[5] Prior to 2020, Ipswich City Council was composed of a directly elected mayor and 10 single-member wards (or divisions), both using optional preferential voting.

[6] In April 2023, former councillor David Martin stated he would again run for mayor after his unsuccessful campaign in 2020.

[10] Marnie Doyle and Andrew Fechner, the two Division 3 councillors, formed the "Better Brighter Ipswich" ticket in early 2024.

[11] Former mayor Andrew Antoniolli, who won the 2017 by-election before the council was dismissed in 2018, also contested Division 3 as an independent, having previously been a Labor member.

[12] On 26 January 2024, Ipswich West MP Jim Madden resigned from the Queensland state parliament to contest Division 4.