Liverpool, New South Wales - Politics

Politics

Recent elections in Liverpool
Elections Council 08 Mayor 08 NSW 07 Federal 07
First Preference Results
Labor 46% 41% 59% 65%
Liberal 21% 19% 19% 26%
LCIT 15% 6% - -
Greens - - 4% 4%
CDP - - 4% 2%
Other parties 7% 4% 3% 2%
Independents 11% 30%* 11% 1%
* Combined results for four independents

The suburb of Liverpool is split in its representation at all three levels of government with Hoxton Park Road the divider in each case. At the local level, Liverpool is part of the City of Liverpool, which is divided into two wards, the North Ward on the north side of Hoxton Park Road and the South Ward on the other side. Each ward elects five councillors and the council currently consists of four Labor councillors, three Liberals, two members of the Liverpool Community Independents Team (LCIT) and one other independent councillor. There is also a directly elected mayor, Labor's Wendy Waller.

For New South Wales state elections, the north side of Liverpool is located in the Electoral district of Liverpool, held by Paul Lynch, while the south side is in the Electoral district of Macquarie Fields, held by Andrew McDonald. Both men are members of the Australian Labor Party. Federally, the north side of Liverpool is located in the Division of Hughes held by Craig Kelly of the Liberal Party of Australia. The south side is part of the Division of Werriwa, held by Labor's Chris Hayes.

The table at right illustrates recent election results in the Liverpool area by combining results from each of the five booths located in the suburb of Liverpool. The results indicate the suburb is a safe Labor area with the Labor primary vote well above 50% at both the last state and federal elections.

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