2023 New South Wales Liberal Party leadership election

2023 Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division) leadership election

← 2021 21 April 2023[1]

Leadership election

Candidate Mark Speakman Anthony Roberts Caucus vote 22 13 Percentage 62.85% 37.14% Seat Cronulla Lane Cove Faction Moderate Conservative

Leader before election Dominic Perrottet Elected Leader Mark Speakman

Deputy leadership election

Candidate Natalie Ward Wendy Tuckerman Caucus vote 27 8 Percentage 77.14% 22.86% Seat MLC Goulburn Faction Moderate Unknown

Deputy Leader before election Matt Kean Elected Deputy Leader Natalie Ward

Upper House leadership election

Candidate Damien Tudehope Caucus vote Unopposed Faction Conservative

Legislative Council Leader before election Damien Tudehope Elected Legislative Council Leader Damien Tudehope

The 2023 Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division) leadership election is a leadership election that was held on 21 April 2023 following the party's defeat by the Labor Party at the 2023 election and the resignation of leader and former Premier Dominic Perrottet. Mark Speakman (of the party's Moderate faction) and Anthony Roberts (of the Conservative faction) were the two declared candidates. Speakman defeated Roberts by 22 votes (62.86%) to 13 (37.14%). For the deputy leadership, Natalie Ward defeated Wendy Tuckerman by 27 votes (77.14%) to eight (22.86%) after the party overwhelmingly voted to allow members of both houses to run for the deputy leadership.^[2]