Election Results
| Australian federal election, 2010: Boothby | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Andrew Southcott | 38,248 | 44.81 | -1.44 | |
| Labor | Annabel Digance | 30,515 | 35.75 | +1.63 | |
| Greens | Fiona Blinco | 11,305 | 13.24 | +3.02 | |
| Family First | Meredith Resce | 2,120 | 2.48 | +0.04 | |
| Independent | Ray McGhee | 1,689 | 1.98 | -2.93 | |
| Democrats | Thomas Salerno | 517 | 0.61 | -0.93 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Noack | 339 | 0.40 | +0.23 | |
| Climate Sceptics | Stephen Skillitzi | 316 | 0.37 | +0.37 | |
| Secular | Avi Chapman | 310 | 0.36 | +0.36 | |
| Total formal votes | 85,359 | 95.37 | -1.76 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,148 | 4.63 | +1.76 | ||
| Turnout | 89,507 | 91.43 | -4.25 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Andrew Southcott | 43,317 | 50.75 | -2.18 | |
| Labor | Annabel Digance | 42,042 | 49.25 | +2.18 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.18 | |||
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