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Liberal National Labor Total
Old Boundaries 31 7 21 59
New Boundaries 32 7 20 59

  • The redistribution has abolished the Liberal seat of Eyre that previously ran from Esperance to Boulder. In its place Kalgoorlie now takes in both Boulder and Kalgoorlie while Esperance is included in the new seat of Roe, which also takes in large parts of the abolished seat of Wagin. Both Roe and Kalgoorlie remain as notional National Party seats.
  • The south-west seat of Collie-Preston has been re-drawn to take in Donnybrook-Balingup Shire, turning this previously marginal Labor seat into a notional Liberal seat.
  • The re-arrangement of the boundaries of Labor-held West Swan has wiped out Labor's margin of 1.9% and turned it into a notional Liberal seat.
  • The Commission initially proposed to use non-geographic names for a number of seats when draft boundaries were released, but has reverted to geographic names at the final stage.
  • A new notionally Labor seat called Baldivis has been created in southern Perth from parts of Kwinana and Warnbro.
  • The Liberal seats of Alfred Cove and Bateman have had their previous east-west arrangement re-aligned as north south seats. The Liberal margin for Bateman increases from 17.8% to 23.1%, but the new seat of Bicton has a margin of only 10.0% compared to 23.6% for the abolished seat of Alfred Cove.
  • Other seats to adopt new names include Thornlie (formerly Gosnells), Burns Beach (formerly Ocean Reef) and Roe replacing the former seats of Wagin and Eyre.
  • There has been a general counter-clockwise rotation of seats around northern parts of the metropolitan area. Butler in the far north has been diced and spliced, West Swan moves west, while Swan Hills slips out of the hills and becomes an Ellenbrook based seat.
  • Other seats to see substantial changes in margin include Burns Beach (formerly Ocean Reef Liberal down from 19.0% to 11.3%), Fremantle (Labor margin up from 7.9% to 15.4%), Jandakot (Liberal up from 8.1% to 18.3%), Joondalup (Liberal up from 4.5% to 10.1%), Kwinana (Labor down from 11.8% to 4.3%), Southern River (Liberal down from 17.0% to 10.9%) and Willagee (Labor down from 10.6% to 2.5%).

Electorate Party and Margin
West Swan LIB 0.9%
Belmont LIB 1.0%
Forrestfield LIB 2.2%
Perth LIB 2.8%
Collie-Preston LIB 2.9%
Swan Hills LIB 3.7%
Morley LIB 4.7%
Balcatta LIB 7.1%
Mount Lawley LIB 8.9%
Bicton LIB 10.0%
Kalamunda LIB 10.3%
Joonalup LIB 10.4%
Southern River LIB 10.9%
Wanneroo LIB 11.0%
Burns Beach LIB 11.3%
Pilbara NAT 11.5%
North West Central NAT 11.5%
Murray-Wellington LIB 12.0%
Bunbury LIB 12.2%
Riverton LIB 12.7%
Dawesville LIB 12.7%
Darling Range LIB 13.1%
Kingsley LIB 14.0%
Warren-Blackwood NAT 15.7%
Hillarys LIB 16.0%
Kalgoorlie NAT 16.5%
Scarborough LIB 17.3%
Jandakot LIB 18.3%
Carine LIB 18.3%
Nedlands LIB 19.1%
Churchlands LIB 20.0%
South Perth LIB 20.0%
Cottesloe LIB 21.1%
Vasse LIB 21.2%
Central Wheatbelt NAT 21.5%
Geraldton LIB 22.8%
Bateman LIB 23.1%
Moore NAT 23.2%
Roe NAT 27.6%

Electorate Party and Margin
Midland ALP 0.5%
Butler ALP 1.0%
Albany ALP 1.0%
Thornlie ALP 1.8%
Cannington ALP 2.1%
Willagee ALP 2.5%
Maylands ALP 2.7%
Girrawheen ALP 2.8%
Victoria Park ALP 4.0%
Kwinana ALP 4.3%
Cockburn ALP 4.6%
Mirrabooka ALP 4.6%
Bassendean ALP 5.1%
Kimberley ALP 5.1%
Baldivis ALP 6.4%
Mandurah ALP 7.7%
Armadale ALP 9.6%
Warnbro ALP 10.6%
Rockingham ALP 13.2%
Fremantle ALP 15.4%
Summary of Changes to Electorates and Margins
Electorate Old Margin % New Margin % Comments
Albany ALP 2.0 ALP 1.0 Gains around 700 voters from Wagin, cutting the Labor margin.
