Electoral results for the Division of Dobell

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Dobell in Australian federal elections from the electorate's creation in 1984 until the present.

Members

	Party	Term
Michael Lee	Labor	1984–2001
Ken Ticehurst	Liberal	2001–2007
Craig Thomson	Labor	2007–2012
Craig Thomson	Independent	2012–2013
Karen McNamara	Liberal	2013–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2013: Dobell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Karen McNamara	35,617	41.35	+1.11
	Labor	Emma McBride	30,248	35.11	−11.16
	Independent	Nathan Bracken	7,090	8.23	+8.23
	Greens	Sue Wynn	4,238	4.92	−3.69
	Independent	Craig Thomson	3,444	4.00	+4.00
	Palmer United	Kate McGill	2,920	3.39	+3.39
	Christian Democrats	Hadden Ervin	1,250	1.45	−0.97
	CEC	Greg Owen	711	0.83	+0.83
	Bullet Train	Christian Kunde	622	0.72	+0.72
Total formal votes			86,140	92.49	−1.45
Informal votes			6,994	7.51	+1.45
Turnout			93,134	93.82	−0.20
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Karen McNamara	43,653	50.68	+5.75
	Labor	Emma McBride	42,487	49.32	−5.75
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+5.75

Australian federal election, 2010: Dobell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Craig Thomson	38,268	46.27	-0.08
	Liberal	John McNamara	33,287	40.24	-2.05
	Greens	Scott Rickard	7,121	8.61	+3.24
	Family First	Gavin Brett	2,033	2.46	+0.75
	Christian Democrats	Rhonda Avasalu	2,005	2.42	+0.54
Total formal votes			82,714	93.94	-1.74
Informal votes			5,333	6.06	+1.74
Turnout			88,047	94.01	-0.83
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Craig Thomson	45,551	55.07	+1.14
	Liberal	John McNamara	37,163	44.93	-1.14
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.14

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Dobell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Craig Thomson	38,168	46.32	+8.85
	Liberal	Ken Ticehurst	34,865	42.31	-6.32
	Greens	Scott Rickard	4,429	5.38	+0.28
	Independent	Doug Eaton	1,639	1.99	+1.99
	Christian Democrats	Michael Darby	1,549	1.88	+1.88
	Family First	Hadden Ervin	1,407	1.71	-0.49
	Liberty & Democracy	Graeme Bird	182	0.22	+0.22
	CEC	Steve Hughes	157	0.19	+0.03
Total formal votes			82,396	95.68	+2.96
Informal votes			3,719	4.32	-2.97
Turnout			86,115	95.34	+0.42
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Craig Thomson	44,413	53.90	+8.74
	Liberal	Ken Ticehurst	37,983	46.10	-8.74
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.74

Australian federal election, 2004: Dobell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken Ticehurst	37,347	49.53	+5.60
	Labor	David Mehan	27,417	36.36	-6.32
	Greens	Scott Rickard	3,782	5.02	+2.07
	Family First	Naomi Paton	1,656	2.20	+2.20
	liberals for forests	Frank Sanzari	1,487	1.97	+1.97
	One Nation	Andrew Webber	1,163	1.54	-2.78
	Democrats	Carolyn Hastie	647	0.86	-3.35
	Independent	Paul Unger	475	0.63	+0.63
	Outdoor Recreation	Siou Hong Chia	445	0.59	+0.59
	Independent	Les Wallace	430	0.57	+0.57
	Independent	James Laing-Peach	417	0.55	+0.55
	CEC	Steven Hughes	132	0.18	+0.18
Total formal votes			75,398	92.59	-3.15
Informal votes			6,037	7.41	+3.15
Turnout			81,435	95.07	+0.09
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ken Ticehurst	42,151	55.90	+5.52
	Labor	David Mehan	33,247	44.10	-5.52
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.52

