Perth – WA Senate 2014

Geography
Central and northeastern Perth. The seat covers the Perth CBD, which is in the southwestern corner of the seat. Perth runs along the northern shore of the Swan river, to the east of the Perth CBD. Other suburbs include Maylands, Mount Lawley, Bayswater, Ashfield, Bedford, Morley and Beechboro.

2013 result

Group Party Votes Perth % Statewide %
AA Liberal 30,173 35.22 39.20
Z Australian Labor Party 27,532 32.14 26.59
S The Greens (WA) 11,295 13.18 9.49
F Palmer United Party 3,351 3.91 5.01
B Liberal Democrats 2,662 3.11 3.43
U The Nationals 2,004 2.34 5.07
C Australian Christians 1,203 1.40 1.64
I Sex Party 1,174 1.37 1.49
D Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party 883 1.03 1.07
Others 5,393 6.30 7.02

Perth is above average for the ALP, and for the Greens.

Polling places in Perth at the 2013 federal election. Bayswater in blue, East in red, South-West in orange, Stirling in green. Click to enlarge.
Polling places in Perth at the 2013 federal election. Bayswater in blue, East in red, South-West in orange, Stirling in green. Click to enlarge.

Booth breakdown
Booths have been divided into four areas. Polling places in Bayswater and Stirling council areas have been grouped together. Polling places in Bassendean and Swan councils have been merged as “East” and polling places in Perth and Vincent councils have been merged as “South-West”.

While Perth is a centre-left-dominated electorate, the high Greens vote mean that the Liberal Party outpolled the ALP in three out of four areas. The Liberal vote varied from 28% in the east to 39% in Stirling. The ALP’s vote ranged from 28.3% in the south-west to 38% in the east.

The Greens vote ranged from just under 10% in the east to 21% in the south-west.

Voter group LIB % ALP % GRN % Total votes % of votes
Bayswater 34.48 33.26 12.64 23,765 27.77
East 27.94 38.45 9.89 14,965 17.48
Stirling 39.02 29.04 14.73 12,634 14.76
South-West 35.16 28.30 20.99 10,078 11.78
Other votes 38.54 30.39 11.58 24,146 28.21
Liberal Senate votes in Perth at the 2013 federal election.
Liberal Senate votes in Perth at the 2013 federal election.
Labor Senate votes in Perth at the 2013 federal election.
Labor Senate votes in Perth at the 2013 federal election.
Greens Senate votes in Perth at the 2013 federal election.
Greens Senate votes in Perth at the 2013 federal election.
Polling places in Pearce at the 2013 federal election. East in yellow, North in blue, South in red, Swan in green, Wanneroo in orange. Click to enlarge.
Polling places in Pearce at the 2013 federal election. East in yellow, North in blue, South in red, Swan in green, Wanneroo in orange. Click to enlarge.