Electoral district of Castle Hill

Castle Hill New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Created	2007
MP	Mark Hodges
Party	Liberal Party
Namesake	Castle Hill
Electors	60,394 (2023)
Area	99.95 km2 (38.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner metropolitan
Electorates around Castle Hill: Hawkesbury Hawkesbury Hornsby Kellyville Castle Hill Hornsby Winston Hills Winston Hills Epping Epping

Castle Hill is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Mark Hodges of the Liberal Party.

It is a conservative urban electorate in the Hills District in Sydney's north west.

History

The electorate formed during the redistribution in 2004 and replaced the former electorate of The Hills, which was abolished at the same time. It was first contested at the 2007 election, when it was won by Michael Richardson, previously the member for The Hills.

While the Hills District has long been Liberal heartland, Castle Hill is considered a particularly safe seat even by Hills standards. Counting its time as The Hills, the Liberals have always won an outright majority in this seat on the first count. In the first three elections after its creation, Labor was lucky to win 30 percent of the two-party vote.

After the 2015 election, it was the safest seat in the state, with a 29.4 percent swing needed for Labor to win it.

At the 2023 state election, the Liberals suffered a swing of 11.5 percent, but still retained it with 60.9 percent of the two-party vote. Labor managed 39.1 percent of the two-party vote, its best showing in the seat and its predecessors since winning 45 percent in The Hills during the "Wranslide" of 1978.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Castle Hill takes in the suburbs of Annangrove, Glenhaven, Kenthurst, Glenorie, Castle Hill, Dural, Middle Dural, Baulkham Hills, and West Pennant Hills. ^{[1] [2]}

Members for Castle Hill

Member		Party	Period
	Michael Richardson   [3]	Liberal	2007–2011
	Dominic Perrottet   [4]	Liberal	2011–2015
	Ray Williams   [5]	Liberal	2015–2023
	Mark Hodges	Liberal	2023–present

Election results

See also: Electoral results for the district of Castle Hill

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Castle Hill.[ edit ]

2023 New South Wales state election: Castle Hill ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Hodges	27,085	50.7	−13.4
	Labor	Tina Cartwright	15,159	28.4	+8.3
	Greens	Tina Kordrostami	4,786	9.0	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	My Trinh	3,642	6.8	+6.8
	Sustainable Australia	Eric Claus	1,403	2.6	−0.5
	Independent	Nathan Organ	1,352	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			53,427	97.6	+0.1
Informal votes			1,300	2.4	−0.1
Turnout			54,727	90.6	−1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Mark Hodges	29,223	60.9	−11.5
	Labor	Tina Cartwright	18,760	39.1	+11.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−11.5

References

1. "Castle Hill". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 23 November 2019.
2. "The Legislative Assembly District of Castle Hill". elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
3. "Mr Michael John Richardson (1949– )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 September 2019.
4. "The Hon. Dominic Francis Perrottet MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 October 2019.
5. "Mr (Ray) Raymond Craig Williams MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 April 2019.
6. LA First Preference: Castle Hill, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
7. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Castle Hill, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.