The Mackerras pendulum for the 2015 New South Wales state election. [1]
| Labor seats | |||
| Marginal | |||
| Marrickville | Carmel Tebbutt | ALP v GRN | 0.9 points |
| Wollongong | Noreen Hay | ALP v IND | 1.0 points |
| Maroubra | Michael Daley | ALP | 1.6 points |
| Fairfield | Guy Zangari | ALP | 1.7 points |
| Kogarah | Cherie Burton | ALP | 1.9 points |
| Cabramatta | Nick Lalich | ALP | 2.1 points |
| Blacktown | John Robertson | ALP | 3.7 points |
| Keira | Ryan Park | ALP | 3.9 points |
| Cessnock | Clayton Barr | ALP | 4.4 points |
| Miranda | Barry Collier 5 | ALP | 5.2 points |
| Fairly safe | |||
| Wallsend | Sonia Hornery | ALP | 6.6 points |
| Mount Druitt | Richard Amery | ALP | 6.7 points |
| Lakemba | Robert Furolo | ALP | 7.0 points |
| Canterbury | Linda Burney | ALP | 8.3 points |
| Auburn | Barbara Perry | ALP | 8.5 points |
| Shellharbour | Anna Watson | ALP | 8.6 points |
| Newcastle | Tim Crakanthorp | ALP | 8.7 points |
| Safe | |||
| Bankstown | Tania Mihailuk | ALP | 10.3 points |
| Liverpool | Paul Lynch | ALP | 14.7 points |
| Heffron | Ron Hoenig 2 | ALP v GRN | 20.0 points |
| Charlestown | Jodie Harrison 7 | ALP v GRN | 20.6 points |
| Safe | |||
| Independent & other seats | |||
| Balmain | Jamie Parker | GRN v LIB | 3.5 points |
| Newtown | Newly created electorate | GRN v ALP | 4.4 points |
| Sydney | Alex Greenwich 3 | IND v LIB | 13.7 points |
| Lake Macquarie | Greg Piper | IND v LIB | 14.9 points |
| Party | Seats held | Current 42-seat Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2011 | Now | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labor Party | 14 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberal Party | 12 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National Party | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Greens | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shooters and Fishers Party | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Christian Democratic Party | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Independents | 0 | 2 [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||