2016 Federal Election

Updated: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 5:14:04 PM AEST

Newcastle, NSW

Newcastle (NSW)

Enrolment:113,334
Turnout:91.92%
Informality:4.74%
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This table provides the current two candidate preferred (TCP) count for the division. The data includes swing - a comparison of the percentage of TCP votes received at the previous federal election compared to the current federal election.

Notes:

  1. Two candidate preferred or TCP is a count of the two leading candidates only - votes are recorded for a particular candidate if the preference on the ballot paper for that candidate is higher than the alternative TCP candidate, regardless of other preferences. The TCP count ultimately determines who wins the seat.
  2. The term 'Previous election' may not relate to actual results from the last event. Redistributions of electoral boundaries are taken into account and may produce notional results for any electoral division in a redistributed state or territory. See www.aec.gov.au/redistribution for further information.
  3. These results are final.
Two candidate preferred (TCP) for Newcastle (NSW)
Candidate Party Votes Margin This election (%) Previous election (%) Swing (%) Status
CLAYDON, SharonLabor63,34827,46163.8459.40+4.44Elected
COMPTON, DavidLiberal35,887-27,46136.1640.60-4.44 

This table provides the number of first preference votes received for all candidates in the division. The data includes swing - a comparison of the percentage of first preference votes received at the previous federal election compared to the current federal election.

This table is sortable by selecting on column headers.

Notes:

  1. These results are final.
First preference count for the division of Newcastle (NSW)
Candidate Party Votes % Swing (%) Status
CLAYDON, Sharon Labor 46,762 47.12 +2.83 Elected
COMPTON, David Liberal 29,689 29.92 -3.26  
MACKENZIE, John The Greens 13,558 13.66 +2.06  
SOUTHWELL, Stuart Democratic Labour Party (DLP) 968 0.98 +0.98  
BURGE, Karen Drug Law Reform 3,391 3.42 +3.42  
HOLDING, Rod Independent 2,735 2.76 +2.17  
CAINE, Milton Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) 2,132 2.15 +0.43  
...... ON 0 0.00 -0.57  
...... SAL 0 0.00 -0.59  
...... Australia First Party (NSW) Incorporated 0 0.00 -0.79  
...... Australian Independents 0 0.00 -0.32  
...... Palmer United Party 0 0.00 -5.01  
...... Bullet Train For Australia 0 0.00 -0.40  
...... Other 0 0.00 -0.94  
Formal   99,235 95.26 +1.56  
Informal   4,939 4.74 -1.56  
Total   104,174  

This table provides the number and percentage breakdown of first preference votes received by vote type for the division.

This table is sortable by selecting on column headers.

Notes:

  1. An ordinary vote is a vote cast by an elector when their name can be verified on the electoral roll at the place of voting. This can be at an early voting centre or polling place in the voter's own division or at an interstate voting centre.
  2. An absent vote is a vote cast at a polling place outside of a voter's electoral division, but still within their state or territory.
  3. Provisional votes are votes cast at a polling place where the elector's name cannot be found on the roll, the elector's name has already been marked off the roll or votes cast by a silent elector.
  4. These results are final.
First preferences by vote type
Candidate Party Ordinary Absent Provisional Declaration pre-poll Postal Total Status
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
CLAYDON, Sharon Labor 40,861 47.36 1,747 42.80 191 53.50 936 38.52 3,027 49.69 46,762 47.12 Elected
COMPTON, David Liberal 25,886 30.00 1,058 25.92 75 21.01 774 31.85 1,896 31.12 29,689 29.92  
MACKENZIE, John The Greens 11,820 13.70 688 16.85 56 15.69 451 18.56 543 8.91 13,558 13.66  
SOUTHWELL, Stuart Democratic Labour Party (DLP) 821 0.95 69 1.69 1 0.28 23 0.95 54 0.89 968 0.98  
BURGE, Karen Drug Law Reform 2,815 3.26 284 6.96 15 4.20 112 4.61 165 2.71 3,391 3.42  
HOLDING, Rod Independent 2,288 2.65 128 3.14 7 1.96 79 3.25 233 3.82 2,735 2.76  
CAINE, Milton Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) 1,783 2.07 108 2.65 12 3.36 55 2.26 174 2.86 2,132 2.15  
Formal   86,274 95.06 4,082 94.86 357 93.21 2,430 96.74 6,092 97.96 99,235 95.26  
Informal   4,483 4.94 221 5.14 26 6.79 82 3.26 127 2.04 4,939 4.74  
Total   90,757 87.12 4,303 4.13 383 0.37 2,512 2.41 6,219 5.97 104,174 91.92  

