Electoral results for the district of Lytton

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Lytton in Queensland state elections.

Members for Lytton

Member		Party	Term
	Tom Burns	Labor	1972–1996
	Paul Lucas	Labor	1996–2012
	Neil Symes	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Joan Pease	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Lytton[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joan Pease	14,368	49.00	+9.71
	Liberal National	Neil Symes	10,657	36.35	−7.32
	Greens	Dave Nelson	2,616	8.92	+0.84
	Independent	Tamera Michel	849	2.90	+2.90
	Independent	Jamie Evans	831	2.83	+2.83
Total formal votes			29,321	98.11	+0.63
Informal votes			564	1.89	−0.63
Turnout			29,885	91.30	−0.89
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joan Pease	16,754	59.80	+11.38
	Liberal National	Neil Symes	11,265	40.20	−11.38
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+11.38

Queensland state election, 2012: Lytton[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Neil Symes	12,181	43.66	+11.43
	Labor	Daniel Cheverton	10,961	39.29	-13.20
	Greens	Daniel Crute	2,256	8.09	+0.96
	Katter's Australian	Jim Vote	1,881	6.74	+6.74
	Independent	Russell McVey	618	2.22	+2.22
Total formal votes			27,897	97.49	-0.65
Informal votes			719	2.51	+0.65
Turnout			28,616	92.19	-0.49
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Neil Symes	13,101	51.58	+13.79
	Labor	Daniel Cheverton	12,299	48.42	-13.79
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+13.79

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Lytton[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Lucas	14,594	52.5	-4.3
	Liberal National	Ryan Murphy	8,960	32.2	+3.1
	Greens	Daniel Crute	1,982	7.1	-5.0
	Independent	Trish Kelly	1,526	5.5	+5.5
	DS4SEQ	Neil Plevey	739	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			27,801	98.0
Informal votes			528	2.0
Turnout			28,329	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Lucas	15,968	62.2	-4.0
	Liberal National	Ryan Murphy	9,699	37.8	+4.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.0

Queensland state election, 2006: Lytton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Lucas	14,398	59.3	-2.5
	Liberal	Amanda Wiklund	6,892	28.4	-0.6
	Greens	David Wyatt	2,992	12.3	+3.1
Total formal votes			24,282	97.9	+0.0
Informal votes			514	2.1	-0.0
Turnout			24,796	92.0	-1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Lucas	15,390	66.8	-1.1
	Liberal	Amanda Wiklund	7,633	33.2	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.1

Queensland state election, 2004: Lytton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Lucas	15,128	61.8	-5.1
	Liberal	Glenn Weymouth	7,104	29.0	+7.1
	Greens	Panche Hadzi-Andonov	2,242	9.2	-2.0
Total formal votes			24,474	97.9	+0.7
Informal votes			527	2.1	-0.7
Turnout			25,001	93.2	-1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Lucas	15,958	67.9	-6.5
	Liberal	Glenn Weymouth	7,553	32.1	+6.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.5

Queensland state election, 2001: Lytton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Lucas	16,305	66.9	+8.0
	Liberal	Vincent Ladner	5,329	21.9	-5.4
	Greens	Fay Smith	2,736	11.2	+5.7
Total formal votes			24,370	97.2
Informal votes			697	2.8
Turnout			25,067	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Lucas	17,150	74.4	+7.4
	Liberal	Vincent Ladner	5,902	25.6	-7.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.4

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Lytton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Lucas	12,579	59.8	+3.6
	Liberal	Tony Murphy	5,859	27.9	-7.1
	Democrats	Marianne Dickie	1,385	6.6	+6.6
	Greens	Rob Wilson	1,207	5.7	-3.1
Total formal votes			21,030	97.5	-0.9
Informal votes			540	2.5	+0.9
Turnout			21,570	94.3	+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Lucas	13,730	67.4	+6.1
	Liberal	Tony Murphy	6,626	32.6	-6.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.1

