Tennyson Ward

Tennyson Ward
Queensland — Brisbane City Council
Tennyson Ward; Queensland — Brisbane City Council
Created	2008
Councillor	Nicole Johnston
Party	Independent
Namesake	Tennyson
Electors	30,371 (2024)
Demographic	Inner metropolitan

Tennyson Ward is a Brisbane City Council ward covering Tennyson, Chelmer, Corinda, Fairfield, Graceville, Sherwood, Yeerongpilly and Yeronga, and parts of Annerley and Oxley.^[3]

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Member	Party	Term	Notes
Nicole Johnston	Liberal	15 March 2008 – 26 July 2008	Resigned from the LNP in 2010 before she was "likely" going to be expelled; initially sat as an Independent Liberal. Incumbent^[4]^[5]
	Liberal National	26 July 2008 – 20 May 2010
	Independent Liberal	20 May 2010 – 28 April 2012
	Independent	28 April 2012 – present

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nicole Johnston	13,991	53.92	+2.86
	Liberal National	Henry Swindon	4,844	18.67	−0.72
	Greens	River Kearns	4,233	16.31	+2.82
	Labor	Kane Hart	2,881	11.10	−3.07
Total formal votes			25,949	98.50	+0.14
Informal votes			396	1.5	−0.14
Turnout			26,345	86.74	+7.57
Two-candidate-preferred result^[7]
	Independent	Nicole Johnston	17,799	75.90	+2.5
	Liberal National	Henry Swindon	5,652	24.10	−2.5
	Independent hold		Swing	+2.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nicole Johnston	11,571	51.1	−0.1
	Liberal National	Maurice Lane	4,394	19.4	+0.4
	Labor	Jackie Schneider	3,212	14.2	−2.5
	Greens	Patsy O'Brien	3,058	13.5	+0.3
	Animal Justice	Darryl Prout	428	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			22,663	98.3	+0.5
Informal votes			383	1.7	−0.5
Turnout			23,046	79.2
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal National	Maurice Lane	8,756	58.1	+3.4
	Labor	Jackie Schneider	6,307	41.9	−3.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Independent	Nicole Johnston	14,253	73.4	+0.4
	Liberal National	Maurice Lane	5,155	26.6	+26.6
	Independent hold		Swing	+0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nicole Johnston	12,572	55.4	+14.3
	Liberal National	Ashley Higgins	3,794	16.7	−20.3
	Labor	Stephen Harvey	3,335	14.7	+2.4
	Greens	Gillian Marshall-Pierce	2,985	13.2	+3.5
Total formal votes			22,686	-	−
Informal votes			484	-	−
Turnout			23,170	-	−
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Stephen Harvey		53.2
	Liberal National	Ashley Higgins		46.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Independent	Nicole Johnston	14,150	76.3	+20.5
	Labor	Stephen Harvey	4,404	23.7	+23.7
	Independent hold		Swing	+20.5

Councillors for Tennyson Ward