2014 Charlestown state by-election

2014 Charlestown state by-election

25 October 2014
  First party Second party Third party
 
IND
Candidate Jodie Harrison Jane Oakley Luke Arms
Party Labor Greens Independent
Popular vote 19,429 5,613 4,807
Percentage 49.3% 14.2% 12.2%
Swing Increase 20.4 Increase 5.8 Increase 12.2
TPP 70.8% 29.2%
TPP swing Increase 30.6 Increase 29.2

MP before election

Andrew Cornwell
Independent

Elected MP

Jodie Harrison
Labor

A by-election for the seat of Charlestown in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 25 October 2014.[1][2] The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal-turned-independent MP Andrew Cornwell, who won the seat at the 2011 election with a 43.8 percent primary and 59.9 percent two-party vote.

The last New South Wales by-election saw a 26-point two-party swing to Labor.

  1. ^ "NSW Premier Mike Baird apologises for Liberal Party after horror week at ICAC". Sunday Telegraph. Australia. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Liberal Party apologises to NSW voters after more MPs resign over corruption allegations". The Sun-Herald. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.