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2022 federal House election · Official AEC results

Waratah

Newcastle, NSW · Election-day booth · AEC polling-place ID 1902

Waratah Public School, Lambton Rd, WARATAH, NSW, 2298

Votes recorded at this polling place are not the views of all local residents. People can vote away from home; pre-poll and mobile services cover wider populations. These results are separate from Australian Poll participant sentiment.

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Formal votes

1,625

Denominator for candidate and preferred-vote shares.

Informal votes

110

6.34% of 1,735 total ballots.

First preferences

1,625 formal votes; informal votes excluded from candidate percentages
Candidate / partyVotesShare
Sharon CLAYDON
Labor		73044.92%
Charlotte McCABE
The Greens		41825.72%
Katrina WARK
Liberal		28317.42%
Mark James WATSON
Pauline Hanson's One Nation		734.49%
Amanda COOK
United Australia Party		523.20%
Emily BROLLO
Animal Justice Party		332.03%
Garth PYWELL
Australian Federation Party		251.54%
William HUSSEY
Informed Medical Options Party		110.68%

First preferences count the candidate marked first on each formal ballot.

Two-candidate preferred (TCP)

1,625 formal votes; informal votes excluded from candidate percentages
Candidate / partyVotesShare
Sharon CLAYDON
Labor		1,19573.54%
Katrina WARK
Liberal		43026.46%

TCP distributes preferences to the final two candidates in this electorate. The pair can include independents or minor parties.

Two-party preferred (TPP)

Labor–Coalition comparison · 1,625 formal votes
SideVotesShare
Australian Labor Party1,19573.54%
Liberal/National Coalition43026.46%

TPP is the AEC’s Labor–Coalition measure even where those parties were not the final two candidates. It must not be substituted for TCP.

Compare with 2025

Waratah in 2025 has the same AEC polling-place ID.

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Nearby election-day booths

Straight-line distance within 50 km, using AEC coordinates. Nearby booths may serve different electorates and voter groups.

Map of nearby booths

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Geographic overview

Numbers match the list below. Circles: election day; squares: pre-poll; triangles: mobile/hospital teams. 7 of 7 places have source coordinates. Teams can cover many locations; their marker is not their service area.

Polling-place locations; use the equivalent numbered list for detailsWaratah1Georgetown2Waratah West3Mayfield South4Lambton East5Lambton6Hamilton North7

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Nearby booths by distance

  1. Waratah — selected polling place
  2. Georgetown, Newcastle · 0.7 km · 699 formal votes · Labor TPP 78.83%
  3. Waratah West, Newcastle · 0.9 km · 871 formal votes · Labor TPP 78.53%
  4. Mayfield South, Newcastle · 1.3 km · 1,466 formal votes · Labor TPP 75.65%
  5. Lambton East, Newcastle · 1.3 km · 1,267 formal votes · Labor TPP 70.56%
  6. Lambton, Newcastle · 1.5 km · 1,533 formal votes · Labor TPP 65.88%
  7. Hamilton North, Newcastle · 1.7 km · 600 formal votes · Labor TPP 72.50%

AEC 2022 final-results CSV downloads · generated 2022-07-19T10:31:27 (source timestamp) · retrieved 7 September 2026. © Commonwealth of Australia 2022, CC BY 4.0. Percentages calculated from AEC counts; no endorsement by AEC.

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