POLLING PLACE - MEREWETHER HEIGHTS

Location
Premises	Merewether Heights Public School, 156 Scenic Dr, MEREWETHER HEIGHTS NSW 2291
Division	Newcastle
State	New South Wales

First Preferences
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Swing (%)
CHEHOFF, Michael	Australia First Party	4	0.33	+0.33
ALCORN, Zane	Socialist Alliance	4	0.33	+0.10
McLELLAN, Yegon Dally	Palmer United Party	38	3.09	+3.09
HOLDING, Rod	Independent	5	0.41	+0.41
SCURRY, Susanna	Independent	5	0.41	+0.41
CAINE, Milton	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)	11	0.89	-0.27
ABBOTT, Jaimie	Liberal	639	51.95	+1.05
HIGGINS, Lawrence Joseph	Australian Independents	3	0.24	+0.24
CLAYDON, Sharon	Labor	356	28.94	-1.90
OSBORNE, Michael	The Greens	165	13.41	-1.45
......	Australian Democrats	0	0.00	-1.69
......	Socialist Equality Party	0	0.00	-0.31
FORMAL		1,230	96.93	+0.14
INFORMAL		39	3.07	-0.14
TOTAL		1,269	1.30	-0.15

Two Candidate Preferred
Candidate	Party	Votes	Margin	Percentage (%)	Swing (%)
ABBOTT, Jaimie	Liberal	697	164	56.67	-0.95
CLAYDON, Sharon	Labor	533	-164	43.33	+0.95

Help

This screen shows the number of votes and percentage of votes for candidates in one polling place and shows the Two Candidate Preferred for that polling place. On this screen you will find...

the number of votes and the percentage of the formal vote received by each candidate
the swing as measured as the difference between the percentage of first preference votes received by a party candidate at this election and the percentage of the first preference votes received by that party's candidate in the comparable polling place at the previous election
the two-candidate-preferred results showing the percentages received for this election and swing.

Notes:

From 2010 the votes also include own division pre-poll votes issued as ordinary votes. Please note: this is a change from previous elections.
These results are final.