Electoral district of Penrith

Penrith is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales since 1973.[1] It has been represented by Stuart Ayres of the Liberal Party since the 2010 by-election. It was a safe Labor seat for most of its history before 2010, but Ayres won the 2010 by-election with a swing of 25.7 percent—at the time, the biggest swing against a sitting government in New South Wales history.[2]

Penrith
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1973–present
MPKaren McKeown
PartyLabor
NamesakePenrith
Electors56,565 (2023)
Area75.61 km2 (29.2 sq mi)
DemographicOuter-metropolitan
Electorates around Penrith:
Hawkesbury Londonderry Londonderry
Blue Mountains Penrith Londonderry
Blue Mountains Badgerys Creek Badgerys Creek

Penrith includes the suburbs of Penrith, Emu Heights, Emu Plains, Glenbrook, Jamisontown, Lapstone, Lemongrove, Leonay, South Penrith and parts of Blaxland, Caddens, Cambridge Park, Castlereagh, Cambridge Gardens, Cranebrook, Kingswood and Werrington.[3]

Members for Penrith
MemberPartyTerm
  Ron Mulock [4] Labor 1973–1981
  Peter Anderson [5] Labor 1981–1988
  Guy Matheson [6] Liberal 1988–1991
  Faye Lo Po' [7] Labor 1991–2003
  Karyn Paluzzano [8] Labor 2003–2010
  Stuart Ayres [9] Liberal 2010–2023
  Karen McKeown Labor 2023–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Penrith
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Penrith.[edit]
2023 New South Wales state election: Penrith[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Stuart Ayres 18,924 38.4 −1.4
Labor Karen McKeown 18,897 38.3 +1.4
One Nation Belinda McWilliams 4,048 8.2 +1.5
Greens Minoo Toussi 2,569 5.2 +0.5
Legalise Cannabis Timothy Pateman 2,398 4.9 +4.9
Animal Justice Vanessa Blazi 1,786 3.6 +2.0
Sustainable Australia Geoff Brown 716 1.5 −0.3
Total formal votes 49,338 96.1 0.0
Informal votes 2,008 3.9 +0.0
Turnout 51,346 86.1 −2.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Karen McKeown 22,219 51.6 +2.2
Liberal Stuart Ayres 20,833 48.4 −2.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+2.2
Results are not final. Last updated at 12:30 on 8 April 2023.

References
  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Penrith". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  2. "Penrith- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  3. "Penrith". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  4. "The Hon. Ronald Joseph Mulock (1930-2014)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  5. "The Hon. Peter Thomas Anderson (1947- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  6. "Mr Guy Kevin Vincent Matheson (1951- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  7. "The Hon. Faye Lo Po' (1936- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  8. "Mrs Karyn Lesley Paluzzano (1960- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  9. "The Hon. Stuart Laurence Ayres, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  10. LA First Preference: Penrith, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  11. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Penrith, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
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