Results of the 2015 New South Wales state election (Legislative Council)

2015 New South Wales state election
(Legislative Council)

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21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Duncan Gay Luke Foley None Party Coalition Labor Greens Seats before 19 14 5 Seats won 9 7 2 Seats after 20 12 5 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 1,839,452 1,341,943 428,036 Percentage 42.61% 31.09% 9.92% Swing 5.07pp 7.36pp 1.20pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   SFF AJP Leader Robert Borsak Fred Nile None Party SFF Christian Democrats Animal Justice Seats before 2 2 0 Seats won 1 1 1 Seats after 2 2 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 167,871 126,305 76,819 Percentage 3.89% 2.93% 1.78% Swing 0.20pp 0.20pp 1.78pp

This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 2015 New South Wales state election.

Results

2015 New South Wales state election: Legislative Council

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			196,205
	Liberal/National Coalition	1. John Ajaka (Lib) (elected 1) 2. Ben Franklin (Nat) (elected 4) 3. Matthew Mason-Cox (Lib) (elected 7) 4. Don Harwin (Lib) (elected 9) 5. Bronnie Taylor (Nat) (elected 11) 6. Lou Amato (Lib) (elected 13) 7. Shayne Mallard (Lib) (elected 15) 8. Trevor Khan (Nat) (elected 16) 9. Scott Farlow (Lib) (elected 17) 10. Hollie Hughes (Lib) 11. John Williams (Nat) 12. Reena Jethi (Lib) 13. Craig Chung (Lib) 14. Jennifer Carpenter (Lib) 15. Matthew Connolly (Nat) 16. Steve Yang (Lib)	1,839,452	42.61	−5.07
	Labor	1. Sophie Cotsis (elected 2) 2. Walt Secord (elected 5) 3. Lynda Voltz (elected 8) 4. Shaoquett Moselmane (elected 10) 5. Mick Veitch (elected 12) 6. Adam Searle (elected 14) 7. Courtney Houssos (elected 18) 8. Daniel Mookhey 9. Helen Westwood 10. Aisha Amjad 11. Annette Priest 12. Jill Lay 13. Floris Lam 14. Blake Mooney 15. Keith Williams 16. Frank Alafaci 17. Kun Huang 18. Lucille McKenna 19. Jennifer Clapham 20. Rosemary Maker 21. Daniel Barbar	1,341,943	31.09	+7.36
	Greens	1. John Kaye (elected 3) 2. Mehreen Faruqi (elected 6) 3. Justin Field 4. Dawn Walker 5. James Ryan 6. Penny Blatchford 7. Melissa Brooks 8. Jan Davis 9. Christine Donayre 10. Mithra Cox 11. Marika Kontellis 12. Sylvie Ellsmore 13. Therese Doyle 14. Harriett Swift 15. Darelle Duncan 16. Susan Jarnason 17. Barbara Bloch 18. Matthew Thompson 19. Sue Stock 20. De Brierley Newton 21. Kylie Turner	428,036	9.92	−1.20
	Shooters and Fishers	1. Robert Borsak (elected 19) 2. Peter Johnson 3. Karl Houseman 4. Steve Lee 5. Daniel Spears 6. Jacqui Wood 7. Alain Noujaim 8. Dane Van Der Neut 9. Leslie Palmer 10. Sam Cannuli 11. Danielle Neville 12. Nadrra Sarkis 13. Jason LeSage 14. Craig Steel 15. Tony McManus 16. Mike Crockford 17. Peter Richards 18. Arthur Baker 19. Linda Patchett 20. Bob Shaw 21. Dave Cook	167,871	3.89	+0.2
	Christian Democrats	1. Fred Nile (elected 20) 2. Ross Clifford 3. Peter Tadros 4. Simon Khoury 5. Soon-Hyung Kwon 6. Stan Colefax 7. Elwyn Sheppard 8. Valerie Tarela-Moyes 9. Beth Smith 10. Joe Chircop 11. Roger Bolling 12. Kay Bolling 13. Elwynne Waddell 14. Graham Waddell 15. Andrew Green 16. Robyn Peebles 17. Bernie Gesling 18. Leeanne Gesling 19. Arthur Moore 20. Diana Thew	126,305	2.93	−0.2
	No Land Tax	1. Peter Jones 2. Pat Carbone 3. Gus Macri 4. James Ruben 5. Gary Adamson 6. Cathy O'Toole 7. Sharon Fitzpatrick 8. Ron Wilson 9. Joe Lopreiato 10. Jezza Armer 11. Emma Cacciotti 12. James Austin 13. Frank Franzone 14. Ulysses Maclaren 15. Kate Lynch 16. Patria Cook	82,054	1.90
