Electoral results for the district of Sydney

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Sydney in New South Wales state elections. The district had two incarnations, the first from 1920 to 1927 as a five-member electorate, the second from 2007 to the present as a single-member electorate.

Members for Sydney

First incarnation (1920–1927, 5 members)
Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term
  Daniel Levy Nationalist 1920–1927   Arthur Buckley Labor 1920–1922   John Birt Labor 1920–1925   Michael Burke Labor 1920–1922   Patrick Minahan Labor 1920–1925
  Joseph Jackson Nationalist 1922–1927   Greg McGirr Labor 1922–1925
  Young Australia 1925–1925
  Michael Burke Labor 1925–1927   William Holdsworth Labor 1925–1927
  Patrick Minahan Labor 1925–1927  
Second incarnation (2007–present, 1 member)
Member Party Term
  Clover Moore Independent 2007–2012
  Alex Greenwich Independent 2012–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Sydney[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Alex Greenwich 16,947 39.6 +39.6
Liberal Patrice Pandeleos 14,037 32.8 −6.1
Labor Edwina Lloyd 6,303 14.7 +4.3
Greens Chris Brentin 4,156 9.7 −2.6
No Land Tax David Pelzman 495 1.2 +1.2
Christian Democrats Elaine Addae 367 0.9 −0.2
Joanna Rzetelski 230 0.5 +0.5
Independent Victor Taffa 213 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 42,748 97.6 +0.4
Informal votes 1,047 2.4 −0.4
Turnout 43,795 82.5 +4.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Patrice Pandeleos 16,212 56.7 −11.3
Labor Edwina Lloyd 12,401 43.3 +11.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Alex Greenwich 20,612 58.1 +7.8
Liberal Patrice Pandeleos 14,885 41.9 −7.8
Independent hold Swing +7.8
Sydney state by-election, 27 October 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Alex Greenwich 17,687 47.3 +47.3
Liberal Shayne Mallard 11,543 30.9 –5.3
Greens Chris Harris 6,616 17.7 +4.9
Independent Glenn Wall 825 2.2 +2.2
Christian Democrats Robyn Peebles 724 1.9 +0.8
Total formal votes 37,395 97.2 –0.6
Informal votes 1,062 2.8 +0.6
Turnout 38,457 62.6 –21.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Alex Greenwich 21,283 63.7 +63.7
Liberal Shayne Mallard 12,120 36.3 –10.6
Independent hold Swing N/A
New South Wales state election, 2011: Sydney[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Clover Moore 16,909 36.3 -3.3
Liberal Adrian Bartels 16,855 36.2 +14.6
Greens De Brierley Newton 5,961 12.8 -2.8
Labor Sacha Blumen 5,247 11.3 -8.7
Andrew Patterson 676 1.5 +1.5
Christian Democrats Peter Madden 508 1.1 +1.1
Fishing Party Victor Shen 464 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 46,620 97.8 0.0
Informal votes 1,040 2.2 0.0
Turnout 47,660 83.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Clover Moore 20,651 53.1 -13.5
Liberal Adrian Bartels 18,220 46.9 +46.9
Independent hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Clover Moore 16,316 39.6 +7.2
Liberal Edward Mandla 8,877 21.6 +1.0
Labor Linda Scott 8,235 20.0 -6.7
Greens Chris Harris 6,407 15.6 +0.3
Independent Malcolm Duncan 735 1.8 +1.3
Unity Imanuel Choyce 614 1.5 +1.1
Total formal votes 41,184 97.8 -0.1
Informal votes 910 2.2 +0.1
Turnout 42,094 84.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Clover Moore 20,364 66.6 +1.6
Labor Linda Scott 10,193 33.4 -1.6
Independent hold Swing +1.6

References

  1. ↑ State Electoral District of Sydney: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
  2. ↑ State Electoral District of Sydney: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
  3. ↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
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