Electoral results for the Division of Cowan

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Cowan in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1984 until the present.

Members

	Party	Term
Carolyn Jakobsen	Labor	1984–1993
Richard Evans	Liberal	1993–1998
Graham Edwards	Labor	1998–2007
Luke Simpkins	Liberal	2007–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2013: Cowan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Luke Simpkins	41,849	49.59	−0.47
	Labor	Tristan Cockman	27,248	32.29	−0.16
	Greens	Adam Collins	6,677	7.91	−4.62
	Palmer United	Vimal Sharma	4,501	5.33	+5.33
	Christians	David Kingston	1,802	2.14	+2.14
	Family First	Che Tam Nguyen	1,442	1.71	−0.65
	Rise Up Australia	Sheila Mundy	869	1.03	+1.03
Total formal votes			84,388	94.90	+0.02
Informal votes			4,536	5.10	−0.02
Turnout			88,924	93.09	−1.14
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Luke Simpkins	48,487	57.46	+1.17
	Labor	Tristan Cockman	35,901	42.54	−1.17
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.17

Australian federal election, 2010: Cowan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Luke Simpkins	40,077	50.06	+4.75
	Labor	Chas Hopkins	25,975	32.45	-9.91
	Greens	Rob Phillips	10,033	12.53	+6.83
	Christian Democrats	David Kingston	2,081	2.60	+0.70
	Family First	Alan Leach	1,888	2.36	+0.64
Total formal votes			80,054	94.88	-0.96
Informal votes			4,320	5.12	+0.96
Turnout			84,374	94.22	-0.37
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Luke Simpkins	45,062	56.29	+5.01
	Labor	Chas Hopkins	34,992	43.71	-5.01
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.01

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Cowan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Luke Simpkins	38,872	45.81	+1.42
	Labor	Liz Prime	35,633	41.99	-1.88
	Greens	Johannes Herrmann	4,778	5.63	+0.04
	Christian Democrats	Martin Firth	1,584	1.87	-0.58
	Family First	Rhonda Hamersley	1,452	1.71	+1.71
	Liberty & Democracy	Ken Lee	1,003	1.18	+1.18
	One Nation	Dave Tierney	783	0.92	-1.09
	Independent	Norm Ramsay	558	0.66	+0.66
	CEC	Roger Blakeway	195	0.23	-0.14
Total formal votes			84,858	95.84	+0.85
Informal votes			3,679	4.16	-0.85
Turnout			88,537	94.79	+0.62
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Luke Simpkins	43,883	51.71	+2.49
	Labor	Liz Prime	40,975	48.29	-2.49
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	-2.49

Australian federal election, 2004: Cowan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Luke Simpkins	33,905	44.39	+8.27
	Labor	Graham Edwards	33,510	43.87	-3.88
	Greens	Glen George	4,272	5.59	+1.53
	Christian Democrats	Richard Leeder	1,873	2.45	+0.91
	One Nation	Clem Winton	1,538	2.01	-3.67
	Democrats	Sarah Gilfillan	1,002	1.31	-2.97
	CEC	Basil Atkins	282	0.37	+0.37
Total formal votes			76,382	94.99	-0.34
Informal votes			4,032	5.01	+0.34
Turnout			80,414	94.17	-1.55
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Graham Edwards	38,784	50.78	-4.73
	Liberal	Luke Simpkins	37,498	49.22	+4.73
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.73

Australian federal election, 2001: Cowan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Graham Edwards	34,703	47.75	+4.14
	Liberal	Andre Shannon	26,250	36.12	-2.72
	One Nation	Ron Holt	4,130	5.68	-2.39
	Democrats	Tracy Chaloner	3,111	4.28	+0.34
	Greens	Dave Fort	2,951	4.06	+0.16
	Christian Democrats	Paul Salmon	1,117	1.54	+0.36
	National	Sue Metcalf	410	0.56	+0.56
Total formal votes			72,672	95.33	-0.84
Informal votes			3,564	4.67	+0.84
Turnout			76,236	96.06
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Graham Edwards	40,341	55.51	+2.40
	Liberal	Andre Shannon	32,331	44.49	-2.40
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.40

