LIB 2.2%
Incumbent MP
David Pisoni, since 2006.
Geography
Inner-southern Adelaide. Unley covers suburbs immediately south of the Adelaide city centre, including Fullarton, Hawthorn, Highgate, Hyde Park, Kingswood, Kings Park, Malvern, Myrtle Bank, Netherby, Parkside, Unley, Unley Park, Urrbrae and parts of Glen Osmond, Goodwood, Millswood and Wayville. Most of the electorate lies within the City of Unley, with the southern end in the Mitcham council area.
History
The electorate of Unley has existed since the 1938 election. The seat was held by the Liberal and Country League from 1941 to 1962, the ALP from 1962 to 1993, and the Liberal Party since 1993.
Mark Brindal won Unley in 1993. He had first won the electorate of Hayward in 1989, one term before it was abolished.
Unley shifted through the 1990s towards the Liberal Party, and Brindal held the seat by a solid margin. Brindal served as a minister during his second term from 1997 to 2002, and retired in 2006.
Unley was won in 2006 by the Liberal Party’s David Pisoni. Pisoni has been re-elected four times.
Candidates
Sitting Liberal MP David Pisoni is not running for re-election.
- Ryan Harrison (Independent)
- Dylan Kiernan (Greens)
- Alice Rolls (Labor)
- Rosalie Rotolo (Liberal)
- Jason Wilkinson (One Nation)
Assessment
Unley is a marginal Liberal seat, and could well flip in 2026.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| David Pisoni | Liberal | 12,019 | 49.2 | -2.7 |
| Ryan Harrison | Labor | 7,825 | 32.0 | +8.8 |
| Georgie Hart | Greens | 4,577 | 18.7 | +9.6 |
| Informal | 439 | 1.8 |
2022 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| David Pisoni | Liberal | 12,737 | 52.2 | -9.4 |
| Ryan Harrison | Labor | 11,684 | 47.8 | +9.4 |
Booths have been divided into three parts: central, east and west.
The Liberal Party won the two-party-preferred vote in two areas, with 51.4% in the east and 53.6% in the centre. Labor polled 59.5% in the west.
The Greens came third, with a primary vote ranging from 17.9% in the centre to 25.3% in the west.
| Voter group | GRN prim | LIB 2PP | Total votes | % of votes |
| Central | 17.9 | 53.6 | 6,601 | 27.0 |
| East | 20.4 | 51.4 | 5,133 | 21.0 |
| West | 25.3 | 40.5 | 2,515 | 10.3 |
| Other votes | 16.8 | 54.5 | 10,172 | 41.7 |
Election results in Unley at the 2022 South Australian state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for the Liberal Party, Labor and the Greens.
Labor has announced their 2022 Bragg by-election candidate Alice Rolls as their candidate for Unley in 2026.
At the last state election in Unley, the Labor candidate Ryan Harrison narrowed the margin to just 2.2%, delivering the largest primary vote swing to Labor in the seat’s history with an 8.8% increase. He’s now running as an independent. I think Alice, who’s running in Bragg, could only win Unley if she secures his preferences — and that might be difficult given the circumstances. http://www.ryanharrison.com.au
One of the better Greens prospects but they seem to be exclusively targeting Heysen
i assume there will be Labor surge which will prevent Greens making the 2CP
Labor gain