Lytton state by-election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Lucas	10,832	54.7	-1.5
	Liberal	Jenny Mansell	5,480	27.7	-7.3
	Democrats	Marianne Dickie	1,223	6.2	+6.2
	Shooters	Wendy Kelly	750	3.8	+3.8
	Independent	Nigel Freemarijuana	608	3.1	+3.1
	Greens	Norma Nord	570	2.9	-5.9
	Independent	B Groom	147	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	B Richardson	131	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Steve Purtill	47	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			19,788	98.9	+0.4
Informal votes			229	1.1	-0.4
Turnout			20,017	88.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Lucas	11,952	66.1	+4.8
	Liberal	Jenny Mansell	6,129	33.9	-4.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.8

Queensland state election, 1995: Lytton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Burns	11,395	56.2	-13.6
	Liberal	Jenny Mansell	7,098	35.0	+4.8
	Greens	Bert Nord	1,786	8.8	+8.8
Total formal votes			20,279	98.4	+0.8
Informal votes			321	1.6	-0.8
Turnout			20,600	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Burns	12,266	61.3	-8.5
	Liberal	Jenny Mansell	7,740	38.7	+8.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.5

Queensland state election, 1992: Lytton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Burns	14,465	69.8	+1.6
	Liberal	Tom McKaskill	6,248	30.2	+13.6
Total formal votes			20,713	97.7
Informal votes			499	2.3
Turnout			21,212	93.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.7

Elections in the 1980s

Queensland state election, 1989: Lytton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Burns	14,243	71.6	+9.1
	Liberal	Peter Dutton	3,313	16.7	+3.1
	National	Victor Sirl	2,328	11.7	-12.2
Total formal votes			19,884	97.5	-0.5
Informal votes			511	2.5	+0.5
Turnout			20,395	92.8	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Burns	14,416	72.5	+6.2
	Liberal	Peter Dutton	5,468	27.5	-6.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.2

Queensland state election, 1986: Lytton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Burns	11,472	62.5	-8.9
	National	Liz Upton	4,382	23.9	+23.9
	Liberal	Daryl Mercer	2,503	13.6	-15.0
Total formal votes			18,357	98.0
Informal votes			369	2.0
Turnout			18,726	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Burns	12,171	66.3	+3.2
	National	Liz Upton	6,186	33.7	+33.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

Queensland state election, 1983: Lytton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Burns	10,670	71.4	-2.2
	Liberal	Moyra Bidstrup	4,276	28.6	+2.2
Total formal votes			14,946	97.6	-0.4
Informal votes			364	2.4	+0.4
Turnout			15,310	92.8	+3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.2

Queensland state election, 1980: Lytton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Burns	10,543	73.6	+6.6
	Liberal	Moyra Bidstrup	3,784	26.4	-6.6
Total formal votes			14,327	98.0	-0.5
Informal votes			297	2.0	+0.5
Turnout			14,624	89.4	-2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.6

Elections in the 1970s

Queensland state election, 1977: Lytton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Burns	9,809	67.0	+10.3
	Liberal	Rodney Bristow	4,835	33.0	-10.3
Total formal votes			14,644	98.5
Informal votes			219	1.5
Turnout			14,863	92.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.3

Queensland state election, 1974: Lytton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Burns	8,165	56.7	-11.5
	Liberal	John Ivers	6,225	43.3	+17.5
Total formal votes			14,390	98.5	+0.1
Informal votes			213	1.5	-0.1
Turnout			14,603	90.2	-4.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-12.6

Queensland state election, 1972: Lytton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Burns	8,376	68.2
	Liberal	John Ottway	3,163	25.8
	Democratic Labor	John O'Connell	735	6.0
Total formal votes			12,274	98.4
Informal votes			200	1.6
Turnout			12,474	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Burns	8,500	69.3	+1.7
	Liberal	John Ottway	3,774	30.7	-1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

References

1. 2015 State General Election - Lytton - District Summary, ECQ.
2. http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth47.html
3. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 15 December 2011.