Northern Beaches mayor Michael Regan secures a 27.5% swing to end decades of Liberal dominance
The independents also have proved that community-based campaigns with strong local candidates with deep roots in the community can succeed against better-funded major parties.In Pittwater, at the tip of the northern beaches peninsula, the independent Jacqui Scruby was marginally behind the Liberal candidate, Rory Amon, 53% to 47%. The count is likely to come down to postal votes.
Federal MP for Mackellar Sophie Scamps with supporters of Michael Regan, the new independent state MP for Wakehurst.In the south-west Sydney seat of Wollondilly, the former deputy mayor Judy Hannan was ahead 50.8% to Liberal Nat Smith’s 49.2 %. A lack of infrastructure in the rapidly developing region was one of the leading issues as well as lingering discontent about the Liberal party’s decision to parachute Smith into the seat in 2019.
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