Electoral results for the Division of Gilmore

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Gilmore in Australian federal elections from the electorate's creation in 1984 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	John Sharp	National	1984–1993
	Peter Knott	Labor	1993–1996
	Joanna Gash	Liberal	1996–2013
	Ann Sudmalis	Liberal	2013–2019
	Fiona Phillips	Labor	2019–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Gilmore.[ edit ]

2022 Australian federal election: Gilmore ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Constance	44,292	42.47	+13.28
	Labor	Fiona Phillips	37,686	36.13	−0.06
	Greens	Carmel McCallum	10,275	9.85	−0.12
	Independent	Nina Digiglio	4,379	4.20	+4.20
	One Nation	Jerremy Eid	4,050	3.88	+3.88
	United Australia	Jordan Maloney	2,807	2.69	−0.69
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Fadini	809	0.78	+0.78
Total formal votes			104,298	95.65	+0.90
Informal votes			4,745	4.35	−0.90
Turnout			109,043	85.33
	Labor	Fiona Phillips	52,994	50.07	−2.55
	Liberal	Andrew Constance	52,852	49.93	+2.55

Results are not final. Last updated on 30 May 2022 at 11:00 pm AEST.

Elections in the 2010s

2019

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Gilmore.[ edit ]

2019 Australian federal election: Gilmore ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fiona Phillips	38,972	36.19	−3.04
	Liberal	Warren Mundine	31,427	29.19	−16.09
	National	Katrina Hodgkinson	13,462	12.50	+12.50
	Greens	Carmel McCallum	10,740	9.97	−0.52
	Independent	Grant Schultz	7,585	7.04	+7.04
	United Australia	Milton Leslight	3,638	3.38	+3.38
	Christian Democrats	Serah Kolukulapally	1,853	1.72	−3.28
Total formal votes			107,677	94.75	−1.12
Informal votes			5,970	5.25	+1.12
Turnout			113,647	92.88	+0.01
	Labor	Fiona Phillips	56,652	52.61	+3.34
	Liberal	Warren Mundine	51,025	47.39	−3.34
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.34

2016

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Gilmore.[ edit ]

2016 Australian federal election: Gilmore ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ann Sudmalis	46,713	45.28	−2.15
	Labor	Fiona Phillips	40,476	39.23	+4.97
	Greens	Carmel McCallum	10,820	10.49	+1.43
	Christian Democrats	Steve Ryan	5,160	5.00	+2.16
Total formal votes			103,169	95.87	+1.08
Informal votes			4,442	4.13	−1.08
Turnout			107,611	92.87	−0.27
	Liberal	Ann Sudmalis	52,336	50.73	−3.05
	Labor	Fiona Phillips	50,833	49.27	+3.05
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.05

2013

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Gilmore.[ edit ]

2013 Australian federal election: Gilmore ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ann Sudmalis	41,726	46.00	−4.93
	Labor	Neil Reilly	31,789	35.05	−0.13
	Greens	Terry Barratt	8,438	9.30	−0.27
	Palmer United	Lyndal Harris	5,726	6.31	+6.31
	Christian Democrats	Steve Ryan	3,030	3.34	+0.67
Total formal votes			90,709	94.83	−0.06
Informal votes			4,946	5.17	+0.06
Turnout			95,655	94.29	−0.33
	Liberal	Ann Sudmalis	47,758	52.65	−2.67
	Labor	Neil Reilly	42,951	47.35	+2.67
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.67

2010

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2010 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Gilmore.[ edit ]

2010 Australian federal election: Gilmore ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joanna Gash	44,050	50.93	+5.15
	Labor	Neil Reilly	30,430	35.18	−6.83
	Greens	Ben van der Wijngaart	8,279	9.57	+1.49
	Christian Democrats	Bohdan Brumerskyj	2,310	2.67	+0.18
	Family First	Elizabeth Cunningham	781	0.90	+0.50
	Liberal Democrats	Don Keys	374	0.43	+0.28
	Secular	Annette Williams	275	0.32	+0.32
Total formal votes			86,499	94.89	−0.87
Informal votes			4,658	5.11	+0.87
Turnout			91,157	94.64	−1.17
	Liberal	Joanna Gash	47,850	55.32	+5.73
	Labor	Neil Reilly	38,649	44.68	−5.73
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+5.73

Elections in the 2000s

2007

2007 Australian federal election: Gilmore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joanna Gash	40,513	50.39	-3.83
	Labor	Neil Reilly	30,386	37.79	+5.71
	Greens	Ben van der Wijngaart	6,070	7.55	+0.32
	Christian Democrats	Bohdan Brumerskyj	1,755	2.18	-1.71
	Independent	Of The Above None	686	0.85	+0.85
	Family First	Brett Greenhalgh	407	0.51	+0.51
	Climate Conservatives	Simon Blake	370	0.46	+0.46
	Liberty & Democracy	Kevin Ramsey	151	0.19	+0.19
	CEC	Warwick Hunt	59	0.07	-0.09
Total formal votes			80,397	95.79	+0.24
Informal votes			3,536	4.21	-0.24
Turnout			83,933	95.88	+0.61
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joanna Gash	43,467	54.07	-5.34
	Labor	Neil Reilly	36,930	45.93	+5.34
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.34

