New South Wales 2023 Post-Election Summary

New South Wales 2023 Post-Election Summary

Everything you need to know about the new government of New South Wales

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Contents:

State of Play

Letter templates

General checklist for writing to MPs

How to address Members of the Parliament of New South Wales

Key Labor policies and timeline on delivery

New MPs

Retiring MPs

Seats changing hands

Legislative Council

The Labor team

The cross-bench

Demographics

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What you need to know

■ Chris Minns has become the 47th Premier of New South Wales, with the Labor Party winning the New South Wales state election. All mainland state

governments are now held by the Australian Labor Party.

■ Labor won the nine key seats of Parramatta, Heathcote, South Coast, Riverstone, East Hills, Camden, Penrith, Leppington, and Monaro.

They remain a chance to win the seats of Ryde and Terrigal.

■ Labor fell short of a majority government by losing the seats of Ryde and Terrigal.

■ Dominic Perrottet stood down as the leader of the Liberal Party. He was replaced by Mark Speakman.

■ The key Labor team will be Daniel Mookhey (Treasurer), Prue Car (Deputy Leader), Penny Sharpe (Leader in the LC), Ryan Park (Minister for Health),

John Graham (Minister for Roads), and Michael Daley (Attorney-General).

■ Teal independents failed to win the seats of North Shore, Manly, Willoughby,Lane Cove, Vaucluse, and Pittwater. Climate 200-backed Judy Hannan was

successful in the Southern Highlands seat of Wollondilly.

■ Independent Northern Beaches Council mayor Michael Regan was elected to the seat of Wakehurst.

■ The Greens have held the three seats of Balmain, Ballina, and Newtown.

■ All three former SFF independents held their seats.

■ Labor won eight seats in the Legislative Council. The Coalition won six seats.

■ The Greens won two seats.

■ Mark Latham of One Nation picked up a seat in the Legislative Council. He will likely be joined by Jeremy Buckingham from the Legalise Cannabis Party,

Alison Waters from the Animal Justice Party, John Ruddick from the Liberal Democrats, and John Borsak from the Shooters, Fishers, and Farmers.

■ The balance of power for the full 42 seat upper house is likely to be 50/50 conservative/progressive.

■ Working class voters and home owners swung towards the Coalition.

■ Renters, people with English as a second language, and higher income earners swung towards Labor.

■ The Coalition did not perform well with single professional women and married women over 40 (full analysis below).

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