Council margin – ALP 11.6%
Mayoral margin – LNP 1.1%
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 slightly retracted, with Doboy gaining two small areas including part of Manly West. These changes did not change any margin in the ward.
History
Labor’s Peter Cumming won Wynnum Manly in 1994. He has been re-elected six 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%, but he recovered to an 11.6% margin in 2016.
Candidates
- Ken Austin (Greens)
- Megan Piccardi (Liberal National)
- Peter Cumming (Labor)
Assessment
Wynnum Manly is the second most safe Labor ward and is likely to stay that way.
2016 council result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Peter Cumming | Labor | 13,344 | 55.8 | +13.0 |
| Deirdre Thomson | Liberal National | 8,574 | 35.9 | -6.9 |
| Sonja Gerdsen | Greens | 1,990 | 8.3 | +0.5 |
| Informal | 576 | 2.4 |
2016 council two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Peter Cumming | Labor | 14,138 | 61.6 | +10.4 |
| Deirdre Thomson | Liberal National | 8,827 | 38.4 | -10.4 |
| Exhausted | 943 | 3.9 |
2016 mayoral result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Graham Quirk | Liberal National | 11,105 | 46.6 | -8.5 |
| Rod Harding | Labor | 10,127 | 42.5 | +9.0 |
| Ben Pennings | Greens | 1,540 | 6.5 | -2.4 |
| Jeffrey Hodges | Independent | 593 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
| Karel Boele | People Decide | 208 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
| Jim Eldridge | Independent | 144 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
| Jarrod Wirth | Independent | 115 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| Informal | 687 | 2.8 |
2016 mayoral two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Graham Quirk | Liberal National | 11,434 | 51.1 | -9.4 |
| Rod Harding | Labor | 10,925 | 48.9 | +9.4 |
| Exhausted | 1,473 | 6.2 |
Booth breakdown
Booths in Wynnum Manly have been divided into three parts: north, south-east and south-west.
The ALP won a majority of the council two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 58.9% in the south-east to 66.3% in the south-west.
The LNP won a majority of the mayoral two-party-preferred vote in two areas: 50.2% in the north and 53.5% in the south-east, while Labor won 54.2% in the south-west.
| Voter group | LNP council 2PP | LNP mayoral 2PP | Total votes | % of votes |
| South-East | 58.9 | 53.5 | 5,325 | 22.9 |
| North | 61.3 | 50.2 | 4,491 | 19.3 |
| South-West | 66.3 | 45.8 | 4,006 | 17.2 |
| Other votes | 57.5 | 58.1 | 3,478 | 15.0 |
| Pre-poll | 63.2 | 49.2 | 5,959 | 25.6 |
Election results in Wynnum Manly at the 2016 Brisbane City Council election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes for council and lord mayor.
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Cr Peter Cumming is recontesting.
Megan Piccardi is the LNP’s candidate. Whilst she’s a good pick for this ward, it’s safe Labor territory. Cumming will hold and will probably step down sometime in the next term.