2014 Newcastle state by-election

2014 Newcastle state by-election
25 October 2014
Electoral district of Newcastle in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Tim Crakanthorp Karen Howard Michael Osborne
Party Labor Independent Greens
Primary vote 15,253 10,796 8,236
Percentage 36.9% 26.1% 19.9%
Swing 6.3pp 26.1pp 5.1pp
2PP 58.7% 41.3%
2PP swing 11.3pp 11.3pp
MP before election

Tim Owen
Independent

 Elected MP

Tim Crakanthorp
Labor

The 2014 Newcastle state by-election was held 25 October 2014 to elect the member for Newcastle in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal-turned-independent MP Tim Owen, who won the seat at the 2011 election with a 36.7 percent primary and 52.6 percent two-party-preferred vote.

The previous New South Wales by-election had seen a 26-point two-party-preferred swing to Labor.

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