The ALP candidate, Ann Corcoran, has won today’s by-election for the House of Representatives electorate of Isaacs, securing a 7.75% swing on the primary vote.
Corcoran has won 66% of the two-party-preferred vote, compared to 56.40% achieved by the ALP in 1998, a swing of 9.6%.
A 10% swing is a sizable swing, more than double the average swing against governments in by-elections. However, given that the Liberal Party did not field a candidate, caution should be adopted in interpreting the result. [Read more…]
The date was announced by the House of Representatives Speaker, Neil Andrew, before Question Time commenced today.
Wilton had represented the suburban electorate in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs since 1996.