Alfred Cove .. .. See Bicton
Armadale ALP 9.6 ALP 9.6 Unchanged
Balcatta LIB 7.3 LIB 7.1 Gains East Hamersley from Girrawheen.
Baldivis New seat ALP 6.4 New Labor seat created in Perth's south between Kwinana and Warnbro.
Bassendean ALP 5.1 ALP 5.1 Largely unchanged
Bateman LIB 17.8 LIB 23.1 The east-west aligned seats of Alfred Cove and Bateman have been re-arranged as north-south aligned seats. The eastern end of Alfred Cove has been incorporated into Batemanand areas east of the Kwinana Freeway have been transferred to Riverton.
Belmont LIB 0.9 LIB 1.0 Gains parts of Hazelmere from Midland.
Bicton LIB 23.6 LIB 10.0 The east-west aligned seats of Alfred Cove and Bateman have been re-arranged as north-south aligned seats. Bicton takes in the western end of Alfred Cove along with Melville from Willagee and East Fremantle from Fremantle. Bicton has a notional Liberal margin of 10.0% compared to 23.6% for Alfred Cove.
Bunbury LIB 13.1 LIB 12.2 Gains Dalyellup from Collie-Preston in exchange for Clifton Park.
Burns Beach LIB 19.0 LIB 11.3 New name for Ocean Reef, with major boundary changes as the electorate shifts north, the seat's margin cut by gaining areas from the Labor seat of Butler.
Butler ALP 1.8 ALP 1.0 Loses Clarkson to Burns Beach and Banksia Grove to West Swan.
Cannington ALP 2.1 ALP 2.1 Loses some areas to Victoria Park and Thornlie.
Carine LIB 18.1 LIB 18.3 Largely unchanged.
Central Wheatbelt NAT 7.9 v LIB NAT 8.9 v LIB Expands east and south taking in areas from Eyre and Wagin. This boosts the National margin in the contest versus the Liberal Party, while the Liberal two-party preferred margin versus Labor rises slightly from 21.1% to 21.5%.
Churchlands LIB 20.2 LIB 20.0 Largely unchanged.
Cockburn ALP 4.1 ALP 4.6 Loses some southern areas to Kwinana.
Collie-Preston ALP 0.1 LIB 2.9 Gains Donnybrook-Balingup Shire from Warren-Blackwood along with suburb swaps with Bunbury. These changes convert the seat from marginal Labor to notional Liberal.
Cottesloe LIB 20.9 LIB 21.1 Largely unchanged.
Darling Range LIB 15.3 LIB 13.1 Loses Forrestdale area to Jandakot. Gains parts of Sawyers Valley from Swan Hills.
Dawesville LIB 12.7 LIB 12.7 Unchanged.
Eyre LIB 0.4 v NAT .. Abolished. Divided between Central Wheatbelt, Kalgoorlie and Roe.
Forrestfield LIB 2.1 LIB 2.2 Largely unchanged
Fremantle ALP 7.9 ALP 15.4 Major changes produced by the re-arrangement of Alfred Cove/Bicton to the north. Loses Liberal voting areas to Bicton and doubles its majority with the transfer of Labor voting territory from Willagee.
Geraldton LIB 10.9 v NAT LIB 10.9 v NAT Unchanged. Liberal 2-party margin versus Labor 22.8%.
Girrawheen ALP 2.4 ALP 2.8 Loses areas to Balcatta and Kingsley.
Gosnells .. .. See Thornlie.
Hillarys LIB 19.0 LIB 16.0 Loses Marmion to Carine and gains Craigie Heights from Joondalup.
Jandakot LIB 8.1 LIB 18.3 Major re-draw, with Labor-voting areas west of the Kwinana Freeway transferred to Willagee, the southern part of the old seat transferred to Kwinana, while the new boundaries see Jandakot become a safe Liberal seat by extending south-east to take in newer housing areas around Forrestdale.
Joondalup LIB 4.5 LIB 10.4 Becomes safer for the Liberal Party after changes to boundaries with neighbouring Burns Beach and Hillarys.