This table provides the number and percentage breakdown of two candidate preferred (TCP) votes received by vote type for the division.

This table is sortable by selecting on column headers.

Notes:

  1. Two candidate preferred or TCP is a count of the two leading candidates only ' votes are recorded for a particular candidate if the preference on the ballot paper for that candidate is higher than the alternative TCP candidate, regardless of other preferences. The TCP count ultimately determines who wins the seat.
  2. An ordinary vote is a vote cast by an elector when their name can be verified on the electoral roll at the place of voting. This can be at an early voting centre or polling place in the voter's own division or at an interstate voting centre.
  3. An absent vote is a vote cast at a polling place outside of a voter's electoral division, but still within their state or territory.
  4. Provisional votes are votes cast at a polling place where the elector's name cannot be found on the roll, the elector's name has already been marked off the roll or votes cast by a silent elector.
  5. These results are final.
Two candidate preferred result by vote type
Candidate Party Ordinary Absent Provisional Declaration pre-poll Postal Total Status
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
CLAYDON, Sharon Labor 55,237 64.03 2,626 64.33 255 71.43 1,464 60.25 3,766 61.82 63,348 63.84 Elected
COMPTON, David Liberal 31,037 35.97 1,456 35.67 102 28.57 966 39.75 2,326 38.18 35,887 36.16  

This table provides a list of the polling places in the division and the time and date of the most recent updated results for that polling place.

This table is sortable by selecting on column headers and you can find polling place results by selecting on the name of the polling place.

Notes:

