Leppington is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's south-west. It was contested for the first time at the 2023 New South Wales state election.
| Leppington New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Nathan Hagarty | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Leppington, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 51,604 (estimated) (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Geography
editOn its current boundaries, Leppington takes in the suburbs of Austral, Carnes Hill, Catherine Field, Cecil Hills, Cecil Park, Denham Court, Eagle Vale, Eschol Park, Horningsea Park, Hoxton Park, Kearns, Kemps Creek, Leppington, Middleton Grange, Prestons, Raby, Rossmore, Varroville and West Hoxton.[1][2]
History
editLeppington was created in 2021 as a result of redistribution by the New South Wales Electoral Commission. It incorporated suburbs from the existing electorates of Camden, Campbelltown, Holsworthy, Liverpool, Macquarie Fields, and Mulgoa.[2]
Members for Leppington
edit| Member | Party | Term | ||
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Nathan Hagarty | Labor | 2023–present | |
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Nathan Hagarty | 25,499 | 50.3 | +8.7 | |
| Liberal | Therese Fedeli | 17,570 | 34.7 | −5.4 | |
| One Nation | Mandar Tamhankar | 3,807 | 7.5 | +4.2 | |
| Greens | Apurva Shukla | 2,536 | 5.0 | +0.6 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Danica Sajn | 1,254 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 50,666 | 95.0 | −0.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,640 | 5.0 | +0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 53,306 | 87.7 | +2.1 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Nathan Hagarty | 27,625 | 58.9 | +7.4 | |
| Liberal | Therese Fedeli | 19,300 | 41.1 | −7.4 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +7.4 | |||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Green, Antony (26 August 2021). "NSW State Redistribution Finalised". Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales – Number 410-Other – Thursday, 26 August 2021" (PDF) (Press release). Sydney: NSW Government. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ LA First Preference: Leppington, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Leppington, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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