Electoral district of Liverpool

Liverpool is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's West. It is currently represented by Charishma Kaliyanda of the Labor Party.

Liverpool New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1950–present
MP	Charishma Kaliyanda
Party	Labor
Namesake	Liverpool
Electors	60,875 (2024)
Area	31.7318 km2 (12.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Electorates around Liverpool: Badgerys Creek Cabramatta Cabramatta Leppington Liverpool Holsworthy Leppington Holsworthy Holsworthy

The district is located in Western Sydney covering parts of Liverpool City Council and Fairfield City Council.

Georgaphy

On its current boundaries, Liverpool takes in the suburbs of Ashcroft, Bonnyrigg, Bonnyrigg Heights, Busby, Cartwright, Cecil Hills, Elizabeth Hills, Green Valley, Heckenberg, Hinchinbrook, Hoxton Park, Len Waters Estate, Liverpool, Miller, Mount Pritchard, Sadleir and Warwick Farm.^[1]

History

Liverpool was created in 1950 and has since always been represented by a member of the Labor Party. It has historically been one of the safest Labor seats in New South Wales and is considered a part of Labor's heartland in Western Sydney.^[2][3] At the 2011 election it became the safest ALP seat with sitting member Paul Lynch winning 64.7% of the two party preferred vote although Ron Hoenig won a larger vote at the Heffron by-election held in August 2012 but that was achieved in the absence of a Liberal opponent.

Members for Liverpool

Member		Party	Term
	James McGirr [4]	Labor	1950–1952
	Jack Mannix [5]	Labor	1952–1971
	George Paciullo [6]	Labor	1971–1989
	Peter Anderson [7]	Labor	1989–1995
	Paul Lynch [8]	Labor	1995–2023
	Charishma Kaliyanda	Labor	2023–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Liverpool

2023 New South Wales state election: Liverpool^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charishma Kaliyanda	22,681	47.2	−7.9
	Liberal	Richard Ammoun	16,409	34.1	+7.8
	Independent	Michael Andjelkovic	3,508	7.3	+7.3
	Greens	Amy Croft	3,039	6.3	+0.9
	Animal Justice	Gabriel Hancock	1,446	3.0	+3.0
		Linda Harris	982	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			48,065	94.0	−0.8
Informal votes			3,047	6.0	+0.8
Turnout			51,112	84.4	−1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Charishma Kaliyanda	24,913	58.3	−9.0
	Liberal	Richard Ammoun	17,783	41.7	+9.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.0

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

References

1. "Liverpool". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
2. Mahar, Jessica (5 August 2009). "Labor has 'let down heartland' O'Farrell". Penrith Star. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
3. Watson, Rhett (7 August 2009). "Eight Western Sydney Labor MPs rebel against Nathan Rees on Parklea prison privatisation". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
4. "Mr James McGirr (1890-1957)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
5. "The Hon. Norman John Mannix (1920-1994)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
6. "The Hon. George Paciullo (1934 - 2012)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
7. "The Hon. Peter Thomas Anderson (1947- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
8. "Mr Paul Gerard Lynch". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
9. LA First Preference: Liverpool, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
10. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Liverpool, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.