  1. These results are final.
Polling places for Newcastle (NSW)
Polling place Street address First preference returned Two candidate preferred (TCP) returned
Adamstown Heights (Newcastle) Kotara High School, 65 Lexington Pde, ADAMSTOWN HEIGHTS NSW 2289 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 6:40:36 PM AEST Wed, 06 Jul 2016 6:40:36 PM AEST
Adamstown North Adamstown Senior Citizens Centre, 153A Brunker Rd, ADAMSTOWN NSW 2289 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 6:42:00 PM AEST Wed, 06 Jul 2016 6:42:00 PM AEST
Adamstown South St Columba's Parish Hall, Lockyer St, ADAMSTOWN NSW 2289 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 4:33:15 PM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 4:33:15 PM AEST
Beaumont Park Hamilton South Community Centre, cnr Fowler & Ogden Sts, HAMILTON SOUTH NSW 2303 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 5:30:53 PM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 5:30:53 PM AEST
Birmingham Gardens North Our Lady of Victories Primary School, 15 Lovell Pde, SHORTLAND NSW 2307 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 8:37:09 AM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 8:37:09 AM AEST
BLV Newcastle PPVC BLV Newcastle, 304/28 Smart St, CHARLESTOWN NSW 2290 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:14:59 AM AEST Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:14:59 AM AEST
Cardiff Heights (Newcastle) Cardiff Heights Baptist Church, 35 Main Rd, CARDIFF HEIGHTS NSW 2285 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 6:46:12 PM AEST Wed, 06 Jul 2016 6:46:12 PM AEST
Carrington Carrington Public School, Young St, CARRINGTON NSW 2294 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:30:16 AM AEST Thu, 07 Jul 2016 10:30:16 AM AEST
Charlestown NEWCASTLE PPVC 4/45 Pearson St, 4/45 Pearson Street, CHARLESTOWN NSW 2290 Wed, 13 Jul 2016 3:56:47 PM AEST Wed, 13 Jul 2016 3:56:47 PM AEST
Cooks Hill WEA Hunter Laman Street Campus, 100 Laman St, COOKS HILL NSW 2300 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 1:40:56 PM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 1:40:56 PM AEST
Cooks Hill South St John's Anglican Church Hall Cooks Hill, Dawson St, COOKS HILL NSW 2300 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 1:47:07 PM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 1:47:07 PM AEST
Divisional Office (PREPOLL) Divisional Office, 304/28 Smart St, CHARLESTOWN NSW 2290 Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:19:50 AM AEST Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:19:50 AM AEST
Elermore Vale (Newcastle) Elermore Vale Public School, Jubilee Rd, ELERMORE VALE NSW 2287 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:53:11 AM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:53:11 AM AEST
Georgetown St Matthew's Anglican Church Hall Georgetown, Wentworth St, GEORGETOWN NSW 2298 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:13:55 AM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:13:55 AM AEST
Glendore Glendore Public School, 295 Maryland Dr, MARYLAND NSW 2287 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:09:09 AM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:09:09 AM AEST
Hamilton Hamilton Public School, Tudor St, HAMILTON NSW 2303 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 2:02:44 PM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 2:02:44 PM AEST
Hamilton North Hamilton North Public School, Jackson St, HAMILTON NORTH NSW 2292 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:20:13 AM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:20:13 AM AEST
Hamilton South Hamilton South Public School, Kenrick St, MEREWETHER NSW 2291 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 6:26:29 PM AEST Thu, 07 Jul 2016 6:26:29 PM AEST
Islington Islington Public School, Hubbard St, ISLINGTON NSW 2296 Fri, 08 Jul 2016 3:52:24 PM AEST Fri, 08 Jul 2016 3:52:24 PM AEST
Jesmond North Callaghan College (Jesmond Senior Campus), Janet St, JESMOND NSW 2299 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 2:09:35 PM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 2:09:35 PM AEST
Kotara East New Lambton Uniting Church Hall, Grinsell St, KOTARA NSW 2289 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 4:39:44 PM AEST Thu, 07 Jul 2016 4:39:44 PM AEST
Kotara South (Newcastle) Kotara South Public School, Rae Cres, KOTARA NSW 2289 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 9:16:42 AM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 9:16:42 AM AEST
Lambton St John The Baptist Anglican Church Hall Lambton, Morehead St, LAMBTON NSW 2299 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:12:51 AM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:12:51 AM AEST
Lambton East Lambton High School, Young Rd, LAMBTON NSW 2299 Mon, 25 Jul 2016 2:57:31 PM AEST Mon, 25 Jul 2016 2:57:31 PM AEST
Maryland Maryland Public School, John T Bell Dr, MARYLAND NSW 2287 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:48:12 AM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:48:12 AM AEST
