Electoral district of Bancroft

State electoral district of Queensland, Australia

Australian electorate

27°11′36″S 153°00′32″E / 27.1932°S 153.009°E / -27.1932; 153.009

Electorates around Bancroft:
Morayfield	Pumicestone	Pumicestone
Kurwongbah	Bancroft	Redcliffe
Murrumba	Murrumba	Murrumba

Bancroft is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution. It is named after pioneer doctor Joseph Bancroft.^[1]

Located in the City of Moreton Bay, Bancroft consists of the north and central sections of the existing electorate of Murrumba, including the suburbs of Burpengary East, Deception Bay, North Lakes and parts of the Narangba, Rothwell, Morayfield and Mango Hill suburbs.^[1]

Members for Bancroft

Member		Party	Term
	Chris Whiting	Labor	2017–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Bancroft.[edit]

2020 Queensland state election: Bancroft^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Whiting	16,301	53.60	+10.63
	Liberal National	Phil Carlson	8,626	28.36	+1.60
	One Nation	Nik Aai Reddy	2,666	8.77	−10.30
	Greens	Ell-Leigh Ackerman	1,820	5.98	−0.23
	Independent	Barry Grant	1,001	3.29	−1.71
Total formal votes			30,414	96.76	+1.03
Informal votes			1,017	3.24	−1.03
Turnout			31,431	86.20	−1.27
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Whiting	19,100	62.80	+6.59
	Liberal National	Phil Carlson	11,314	37.20	−6.59
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.59

References

^ ^a ^b Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette. p. 193. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
^ 2020 State General Election – Bancroft – District Summary, ECQ.