Kalamunda LIB 10.5 LIB 10.3 Loses areas in the south around Maddington to Thornlie. Moves up into the hills gaining Stoneville, Parkerville, Glen Forrest and Mahogany Creek from Swan Hills.
Kalgoorlie NAT 6.3 v LIB NAT 3.2 v LIB Gains Boulder, Kambalda and northern parts of the abolished seat of Eyre. Loses the remote Ngaanyatjarra Council area to North West Central. Liberal 2-party margin versus Labor slips slightly from 16.9% to 16.5%.
Kimberley ALP 5.1 ALP 5.1 Unchanged.
Kingsley LIB 14.8 LIB 14.0 Gains the balance of Warwick from Girrawheen.
Kwinana ALP 11.8 ALP 4.3 Moves north, losing southern areas to the new seat of Baldivis, gaining parts of Cockburn and Jandakot in the north.
Mandurah ALP 7.7 ALP 7.7 Unchanged.
Maylands ALP 3.1 ALP 2.7 Minor boundary changes.
Midland ALP 0.1 ALP 0.5 Minor boundary changes, losing Hazelmere to Belmont.
Mirrabooka ALP 4.6 ALP 4.6 Unchanged
Moore NAT 5.9 v LIB NAT 5.9 v LIB Unchanged. Liberal two-party preferred margin 23.2%.
Morley LIB 4.7 LIB 4.7 Unchanged.
Mount Lawley LIB 9.4 LIB 8.9 Some minor changes with neighbouring Perth and Maylands.
Murray-Wellington LIB 12.0 LIB 12.0 Unchanged
Nedlands LIB 19.1 LIB 19.1 Largely unchanged.
North West Central NAT 9.7 v LIB NAT 10.5 v LIB Gains the remote Ngaanyatjarra Council area from Kalgoorlie. Liberal 2-party margin slips from 13.5% to 11.5%.
Ocean Reef .. .. See Burns Beach.
Perth LIB 2.6 LIB 2.8 Minor changes only.
Pilbara NAT 11.5 NAT 11.5 Unchanged.
Riverton LIB 9.2 LIB 12.7 Strengthened for the Liberal Party as the western boundary extends to the Kwinana Freeway.
Rockingham ALP 13.2 ALP 13.2 Unchanged
Roe NAT 26.9 v LIB NAT 16.7 v LIB Absorbs much of Wagin plus the Esperance end of the abolished seat of Eyre. The Liberal 2-party margin versus Labor rises from 25.8% to 27.6%.
Scarborough LIB 17.3 LIB 17.3 Unchanged.
South Perth LIB 21.1 LIB 20.0 Gains areas around Kensington from Victoria Park.
Southern River LIB 17.0 LIB 10.9 Loses areas around Canning Vale to Jandakot while gaining Labor voting territory from Gosnells.
Swan Hills LIB 5.9 LIB 3.7 Massive re-drawing. Loses a string of suburbs in the hills while gaining the balance of Ellenbrook from West Swan.
Thornlie ALP 2.9 ALP 1.8 Replaces Gosnells, the reduced Labor margin of 1.7% following boundary changes with neighbouring Cannington, Forrestfield, Southern River and Kalmunda.
Vasse LIB 21.2 LIB 21.2 Only minor boundary changes around Margaret River with Warren-Blackwood.
Victoria Park ALP 4.1 ALP 4.0 Minor changes.
Wagin .. .. See Roe.
Wanneroo LIB 11.1 LIB 11.0 Minor changes
Warnbro ALP 8.8 ALP 10.6 Loses Baldivis to the new seat of Baldivis.
Warren-Blackwood NAT 3.1 v LIB NAT 7.2 v LIB Strengthened for the Nationals after gaining southern parts of the abolished seat of Wagin. The Liberal 2-party margin versus Labor rises from 15.6% to 15.7%.
West Swan ALP 1.9 LIB 0.9 Loses Ellenbrook, gains Herne Hill and parts of the Upper Swan valley. Extends north to take Banksia Grove from Butler. The new boundaries see West Swan switch sides on the electoral pendulum, becoming a notional Liberal seat with a margin of 0.9%.
Willagee ALP 10.6 ALP 2.5 The northern end around Melville is transferred to Bicton. Areas west of Stock Road are moved into Fremantle, while parts of Jandakot and Bateman west of the Kwinana Freeway join the seat. Together these changes lead to a substantial decline in the seat's Labor margin.

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