Electoral district of Wallsend
| Wallsend New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1894–1904 1917–1920 1927–1930 1968–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Sonia Hornery | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Wallsend | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 59,050 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 116.83 km2 (45.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
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Wallsend is an electoral district of New South Wales. It was created in 1894, abolished in 1904, recreated in 1917, reabolished in 1930, recreated again in 1927, reabolished again in 1930 and recreated for a fourth time in 1968.
Originally a blue-collar electorate, Wallsend has always been held by Labor.
Wallsend is in western Newcastle.
Election results[change | change source]
| 2023 New South Wales state election: Wallsend[1][2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Sonia Hornery | 33,127 | 63.9 | +1.4 | |
| Liberal | Callum Pull | 6,988 | 13.5 | −6.5 | |
| Greens | Rebecca Watkins | 5,545 | 10.7 | +1.5 | |
| One Nation | Pietro Di Girolamo | 3,532 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
| Animal Justice | Anna Nolan | 1,088 | 2.1 | −2.2 | |
| Independent | Joshua Starrett | 811 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Paul Akers | 717 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 51,808 | 97.4 | +1.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,365 | 2.6 | −1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 53,173 | 88.4 | −0.6 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Sonia Hornery | 38,043 | 81.8 | +5.9 | |
| Liberal | Callum Pull | 8,489 | 18.2 | −5.9 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +5.9 | |||
References[change | change source]
- ↑ LA First Preference: Wallsend, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ↑ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Wallsend, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.