Electoral district of Epping

Not to be confused with Epping (UK Parliament constituency).

Epping
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1999–present
MPMonica Tudehope
PartyLiberal
NamesakeEpping
Electors54,489 (2019)
Area31.68 km2 (12.2 sq mi)
DemographicInner-metropolitan
Electorates around Epping:
Castle Hill Hornsby Wahroonga
Winston Hills Epping Ryde
Parramatta Parramatta Ryde

Epping is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Monica Tudehope since the 2024 Epping by-election

History

The seat was created in 1999, largely replacing Eastwood.[1] Like its predecessor, it was a comfortably safe Liberal seat until 2023 when Perrottet suffered a huge swing against him, making it a marginal seat.

Geography

On its current boundaries, Epping includes the suburbs of Beecroft, Cheltenham, Cherrybrook, North Epping and parts of Epping, Carlingford, Castle Hill, Dural, Eastwood, North Parramatta, Pennant Hills and West Pennant Hills.[2]

Members for Epping

Member Party Period Notes
  Andrew Tink [3] Liberal 1999–2007
  Greg Smith [4] Liberal 2007–2015
  Damien Tudehope [5] Liberal 2015–2019
  Dominic Perrottet [6] Liberal 2019–2024 Premier of New South Wales from 5 October 2021 until 28 March 2023
  Monica Tudehope Liberal 2024–present Elected at the 2024 Epping state by-election


Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Epping
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Epping.[edit]
2023 New South Wales state election: Epping[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dominic Perrottet 25,439 48.9 −5.4
Labor Alan Mascarenhas 17,599 33.9 +5.4
Greens Phil Bradley 5,489 10.6 +0.7
Independent Victor Waterson 1,322 2.5 +2.5
Animal Justice Carmen Terceiro 1,091 2.1 +2.1
Sustainable Australia Bradley Molloy 1,045 2.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 51,985 97.6 +0.2
Informal votes 1,279 2.4 −0.2
Turnout 53,264 90.7 −1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dominic Perrottet 26,648 54.8 −6.5
Labor Alan Mascarenhas 22,013 45.2 +6.5
Liberal hold Swing −6.5

References

  1. ^ Green, Antony. Epping. New South Wales Election 2019. ABC News (Australia).
  2. ^ "Epping". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Mr Andrew Arnold Tink (1953- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  4. ^ "The Hon. Gregory Eugene Smith". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Mr Damien Francis Tudehope MP". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  6. ^ "The Hon. Dominic Francis Perrottet MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  7. ^ LA First Preference: Epping, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  8. ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Epping, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.