Electoral district of Swansea

Not to be confused with Swansea (UK Parliament constituency).

Swansea is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Hunter and Central Coast regions of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Yasmin Catley of the Labor Party.

Swansea New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1981–present
MP	Yasmin Catley
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Swansea
Electors	60,916 (2023)
Area	191.45 km2 (73.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
Electorates around Swansea: Lake Macquarie Charlestown Pacific Ocean Lake Macquarie Swansea Pacific Ocean Wyong Wyong Pacific Ocean

Swansea was created in 1981 and has usually been held by Labor.

Geography

Swansea is situated between Lake Macquarie and the Pacific Ocean in eastern City of Lake Macquarie and northeastern Central Coast Council. It includes Swansea and extends as far north as Valentine, Belmont North and Jewells and as far south as San Remo and Budgewoi.^[1][2][3]

Members for Swansea

Member		Party	Term
	Don Bowman [4]	Labor	1981–1988
	Ivan Welsh [5]	Independent	1988–1991
	Don Bowman [4]	Labor	1991–1995
	Jill Hall [6]	Labor	1995–1998
	Milton Orkopoulos [7]	Labor	1999–2006
		Independent	2006–2006
	Robert Coombs [8]	Labor	2007–2011
	Garry Edwards [9]	Liberal	2011–2014
		Independent	2014–2015
	Yasmin Catley [10]	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Swansea

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

2023 New South Wales state election: Swansea^[11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Yasmin Catley	27,943	53.6	+3.9
	Liberal	Megan Anderson	14,590	28.0	−4.9
	Greens	Heather Foord	4,463	8.6	+1.4
	Sustainable Australia	Alan Ellis	3,253	6.2	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Jackson	1,918	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			52,167	96.3	+0.6
Informal votes			2,010	3.7	−0.6
Turnout			54,177	88.9	−2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Yasmin Catley	30,972	65.4	+4.8
	Liberal	Megan Anderson	16,351	34.6	−4.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.8