Yuroke – Victoria 2018

ALP 18.5%

Incumbent MP
Ros Spence, since 2014.

Geography
North-western fringe of Melbourne. Yuroke covers central parts of the City of Hume, including the suburbs of Craigieburn, Greenvale, Kalkallo and Yuroke and parts of Roxburgh Park and Westmeadows.

History
Yuroke was created in 2002, replacing the abolished seat of Tullamarine. The seat has been a safe Labor seat at both elections since its creation.

The seat was won in 2002 by Liz Beattie. She had previously been Member for Tullamarine for one term, winning it off the Liberal Party in 1999. Beattie was re-elected in 2006 and 2010.

Candidates

Assessment
Yuroke is a very safe Labor seat.

2014 result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing
Ros Spence Labor 20,484 54.1 -2.2
Phulvinderjit Grewal Liberal 8,943 23.6 -6.7
Imad Hirmiz Australian Christians 2,689 7.1 +7.1
Natalie Abboud Greens 2,277 6.0 -3.2
Rodney Le Nepveu Family First 1,868 4.9 +0.8
Mick Wilkins Independent 1,606 4.2 +4.2
Informal 2,632 6.5

2014 two-party-preferred result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing
Ros Spence Labor 25,839 68.5 +2.5
Phulvinderjit Grewal Liberal 11,869 31.5 -2.5

Booth breakdown

Booths in Yuroke have been divided into four areas, grouped around three main suburbs of Craigieburn, Greenvale, Roxburgh, and another group covering the north of the electorate.

Labor won a large majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all four areas, ranging from 62.1% in Greenvale to 73.4% in Craigieburn.

Voter group ALP 2PP % Total votes % of votes
Craigieburn 73.4 10,440 27.6
Greenvale 62.1 6,275 16.6
Roxburgh 70.4 4,289 11.3
North 68.6 3,188 8.4
Other votes 67.2 3,876 10.2
Pre-poll 67.1 9,799 25.9

Two-party-preferred votes in Yuroke at the 2014 Victorian state election

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