Electoral district of Lytton

Lytton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.^[1]

Lytton Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Lytton 2017
State	Queensland
MP	Joan Pease
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Lytton
Electors	37,369 (2020)
Area	65 km2 (25.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner-metropolitan
Coordinates	27°24′S 153°11′E
Electorates around Lytton: Clayfield Moreton Bay Moreton Bay Clayfield Lytton Moreton Bay Bulimba Chatsworth Capalaba

Electoral map of Lytton 2008

The district is based in the eastern suburbs of Brisbane, to the south of the Brisbane River. It is named for the suburb of Lytton and also includes the suburbs of Hemmant, Lota, Manly and Wynnum, as well as the Port of Brisbane. The electorate was first created for the 1972 election.

Lytton is normally a safe Labor Party seat, although it was won in 2012 by the Liberal National Party.

Members for Lytton

Member		Party	Term
	Tom Burns	Labor	1972–1996
	Paul Lucas	Labor	1996–2012
	Neil Symes	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Joan Pease	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Lytton

2020 Queensland state election: Lytton^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joan Pease	17,067	52.21	+3.28
	Liberal National	Gordon Walters	9,955	30.45	+6.13
	Greens	Ken Austin	3,450	10.55	−0.79
	One Nation	Debra Smith	1,289	3.94	−11.46
	Informed Medical Options	Georgia Phillips	606	1.85	+1.85
	United Australia	Jonathan Spaits	321	0.98	+0.98
Total formal votes			32,688	97.45	+0.69
Informal votes			856	2.55	−0.69
Turnout			33,544	89.76	−0.10
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joan Pease	20,708	63.35	+1.33
	Liberal National	Gordon Walters	11,980	36.65	−1.33
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.33

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Lytton.[edit]

Primary vote results in Lytton (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)

  Labor

  Liberal National

  Liberal

  National

  Greens

  One Nation

  Australian Democrats

  Katter's Australian

  Queensland Labor

  Independent

Two-candidate-preferred vote results in Lytton

References

1. "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.
2. 2020 State General Election – Lytton – District Summary, ECQ.

External links

• Green, Antony (9 June 2023). "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.