Wentworth electorate

Incumbent Liberal MP Dave Sharma has 29 per cent of votes so far, while Ms Spender holds 43.7 per cent of total counted votes.

Whether its voters are prepared to abandon its traditional political allegiances is shaping as one of the federal election's most colourful, significant and tightest fights. Climate change is a major issue in Wentworth and both candidates are strong supporters of renewable energy sources. Spender wants at least 50 per cent. Liberal MP Dave Sharma is pictured at Bondi Junction Volunteers Lynn Ralph (left) and Vanessa Jones are pictured at Centennial Park Inside the multimillion-dollar mansions of Sydney's harbourside dress circle the city's movers and shakers are turning against themselves over politics.

Sydneysiders flocked to voting stations on Saturday to cast their vote in the federal election after a six-week campaign. We'll be updating this story ...

“This community has voted for fairness, for integrity in government, and for a better future for all. “When my parents came to this country more than four decades ago they were unskilled and spoke very little English. They worked hard in factories… “We’ve lost sense of what it is to be a broad church and I think we need to rediscover that middle ground,” he said. Veteran Labor MP Chris Hayes had wanted Vietnamese-Australian lawyer Tu Le to succeed him in the multicultural seat, which Labor held on a 14 per cent margin. This is a win for democracy.” Having him decide to step aside, you just do get automatically that transfer of vote.” - Matthew Knott Sydneysiders flocked to voting stations on Saturday to cast their vote in the federal election after a six-week campaign. “The negative fear and smear, people are turned off by it,” she said. “When I was first pre-selected I said to be your candidate for Parramatta was the honour of my life, and tonight that honour has turned into a responsibility. I want to thank the people of Reid for electing me and trusting me to be their representative in federal parliament. “This is about genuinely trying to represent our community and take our voice and values to Canberra,” she said. With 70 per cent of the vote counted in the north Sydney seat as of 9pm, Liberal candidate Simon Kennedy has 51 per cent of the two-party preferred vote and Labor’s Jerome Laxale is on 49 per cent, according to the Australian Electoral Commission.