Electoral district of Penrith
Appearance
Penrith New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1973–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Karen McKeown | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Penrith | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 56,565 (2023) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 75.61 km2 (29.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Penrith is an electoral district of New South Wales. It was created in 1973.
Penrith is almost entirely in Greater Western Sydney, but it does include a few suburbs of the Blue Mountains.
Election results
[change | change source]2023 New South Wales state election: Penrith[1][2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Stuart Ayres | 19,266 | 38.3 | −1.4 | |
Labor | Karen McKeown | 19,262 | 38.3 | +1.4 | |
One Nation | Belinda McWilliams | 4,122 | 8.2 | +1.4 | |
Greens | Minoo Toussi | 2,643 | 5.2 | +0.6 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Timothy Pateman | 2,467 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Animal Justice | Vanessa Blazi | 1,840 | 3.7 | +2.0 | |
Sustainable Australia | Geoff Brown | 744 | 1.5 | −0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 50,344 | 96.1 | +0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 2,047 | 3.9 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 52,391 | 87.8 | −0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Karen McKeown | 22,661 | 51.6 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | Stuart Ayres | 21,226 | 48.4 | −2.2 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.2 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ LA First Preference: Penrith, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ↑ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Penrith, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.