	Animal Justice	1. Mark Pearson (elected 21) 2. Lynda Stoner 3. Tracey Keenan 4. Rosemary Garlick 5. Marcel Woolfe 6. Julia Riseley 7. Sally Dingle Wall 8. Douglas Davison 9. Ellie Robertson 10. Wayne Ericksen 11. Joanna Ericksen 12. Carol Bellenger 13. Debbie Tomasums 14. Kate Paterson 15. Laurie Akkanen 16. Theresa Taylor	76,819	1.78
	Voluntary Euthanasia	1. Shayne Higson 2. Richard Mills 3. Deirdre Johnson 4. Brian Beaumont Owles 5. Judith Daley 6. Bill King 7. Natasha Mulhall 8. Joshua Britt 9. Kath Schilling 10. John Mackenzie 11. Sandi Steep 12. Ken Meyer 13. Donald Bayley 14. Patricia Driscoll 15. Geoffrey Williams	40,710	0.94
	No Parking Meters	1. Charles Matthews 2. Robert Morris 3. Jeff Sayle 4. Victor Brooking 5. Eddie Nasr 6. Kevin Barron 7. Louise Morrisey 8. Frank Bennett 9. Paul Dean 10. Michael Morrisey 11. Ranbir Singh 12. Hasmukhlal Gohil 13. Jo-Anne Morrisey 14. Michelle Morrisey 15. Carol Matthews 16. John Downey 17. Neil Paine 18. Michael Garnett 19. Susan Bisaro 20. Christopher Quinane 21. Eileen Quinane	34,852	0.81	−0.40
	Fishing Party	1. Bob Smith 2. Liz Stocker 3. Craig Oaten 4. Chris Goodbar 5. Deanne Shepherd 6. Stewart Paterson 7. Luke Vitnell 8. Adrian Purcell 9. Miranda Shepherd 10. Scott Atkins 11. Craig McCartney 12. Ted Mackay 13. Kevin Johnson 14. Vicki Johns 15. Dave McCartney 16. Michael O'Connor 17. Paul Derrick 18. Adrian Callaghan 19. Matt Small 20. Victor Shen	31,882	0.74	−0.59
	Outdoor Recreation	1. Peter Whelan 2. Mark Ellis 3. James Whelan 4. Suellen Bell 5. Joaquim De Lima 6. Richard Berner 7. Adam Frost 8. Graham Nickols 9. Jim Musgrave 10. Terje Petersen 11. Vinay Kolhatkar 12. Stephen Denton 13. Keith Garemyn 14. Janos Beregszaszi 15. Robert Dawson	31,445	0.73	−0.04
	Motorist	1. Denis Walford 2. Bob Honeybrook 3. Grant Walford 4. Paul Di Meglio 5. Lindy Kyle 6. Anthony Hogan 7. Christine Sutherland 8. Ross Bridge 9. Robert Ward 10. Neil Blanch 11. Brendon Munn 12. Terry Foster 13. Phillip Diiorio 14. John Wardle 15. Wes Ward 16. Nicole Walford 17. Kath Ward	27,785	0.64
	Democrats	1. Rendall Wagner 2. Ronaldo Villaver 3. Simon Lovell 4. Julia Melland 5. Andrew Wallace 6. Sue-Maree Olsen 7. Mayo Materazzo 8. David King 9. Samantha Elliott-Halls 10. Glenn Luxford 11. Stephen Bingle 12. Garry Dalrymple 13. John Wiggin 14. Thomas Barca 15. Chris Ridings	23,466	0.54	−0.30
	Cyclists	1. Omar Khalifa 2. Anthony New 3. Ingrid Ralph 4. Ken Thompson 5. George Paxinos 6. Yvette Paxinos 7. James Pennefather 8. Philip Griffiths 9. Nick Bonich 10. Chloe Mason 11. David Denton 12. Dave Gardiner 13. Roman Ciurpita 14. Barbara Hickson 15. Angus Harper-Smith	21,280	0.49
	Building Australia	1. Ray Brown 2. Eva Emrich 3. Michael O'Donnell 4. David Walter 5. Nikki Atkins 6. Geoff Craig 7. Ross Harwood 8. Christine Murray 9. Bob Hearn 10. Neville Jones 11. John Vellenga 12. Helen Boland 13. Chris Ericoli 14. John Rostirolla 15. Simon Costigan 16. Gregory Atkins 17. Kevin Cranfield	12,466	0.29	+0.07
	Socialist Alliance	1. Sharlene Leroy-Dyer 2. John Rainford 3. Mia Sanders 4. Howard Byrnes 5. Pip Hinman 6. Gregory McFarlane 7. Rachel Evans 8. John Coleman 9. Coral Wynter 10. Ben Kohler 11. Jemma Nott 12. Paul Benedek 13. Kathryn Fairfax 14. Duncan Roden 15. Margaret Allan 16. Nicole McGregor	8,489	0.20	−0.06
	Group D	1. Christopher Buttel 2. Sean Stratton 3. Nicholas Renshaw 4. Kristy Strong 5. Peter Brennan 6. Jamie Ambrose 7. Mark Fisher-Webster 8. Thomas Russell 9. Bradley Law 10. Andrew George 11. Philip Imsies 12. Simon Zammit 13. Mark Howard 14. Darrel Greentree 15. Joshua Rousell 16. Lynette Miller	6,251	0.14
