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New England
Barnaby Joyce (Nationals) won New England in 2025 with 67.06% of the final two-candidate vote against Laura Hughes (Labor), a safe margin of 17.06 points.
Member now Barnaby Joyce One Nation · in Parliament since 1 July 2005 Elected for Nationals in 2025; now One Nation.
- Turnout
- 91.56%
- Informal
- 4.84%
- Labor TPP
- 32.94%
- TPP swing to Labor
- −1.85
- Formal votes
- 114,346
- 2022 winner
- Barnaby Joyce (Nationals)
2025 · first preferences
7 candidates
- Barnaby JoyceNationals · sitting member · elected 59,711 52.22% +1.44
- Laura HughesLabor 23,233 20.32% +0.37
- Brent LarkhamOne Nation 11,387 9.96% +4.70
- Wendy WalesGreens 9,023 7.89% +0.38
- Natasha LedgerIndependent 4,240 3.71% +1.21
- Holly MastersFamily First 3,646 3.19% +3.19
- Todd Charles JuchauTrumpet of Patriots 3,106 2.72% +2.72
Votes, share of formal votes and swing on 2022 (AEC, notional for redrawn boundaries).
After preferences
The final two
Barnaby Joyce · Nationals 67.06% 76,680
Laura Hughes · Labor 32.94% 37,666
Lead: 39,014 of 114,346 votes.
Distribution of preferences · 6 counts
| Candidate | First | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnaby Joyce · Nationals | 59,711 | 60,351 | 61,119 | 62,309 | 64,265 | 76,680 |
| Wendy Wales · Greens | 9,023 | 9,138 | 9,482 | 10,821 | excl. | |
| Natasha Ledger · Independent | 4,240 | 4,515 | 5,315 | excl. | ||
| Laura Hughes · Labor | 23,233 | 23,427 | 23,951 | 25,444 | 33,157 | 37,666 |
| Holly Masters · Family First | 3,646 | 4,019 | excl. | |||
| Todd Charles Juchau · Trumpet of Patriots | 3,106 | excl. | ||||
| Brent Larkham · One Nation | 11,387 | 12,896 | 14,479 | 15,772 | 16,924 | excl. |
Each count excludes the candidate with the fewest votes and passes their papers on. Step through it on /au/seats.
Photos: Barnaby Joyce — Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Via Wikimedia Commons.