Electoral district of Penrith

Penrith is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales since 1973.[1] It has been represented by Stuart Ayres of the Liberal Party since the 2010 by-election. It was a safe Labor seat for most of its history before 2010, but Ayres won the 2010 by-election with a swing of 25.7 percent—at the time, the biggest swing against a sitting government in New South Wales history.[2]

Penrith
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1973–present
MPStuart Ayres
PartyLiberal Party
NamesakePenrith
Electors56,565 (2019)
Area75.61 km2 (29.2 sq mi)
Electorates around Penrith:
Blue Mountains Hawkesbury Londonderry
Blue Mountains Penrith Londonderry
Blue Mountains Mulgoa Mulgoa

Penrith includes the suburbs of Penrith, Emu Heights, Emu Plains, Glenbrook, Jamisontown, Lapstone, Lemongrove, Leonay, South Penrith and parts of Blaxland, Caddens, Cambridge Park, Castlereagh, Cambridge Gardens, Cranebrook, Kingswood and Werrington.[3]

Members for Penrith
MemberPartyTerm
  Ron Mulock [4] Labor 1973–1981
  Peter Anderson [5] Labor 1981–1988
  Guy Matheson [6] Liberal 1988–1991
  Faye Lo Po' [7] Labor 1991–2003
  Karyn Paluzzano [8] Labor 2003–2010
  Stuart Ayres [9] Liberal 2010–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Penrith
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Penrith[edit]
2019 New South Wales state election: Penrith [10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Stuart Ayres 19,561 40.04 −5.59
Labor Karen McKeown 17,415 35.65 +2.79
One Nation Carl Halley 3,510 7.18 +7.18
Greens Nick Best 2,454 5.02 −0.51
Independent Mark Tyndall 1,415 2.90 +2.90
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Rodney Franich 1,276 2.61 +2.61
Christian Democrats David Burton 1,095 2.24 −1.66
Animal Justice Kaj McBeth 885 1.81 +1.81
Independent Marcus Cornish 665 1.36 +1.36
Sustainable Australia Geoff Brown 577 1.18 +1.18
Total formal votes 48,853 96.41 +0.43
Informal votes 1,819 3.59 −0.43
Turnout 50,672 89.58 −1.91
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Stuart Ayres 21,204 51.34 −4.90
Labor Karen McKeown 20,096 48.66 +4.90
Liberal hold Swing−4.90

References
  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Penrith". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  2. "Penrith- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  3. "Penrith". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  4. "The Hon. Ronald Joseph Mulock (1930-2014)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  5. "The Hon. Peter Thomas Anderson (1947- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  6. "Mr Guy Kevin Vincent Matheson (1951- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  7. "The Hon. Faye Lo Po' (1936- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  8. "Mrs Karyn Lesley Paluzzano (1960- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  9. "The Hon. Stuart Laurence Ayres, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  10. "Penrith: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  11. "Penrith: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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