Post-election pendulum for the 2003 New South Wales state election

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The Mackerras New South Wales election pendulum, 2005 shows the state of the major political parties ahead of the 2007 New South Wales state election. The table shows seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly arranged in the form of a Mackerras pendulum. The figures have been calculated on the basis of a redistribution completed in 2005.

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A uniform swing against the incumbent Labor Party government would deliver seats on the left of the table to the opposition Liberal and National parties. A swing in the government's favour would deliver seats on the right of the table to Labor.

MPs shown in italics did not contest the 2007 election.

Very safe seats

DistrictMemberPartyMarginDistrictMemberPartyMargin
Port Maccquarie Rob Oakeshott [1] Independent31.9 points
Cabramatta Reba Meagher Labor31.8 points
Marrickville Carmel Tebbutt [2] Labor31.6 points
Liverpool Paul Lynch Labor30.8 points
Northern Tablelands Richard Torbay [1] Independent30.0 points
Lakemba Morris Iemma Labor28.8 points
Canterbury Linda Burney Labor27.6 points
Wollongong Noreen Hay Labor27.4 points
Shellharbour [3] Marianne Saliba Labor27.0 points
Mount Druitt Richard Amery Labor26.8 points
Auburn Barbara Perry Labor26.5 points
Bankstown Tony Stewart Labor26.4 points
Fairfield Joe Tripodi Labor26.0 points
Smithfield Carl Scully Labor25.9 points
Blacktown Paul Gibson Labor24.9 points
Keira David Campbell Labor24.0 points
Heffron Kristina Keneally Labor23.9 points
Maroubra Michael Daley Labor23.5 points
Macquarie Fields Steven Chaytor Labor22.6 points Albury Greg Aplin Liberal22.5 points
Wallsend John Mills Labor20.1 points Davidson Andrew Humpherson Liberal20.9 points

Safe seats

DistrictMemberPartyMarginDistrictMemberPartyMargin
Campbelltown Graham West Labor19.6 points
Granville Kim Yeadon Labor19.4 points
Kogarah Cherie Burton Labor19.3 points
East Hills Alan Ashton Labor18.6 points
Cessnock Kerry Hickey Labor18.5 points
Balmain [4] Sandra Nori [5] Labor17.6 points
Swansea Vacant [6] Labor17.1 points
Toongabbie Pam Allan [7] Labor16.7 points
Mulgoa Diane Beamer Labor16.6 points
Rockdale Frank Sartor Labor16.0 points
Newcastle Bryce Gaudry Labor [8] 15.4 points Murrumbidgee Adrian Piccoli National18.9 points
Strathfield Virginia Judge Labor14.9 points Ku-ring-gai Barry O'Farrell Liberal18.8 points
Blue Mountains Bob Debus Labor14.8 points Sydney Clover Moore [9] Independent15.0 points
Ryde John Watkins Labor14.7 points Barwon Ian Slack-Smith National14.7 points
Oatley [10] Kevin Greene Labor14.2 points Hawkesbury Steven Pringle Liberal [11] 14.6 points
Parramatta Tanya Gadiel Labor13.5 points Myall Lakes John Turner National13.9 points
Bathurst Gerard Martin Labor13.4 points Wakehurst Brad Hazzard Liberal13.2 points
Charlestown Matthew Morris Labor13.3 points Wagga Wagga Daryl Maguire Liberal12.7 points
Coogee Paul Pearce Labor13.2 points Burrinjuck Katrina Hodgkinson National12.4 points
Riverstone John Aquilina Labor13.1 points North Shore Jillian Skinner Liberal12.3 points
Heathcote Paul McLeay Labor12.3 points Coffs Harbour Andrew Fraser National11.9 points
Wyong Paul Crittenden Labor12.2 points Vaucluse Peter Debnam Liberal10.9 points
Lake Macquarie Jeff Hunter Labor11.6 points Castle Hill [12] Michael Richardson Liberal10.8 points

Fairly safe seats

DistrictMemberPartyMarginDistrictMemberPartyMargin
Maitland John Price Labor9.8 points
The Entrance Grant McBride Labor9.6 points
Miranda Barry Collier Labor8.9 points
Drummoyne Angela D'Amore Labor8.8 points
Menai Alison Megarrity Labor8.4 points Oxley Andrew Stoner National9.7 points
Camden Geoff Corrigan Labor8.3 points Ballina Don Page National9.1 points
Londonderry Allan Shearan Labor8.2 points Cronulla Malcolm Kerr Liberal8.6 points
Gosford Marie Andrews [13] Labor8.2 points Lismore Thomas George National8.1 points
Kiama Matt Brown Labor8.1 points Epping Andrew Tink Liberal7.6 points
Port Stephens John Bartlett Labor7.2 points Willoughby Gladys Berejiklian Liberal7.4 points
Penrith Karyn Paluzzano Labor6.6 points Upper Hunter George Souris National7.2 points

Marginal seats

DistrictMemberPartyMarginDistrictMemberPartyMargin
Orange Russell Turner National5.9 points
Clarence Steve Cansdell National5.3 points
Bega Andrew Constance Liberal4.7 points
Pittwater Alex McTaggart [14] Independent5.4 points Goulburn Peta Seaton [15] Liberal4.5 points
Wollondilly New seatLabor4.6 points Hornsby Judy Hopwood Liberal4.2 points
Monaro Steve Whan Labor4.4 points Baulkham Hills Wayne Merton Liberal4.0 points
Tweed Neville Newell Labor4.0 points Lane Cove Anthony Roberts Liberal2.8 points
Tamworth Peter Draper [1] Independent1.9 points South Coast Shelley Hancock Liberal1.6 points
Manly David Barr [14] Independent1.2 points Murray-Darling Peter Black [16] Labor−1.4 points
Dubbo Dawn Fardell [1] Independent0.3 points Terrigal [17] Chris Hartcher Liberal0.6 points

Independents

A version of the table published in The Australian on 19 February 2007 [18] showed all seats as effectively Coalition or Labor depending on the favoured major party among the electorate's voters. On this interpretation, Clover Moore's seat of Sydney is shown on the government side, alone among the seven sitting independents.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Two-candidate preferred result against Nationals
  2. Two-candidate preferred result against Liberals shown. Two-candidate preferred result against Greens, who polled second, was 10.0 points
  3. Seat formerly known as Illawarra
  4. Seat formerly known as Port Jackson
  5. Two-candidate preferred margin to Liberals shown. Two-candidate preferred margin to Greens, who polled second in this electorate, is 7.1 points
  6. Seat formerly held by Milton Orkopoulos. No by-election held after MP's resignation.
  7. Allen held now-abolished district of Wentworthville, but is not running again.
  8. Gaudry is recontesting the seat as an independent
  9. Margin to ALP shown
  10. Seat formerly known as Georges River
  11. Pringle is recontesting the seat as an independent
  12. Electorate formerly known as The Hills
  13. Andrews currently represents the now-abolished seat of Peats
  14. 1 2 Two-candidate preferred result against Liberal Party
  15. Seaton represented the now-abolished seat of Southern Highlands
  16. Notional National Party seat
  17. Seat formerly known as Gosford
  18. "The Australian | The Australian Homepage". The Australian . Retrieved 16 July 2010.[ dead link ]