Division of Cooper
Cooper Division | |
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Created | 2019 |
MP | Ged Kearney |
Party | Labor |
Namesake | William Cooper |
Electors | 108,730 (2022) |
Area | 59 km2 (22.8 sq mi) |
Demographic | Inner metropolitan |
Coordinates | 37°44′49″S 145°0′29″E / 37.74694°S 145.00806°E |
The Division of Cooper is an
Geography
Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.[1]
History
The division is named in honour of the
The Division of Cooper was created in 2018 after the
The seat was notionally held by the Labor Party on a 0.6% margin over the Greens, when compared to the result for Batman at the 2016 federal election.[3] At the 2019 election incumbent Ged Kearney received a swing of over 13% making the seat once again safe for the ALP.
Members
Image | Member | Party | Term | Notes | |
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Ged Kearney (1963–) |
Labor | 18 May 2019 – present |
Previously held the Division of Batman. Incumbent |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Ged Kearney | 38,754 | 41.34 | −5.52 | |
Greens | Celeste Liddle | 25,648 | 27.36 | +6.43 | |
Liberal | Jadon Atkinson | 15,329 | 16.35 | −3.25 | |
United Australia | Adam La Rosa | 4,170 | 4.45 | +2.48 | |
Victorian Socialists | Kath Larkin | 3,250 | 3.47 | −0.75 | |
One Nation | William Turner | 2,807 | 2.99 | +2.99 | |
Animal Justice | Rabin Bangaar | 2,207 | 2.35 | −0.20 | |
Fusion | Adrian Whitehead | 1,585 | 1.69 | +1.69 | |
Total formal votes | 93,750 | 95.74 | +0.66 | ||
Informal votes | 4,169 | 4.26 | −0.66 | ||
Turnout | 97,919 | 90.16 | −2.18 | ||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
Labor | Ged Kearney | 70,743 | 75.46 | −0.75 | |
Liberal | Jadon Atkinson | 23,007 | 24.54 | +0.75 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result
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Labor | Ged Kearney | 55,006 | 58.67 | −6.16 | |
Greens | Celeste Liddle | 38,744 | 41.33 | +6.16 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −6.16 |
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Two-candidate preferred votes in Cooper (formerly Batman)References
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