ALP 5.2%
Incumbent MP
Stephen Mullighan, since 2014.
Geography
Northern Adelaide. Lee covers the suburbs of Birkenhead, Exeter, Glanville, Hendon, Semaphore Park, Seaton, Semaphore South, Tennyson, West Lakes, West Lakes Shore and Royal Park.
Redistribution
Lee shifted to the east, taking in Hendon from Cheltenham and losing Grange to Colton. These changes increased the Labor margin from 3.8% to 5.2%.
History
Lee was created at the 1993 election. The seat was first won by the Liberal Party’s Joe Rossi in 1993, and was then won by the ALP’s Michael Wright in 1997.
Michael Wright was re-elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010. He served as a minister from 2002 to 2011.
Wright retired in 2014, and Labor’s Stephen Mullighan won Lee. Mullighan was re-elected in 2018.
- Andrew Payne (Greens)
- Stephen Mullighan (Labor)
- Jake Hall-Evans (Liberal)
- John Moldovan (Family First)
Assessment
Lee is a marginal seat and could be in play if the Liberal Party has a good election.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Stephen Mullighan | Labor | 9,845 | 42.5 | +0.4 | 43.7 |
| Steven Rypp | Liberal | 8,203 | 35.4 | -5.5 | 33.4 |
| Andy Legrand | SA-Best | 2,953 | 12.7 | +12.7 | 13.4 |
| Patrick O’Sullivan | Greens | 1,023 | 4.4 | -1.6 | 4.3 |
| Vicki Jessop | Australian Christians | 731 | 3.2 | -0.7 | 3.1 |
| Tiffany Littler | Dignity | 304 | 1.3 | +1.3 | 1.5 |
| Aristidis Kerpelis | Danig | 127 | 0.5 | +0.5 | 0.5 |
| Others | 0.1 | ||||
| Informal | 1,065 | 4.4 |
2018 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Stephen Mullighan | Labor | 12,485 | 53.8 | +2.3 | 55.2 |
| Steven Rypp | Liberal | 10,701 | 46.2 | -2.3 | 44.8 |
Booths in Lee have been divided into three areas: east, north and south.
Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in two areas, with 55.1% in the south and 62% in the east. The Liberal Party won 50.6% in the north.
SA-Best came third, with a primary vote ranging from 12.5% in the north to 12.9% in the east.
| Voter group | SAB prim % | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| East | 12.9 | 62.0 | 6,097 | 28.8 |
| North | 12.5 | 49.4 | 5,357 | 25.3 |
| South | 12.7 | 55.1 | 3,747 | 17.7 |
| Other votes | 15.1 | 53.6 | 5,999 | 28.3 |
Election results in Lee at the 2018 South Australian state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Party and SA-Best.