Australian federal election, 2001: Dobell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken Ticehurst	32,761	43.93	+5.51
	Labor	Michael Lee	31,824	42.68	-1.94
	One Nation	Ron Falconer	3,223	4.32	-5.05
	Democrats	Carolyn Hastie	3,142	4.21	+0.79
	Greens	Samantha Ker	2,200	2.95	+0.80
	Christian Democrats	Luke Hennig	1,420	1.90	-0.12
Total formal votes			74,570	95.74	-1.22
Informal votes			3,318	4.26	+1.22
Turnout			77,888	95.61
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ken Ticehurst	37,565	50.38	+1.91
	Labor	Michael Lee	37,005	49.62	-1.91
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+1.91

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Dobell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Lee	34,770	45.26	+1.40
	Liberal	David Parker	29,014	37.77	-5.54
	One Nation	June Beckett	7,300	9.50	+9.50
	Democrats	David Mott	2,546	3.31	-3.80
	Greens	Philip Dwyer	1,626	2.12	+2.12
	Christian Democrats	Karen Russell	1,564	2.04	+0.26
Total formal votes			76,820	96.89	-0.17
Informal votes			2,466	3.11	+0.17
Turnout			79,286	95.69	-1.05
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Lee	40,980	53.35	+3.27
	Liberal	David Parker	35,840	46.65	-3.27
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.27

Australian federal election, 1996: Dobell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Lee	32,221	43.86	-9.55
	Liberal	Doug Eaton	31,817	43.31	+3.17
	Democrats	True Martin	5,223	7.11	+3.76
	AAFI	Jeremy Pritchard	2,146	2.92	+2.92
	Call to Australia	Graham Freemantle	1,304	1.78	+1.78
	Independent	Aldo Katalinic	751	1.02	+1.02
Total formal votes			73,462	97.06	-0.87
Informal votes			2,224	2.94	+0.87
Turnout			75,686	96.74	-0.27
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Lee	36,675	50.08	-6.74
	Liberal	Doug Eaton	36,558	49.92	+6.74
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.74

Australian federal election, 1993: Dobell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Lee	36,795	53.41	+6.54
	Liberal	Bob Baldwin	27,654	40.14	+5.39
	Democrats	Brian Day	2,311	3.35	-6.75
	Independent	Bob Hudson	2,131	3.09	+3.09
Total formal votes			68,891	97.94	+0.32
Informal votes			1,452	2.06	-0.32
Turnout			70,343	97.01
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Lee	39,140	56.82	-0.57
	Liberal	Bob Baldwin	20,746	43.18	+0.57
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.57

Australian federal election, 1990: Dobell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Lee	37,063	51.1	-2.0
	Liberal	Ian Crook	23,659	32.6	-5.4
	Democrats	Rod Benninson	6,317	8.7	-0.2
	Grey Power	Neville Malloy	1,948	2.7	+2.7
	Independent	Gordon Craig	1,861	2.6	+2.6
	Greens	Karl Singman	1,657	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			72,505	97.6
Informal votes			1,801	2.4
Turnout			74,306	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Lee	43,860	60.6	+3.7
	Liberal	Ian Crook	28,505	39.4	-3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Dobell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Lee	33,719	53.1	-3.1
	Liberal	Les Nunn	24,168	38.0	+1.7
	Democrats	Graeme Ward	5,657	8.9	+1.4
Total formal votes			63,544	96.1
Informal votes			2,580	3.9
Turnout			66,124	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Lee	36,544	56.9	-3.0
	Liberal	Les Nunn	27,383	43.1	+3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.0

Australian federal election, 1984: Dobell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Lee	31,112	56.2	-6.6
	Liberal	Isaac Shields	20,114	36.3	+2.7
	Democrats	Lynn Sawyer	4,168	7.5	+5.6
Total formal votes			55,394	94.0
Informal votes			3,522	6.0
Turnout			58,916	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Lee	33,159	59.9	-1.1
	Liberal	Isaac Shields	22,235	40.1	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.1

References

Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
Carr, Adam. Psephos

Electoral results for the divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in New South Wales

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