Electoral district of Castle Hill

Castle Hill is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Mark Hodges of the Liberal Party.

Castle Hill
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Created2007
MPMark Hodges
PartyLiberal Party
NamesakeCastle Hill
Electors58,240 (2019)
Area99.95 km2 (38.6 sq mi)
DemographicInner metropolitan
Electorates around Castle Hill:
Hawkesbury Hawkesbury Hornsby
Kellyville Castle Hill Hornsby
Winston Hills Winston Hills
Epping		 Epping

It is an urban electorate in the Hills District in Sydney's north west, taking in the suburbs of Annangrove, Beaumont Hills, Box Hill, Glenhaven, Nelson and parts of Castle Hill, Dural, Kellyville, North Kellyville, Kenthurst, Maraylya, Middle Dural, Round Corner and Rouse Hill.[1]

The electorate formed during the redistribution in 2004 and replaced the former electorate of The Hills, which was abolished at the same time. It was first contested at the 2007 election, when it was won by Michael Richardson, previously the member for The Hills.

While the Hills District has long been Liberal heartland, Castle Hill is considered a particularly safe seat even by Hills standards. Counting its time as The Hills, the Liberals have always won an outright majority in this seat on the first count. However, in recent years, Labor has run dead here; in the three elections since its creation, Labor has been lucky to win 30 percent of the two-party vote.

After the 2015 election, it was the safest seat in the state, with a 29.4 percent swing needed for Labor to win it.

It was retained by the Liberal Party with a 50.7% first round vote in the 2023 state election.

Members for Castle Hill
Member Party Period
  Michael Richardson [2] Liberal 2007–2011
  Dominic Perrottet [3] Liberal 2011–2015
  Ray Williams [4] Liberal 2015–2023
  Mark Hodges Liberal 2023–present

Election results
See also: Electoral results for the district of Castle Hill
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Castle Hill.[edit]
2023 New South Wales state election: Castle Hill[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mark Hodges 27,085 50.7 −13.4
Labor Tina Cartwright 15,159 28.4 +8.3
Greens Tina Kordrostami 4,786 9.0 +0.5
Liberal Democrats My Trinh 3,642 6.8 +6.8
Sustainable Australia Eric Claus 1,403 2.6 −0.5
Independent Nathan Organ 1,352 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 53,427 97.6 +0.1
Informal votes 1,300 2.4 −0.1
Turnout 54,727 90.6 −1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Mark Hodges 29,223 60.9 −11.5
Labor Tina Cartwright 18,760 39.1 +11.5
Liberal hold Swing−11.5

References
  1. "Castle Hill". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. "Mr Michael John Richardson (1949– )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  3. "The Hon. Dominic Francis Perrottet MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  4. "Mr (Ray) Raymond Craig Williams MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  5. LA First Preference: Castle Hill, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  6. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Castle Hill, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
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