	Group J	1. James Liu 2. Wei Jing 3. Cerelia Fountain 4. Bao Ming Xian 5. Jie Liang 6. Hua Mei Ruan 7. Xiao Fang Zhou 8. Xiao Yi Guo 9. Lam Chong Cheung 10. Iok Long Ng 11. Xue Ming Pan 12. Kim Fong Ng 12. Yingxi Ma 14. Nan Yin 15. Feng Yi Ni	4,361	0.10
	Strata [a]	1. Christine Byrne 2. Jan Rashbrook 3. Pamela Dilworth 4. John Hutchinson 5. Ken Parkes 6. Brent Clark 7. Luke Derwent 8. Allan Hoy 9. Adam Jones 10. Sarah Hatcher 11. Janet Donald 12. Tonja Gibson 13. Peter Driscoll 14. Bruce Aitken 15. Wendy Johnson	3,024	0.07
	Future [a]	1. James Jansson 2. Andrea Finno 3. Saritha Manickam 4. Daniel Powell 5. Cory Bill 6. Markus Pfister 7. Thomas Gordon 8. Colin Simmer 9. Jared Ackerman 10. Myles Cover 11. Eve Slavich 12. Cameron Walsh 13. Todd Rockoff 14. James Haggerty 15. Tom Byrt 16. Nathan Page	2,782	0.06
	Group P	1. Andrew Thaler 2. Kate Schwager 3. David Quince 4. Anne Kennedy 5. Peter Hill 6. Venecia Wilson 7. Mark Robinson 8. Benjamin Heslop 9. Sonya Marshall 10. Ron Campey 11. Pam Goldsmith 12. Drew Simmons 13. Rusan Hil 14. Alisa Thaler 15. Bill Schwager	2,767	0.06
	Country [a]	1. Ron Pike 2. Paul Snaidero 3. Paul Pierotti 4. Pete Mailler 5. Alan Barton 6. Ross Davidson 7. John Egan 8. James Harker-Mortlock 9. Brian Hopper 10. Ellemarie McLachlan 11. Lorraine Mouafi 12. Julie Pike 13. Jenny Wills 14. Carmen Woods	959	0.02
	Independent	Ramsay Nuthall	266	0.01
	Arts	PJ Collins	233	0.01	+9.7
	Independent	Jane Ward	118	0.00
	Group U	1. Jennifer Stefanac 2. Tucky Cooley	113	0.00
	Group W	1. Warwick Erwin 2. Ray Robinson	113	0.00
	Independent	Sal Scevola	111	0.00
	Independent	David Ash	83	0.00
	Independent	Mahesh Pundpal	81	0.00
	Independent	David Chen	70	0.00
	Independent	Alan Hood	62	0.00
	Independent	Tony Bennett	42	0.00
	Independent	Anthony Craig	39	0.00
	Independent	Alain Brix-Nielsen	38	0.00
	Independent	Gordon Crisp	28	0.00
	Independent	Stuart Baanstra	23	0.00
	Independent	Geoff Cox	21	0.00
	Independent	Robert Spreadborough	20	0.00
	Independent	Aaron Baldwin	20	0.00
	Independent	John Justice	18	0.00
Total formal votes			4,316,498	94.35	−0.30
Informal votes			258,368	5.65	+0.30
Turnout			4,574,866	90.76	−2.13

Continuing members

The following members of the Legislative Council were not up for re-election this year.

Party		Member
	Liberal	David Clarke
		Catherine Cusack
		Scot MacDonald
		Natasha Maclaren-Jones
		Greg Pearce
		Peter Phelps
	National NSW	Niall Blair
		Rick Colless
		Duncan Gay
		Sarah Mitchell
	Labor	Greg Donnelly
		Peter Primrose
		Penny Sharpe   [b]
		Steve Whan   [c]
		Ernest Wong
	Greens	Jan Barham
		Jeremy Buckingham
		David Shoebridge
	Christian Democrats	Paul Green
	Shooters and Fishers	Robert Brown
	Independent (Ex Liberal)	Mike Gallacher

See also

• Results of the 2015 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly)
• Candidates of the 2015 New South Wales state election
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 2015–2019

Notes

1. Not a registered party and no affiliation was shown on the ballot paper
2. Penny Sharpe resigned her seat in March 2015 to unsuccessfully contest the lower house seat of Newtown at the 2015 state election. In May 2015 Sharpe was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by her resignation.
3. Steve Whan resigned his seat in March 2015 to unsuccessfully contest the lower house seat of Monaro at the 2015 state election. In May 2015 Daniel Mookhey was appointed to fill the vacancy.