2011 New South Wales state election
(Legislative Council)
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21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
L/NP
Leader Mike Gallacher John Hatzistergos None
Party Coalition Labor Greens
Seats before 15 19 4
Seats won 11 5 3
Seats after 19 14 5
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 5 Increase 1
Popular vote 1,943,246 967,242 453,125
Percentage 47.7% 23.7% 11.1%
Swing Increase 13.5pp Decrease 15.4pp Increase 2.0pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
SFF
Leader Robert Borsak Fred Nile
Party SFF Christian Democrats
Seats before 2 2
Seats won 1 1
Seats after 2 2
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 150,741 127,233
Percentage 3.7% 3.1%
Swing Increase 0.9pp Decrease 1.3pp

This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 2011 New South Wales state election.

Results

2011 New South Wales state election: Legislative Council
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 185,274
Liberal/National Coalition 1. Mike Gallacher (Lib) (elected 1)
2. Duncan Gay (Nat) (elected 4)
3. Greg Pearce (Lib) (elected 7)
4. David Clarke (Lib) (elected 9)
5. Rick Colless (Nat) (elected 11)
6. Scot MacDonald (Lib) (elected 13)
7. Catherine Cusack (Lib) (elected 14)
8. Natasha Maclaren-Jones (Lib) (elected 15)
9. Peter Phelps (Lib) (elected 16)
10. Niall Blair (Nat) (elected 17)
11. Sarah Johnston (Nat) (elected 21)
12. Henson Liang (Lib)
13. Andy Heath (Lib)
14. Lili Gestakovska (Lib)
15. Ben Tyson (Nat) 		1,943,246 47.68 +13.46
Labor 1. Eric Roozendaal (elected 2)
2. Greg Donnelly (elected 5)
3. Penny Sharpe (elected 8)
4. Peter Primrose (elected 10)
5. Tony Kelly (elected 12)
6. Andrew Ferguson
7. Natalie Bradbury
8. Ernest Wong
9. Nizza Siano
10. Sue Fletcher
11. Alexandra Cowan
12. Richard SMolenski
13. Glenn Kolomeitz
14. Michelle Miran
15. Anna Minns
16. John Knight
17. John Rumble
18. Kien Ly 		967,242 23.73 -15.41
Greens 1. David Shoebridge (elected 3)
2. Jan Barham (elected 6)
3. Jeremy Buckingham (elected 20)
4. Lesa de Leau
5. Chris Harris
6. Brami Jegatheeswaran
7. Terri Latella
8. Brian Mason
9. Lynne Saville
10. Leonard Chin
11. Catherine Moore
12. Bronislava Lee
13. Alex Surace
14. Anne Marett
15. Anthony Petrolo
16. Jan Davis
17. Melissa Brooks
18. Jason Koh
19. Pauline Tyrrell
20. Joel Macrae
21. Sandra Heilpern 		453,125 11.12 +2.00
Shooters and Fishers 1. Robert Brown (elected 18)
2. Jim Muirhead
3. Max Castle
4. Pauline Smith
5. Tony McManus
6. Al McGlashan
7. Col Allison
8. John Featherstone
9. Steve Lee
10. Alain Noujaim
11. Kath Clapham
12. Arthur Baker
13. Darren Higgins
14. Karl Houseman
15. Peter Saunders
16. Ron Wakem
17. David Cook
18. Bob Shaw 		150,741 3.70 +0.90
Christian Democrats 1. Paul Green (elected 19)
2. Robyn Peebles
3. Graham Freemantle
4. Max Cracknell
5. Elaine Nile
6. Magdi Hanna
7. Ian Smith
8. Elwyn Sheppard
9. David Fraser