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Cowan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Graham Edwards	31,312	43.89	+4.19
	Liberal	Richard Evans	27,797	38.96	-6.25
	One Nation	Ron Holt	5,777	8.10	+8.10
	Democrats	Craig Wakeford	2,847	3.99	-3.35
	Greens	Miguel Costello	2,760	3.87	-0.46
	Christian Democrats	Phillip Hayes	850	1.19	+1.19
Total formal votes			71,343	96.14	-0.32
Informal votes			2,863	3.86	+0.32
Turnout			74,206	96.14	+0.21
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Graham Edwards	38,208	53.56	+7.62
	Liberal	Richard Evans	33,135	46.44	-7.62
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.62

Australian federal election, 1996: Cowan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Evans	35,083	46.44	-1.27
	Labor	Carolyn Jakobsen	31,416	41.58	-2.57
	Democrats	Sue Coyne	5,734	7.59	+4.58
	Greens	Otto Dik	3,315	4.39	-0.17
Total formal votes			75,548	96.35	-1.16
Informal votes			2,864	3.65	+1.16
Turnout			78,412	95.93	-0.63
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Richard Evans	39,385	52.39	+1.46
	Labor	Carolyn Jakobsen	35,788	47.61	-1.46
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.46

Australian federal election, 1993: Cowan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Evans	33,472	47.71	+4.99
	Labor	Carolyn Jakobsen	30,982	44.16	+4.22
	Greens	Otto Dik	3,197	4.56	-1.35
	Democrats	Stewart Godden	2,113	3.01	-5.60
	Natural Law	Suzan Miles	398	0.57	+0.57
Total formal votes			70,162	97.51	+1.76
Informal votes			1,792	2.49	-1.76
Turnout			71,954	96.56
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Richard Evans	35,719	50.93	+1.78
	Labor	Carolyn Jakobsen	34,412	49.07	-1.78
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+1.78

Australian federal election, 1990: Cowan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Diane Airey	26,061	42.7	+1.7
	Labor	Carolyn Jakobsen	24,368	39.9	-14.4
	Democrats	Sarah Gilfillan	5,256	8.6	+8.6
	Greens	Sally Ward	3,603	5.9	+5.9
	Grey Power	Barry Smith	785	1.3	+1.3
	Independent	Robert McLoughlin	414	0.7	+0.7
	Democratic Socialist	Deb Thomas	321	0.5	+0.5
	Conservative	Brian Guinan	206	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			61,014	95.7
Informal votes			2,706	4.3
Turnout			63,720	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Carolyn Jakobsen	30,982	50.9	-4.6
	Liberal	Diane Airey	29,945	49.1	+4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.6

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Cowan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Carolyn Jakobsen	32,481	52.0	+0.8
	Liberal	Paul Filing	27,048	43.3	+0.3
	National	Neil Baker	2,973	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			62,502	93.6
Informal votes			4,240	6.4
Turnout			66,742	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Carolyn Jakobsen	33,241	53.2	-0.8
	Liberal	Paul Filing	29,260	46.8	+0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.8

Australian federal election, 1984: Cowan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Carolyn Jakobsen	27,373	51.2	-4.1
	Liberal	Jeff Roberts	22,969	43.0	+3.6
	Democrats	Alan Needham	3,081	5.8	+0.6
Total formal votes			53,423	92.7
Informal votes			4,195	7.3
Turnout			57,618	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Carolyn Jakobsen	28,849	54.0	-3.9
	Liberal	Jeff Roberts	24,574	46.0	+3.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.9

References

Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
Carr, Adam. Psephos

Electoral results for the divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Western Australia

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