,73473.35
Independent Ben Findlay6,80726.65
Turnout 26,53581.97
Independent LNP hold Swing
  • Incumbent councillor William Owen-Jones (Independent LNP) did not recontest

Division 3

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 3 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Donna Gates15,85268.01
Independent Michael Banham5,23322.45
Independent UAP Tamzin Revell2,2229.53
Turnout 24,55377.15
Independent hold Swing

Division 4

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 4 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent LNP Shelley Curtisunopposed
Turnout
Independent LNP hold Swing N/A

Division 5

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 5
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Peter Young15,34961.83
Independent Martin Vincent5,10620.57
Independent Katherine Brooke3,79715.29
Independent Craig Bastin5742.31
Turnout 26,10482.33
Independent hold Swing

Division 6

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 6 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent LNP Brooke Patterson10,82050.81
Independent Samantha Delmege8,42239.55
Independent David E. Woodley 2,0559.65
Turnout 22,27476.52
Independent LNP hold Swing

Division 7

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 7 [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent LNP Joe Wilkinson5,88224.32
Independent Jenna Schroeder5,31121.96
Independent LNP Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden 5,23421.64−39.59
Independent Joel McInnes3,28513.58
Independent Edward Sarroff3,01612.47
Independent Bruce Byatt1,4606.04
Turnout 25,42680.64
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent LNP Joe Wilkinson8,41053.22
Independent Jenna Schroeder7,39246.78
Independent LNP gain from Independent LNP Swing

Division 8

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 8 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent LNP Bob La Castra 14,46364.93
Independent Monique Jeremiah7,81335.07
Turnout 23,33280.92
Independent LNP hold Swing

Division 9

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 9
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Glenn Tozer16,58969.09
Independent Sarah Denny7,42230.91
Turnout 24,94783.18
Independent hold Swing

Division 10

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 10 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent LNP Darren Taylor14,19660.48
Independent Mona Hecke9,27939.52
Turnout 24,52375.91
Independent LNP hold Swing

Division 11

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 11 [26] [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent LNP Dan Doran 14,18960.65
Independent Nicholas Rone9,20739.35
Turnout 24,79880.46
Independent LNP hold Swing

Division 12

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 12 [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Nick Marshall8,39237.73
Independent Cathy Osborne7,45033.49
Independent LNP Luke Henderson6,40128.78
Turnout 23,22878.73
Independent hold Swing
  • Incumbent councillor Pauline Young (Independent) did not recontest

Division 13

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 13
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Josh Martin12,01554.84
Independent Nikki Archer9,89645.16
Turnout 23,05078.01
Independent hold Swing
  • Incumbent councillor Daphne McDonald (Independent) did not recontest

Division 14

2024 Queensland local elections: Division 14
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Gail O'Neill9,84445.94
Independent Kath Down9,45144.11
Animal Justice Benjamin Theakstone2,1329.95
Turnout 22,61877.05
Independent hold Swing

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  2. ↑ "Mayor Tom Tate: Gold Coast Mayor set to run for fourth term in office". Gold Coast Bulletin.
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  5. ↑ "I was a member of the LNP for 6 years and am now fiercely independent". Vote 1 Glenn Tozer.
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