2020 Gold Coast City Council election

2020 Gold Coast City Council election
Turnout	74.12% (mayoral election)
Mayor before election; Tom Tate; Independent LNP	Subsequent Mayor ; Tom Tate; Independent LNP
	All 15 members on the City Council (including the mayor); 8 seats needed for a majority

The 2020 Gold Coast City Council election was held on 28 March 2020 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 with more than 66% of the vote after preference distribution. The Queensland Greens, Civil Liberties & Motorists Party and Animal Justice Party formally endorsed candidates, while Labor and the LNP did not (although several members contested as independents).^[2]

Results

Mayor

2020 Queensland mayoral elections: Gold Coast^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Tate	151,579	55.73	−8.13
	Independent	Mona Hecke	67,117	24.68	+24.68
	Independent	Brett Lambert	17,083	6.28	+3.22
	Independent	Virginia Freebody	15,260	5.61	+5.61
	Independent	Kris Bourban	9,115	3.35	+3.35
	Independent	Gary Pead	6,843	2.52	+2.52
	Civil Liberties & Motorists	Suphakan Somsriruen	2,545	0.94	+0.94
	Independent	Derek Rosborough	2,429	0.89	+0.89
Turnout			287,531	74.12
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Tom Tate	154,054	66.93	−6.21
	Independent	Mona Hecke	76,126	33.07	+33.07
	Independent hold		Swing	−6.21

Councillors

Division 1

2020 Queensland local elections: Division 1^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mark Hammel	8,692	45.79	+45.79
	Independent Labor	Renee Clarke	4,847	25.53	+25.53
	Independent LNP	Alec Pokarier	2,609	13.74	+13.74
	Independent	Pat Reynolds	1,690	8.90	+8.90
	Greens	Andrew Stimson	1,145	6.03	+6.03
Turnout			20,219	74.58
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Mark Hammel	9,505	62.11	+62.11
	Independent Labor	Renee Clarke	5,798	37.89	+37.89
	Independent hold		Swing	+62.11

Division 2

2020 Queensland local elections: Division 2^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	William Owen-Jones	12,179	58.85	−41.15
	Independent	John Wayne	8,517	41.15	+41.15
Turnout			21,764	75.69
	Independent LNP hold		Swing	−41.15

Division 3

2020 Queensland local elections: Division 3^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Donna Gates	14,085	76.13	+76.13
	Independent	Wayne Purcell	4,416	23.87	+23.87
Turnout			19,550	72.03
	Independent gain from Independent LNP		Swing	+76.13

Division 4

2020 Queensland local elections: Division 4^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Cameron Caldwell	11,617	56.52	+56.52
	Independent	Kristyn Boulton	8,936	43.48	−11.96
Turnout			21,406	77.02
	Independent LNP gain from Independent		Swing	+56.52

Division 5

2020 Queensland local elections: Division 5^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Young	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Division 6

2020 Queensland local elections: Division 6^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Brooke Patterson	6,591	39.27	+39.27
	Independent	Shaelee Welchman	4,463	26.59	+26.59
	Independent	Michael Pulford	2,531	15.08	−5.90
	Independent	Susie Gallagher	2,219	13.22	−10.06
	Independent	Josephine Tobias	978	5.83	+5.83
Turnout			17,865	68.99
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent LNP	Brooke Patterson	7,322	59.26	+59.26
	Independent	Shaelee Welchman	5,034	40.74	+40.74
	Independent LNP gain from Independent		Swing	+59.26

Division 7

2020 Queensland local elections: Division 7^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden	12,486	61.23	+61.23
	Independent LNP	Wendy Coe	3,149	15.44	+15.44
	Greens	Amin Javanmard	1,959	9.61	+9.61
	Independent	Tony Melia	1,908	9.36	+9.36
	Independent	Andre Saint-Flour	890	4.36	+4.36
Turnout			21,638	73.75
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent LNP	Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden	13,214	78.46	+78.46
	Independent LNP	Wendy Coe	3,627	21.54	+21.54
	Independent LNP gain from Independent		Swing	+78.46

Incumbent councillor Gary Baildon (Independent) did not recontest^[5]

Division 8

2020 Queensland local elections: Division 8^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Bob La Castra	9,974	52.59	−9.42
	Independent	Joshua Smith	5,664	29.86	+29.86
	Independent	Matthew Armstrong	3,329	17.55	+17.55
Turnout			20,125	74.09
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent LNP	Bob La Castra	10,200	62.23	−7.61
	Independent	Joshua Smith	6,190	37.77	+37.77
	Independent LNP hold		Swing	−7.61

Division 9

2020 Queensland local elections: Division 9^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Glenn Tozer	12,204	60.39	−4.21
	Independent	Mary-Anne Hossack	4,519	22.36	+22.36
	Independent	Keith Douglas	2,748	13.60	+13.60
	Independent	David Guimaraes	738	3.65	+3.65
Turnout			21,302	77.10
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent LNP	Glenn Tozer	12,618	71.10	+6.50
	Independent	Mary-Anne Hossack	5,129	28.90	+28.90
	Independent LNP hold		Swing	+6.50