10. Anita Bird
11. Eddie Cropper
12. Michelle Green
13. Trisha Ellis
14. Devon Chapman
15. Graeme Young
16. Bruce Watson
17. Diana Thew
18. Gamil Heimy-Kostandy
19. Soon-Hyung Kwon
20. Ula Falanga 		127,233 3.12 -1.30
Independent 1. Pauline Hanson
2. Brian Burston
3. Graham Abel
4. Kate McCulloch
5. David Taylor
6. Alan Cronin
7. Michael Parsons
8. Rosalyn Wright
9. John Cantwell
10. Ed Farnsworth
11. Sharon Elwell
12. Andy Frew
13. David Seccombe
14. Stephen Mulcahy
15. Kenneth Dibsdale
16. Bev Wallis 		98,043 2.41 +2.41
Family First 1. Gordon Moyes
2. Phil Lamb
3. Gregory Swane
4. Joseph Mack
5. Ken Duncan
6. John Millard
7. Sam Habashy
8. Graham Guy
9. Richard Menteith
10. Nett Knox
11. Grace Sham
12. Nancy Piggott
13. Patricia Giles
14. Arnold Gorrell
15. Wayne Koivu
16. Ken Scott
17. Gavin Brett
18. Johnny Teong
19. Rejieli Flexman 		59,640 1.46 +1.46
Fishing Party 1. Bob Smith
2. Elizabeth Stocker
3. Chris Goodbar
4. Deanne Shepherd
5. Russell Bond
6. Bob Sieber
7. Ted Mackay
8. Vicki Johns
9. Stewart Paterson
10. Kevin Johnson
11. Brian Sutton
12. Alison Johnstone
13. Paul Derrick
14. Adrian Callaghan
15. Michael O'Connor
16. Frank Bills
17. Craig McCartney
18. Margaret Hare
19. Rowan Phelps
20. David Hitchcock
21. Matthew Small 		54,253 1.33 -0.20
  John Hatton's Independent Team 1. John Hatton
2. Ian Scandrett
3. John McInerney
4. Tony Brown
5. David Swan
6. Mike King
7. Debra Wales
8. Sandra Wilson
9. Peter Cipollone
10. Joe Nagy
11. Dianne Allen
12. Edgar Azzopardi
13. Julie Head
14. Darren Boehm
15. Deborah Richards
16. Chris Gibson
17. John Stephens
18. Alan Hunt
19. Lindsay Fuller
20. Mark Corrigan
21. Meg Bishop 		52,514 1.29 +1.29
No Parking Meters 1. Charles Matthews
2. Robert Morris
3. David Johnson
4. Sirena Beveridge
5. Troy Seelin
6. Caroline Schlee
7. Dale Ayshford
8. Helen Patterson
9. Robert Braid
10. Joyce McDonnell
11. Kevin Barron
12. John Fleming
13. Michael Morrisey
14. Susan Bisaro
15. John Shaw
16. Louise Morrisey
17. Carol Matthews
18. Carolyn Beveridge 		49,429 1.21 +1.21
Democrats 1. Arthur Chesterfield-Evans
2. Ronaldo Villaver
3. Dean Winter
4. Glenn Luxford
5. Brett Paterson
6. Casey Balk
7. Pamela Clifford
8. Robert McFarlane
9. Perry Garofani
10. Carolyn Hastie
11. John Haydon
12. Georgina Johanson
13. Mayo Materazzo
14. Julia Melland
15. David Robinson
16. Carol Prendergast
17. Jaeme Serpanchy
18. Samantha Elliott-Halls 		34,046 0.84 -0.95
Outdoor Recreation 1. David Leyonhjelm
2. Peter Whelan
3. Martin Walsh
4. Fay Destry
5. Ian Best
6. James Whelan
7. Jennifer Rose
8. John Phibbs
9. Bob Hennessy
10. Angelique Pettett
11. Virginia Kruse
12. Lucy Gabb
13. Jason Kent
14. Graham Nickols
15. Robert Dolphin
16. Janos Beregszaszi 		31,279 0.77 +0.20
Restore the Workers' Rights 1. Barry Gissell
2. Clifford Waiford
3. Amanda Goodwin
4. Jody Gissell
5. Toni Griffis
6. Peter Squires
7. Anthony Adams
8. Donna Adams
9. Irene Wilson