2004

2004 Australian federal election: Gilmore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joanna Gash	43,723	54.58	-1.53
	Labor	Megan Pikett	24,835	31.00	+4.95
	Greens	Ben van der Wijngaart	6,234	7.78	+2.29
	Christian Democrats	Paul Green	3,381	4.22	+2.59
	One Nation	Col Harding	1,762	2.20	-3.60
	CEC	Jean McClung	176	0.22	+0.07
Total formal votes			80,111	95.77	+0.11
Informal votes			3,542	4.23	-0.11
Turnout			83,653	95.47	-0.21
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joanna Gash	48,130	60.08	-4.55
	Labor	Megan Pikett	31,981	39.92	+4.55
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.55

2001

2001 Australian federal election: Gilmore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joanna Gash	43,089	56.11	+10.97
	Labor	Peter Knott	20,011	26.06	-9.78
	One Nation	Geoff Crocker	4,454	5.80	-5.24
	Greens	Jane Bange	4,218	5.49	+2.78
	Democrats	Michael Hayes	3,323	4.33	+1.04
	Christian Democrats	Steve Ryan	1,253	1.63	-0.36
	Unity	Paul McLeod	339	0.44	+0.44
	CEC	Jean McClung	113	0.15	+0.15
Total formal votes			76,800	95.66	-2.05
Informal votes			3,485	4.34	+2.05
Turnout			80,285	96.49
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joanna Gash	49,634	64.63	+10.08
	Labor	Peter Knott	27,166	35.37	-10.08
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.08

Elections in the 1990s

1998

1998 Australian federal election: Gilmore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joanna Gash	33,390	45.09	-5.42
	Labor	Sandra McCarthy	26,509	35.80	-2.51
	One Nation	Tom Dell	8,206	11.08	+11.08
	Democrats	Peter Fraser	2,444	3.30	-1.50
	Greens	Jane Bange	2,020	2.73	-0.11
	Christian Democrats	Steve Ryan	1,481	2.00	+0.44
Total formal votes			74,050	97.70	+0.05
Informal votes			1,743	2.30	-0.05
Turnout			75,793	96.21	-0.86
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joanna Gash	40,013	54.04	-2.20
	Labor	Sandra McCarthy	34,037	45.96	+2.20
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.20

1996

1996 Australian federal election: Gilmore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joanna Gash	36,261	50.51	+8.76
	Labor	Peter Knott	27,503	38.31	-4.38
	Democrats	Joanne McGrath	3,449	4.80	+1.35
	Greens	David Rothschild	2,039	2.84	-1.88
	Independent	Tom Dell	1,195	1.66	+1.66
	Call to Australia	Charles Chappell	1,117	1.56	+1.56
	Natural Law	Rosemary Keighley	220	0.31	+0.08
Total formal votes			71,784	97.65	-0.18
Informal votes			1,730	2.35	+0.18
Turnout			73,514	97.07	+0.05
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joanna Gash	40,243	56.24	+6.69
	Labor	Peter Knott	31,317	43.76	-6.69
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+6.69

1993

1993 Australian federal election: Gilmore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Knott	28,559	42.69	+3.13
	Liberal	Bill Eddy	27,932	41.76	+23.53
	National	Max Atkins	3,380	5.05	-19.97
	Greens	May Leatch	3,160	4.72	+4.10
	Democrats	Greg Butler	2,312	3.46	-9.65
	Independent	Jeff Stanborough	925	1.38	+1.38
	Independent	Ruth Devenney	475	0.71	+0.71
	Natural Law	Rosemary Keighley	151	0.23	+0.23
Total formal votes			66,894	97.83	+0.02
Informal votes			1,483	2.17	-0.02
Turnout			68,377	97.02
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Knott	33,721	50.45	+1.24
	Liberal	Bill Eddy	33,115	49.55	-1.24
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+1.24

1990

1990 Australian federal election: Gilmore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	John Sharp	32,819	48.7	-3.6
	Labor	Mick Shea	26,677	39.6	-1.3
	Democrats	Susan Nagy	7,935	11.8	+7.2
Total formal votes			67,431	97.5
Informal votes			1,745	2.5
Turnout			69,176	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	John Sharp	36,655	54.4	-1.8
	Labor	Mick Shea	30,725	45.6	+1.8
	National hold		Swing	-1.8

Elections in the 1980s

1987

1987 Australian federal election: Gilmore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	John Sharp	32,216	52.3	+24.0
	Labor	John Wright	25,207	40.9	-3.5
	Democrats	Alan Blackshaw	2,849	4.6	+1.9
	Independent	Reen Dixon	1,356	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			61,628	97.1
Informal votes			1,826	2.9
Turnout			63,454	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	John Sharp	34,643	56.2	+5.0
	Labor	John Wright	26,977	43.8	-5.0
	National hold		Swing	+5.0

1984

1984 Australian federal election: Gilmore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Stephens	25,812	44.4	-1.6
	National	John Sharp	16,463	28.3	+13.8
	Liberal	Noel Anderson	12,213	21.0	-11.9
	Nuclear Disarmament	Rodney Lander	2,003	3.4	+3.4
	Democrats	John Sanders	1,595	2.7	-1.6
	Independent	Ronald Sarina	114	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			58,200	95.9
Informal votes			2,458	4.1
Turnout			60,658	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	John Sharp	29,800	51.2	+51.2
	Labor	Bob Stephens	28,378	48.8	-1.7
	National notional  gain from Labor		Swing	+1.7

References

1. Gilmore, NSW, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
2. Gilmore, NSW, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.
3. Gilmore, NSW, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
4. 2013 results for Gilmore, AEC.
5. "2010 results for Gilmore". AEC.

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos