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2025 federal House election · Official AEC results

Cessnock PATERSON PPVC

Paterson, NSW · Pre-poll centre · AEC polling-place ID 81692

Cessnock Scout Hall, 284 Maitland Rd, CESSNOCK, NSW, 2325

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

211

Denominator for candidate and preferred-vote shares.

Informal votes

28

11.72% of 239 total ballots.

First preferences

211 formal votes; informal votes excluded from candidate percentages
Candidate / partyVotesShare
Meryl SWANSON
Labor		8640.76%
Laurence ANTCLIFF
Liberal		3315.64%
Arnon WITHER
Pauline Hanson's One Nation		2813.27%
Philip PENFOLD
Independent		209.48%
Paul JOHNS
The Greens		199.00%
Daniel DRYDEN
Legalise Cannabis Party		136.16%
Sandra Lyn BRIGGS
Family First		52.37%
April Maree SCOTT
Independent		31.42%
Peter N ARENA
Trumpet of Patriots		31.42%
Rod HOLDING
Independent		10.47%

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

Two-candidate preferred (TCP)

211 formal votes; informal votes excluded from candidate percentages
Candidate / partyVotesShare
Meryl SWANSON
Labor		14166.82%
Laurence ANTCLIFF
Liberal		7033.18%

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 · 211 formal votes
SideVotesShare
Australian Labor Party14166.82%
Liberal/National Coalition7033.18%

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 2022

Cessnock PATERSON PPVC in 2022 has the same AEC polling-place ID.

No continuous trend is shown because:

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 detailsCessnock PATERSON PPVC1Cessnock East2Cessnock North3Aberdare4Cessnock West5Nulkaba6Kearsley7

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Nearby booths by distance

  1. Cessnock PATERSON PPVC — selected polling place
  2. Cessnock East, Hunter · 0.8 km · 832 formal votes · Labor TPP 66.23%
  3. Cessnock North, Hunter · 1.0 km · 602 formal votes · Labor TPP 66.11%
  4. Aberdare, Hunter · 1.3 km · 1,088 formal votes · Labor TPP 64.98%
  5. Cessnock West, Hunter · 1.8 km · 1,338 formal votes · Labor TPP 63.60%
  6. Nulkaba, Hunter · 2.4 km · 518 formal votes · Labor TPP 59.85%
  7. Kearsley, Hunter · 4.5 km · 500 formal votes · Labor TPP 59.60%

AEC 2025 final-results CSV downloads · generated 2025-06-16T10:39:14 (source timestamp) · retrieved 7 September 2026. © Commonwealth of Australia 2025, CC BY 4.0. Percentages calculated from AEC counts; no endorsement by AEC.

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