2014 Newcastle state by-election

2014 Newcastle state by-election

25 October 2014

First party Second party Third party   IND Candidate Tim Crakanthorp Karen Howard Michael Osborne Party Labor Independent Greens Popular vote 15,253 10,796 8,236 Percentage 36.9% 26.1% 19.9% Swing 6.3pp 26.1pp 5.1pp TPP 58.7% 41.3% TPP swing 11.3pp 11.3pp

MP before election Tim Owen Independent Elected MP Tim Crakanthorp Labor

A by-election for the seat of Newcastle 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 Tim Owen, who won the seat at the 2011 election with a 36.7 percent primary and 52.6 percent two-party-preferred vote.

The previous New South Wales by-election had seen a 26-point two-party-preferred swing to Labor.