Divisions · South Australia · 138,898 enrolled
Spence
Matt Burnell (Labor) won Spence in 2025 with 65.34% of the final two-candidate vote against Daniel Wild (Liberal), a safe margin of 15.34 points.
Member now Matt Burnell Labor · in Parliament since 21 May 2022
- Turnout
- 87.51%
- Informal
- 8.20%
- Labor TPP
- 65.34%
- TPP swing to Labor
- +2.44
- Formal votes
- 111,582
- 2022 winner
- Matt Burnell (Labor)
2025 · first preferences
8 candidates
- Matt BurnellLabor · sitting member · elected 49,463 44.33% +0.47
- Daniel WildLiberal 20,852 18.69% −6.87
- Luke SkinnerGreens 16,166 14.49% +3.14
- Darryl BotheOne Nation 10,654 9.55% −1.31
- John William BennettFamily First 4,901 4.39% +4.39
- Paul Michael MorrellTrumpet of Patriots 4,454 3.99% +2.36
- Kym HantonIndependent 2,749 2.46% +2.46
- Miranda Joyce SmithAnimal Justice 2,343 2.10% +2.10
Votes, share of formal votes and swing on 2022 (AEC, notional for redrawn boundaries).
After preferences
The final two
Matt Burnell · Labor 65.34% 72,903
Daniel Wild · Liberal 34.66% 38,679
Lead: 34,224 of 111,582 votes.
Distribution of preferences · 7 counts
| Candidate | First | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Skinner · Greens | 16,166 | 16,926 | 17,568 | 18,001 | 19,703 | 24,576 | excl. |
| Daniel Wild · Liberal | 20,852 | 21,043 | 21,403 | 21,849 | 22,728 | 30,563 | 38,679 |
| Miranda Joyce Smith · Animal Justice | 2,343 | excl. | |||||
| Kym Hanton · Independent | 2,749 | 3,076 | excl. | ||||
| Matt Burnell · Labor | 49,463 | 49,819 | 50,524 | 51,048 | 52,279 | 56,443 | 72,903 |
| Darryl Bothe · One Nation | 10,654 | 10,909 | 11,449 | 13,557 | 16,872 | excl. | |
| Paul Michael Morrell · Trumpet of Patriots | 4,454 | 4,564 | 4,871 | excl. | |||
| John William Bennett · Family First | 4,901 | 5,245 | 5,767 | 7,127 | excl. |
Each count excludes the candidate with the fewest votes and passes their papers on. Step through it on /au/seats.
Photos: Matt Burnell — Government of South Australia (Veterans SA), CC BY 4.0 . Via Wikimedia Commons.