Mayfield St Andrew's Anglican Church Hall Mayfield, Church St, MAYFIELD NSW 2304 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 9:35:20 AM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 9:35:20 AM AEST
Mayfield East Mayfield East Public School, cnr Crebert & Ingall Sts, MAYFIELD EAST NSW 2304 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:11:13 AM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:11:13 AM AEST
Mayfield South Mayfield Presbyterian Church Hall, Macquarie St, MAYFIELD NSW 2304 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:02:58 AM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:02:58 AM AEST
Mayfield West Mayfield West Public School, Gregson Ave, MAYFIELD WEST NSW 2304 Fri, 08 Jul 2016 2:15:45 PM AEST Fri, 08 Jul 2016 2:15:45 PM AEST
Merewether Merewether Uniting Church Hall, 180 Glebe Rd, MEREWETHER NSW 2291 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 9:49:53 AM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 9:49:53 AM AEST
Merewether Heights Merewether Heights Public School, 156 Scenic Dr, MEREWETHER HEIGHTS NSW 2291 Fri, 08 Jul 2016 3:26:38 PM AEST Fri, 08 Jul 2016 3:26:38 PM AEST
Merewether South The Holy Family Centre, 29 Ridge St, MEREWETHER NSW 2291 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 4:08:49 PM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 4:08:49 PM AEST
Minmi Minmi Progress Hall, 100 Woodford St, MINMI NSW 2287 Sat, 09 Jul 2016 10:29:23 AM AEST Sat, 09 Jul 2016 10:29:23 AM AEST
Newcastle City Newcastle East Public School, cnr Tyrrell & Brown Sts, THE HILL NSW 2300 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:07:54 AM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:07:54 AM AEST
Newcastle NEWCASTLE PPVC 485 Hunter St, 485 Hunter Street, NEWCASTLE NSW 2300 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 4:45:10 PM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 4:45:10 PM AEST
New Lambton St Therese's Catholic Primary School, Burke St, NEW LAMBTON NSW 2305 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:22:45 AM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:22:45 AM AEST
New Lambton Central All Saints Parish House New Lambton, Cromwell St, NEW LAMBTON NSW 2305 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 1:55:23 PM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 1:55:23 PM AEST
New Lambton South New Lambton South Public School, St James Rd, NEW LAMBTON NSW 2305 Sat, 09 Jul 2016 2:42:54 PM AEST Sat, 09 Jul 2016 2:42:54 PM AEST
Pittown St Patrick's Parish Hall, 11 Macquarie St, WALLSEND NSW 2287 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 3:00:59 PM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 3:00:59 PM AEST
Plattsburg Callaghan College Wallsend Campus, Macquarie St, WALLSEND NSW 2287 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 2:14:55 PM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 2:14:55 PM AEST
Shortland Shortland Public School, Sandgate Rd, SHORTLAND NSW 2307 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:51:46 PM AEST Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:51:46 PM AEST
Silver Ridge Silver Ridge Community Hall, Iranda Gr, WALLSEND NSW 2287 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:06:39 PM AEST Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:06:39 PM AEST
Special Hospital Team 1 Multiple sites, NSW Sat, 09 Jul 2016 3:50:49 PM AEST Sat, 09 Jul 2016 3:50:49 PM AEST
Special Hospital Team 2 Multiple sites, NSW Sat, 09 Jul 2016 3:46:12 PM AEST Sat, 09 Jul 2016 3:46:12 PM AEST
Stockton Stockton Public School, Clyde St, STOCKTON NSW 2295 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 3:29:24 PM AEST Mon, 11 Jul 2016 3:29:24 PM AEST
Sydney (Newcastle) Sydney Town Hall, George St, SYDNEY NSW 2000 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 7:37:34 AM AEST Tue, 12 Jul 2016 7:37:34 AM AEST
The Junction The Junction Public School, Union St, THE JUNCTION NSW 2291 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 4:42:00 PM AEST Mon, 11 Jul 2016 4:42:00 PM AEST
Tighes Hill Tighes Hill Public School, Elizabeth St, TIGHES HILL NSW 2297 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 3:57:15 PM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 3:57:15 PM AEST
Wallsend Wallsend Public School, Martindale St, WALLSEND NSW 2287 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 9:30:05 AM AEST Tue, 12 Jul 2016 9:30:05 AM AEST
Wallsend South Wallsend South Public School, Smith Rd, ELERMORE VALE NSW 2287 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 1:44:44 PM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 1:44:44 PM AEST
Warabrook Warabrook Community Centre, 6 Angophora Dr, WARABROOK NSW 2304 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 5:14:04 PM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 5:14:04 PM AEST
Waratah Waratah Public School, Lambton Rd, WARATAH NSW 2298 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 2:10:20 PM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 2:10:20 PM AEST
Waratah West Waratah West Public School, Leonora Pde, WARATAH WEST NSW 2298 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 1:43:14 PM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 1:43:14 PM AEST

