2024 Cairns Regional Council election

The 2024 Cairns Regional Council election was held on 16 March 2024 to elect a mayor and nine councillors to the Cairns Region. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia.

2024 Cairns Regional Council election
16 March 2024
Mayor
  First party Second party Third party
 
EDEN
UNI
IND
Candidate Amy Eden Terry James Paul Taylor
Party Team Eden Cairns Unity Independent
Popular vote 25,782 20,187 19,532
Percentage 30.70% 24.04% 23.26%
Swing 30.70 42.93 23.26
TCP 56.64% 43.36%
TCP swing 56.64% 37.89
Mayor before election

Terry James
Cairns Unity

 Subsequent Mayor

Amy Eden
Team Eden

Councillors
All 10 members on the Regional Council (including the mayor)
6 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Cairns Unity Terry James 3 −2
Independent N/A 3 +1
Team Eden Amy Eden 1 0
Independent LNP N/A 1 +1
Ind. Socialist Alliance Rob Pyne 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The Cairns Unity Team, which had held a majority on council since 2012, was defeated. Incumbent mayor Terry James was defeated by first-term councillor Amy Eden, who became the second woman to hold the role, after Val Schier.

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