Council margin – LNP 21.8%
Mayoral margin – LNP 21.1%
Incumbent councillor
Amanda Cooper, since 2007.
Geography
Outer northern Brisbane. Bracken Ridge covers the suburbs of Bald Hills, Bracken Ridge, Carseldine and Fitzgibbon. Its north-western border follows the Brisbane City Council boundary.
Redistribution
Bracken Ridge remained mostly intact, losing a few small areas on its southern edge to McDowall and Deagon. These changes had a minimal impact on the ward’s margins.
History
Bracken Ridge has been held by the Liberal Party since at least 1997, when it was won by Carol Cashman.
Cashman was re-elected in 2000 and 2004, the last time with a 19.2% margin.
Cashman resigned in 2007, and Amanda Cooper was appointed to the casual vacancy. Cooper was defending a 14% margin after the redistribution, which was cut slightly to 13.9%.
In 2012, Cooper won re-election with a 7.7% swing.
Candidates
- Keith Skelton (Greens)
- Amanda Cooper (Liberal National)
- Cath Palmer (Labor)
Assessment
Bracken Ridge has been a safe Liberal ward for a long time, and Cooper shouldn’t have much trouble winning a third full term.
2012 council result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Amanda Cooper | Liberal National | 14,786 | 67.0 | +7.9 | 67.3 |
| Carla Pinder | Labor | 5,583 | 25.3 | -7.3 | 25.1 |
| Keith Skelton | Greens | 1,695 | 7.7 | +2.3 | 7.6 |
| Informal | 551 | 2.4 |
2012 council two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Amanda Cooper | Liberal National | 15,027 | 71.6 | +7.7 | 71.8 |
| Carla Pinder | Labor | 5,962 | 28.4 | -7.7 | 28.2 |
| Exhausted | 1,075 |
2012 mayoral result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Graham Quirk | Liberal National | 14,526 | 65.7 | +4.1 | 65.9 |
| Ray Smith | Labor | 5,641 | 25.5 | -6.1 | 25.4 |
| Andrew Bartlett | Greens | 1,464 | 6.6 | +2.4 | 6.6 |
| Rory Killen | Independent | 246 | 1.1 | +1.1 | 1.1 |
| Chris Carson | Independent | 234 | 1.1 | +1.1 | 1.1 |
| Informal | 503 | 2.2 |
2012 mayoral two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Graham Quirk | Liberal National | 14,722 | 70.8 | +5.1 | 71.1 |
| Ray Smith | Labor | 6,059 | 29.2 | -5.1 | 28.9 |
| Exhausted | 1,330 |
Booth breakdown
Booths in Bracken Ridge have been split into three groups, divided between three main suburbs: Aspley in the south, Bald Hills in the north-west and Bracken Ridge in the north-east.
The LNP’s two-party-preferred margin was lowest in Bald Hills and highest in Aspley.
| Voter group | LNP council 2PP | LNP mayoral 2PP | Total votes | % of votes |
| Bracken Ridge | 70.9 | 70.6 | 7,892 | 37.0 |
| Aspley | 74.2 | 71.8 | 5,816 | 27.3 |
| Bald Hills | 69.7 | 66.6 | 2,418 | 11.3 |
| Other votes | 71.5 | 73.1 | 5,194 | 24.4 |
