Council margin – ALP 0.6%
Mayoral margin – LNP 10.6%
Incumbent councillor
Peter Cumming, since 1994.
Geography
Eastern Brisbane. Wynnum Manly covers along the eastern coastline of Brisbane on the south side of the river, including Manly, Wynnum, Lota and Lytton.
Redistribution
Wynnum Manly underwent minor changes, swapping a small amount of territory with Doboy.
History
Labor’s Peter Cumming won Wynnum Manly in 1994. He has been re-elected five times.
His margin was cut to 5.8% in 2004, when the LNP won the lord mayoralty, but managed to increase his margin to 9.1% in 2008.
In 2012, Cumming’s 9.1% margin was cut to 1.2%.
Candidates
- Peter Cumming (Labor)
- Sonja Gerdsen (Greens)
- Deirdre Thompson (Liberal National)
Assessment
The Labor margin in Wynnum Manly is very slim, but it seems unlikely that the Liberal National Party will be able to gain even more wards on top of their current 18.
2012 council result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Peter Cumming | Labor | 9,019 | 43.0 | -10.2 | 42.8 |
| Deirdre Thomson | Liberal National | 8,808 | 42.0 | +4.2 | 42.8 |
| Matthew Brown | Greens | 1,427 | 6.8 | -2.1 | 7.9 |
| Barry Myatt | Independent | 1,715 | 8.2 | +8.2 | 6.5 |
| Informal | 472 | 2.2 |
2012 council two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Peter Cumming | Labor | 9,677 | 51.2 | -7.9 | 50.6 |
| Deirdre Thomson | Liberal National | 9,231 | 48.8 | +7.9 | 49.4 |
| Exhausted | 2,061 |
2012 mayoral result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Graham Quirk | Liberal National | 11,454 | 54.8 | +2.8 | 55.1 |
| Ray Smith | Labor | 7,045 | 33.7 | -4.6 | 33.5 |
| Andrew Bartlett | Greens | 1,867 | 8.9 | +2.2 | 8.8 |
| Rory Killen | Independent | 315 | 1.5 | +1.5 | 1.5 |
| Chris Carson | Independent | 217 | 1.0 | +1.0 | 1.0 |
| Informal | 542 | 2.5 |
2012 mayoral two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Graham Quirk | Liberal National | 11,660 | 60.3 | +3.4 | 60.6 |
| Ray Smith | Labor | 7,692 | 39.8 | -3.4 | 39.4 |
| Exhausted | 1,546 |
Booth breakdown
Booths in Wynnum Manly have been split into three parts: north, south-east and south-west.
In the council election, the ALP won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote, ranging from a slim 50.1% in the south-east to 55.9% in the south-west.
For the mayoral election, the LNP’s two-party-preferred majority ranged from 56.5% in the south-west to 62.7% in the south-east.
| Voter group | ALP council 2PP | LNP mayoral 2PP | Total votes | % of votes |
| South-East | 50.1 | 62.7 | 6,288 | 28.9 |
| North | 52.0 | 60.0 | 5,537 | 25.4 |
| South-West | 55.9 | 56.5 | 3,602 | 16.5 |
| Other votes | 47.2 | 61.3 | 6,338 | 29.1 |
