Electoral district of Wallsend

Wallsend
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Wallsend; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	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
	Electorates around Wallsend:

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

2023 New South Wales state election: Wallsend^[1]^[2]
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

↑ 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.

[1] LA First Preference: Wallsend, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[2] LA Two Candidate Preferred: Wallsend, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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