Newtown – NSW 2027

GRN 12.1% vs ALP

Incumbent MP
Jenny Leong, since 2015.

• Geography
• History
• Candidate summary
• Assessment
• 2023 results
• Booth breakdown
• Results maps

Geography
Newtown covers parts of the City of Sydney and Inner West council areas, stretching from Redfern in the east to Lewisham in the west. Newtown covers Camperdown, Chippendale, Darlington, Enmore, Erskineville, Lewisham, Newtown, Redfern, Stanmore and parts of Marrickville and Petersham.

History
The seat of Newtown was a new seat created in 2015 primarily out of eastern parts of Marrickville. The seat of Marrickville had been continuously held by Labor since 1910, but had become a Labor-Greens marginal in the last twenty years.

In 1995, the Liberal Party was pushed into third place behind the No Aircraft Noise party in Marrickville, who polled over 23% of the primary vote. The Greens came second after preferences in 1999, and the Liberals never again came in the top two in Marrickville.

When Premier Bob Carr announced his retirement in 2005, Labor MP Andrew Refshauge also announced his retirement.

The ALP ran Carmel Tebbutt, a former Marrickville councillor who had been a Member of the Legislative Council since 1998 and a minister since 1999. The Greens ran Deputy Mayor of Marrickville, Sam Byrne. The ALP’s 10.7% margin was cut to 5.1% in the by-election.

Tebbutt was re-elected in 2007, winning with a 7.5% margin over the Greens, less than in the 2003 election, but more than in the 2005 by-election. Tebbutt served as Labor deputy leader and Deputy Premier from 2008 to 2011.

At the 2011 election, Tebbutt again faced strong opposition from the Greens. Her margin was cut to 0.9%.

The 2015 redistribution created a notional Greens seat. Greens candidate Jenny Leong defeated Labor candidate Penny Sharpe, who had been a member of the Legislative Council since 2005, and returned to the upper house following the election.

Leong was re-elected in 2019 and 2023.

Candidates
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Assessment
This section will be filled in closer to the election.

2023 result

2023 two-candidate-preferred result

2023 two-party-preferred result

Booth breakdown

Booths in Newtown have been split into three parts:

• Central – Camperdown, Enmore, Erskineville and Newtown
• East – Chippendale, Darlington and Redfern
• West – Lewisham, Petersham and Stanmore

The Greens won a majority of the two-candidate-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 58.9% in the west to 66.0% in the centre.

The Liberal Party came third, with a primary vote ranging from 9.6% in the centre to around 13.5% in the east and west.

Election results in Newtown at the 2023 NSW state election
Toggle between two-candidate-preferred votes (Greens vs Labor), two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for the Greens, Labor and the Liberal Party.

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