Electoral results for the district of Ashford

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Ashford in South Australian state elections from the district's first election in 1997 until the present.

Members for Ashford

Member		Party	Term
	Steph Key	Australian Labor Party	2002–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

South Australian state election, 2014: Ashford[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Terina Monteagle	9,335	43.1	+0.6
	Labor	Steph Key	8,597	39.7	−0.3
	Greens	Christiana Griffith	2,654	12.2	−0.4
	Family First	Robyn Munro	841	3.9	−0.4
	FREE Australia	Steve Sansom	247	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			21,674	96.9	−0.1
Informal votes			700	3.1	+0.1
Turnout			22,374	92.4	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Steph Key	11,247	51.9	+1.3
	Liberal	Terina Monteagle	10,427	48.1	−1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

South Australian state election, 2010: Ashford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Steph Key	9,218	43.5	-8.9
	Liberal	Penny Pratt	8,220	38.7	+10.9
	Greens	Jennifer Bonham	2,806	13.2	+3.8
	Family First	Robyn Munro	969	4.6	-0.2
Total formal votes			21,213	96.8
Informal votes			664	3.2
Turnout			21,877	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Steph Key	11,625	54.8	-10.4
	Liberal	Penny Pratt	9,588	45.2	+10.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-10.4

Elections in the 2000s

South Australian state election, 2006: Ashford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Steph Key	10,667	53.3	+12.6
	Liberal	Kevin Kaeding	5,396	26.9	-10.2
	Greens	Peter Hastwell	1,828	9.1	+3.7
	Family First	Robyn Munro	1,002	5.0	+2.0
	Democrats	Andy Johnstone	928	4.6	-5.0
	One Nation	David Dwyer	205	1.0	-0.6
Total formal votes			20,026	96.0	-0.5
Informal votes			834	4.0	+0.5
Turnout			20,860	91.3	-1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Steph Key	13,230	66.1	+12.4
	Liberal	Kevin Kaeding	8,853	33.9	-12.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.4

South Australian state election, 2002: Ashford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Steph Key	8,425	40.7	+10.2
	Liberal	Peter Panagaris	7,682	37.1	+2.5
	Democrats	Sue Mann	1,987	9.6	-2.2
	Greens	Michelle Drummond	1,111	5.4	+5.4
	Family First	James Troup	632	3.0	+3.0
	Independent	Paul Vanderkop	559	2.7	+2.7
	One Nation	Jos Underhill	326	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			20,722	96.5	+0.5
Informal votes			744	3.5	-0.5
Turnout			21,466	92.7	+1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Steph Key	11,118	53.7	+0.8
	Liberal	Peter Panagaris	9,604	46.3	-0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.8

References

1. 2014 State Election Results – Ashford, ECSA.

• SA elections archive: Antony Green ABC
• 2002 SA election: Antony Green ABC