Electoral results for the district of Sydney

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Sydney in New South Wales state elections. The district had two incarnations, the first from 1920 to 1927 as a five-member electorate, the second from 2007 to the present as a single-member electorate.

Members for Sydney

First incarnation (1920–1927, 5 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Daniel Levy	Nationalist	1920–1927		Arthur Buckley	Labor	1920–1922		John Birt	Labor	1920–1925		Michael Burke	Labor	1920–1922		Patrick Minahan	Labor	1920–1925
				Joseph Jackson	Nationalist	1922–1927		Greg McGirr				Labor	1922–1925
							Young Australia					1925–1925
							Michael Burke	Labor				1925–1927		William Holdsworth	Labor	1925–1927
									Patrick Minahan	Labor	1925–1927

Second incarnation (2007–present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Clover Moore	Independent	2007–2012
	Alex Greenwich	Independent	2012–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Sydney[1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alex Greenwich	16,947	39.6	+39.6
	Liberal	Patrice Pandeleos	14,037	32.8	−6.1
	Labor	Edwina Lloyd	6,303	14.7	+4.3
	Greens	Chris Brentin	4,156	9.7	−2.6
	No Land Tax	David Pelzman	495	1.2	+1.2
	Christian Democrats	Elaine Addae	367	0.9	−0.2
		Joanna Rzetelski	230	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Victor Taffa	213	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			42,748	97.6	+0.4
Informal votes			1,047	2.4	−0.4
Turnout			43,795	82.5	+4.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Patrice Pandeleos	16,212	56.7	−11.3
	Labor	Edwina Lloyd	12,401	43.3	+11.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Alex Greenwich	20,612	58.1	+7.8
	Liberal	Patrice Pandeleos	14,885	41.9	−7.8
	Independent hold		Swing	+7.8

Sydney state by-election, 27 October 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alex Greenwich	17,687	47.3	+47.3
	Liberal	Shayne Mallard	11,543	30.9	–5.3
	Greens	Chris Harris	6,616	17.7	+4.9
	Independent	Glenn Wall	825	2.2	+2.2
	Christian Democrats	Robyn Peebles	724	1.9	+0.8
Total formal votes			37,395	97.2	–0.6
Informal votes			1,062	2.8	+0.6
Turnout			38,457	62.6	–21.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Alex Greenwich	21,283	63.7	+63.7
	Liberal	Shayne Mallard	12,120	36.3	–10.6
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

New South Wales state election, 2011: Sydney[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Clover Moore	16,909	36.3	-3.3
	Liberal	Adrian Bartels	16,855	36.2	+14.6
	Greens	De Brierley Newton	5,961	12.8	-2.8
	Labor	Sacha Blumen	5,247	11.3	-8.7
		Andrew Patterson	676	1.5	+1.5
	Christian Democrats	Peter Madden	508	1.1	+1.1
	Fishing Party	Victor Shen	464	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			46,620	97.8	0.0
Informal votes			1,040	2.2	0.0
Turnout			47,660	83.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Clover Moore	20,651	53.1	-13.5
	Liberal	Adrian Bartels	18,220	46.9	+46.9
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Sydney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Clover Moore	16,316	39.6	+7.2
	Liberal	Edward Mandla	8,877	21.6	+1.0
	Labor	Linda Scott	8,235	20.0	-6.7
	Greens	Chris Harris	6,407	15.6	+0.3
	Independent	Malcolm Duncan	735	1.8	+1.3
	Unity	Imanuel Choyce	614	1.5	+1.1
Total formal votes			41,184	97.8	-0.1
Informal votes			910	2.2	+0.1
Turnout			42,094	84.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Clover Moore	20,364	66.6	+1.6
	Labor	Linda Scott	10,193	33.4	-1.6
	Independent hold		Swing	+1.6

References

• Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney". Retrieved 6 April 2011.

1. State Electoral District of Sydney: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
2. State Electoral District of Sydney: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
3. Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 24 November 2011.