2012 Sydney state by-election

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2012 Sydney state by-election
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27 October 2012
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Alex Greenwich outside APH (cropped).jpg Shayne Mallard Feb 2011.jpg Councillor Chris Harris, City of Sydney Council, 2004.tif
Candidate Alex Greenwich Shayne Mallard Chris Harris
Party Independent Liberal Greens
Popular vote17,68711,5436,616
Percentage47.3%30.9%17.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg 47.3Decrease2.svg 5.3Increase2.svg 4.9
TPP 63.7%36.3%
TPP swingIncrease2.svg 63.7Decrease2.svg 10.6
Sydney NSW State Electoral District.png
Electoral district of Sydney in central metropolitan Sydney
MP before election

Clover Moore
Independent

Elected MP

Alex Greenwich
Independent

A by-election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Sydney was held on Saturday 27 October 2012. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of independent MP Clover Moore due to the legislation preventing dual membership of state parliament and local council. [1]

Contents

Following the 2012 local government elections in which Moore was re-elected for a third term as Lord Mayor of Sydney, Moore resigned from NSW Parliament. Laws passed through NSW Parliament in 2012 ceased dual state parliament and local council representation. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Alex Greenwich, an independent candidate backed by Moore easily won the seat. [7] [8] [9] [10]

Dates

DateEvent  [11]
8 October 2012 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls. [12]
10 October 2012Close of party nominations
11 October 2012Close of independent nominations, ballot paper order draw conducted
15 October 2012 Early voting began
27 October 2012Polling day, between the hours of 8 am and 6 pm

Background

Moore was first elected to the marginal seat of Bligh at the 1988 election. Her largest primary vote was 43.7 percent in 1991, while her largest two-candidate preferred vote was 64.7 percent in 2003. The seat was replaced by Sydney at the 2007 election, where Moore retained the seat with a primary vote of 39.6 percent (+7.2) and a two-candidate preferred vote of 66.6 percent (+1.6) against Labor. At the 2011 election, Moore retained the seat with a primary vote of 36.3 percent and a two-candidate vote of 53.1 percent against the Liberals with a primary vote of 36.2 percent (+14.6), the Greens on 12.8 percent (−2.8), and Labor on 11.3 percent (−8.7). In two-party preferred terms, the seat had a Liberal vote of 65.5 percent (+22.4) against Labor. [13] [14]

There was a 16.3 percent two-party preferred swing away from the Coalition government at the 2011 Clarence by-election. The Coalition did not contest the 2012 Heffron by-election which Labor retained with an increased margin. Labor strategically chose not to contest the Sydney by-election. [15]

Candidates

The five candidates in ballot paper order were as follows:

Candidates  [14]
  Christian Democratic Party Robyn Peebles Pastor of West Ryde Church of the Good Shepherd, state and federal serial candidate.
  Independent Alex Greenwich LGBT rights campaigner, leader of Australian Marriage Equality. Endorsed by Clover Moore. [16]
  Greens Chris Harris Councillor for City of Sydney 2004–2012. Contested Sydney in 2007.
  Liberal Party Shayne Mallard Councillor for City of South Sydney 2000–2004 and City of Sydney 2004–2012. LGBT rights campaigner. [17] Contested Bligh in 2003.
  Independent Glenn WallLong-term local activist, most recently involved with the Occupy Sydney movement.

Polling

Results

2012 Sydney by-election
Saturday 27 October  [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Alex Greenwich 17,68747.3+47.3
Liberal Shayne Mallard 11,54330.9–5.3
Greens Chris Harris 6,61617.7+4.9
Independent Glenn Wall8252.2+2.2
Christian Democrats Robyn Peebles7241.9+0.8
Total formal votes37,39597.2–0.6
Informal votes1,0622.8+0.6
Turnout 38,45762.6–21.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Alex Greenwich 21,28363.7+63.7
Liberal Shayne Mallard 12,12036.3–10.6
Independent hold Swing N/A

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