LIB 11.2%
Incumbent MP
David Pisoni, since 2006.
Geography
Inner-southern Adelaide. Unley covers suburbs immediately south of the Adelaide city centre, including Fullarton, Hawthorn, Highgate, Hyde Park, Kingswood, Kings Park, Malvern, Myrtle Bank, Netherby, Parkside, Unley, Unley Park, Urrbrae and parts of Glen Osmond, Goodwood, Millswood and Wayville. Most of the electorate lies within the City of Unley, with the southern end in the Mitcham council area.
Redistribution
Unley shifted south, taking in Hawthorn from Elder and Kingswood, Netherby and Urrbrae from Waite. Unley lost Eastwood, Frewville, Glenunga and Glenside to Bragg. These changes slightly reduced the Liberal margin from 11.3% to 11.2%.
The electorate of Unley has existed since the 1938 election. The seat was held by the Liberal and Country League from 1941 to 1962, the ALP from 1962 to 1993, and the Liberal Party since 1993.
Mark Brindal won Unley in 1993. He had first won the electorate of Hayward in 1989, one term before it was abolished.
Unley shifted through the 1990s towards the Liberal Party, and Brindal held the seat by a solid margin. Brindal served as a minister during his second term from 1997 to 2002, and retired in 2006.
Unley was won in 2006 by the Liberal Party’s David Pisoni. Pisoni has been re-elected three times.
- Georgie Hart (Greens)
- Ryan Harrison (Labor)
- David Pisoni (Liberal)
Assessment
Unley is a safe Liberal seat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| David Pisoni | Liberal | 12,103 | 51.7 | -3.3 | 51.6 |
| Geoff Phillips | Labor | 5,382 | 23.0 | -6.7 | 23.5 |
| Anthony Olivier | SA-Best | 2,878 | 12.3 | +12.3 | 12.0 |
| John Wishart | Greens | 2,222 | 9.5 | -2.0 | 9.3 |
| Anne Watkins | Dignity | 558 | 2.4 | -1.3 | 2.2 |
| Dario Centrella | Stop Population Growth Now | 284 | 1.2 | +1.2 | 0.9 |
| Others | 0.5 | ||||
| Informal | 593 | 2.5 |
2018 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| David Pisoni | Liberal | 14,355 | 61.3 | +2.4 | 61.2 |
| Geoff Phillips | Labor | 9,072 | 38.7 | -2.4 | 38.8 |
Booths in Unley have been divided into three areas: central, east and west.
The Liberal Party won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 52.1% in the west to 61.9% in the centre and east.
| Voter group | SAB prim % | LIB 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| Central | 11.9 | 61.9 | 8,221 | 34.1 |
| East | 12.1 | 61.9 | 7,099 | 29.5 |
| West | 11.8 | 52.1 | 3,246 | 13.5 |
| Other votes | 12.2 | 64.4 | 5,534 | 23.0 |
Election results in Unley at the 2018 South Australian state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for the Liberal Party, Labor, SA-Best and the Greens.