10. Maureen Cross
11. Amanda Radburn
12. Yvonne King
13. David McCabe
14. Kelly Slater
15. Rodney Slater 		17,661 0.43 -0.49
Save Our State 1. Tony Recsei
2. Monica Wangmann
3. Gordon Hocking
4. Ted Webber
5. Jean Posen
6. John Ward
7. Barry Hadaway
8. Colin Freeman
9. Rosemary Hadaway
10. Tony Meaney
11. Tanya Wood
12. Margaretha van Gennip
13. Jennifer Bennett
14. Pat Cameron
15. Mary Minns
16. Allan Butt
17. Hugh Knox
18. Robert Hochmann 		13,579 0.33 +0.02
Socialist Alliance 1. Peter Boyle
2. Jess Moore
3. Luis Almario
4. Susan Prince
5. Ibrahim Barssi
6. Bea Bielle
7. Raul Bassi
8. Simon Cunich
9. Rachel Evans
10. Ross Geary
11. John Coleman
12. Steve O'Brien
13. Kate Ausburn
14. Patrick Harrison
15. Federico Fuentes
16. Luis Olaya
17. Jill Hickson
18. Duroyan Fertl
19. Stefan Skibicki
20. Terry Townsend
21. Simon Butler 		10,619 0.26 -0.14
Building Australia 1. Ray Brown
2. Michael O'Donnell
3. Liz Tomlinson
4. John Fransen
5. Maureen Riordan
6. Alan Smith
7. Louise Williams
8. Ross Trovato
9. Shiyun Chen
10. John Zhang
11. Kieron Farrell
12. John Baiada
13. Domenic Cammareri
14. John White
15. Robert Pickett
16. John Vellenga
17. Brett Walter
18. Ron Gattone 		9,058 0.22 +0.22
Independent James Liu 1,220 0.03 +0.03
Independent Ramsay Nuthall 612 0.02 +0.02
  Sex Party Huw Campbell 465 0.01 +0.01
Independent Darren Marton 446 0.01 +0.01
Independent June Esposito 208 0.01 +0.01
Independent Danny Lim 192 0.00 0.00
Independent Kyrsty MacDonald 189 0.00 0.00
  United We Stand Ben Smith 187 0.00 +0.00
Independent Richard Stanton 157 0.00 0.00
Independent Jennifer Stefanac 119 0.00 0.00
  Help Fix NSW Robert Peake 103 0.00 +0.00
Independent Stuart Baanstra 88 0.00 0.00
Independent Phil Douglas 71 0.00 0.00
Independent Lindsay Bignell 57 0.00 0.00
Independent Alan Francis 57 0.00 0.00
Independent Frank Monte 52 0.00 0.00
Independent John Tullis 49 0.00 0.00
  Progress Bruce Manefield 44 0.00 +0.00
Total formal votes 4,076,024 94.65 +0.76
Informal votes 230,260 5.35 -0.76
Turnout 4,306,285 92.89 +0.10

Continuing members

The following MLCs were not up for re-election this year.

Member Party Term
  Sophie Cotsis Labor 2010–2015
  Amanda Fazio Labor 2007–2015
  Luke Foley Labor 2010–2015
  John Hatzistergos Labor 2011–2015
  Shaoquett Moselmane Labor 2009–2015
  Eddie Obeid Labor 2011–2015
  Mick Veitch Labor 2007–2015
  Lynda Voltz Labor 2007–2015
  Helen Westwood Labor 2007–2015
  John Ajaka Liberal 2007–2015
  Marie Ficarra Liberal 2007–2015
  Don Harwin Liberal 2007–2015
  Charlie Lynn Liberal 2007–2015
  Matthew Mason-Cox Liberal 2007–2015
  Jenny Gardiner National 2007–2015
  Trevor Khan National 2007–2015
  Melinda Pavey National 2007–2015
  John Kaye Greens 2007–2015
  Cate Faehrmann Greens 2010–2015
  Fred Nile Christian Democrats 2007–2015
  Robert Borsak Shooters Party 2010–2015

See also

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