ALP 9.1%
Incumbent MP
Jim Madden, since 2015.
Geography
South-East Queensland. Ipswich West covers the western Ipswich suburbs of North Ipswich, Brassall, Leichhardt, Yamanto and Karalee, as well as rural areas to the west of Ipswich including Pine Mountain, Marburg and Rosewood.
Redistribution
Ipswich West moved closer to the Ipswich city centre, gaining Yamanto from Ipswich, and losing semi-rural areas to the north-west, including Lowood, Vernor, Fernvale, Glamorgan Vale and Clarendon, to Lockyer. These changes increased the Labor margin from 7.7% to 9.1%.
History
Ipswich West has existed since 1960. In that time it has been won by the Labor Party at all but three elections.
The ALP held the seat from 1960 to 1974, when it was lost to the National Party at a landslide election. Labor recovered the seat in 1977.
David Underwood held the seat from 1977 until 1989, when he was replaced by Don Livingstone.
Livingstone held the seat from 1989 until 1998, when he lost to One Nation’s Jack Paff. Paff helped form the new City Country Alliance in 1999, and lost to Livingstone in 2001. Livingstone served two more terms, retiring in 2006.
The ALP’s Wayne Wendt was elected in Ipswich West in 2006 and he won a second term in 2009.
In 2012, Wendt was defeated by LNP candidate Sean Choat. Choat lost in 2015 to Labor candidate Jim Madden.
Candidates
- Jim Madden (Labor)
- Brad Trussell (One Nation)
- Keith Muller (Greens)
- Anna O’Neill (Liberal National)
Assessment
Ipswich West will likely remain in Labor hands.
2015 election result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Jim Madden | Labor | 14,025 | 45.7 | +13.8 | 47.1 |
| Sean Choat | Liberal National | 10,911 | 35.5 | -8.0 | 34.6 |
| Chris Reynolds | One Nation | 3,076 | 10.0 | +10.0 | 8.5 |
| Ian Simons | Greens | 1,782 | 5.8 | -0.5 | 6.1 |
| Leo Talty | Independent | 925 | 3.0 | +3.0 | 2.5 |
| Others | 0.7 | ||||
| Family First | 0.5 | ||||
| Informal | 632 | 2.0 |
2015 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Jim Madden | Labor | 16,376 | 57.7 | +14.9 | 59.1 |
| Sean Choat | Liberal National | 11,998 | 42.3 | -14.9 | 40.9 |
| Exhausted | 2,345 | 7.6 |
Booth breakdown
Booths in Ipswich West have been divided into three areas: north-east, south-east and west.
The ALP won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 51% in the west to 67.6% in the south-east.
One Nation came third, with a vote ranging from 6.5% in the south-east to 12.6% in the west.
| Voter group | ON prim % | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| North-East | 7.7 | 60.1 | 10,259 | 37.6 |
| West | 12.6 | 51.0 | 4,482 | 16.4 |
| South-East | 6.5 | 67.6 | 4,239 | 15.5 |
| Other votes | 8.3 | 57.6 | 8,286 | 30.4 |
Two-party-preferred votes in Ipswich West at the 2015 QLD state election
It is probably no surprise the LNP is running dead here. Their candidate is campaigning with other roadside squads in Brisbane marginals each weekend.
Ha, Observer by name… that would be very Observant of you to come to that conclusion! May I ask how?
I was chatting to an LNP friend from Lockyer and we had a chat about Ipswich West. They raised the running dead point.
ALP retain
Hurts me to say it but I fear a PHON gain here. I’ll go with slight Labor retain though.
One Nation gain off LNP preferences.