This table provides the current two candidate preferred (TCP) count for each polling place in the division. The data includes swing - a comparison of the percentage of TCP votes received at the previous federal election compared to the current federal election.

This table is sortable by selecting on column headers and you can find polling place results by selecting on the name of the polling place.

Notes:

  1. Two candidate preferred or TCP is a count of the two leading candidates only - votes are recorded for a particular candidate if the preference on the ballot paper for that candidate is higher than the alternative TCP candidate, regardless of other preferences. The TCP count ultimately determines who wins the seat.
  2. These results are final.
Two candidate preferred by polling place
Polling place Formal CLAYDON, Sharon
Labor		 COMPTON, David
Liberal		 Swing
Votes % Votes %
Adamstown Heights (Newcastle) 1,759 1,011 57.48 748 42.52 5.85
Adamstown North 1,510 1,060 70.20 450 29.80 7.65
Adamstown South 2,033 1,184 58.24 849 41.76 5.36
Beaumont Park 689 522 75.76 167 24.24 5.85
Birmingham Gardens North 1,206 883 73.22 323 26.78 10.04
BLV Newcastle PPVC 21 13 61.90 8 38.10 -0.60
Cardiff Heights (Newcastle) 914 418 45.73 496 54.27 -6.20
Carrington 1,656 1,099 66.36 557 33.64 -0.12
Charlestown NEWCASTLE PPVC 3,110 1,904 61.22 1,206 38.78 6.11
Cooks Hill 840 503 59.88 337 40.12 -1.09
Cooks Hill South 1,814 1,047 57.72 767 42.28 2.32
Divisional Office (PREPOLL) 78 49 62.82 29 37.18 13.28
Elermore Vale (Newcastle) 2,165 1,439 66.47 726 33.53 4.21
Georgetown 595 411 69.08 184 30.92 7.14
Glendore 1,992 1,302 65.36 690 34.64 2.43
Hamilton 2,353 1,600 68.00 753 32.00 3.22
Hamilton North 728 513 70.47 215 29.53 1.16
Hamilton South 2,179 1,141 52.36 1,038 47.64 0.48
Islington 1,238 942 76.09 296 23.91 0.69
Jesmond North 2,068 1,518 73.40 550 26.60 7.09
Kotara East 999 608 60.86 391 39.14 3.78
Kotara South (Newcastle) 1,400 874 62.43 526 37.57 5.44
Lambton 2,060 1,301 63.16 759 36.84 4.30
Lambton East 1,471 959 65.19 512 34.81 2.11
Maryland 2,635 1,902 72.18 733 27.82 7.52
Mayfield 1,576 1,171 74.30 405 25.70 5.69
Mayfield East 1,415 1,072 75.76 343 24.24 6.11
Mayfield South 1,531 1,142 74.59 389 25.41 7.34
Mayfield West 1,516 1,124 74.14 392 25.86 4.20
Merewether 1,238 664 53.63 574 46.37 -0.18
Merewether Heights 1,137 518 45.56 619 54.44 1.86
Merewether South 2,066 901 43.61 1,165 56.39 -4.31
Minmi 877 574 65.45 303 34.55 5.31
New Lambton 1,999 1,199 59.98 800 40.02 3.02
New Lambton Central 1,453 843 58.02 610 41.98 4.02
New Lambton South 1,678 1,088 64.84 590 35.16 4.84
Newcastle City 1,741 1,042 59.85 699 40.15 2.61
Newcastle NEWCASTLE PPVC 10,093 5,827 57.73 4,266 42.27 2.95
Pittown 860 582 67.67 278 32.33 -0.37
Plattsburg 2,347 1,684 71.75 663 28.25 4.94
Shortland 1,483 1,046 70.53 437 29.47 7.44
Silver Ridge 1,183 737 62.30 446 37.70 6.84
Special Hospital Team 1 172 107 62.21 65 37.79 5.31
Special Hospital Team 2 103 65 63.11 38 36.89 5.53
Stockton 1,844 1,280 69.41 564 30.59 5.89
Sydney (Newcastle) 35 20 57.14 15 42.86 -1.56
The Junction 2,120 1,182 55.75 938 44.25 1.91
Tighes Hill 1,493 1,137 76.16 356 23.84 1.89
Wallsend 1,588 1,154 72.67 434 27.33 4.71
Wallsend South 2,718 1,665 61.26 1,053 38.74 1.79
Warabrook 1,081 733 67.81 348 32.19 7.28
Waratah 2,332 1,677 71.91 655 28.09 6.64
Waratah West 1,082 800 73.94 282 26.06 7.88
ABSENT 4,082 2,626 64.33 1,456 35.67 0.00
PRE_POLL 2,430 1,464 60.25 966 39.75 0.00
POSTAL 6,092 3,766 61.82 2,326 38.18 0.00
PROVISIONAL 357 255 71.43 102 28.57 0.00
Division Total 99,235 63,348 63.84 35,887 36.16 4.44

