Divisions · Western Australia · 117,485 enrolled
Forrest
Ben Small (Liberal) won Forrest in 2025 with 52.24% of the final two-candidate vote against Tabitha Dowding (Labor), a marginal margin of 2.24 points.
Member now Ben Small Liberal · in Parliament since 25 November 2020
- Turnout
- 89.31%
- Informal
- 5.21%
- Labor TPP
- 47.76%
- TPP swing to Labor
- +1.95
- Formal votes
- 99,457
- 2022 winner
- Nola Marino (Liberal)
2025 · first preferences
8 candidates
- Ben SmallLiberal · elected 31,011 31.18% −11.89
- Tabitha DowdingLabor 22,423 22.55% −5.03
- Sue ChapmanIndependent 18,206 18.31% +18.31
- Paul Van Der MeyOne Nation 8,670 8.72% +3.47
- Georgia BeardmanGreens 7,840 7.88% −5.57
- Aaron PeetLegalise Cannabis 5,131 5.16% +5.16
- Cam ParsonsNationals 4,771 4.80% +4.80
- Peter GreenlandTrumpet of Patriots 1,405 1.41% +0.23
Votes, share of formal votes and swing on 2022 (AEC, notional for redrawn boundaries).
After preferences
The final two
Ben Small · Liberal 52.24% 51,952
Tabitha Dowding · Labor 47.76% 47,505
Lead: 4,447 of 99,457 votes.
Distribution of preferences · 7 counts
| Candidate | First | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabitha Dowding · Labor | 22,423 | 22,495 | 22,732 | 23,594 | 27,816 | 28,991 | 47,505 |
| Sue Chapman · Independent | 18,206 | 18,352 | 18,811 | 20,014 | 23,842 | 28,233 | excl. |
| Georgia Beardman · Greens | 7,840 | 7,910 | 8,078 | 9,287 | excl. | ||
| Paul Van Der Mey · One Nation | 8,670 | 9,366 | 10,217 | 11,637 | 12,190 | excl. | |
| Peter Greenland · Trumpet of Patriots | 1,405 | excl. | |||||
| Cam Parsons · Nationals | 4,771 | 4,892 | excl. | ||||
| Aaron Peet · Legalise Cannabis | 5,131 | 5,330 | 5,733 | excl. | |||
| Ben Small · Liberal | 31,011 | 31,112 | 33,886 | 34,925 | 35,609 | 42,233 | 51,952 |
Each count excludes the candidate with the fewest votes and passes their papers on. Step through it on /au/seats.