Divisions · Victoria · 119,909 enrolled
Cooper
Ged Kearney (Labor) won Cooper in 2025 with 59.72% of the final two-candidate vote against Tara Burnett (Greens), a fairly safe margin of 9.72 points.
Member now Ged Kearney Labor · in Parliament since 17 March 2018
- Turnout
- 92.41%
- Informal
- 2.91%
- Labor TPP
- 78.53%
- TPP swing to Labor
- +2.82
- Formal votes
- 107,586
- 2022 winner
- Ged Kearney (Labor)
2025 · first preferences
6 candidates
- Ged KearneyLabor · sitting member · elected 45,151 41.97% +1.28
- Tara BurnettGreens 27,123 25.21% −3.20
- Stewart TodhunterLiberal 16,280 15.13% −1.09
- Kath LarkinVictorian Socialists 9,012 8.38% +4.93
- William TurnerOne Nation 5,684 5.28% +2.38
- Donna StolzenbergLegalise Cannabis 4,336 4.03% +4.03
Votes, share of formal votes and swing on 2022 (AEC, notional for redrawn boundaries).
After preferences
The final two
Ged Kearney · Labor 59.72% 64,246
Tara Burnett · Greens 40.28% 43,340
Lead: 20,906 of 107,586 votes. The final two were not Labor and the Coalition; the AEC's separate Labor–Coalition count gives Labor 78.53%.
Distribution of preferences · 5 counts
| Candidate | First | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Turner · One Nation | 5,684 | 6,181 | excl. | ||
| Ged Kearney · Labor | 45,151 | 46,286 | 47,655 | 49,135 | 64,246 |
| Tara Burnett · Greens | 27,123 | 28,345 | 28,789 | 37,445 | 43,340 |
| Stewart Todhunter · Liberal | 16,280 | 16,730 | 20,038 | 21,006 | excl. |
| Kath Larkin · Victorian Socialists | 9,012 | 10,044 | 11,104 | excl. | |
| Donna Stolzenberg · Legalise Cannabis | 4,336 | excl. |
Each count excludes the candidate with the fewest votes and passes their papers on. Step through it on /au/seats.
Photos: Ged Kearney — Matt Hrkac, CC BY 2.0 . Via Wikimedia Commons.