This table provides the full distribution of preferences by count for the division. The data includes the number and percentage of votes for each candidate at each count.

Notes:

  1. These results are final.
Full distribution of preferences
CountCLAYDON
Sharon
(ALP)		COMPTON
David
(LP)		MACKENZIE
John
(GRN)		SOUTHWELL
Stuart
(DLP)		BURGE
Karen
(DRF)		HOLDING
Rod
(IND)		CAINE
Milton
(CDP)		Total
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
First46,76247.1229,68929.9213,55813.669680.983,3913.422,7352.762,1322.1599,235
Second21522.2111812.1911812.19Excluded868.8815516.0127628.51968
Total46,97747.3429,80730.0413,67613.783,4773.502,8902.912,4082.4399,235
Third32613.541,18549.21953.951737.1862926.12Excluded2,408
Total47,30347.6730,99231.2313,77113.883,6503.683,5193.5599,235
Fourth87824.9578922.4266018.761,19233.87Excluded3,519
Total48,18148.5531,78132.0314,43114.544,8424.8899,235
Fifth1,68334.7695619.742,20345.50Excluded4,842
Total49,86450.2532,73732.9916,63416.7699,235
Sixth13,48481.063,15018.94Excluded16,634
Total63,34863.8435,88736.1699,235
 Elected              

This table provides the number and percentage of preferences to each two candidate preferred (TCP) candidate. The data includes which other candidate the preferences came from.

Notes:

  1. Two candidate preferred or TCP is a count of the two leading candidates only - votes are recorded for a particular candidate if the preference on the ballot paper for that candidate is higher than the alternative TCP candidate, regardless of other preferences. The TCP count ultimately determines who wins the seat.
  2. These results are final.
Two candidate preferred preference flow
Candidate Party CLAYDON, Sharon
Labor		 COMPTON, David
Liberal
Votes % Votes %
MACKENZIE, JohnThe Greens11,68286.161,87613.84
SOUTHWELL, StuartDemocratic Labour Party (DLP)48750.3148149.69
BURGE, KarenDrug Law Reform2,25266.411,13933.59
HOLDING, RodIndependent1,54056.311,19543.69
CAINE, MiltonChristian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)62529.321,50770.68
First Preferences 46,762 61.17 29,689 38.83
Total 63,348 63.84 35,887 36.16

Profile of division of Newcastle (NSW)
Elected member Claydon, S (ALP). Elected 2013.
Name derivation Named after the city of Newcastle which was named by Governor King in 1804.
First proclaimed / election 1900/1901
Area 171 sq. kms
Demographic Provincial
Pre-Election seat status Fairly Safe
Seat status Safe
Location Newcastle covers an area of approximately 171 sq km from the Hunter River and the Rail Trai in the north, Minmi in the west and Newcastle Link Road, Lake Road, Reservoir Road, Wallsend Road, Newcastle Inner City Bypass, the Main Northern Railway line, Marshall Street and Main Road in the south and the coast from Merrewether to Stockton in the east. The main suburbs include Adamstown, Broadmeadow,Cardiff Heights, Carrington, Elemore Vale, Fletcher, Jesmond, Kooragang, Kotara, Lambton, Maryland, Merewether, Minmi, Newcastle, New Lambton, Sandgate, Shortland, Stockton, Waratah and Wallsend.
Products and Industry Ship-building and repairs, transport equipment, tourism, tertiary education, food-processing, railway goods, chemicals and heavy engineering. Newcastle is the second largest city in NSW and is a busy port, handling imports and exports.