2024 Townsville City Council election

2024 Townsville City Council election
16 March 2024
All 11 seats on Townsville City Council
6 seats needed for a majority
Mayor
Turnout74.27% ( 4.94)
  First party Second party Third party
 
IND
IND
Candidate Troy Thompson Jenny Hill Harry Patel
Party Independent Team Jenny Hill Independent
Primary vote 50,167 47,415 10,529
Percentage 46.60% 43.86% 9.74%
Swing 46.60 6.78 9.74
TCP 52.62% 47.38%
TCP swing 52.62 14.15
Mayor before election

Jenny Hill
Team Jenny Hill

 Elected Mayor

Troy Thompson
Independent

Councillors
All 11 members on the City Council (including the Mayor)
6 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Team Jenny Hill Jenny Hill 4 −5
Independents N/A 3 +2
TownsvilleCHANGE Paul Jacob 2 +2
Ind. LNP N/A 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2024 Townsville City Council election was held on 16 March 2024 to elect a mayor and 10 councillors to the City of Townsville. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia.

Incumbent mayor Jenny Hill was defeated after 12 years in the position by independent candidate Troy Thompson. She officially conceded defeat on 27 March.

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