Division 10

2020 Queensland local elections: Division 10^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eddy Sarroff	4,615	25.94	+25.94
	Independent LNP	Darren Taylor	4,540	25.52	+25.52
	Independent	Mike Winlaw	3,569	20.06	+20.06
	Independent	Adrian Johnston	2,500	14.05	+14.05
	Animal Justice	Rowan Panozzo	1,082	6.08	+6.08
	Independent	Seema Chauhan	939	5.28	+5.28
	Independent	Stephen Cornelius	543	3.05	+3.05
Turnout			18,966	67.82
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent LNP	Darren Taylor	5,627	50.66	+50.66
	Independent	Eddy Sarroff	5,481	49.34	+49.34
	Independent LNP hold		Swing	+50.66

Division 11

2020 Queensland local elections: Division 11^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent LNP	Hermann Vorster	14,501	73.33	+14.09
	Independent Greens	Chantal Clarke	5,275	26.67	+26.67
Turnout			20,829	74.04
	Independent LNP hold		Swing	+14.09

Division 12

2020 Queensland local elections: Division 12^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Pauline Young	8,642	46.27	−0.61
	Independent	Cathy Osbourne	5,223	27.96	+27.96
	Independent LNP	Zac Revere	2,422	12.97	+12.97
	Greens	Scott Turner	2,390	12.80	+12.80
Turnout			19,933	72.98
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Pauline Young	8,985	60.83	+5.31
	Independent	Cathy Osbourne	5,786	39.17	+39.17
	Independent hold		Swing	+5.31

Division 13

2020 Queensland local elections: Division 13^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Daphne McDonald	8,998	47.06	+5.09
	Independent Labor	Katrina Beikoff	5,094	26.64	−1.93
	Independent	Bern Young	2,816	14.73	+14.73
	Animal Justice	Scott Wallace	2,212	11.57	+11.57
Turnout			20,119	73.54
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Daphne McDonald	9,626	63.03	+5.09
	Independent Labor	Katrina Beikoff	5,645	36.97	−5.09
	Independent hold		Swing	+5.09

Division 14

2020 Queensland local elections Division 14^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent	Gail O'Neill	11,460	62.35	+5.84
Independent	Gloria Baker	6,921	37.65	+37.65
Independent hold		Swing	+5.84

Electoral pendulum

Post-election pendulum

Independent Liberal National Divisions (7)
Marginal
Division 10	Darren Taylor	Independent LNP	0.66%
Fairly safe
Division 4	Cameron Caldwell	Independent LNP	6.5%
Division 2	William Owen-Jones	Independent LNP	8.8%
Division 6	Brooke Patterson	Independent LNP	9.2%
Safe
Division 8	Bob La Castra	Independent LNP	12.2%
Very safe
Division 11	Hermann Vorster	Independent LNP	23.3%
Division 7	Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden	Independent LNP	28.4%
Independent Divisions (7)
Safe
Division 12	Pauline Young	Independent	10.8%
Division 1	Mark Hammel	Independent	12.1%
Division 14	Gail O’Neill	Independent	12.3%
Division 13	Daphne McDonald	Independent	13.0%
Very safe
Division 3	Donna Gates	Independent	26.1%
Division 9	Glenn Tozer	Independent	21.1%
Division 5	Peter Young	Independent	N/A

Aftermath

Division 4 councillor Cameron Caldwell was elected to the House of Representatives as the member for Fadden at a by-election in July 2023.^[6]^[7]

On 22 August 2023, Division 7 councillor Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden was charged by Queensland Police with the murder of his stepfather, 58-year-old Robert Lumsden. He was suspended as a councillor on 15 September 2023 until the 2024 election.^[8]^[9]

References

^ "Gold Coast City". Electoral Commission of Queensland.
^ "Gold Coast City Council Election 2020: All candidates in running so far". Gold Coast Bulletin.
^ "Gold Coast City". Electoral Commission of Queensland.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Gold Coast City". Electoral Commission of Queensland.
^ "Campaign shock as former mayor Gary Baildon launches bid to return to council in Surfers". Gold Coast Bulletin. 6 February 2016.
^ Black, Jessica. "Liberal MP Stuart Robert, who claimed 'absolute responsibility' for Robodebt's implementation, to retire from politics". ABC News.
^ "Fadden by-election". aph.gov.au. 18 May 2023.
^ "Gold Coast councillor Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden charged with murder of mother's partner". Nine News.
^ "Local Government (Gold Coast City Council—Suspension of Councillor) Amendment Regulation 2023". Queensland Government.

[goldcoast-1] "Gold Coast City". Electoral Commission of Queensland.

[2] "Gold Coast City Council Election 2020: All candidates in running so far". Gold Coast Bulletin.

[2020_Queensland_mayoral_elections_goldcoast-3] "Gold Coast City". Electoral Commission of Queensland.

[Results_of_the_2020_Queensland_local_elections_goldcoast-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Gold Coast City". Electoral Commission of Queensland.

[Results_of_the_2020_Queensland_local_elections_gary-5] "Campaign shock as former mayor Gary Baildon launches bid to return to council in Surfers". Gold Coast Bulletin. 6 February 2016.

[6] Black, Jessica. "Liberal MP Stuart Robert, who claimed 'absolute responsibility' for Robodebt's implementation, to retire from politics". ABC News.

[resignationdate-7] "Fadden by-election". aph.gov.au. 18 May 2023.

[8] "Gold Coast councillor Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden charged with murder of mother's partner". Nine News.

[9] "Local Government (Gold Coast City Council—Suspension of Councillor) Amendment Regulation 2023". Queensland Government.

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