Lyndhurst – Victoria 2010

ALP 21.5%

Incumbent MP
Tim Holding, since 2002. Previously Member for Springvale 1999-2002.

Geography
Southeastern Melbourne. Lyndhurst covers a majority of the City of Greater Dandenong and part of the City of Casey, specifically the suburbs of Bangholme and Lyndhurst and parts of the suburbs of Dandenong South, Hampton Park, Keysborough, Lynbrook, Noble Park and Springvale.

History
Lyndhurst was created in 2002. It was won by the ALP’s Tim Holding, who had previously been elected to Springvale in 1999, before it was abolished in the 2002 redistribution. Holding has served as a minister in the Labor government since the 2002 election and was re-elected in 2006.

Candidates

Political situation
Lyndhurst is a very safe Labor seat.

2006 result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing
Tim Holding ALP 20,681 65.29 -2.97
Gary Anderton LIB 7,189 22.69 +1.79
Jenny Walsh FF 2,035 6.42 +6.42
Andrew Henley GRN 1,397 4.41 -3.09
Gordon Ford IND 375 1.18 -2.16

2006 two-candidate-preferred result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing
Tim Holding ALP 22,642 71.48 -3.60
Gary Anderton LIB 9,034 28.52 +3.60

Booth breakdown
Booths in Lyndhurst have been divided into three areas. Hampton Park covers the small number of booths in the City of Casey, which are separated from the remaining booths. Those other booths have been grouped as Springvale, at the northern end of the seat, and Keysborough.

The ALP’s majority varied from 68% in Hampton Park to 74% in Springvale.

 

Polling booths in Lyndhurst at the 2006 state election. Springvale in green, Keysborough in yellow, Hampton Park in blue.
Voter group GRN % FF % ALP 2CP % Total votes % of votes
Springvale 4.00 6.12 74.97 14,613 46.13
Hampton Park 4.54 7.86 68.11 5,397 17.04
Keysborough 3.33 6.12 71.08 5,280 16.67
Other votes 6.14 6.17 66.66 6,386 20.16
Two-party-preferred votes in Lyndhurst at the 2006 state election.