The mayor of a major Queensland council taken to court by several LNP candidates over a long-running election advertising stoush has hit out at the party for wasting ratepayers’ money.

Eight LNP candidates whose electorates fall in the Moreton Bay region applied to the Supreme Court in August to block the council’s moves to crack down on election signage.

LNP candidate for Pumicestone Simone Wilson was among those joining the court action.

It was the latest chapter in a stoush dating back to the 2016 federal election over local council laws restricting political signage.

The laws include a limit of 120 signs per electorate per candidate, limits on how many signs can be displayed in one place and a restriction on advertising more than 42 days out from an election.