NEWCASTLE, NSW 97,385 enrolled, 91,148 (93.6%) voted ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Hamilton, Kotara, Newcastle, Waratah -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010 two-party majority: Labor 12.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Chehoff 922 01.1 Zane Alcorn 616 00.7 Yegon McLellan PUP 3,518 04.1 Rod Holding 674 00.8 Susanna Scurry 1,026 01.2 Milton Caine CDP 1,091 01.3 Jaimie Abbott Lib 29,632 34.7 +03.3 Lawrence Higgins 367 00.4 Sharon Claydon + ALP 37,391 43.7 -04.2 Michael Osborne Grn 10,258 12.0 -03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5,653 (06.2%) informal 85,495 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Higgins's 367 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chehoff 19 05.2 941 01.1 Alcorn 7 01.9 623 00.7 McLellan 15 04.1 3,533 04.1 Holding 56 15.3 730 00.9 Scurry 79 21.5 1,105 01.3 Caine 10 02.7 1,101 01.3 Abbott 60 16.4 29,692 34.7 Claydon + 73 19.9 37,464 43.8 Osborne 48 13.1 10,306 12.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 367 85,495 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Alcorn's 623 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chehoff 60 09.6 1,001 01.2 McLellan 47 07.5 3,580 04.2 Holding 49 07.9 779 00.9 Scurry 49 07.9 1,154 01.4 Caine 12 01.9 1,113 01.3 Abbott 25 04.0 29,717 34.8 Claydon + 86 13.8 37,550 43.9 Osborne 295 47.4 10,601 12.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 623 85,495 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Holding's 779 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chehoff 55 07.1 1,056 01.2 McLellan 84 10.8 3,664 04.3 Scurry 453 58.2 1,607 01.9 Caine 19 02.4 1,132 01.3 Abbott 58 07.5 29,775 34.8 Claydon + 57 07.3 37,607 44.0 Osborne 53 06.8 10,654 12.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 779 85,495 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Chehoff's 1,056 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McLellan 650 61.6 4,314 05.1 Scurry 143 13.5 1,750 02.1 Caine 47 04.5 1,179 01.4 Abbott 74 07.0 29,849 34.9 Claydon + 79 07.5 37,686 44.1 Osborne 63 06.0 10,717 12.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1,056 85,495 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Caine's 1,179 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McLellan 144 12.2 4,458 05.2 Scurry 204 17.3 1,954 02.3 Abbott 600 50.9 30,449 35.6 Claydon + 169 14.3 37,885 44.3 Osborne 62 05.3 10,779 12.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1,179 85,495 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Scurry's 1,954 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McLellan 573 29.3 5,031 05.9 Abbott 412 21.1 30,861 36.1 Claydon + 410 21.0 38,265 44.8 Osborne 559 28.6 11,338 13.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1,954 85,495 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: McLellan's 5,031 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Abbott 2,432 48.3 33,293 38.9 Claydon + 1,480 29.4 39,745 46.5 Osborne 1,119 22.2 12,457 14.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 5,031 85,495 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Osborne's 12,457 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Abbott 1,904 15.3 35,197 41.2 CLAYDON + 10,553 84.7 50,298 58.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 12,457 85,495 08.8 03.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharon Catherine Claydon (born 1964): Elected 2013 Born: 26 April 1964, Newcastle, NSW Career: Educated University of Sydney. Worked in Indigenous communities, disability sector. Electorate officer. Newcastle City Council 2007-13. --------------------------------------------------------------------