ALP 31.5%
Incumbent MP
Dave Kelly, since 2013.
- Geography
- Redistribution
- History
- Candidate summary
- Assessment
- 2021 results
- Booth breakdown
- Results maps
Geography
Bassendean covers parts of Perth’s north-eastern suburbs, including Bassendean, Eden Hill, Kiara, Lockridge, Beechboro and parts of Ashfield. The seat covers the entire Bassendean council area along with parts of the Bayswater and Swan council areas.
Redistribution
Bassendean shifted west, losing the remainder of Caversham to Midland and gaining those parts of Morley east of the Tonkin Highway, while losing part of Ashfield to Maylands.
History
The seat of Bassendean has existed since 1996, and has always been held by Labor MPs.
Bassendean was first won in 1996 by Labor’s Clive Brown. Brown had first been elected to represent Morley in 1993, and moved to Bassendean when the former seat was abolished. Brown served on the Labor frontbench from 1994, and became a minister when Labor won power in 2001. He retired in 2005.
Martin Whitely won Bassendean in 2005. Whitely had won the traditional Liberal seat of Roleystone for Labor in 2001, but moved when his former seat was abolished in 2005. He was re-elected in 2008, and served as a parliamentary secretary in the Labor government from 2006 to 2008.
Labor’s Dave Kelly replaced Whitely in Bassendean in 2013, and Kelly moved straight onto the Labor frontbench. Kelly was re-elected in 2017 and 2021.
- Callan Gray (Greens)
- Dave Kelly (Labor)
- Dave Kingston (Australian Christians)
- Renée McLennan (Independent)
Assessment
Bassendean is a safe Labor seat. While the margin is undoubtedly inflated, there are just nine other Labor seats with larger margins, so it’s hard to see Labor having any trouble here.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Dave Kelly | Labor | 17,094 | 70.7 | +11.2 | 71.1 |
| Felicia Adeniyi | Liberal | 2,954 | 12.2 | -10.7 | 12.3 |
| Charles Pratt | Greens | 2,005 | 8.3 | -2.6 | 7.8 |
| Dean Powell | Australian Christians | 705 | 2.9 | -0.3 | 3.0 |
| Leni Erceg | No Mandatory Vaccination | 685 | 2.8 | +2.8 | 2.7 |
| Lesley Pallister | One Nation | 486 | 2.0 | +1.7 | 2.0 |
| Peter Martin | WAxit | 265 | 1.1 | -1.6 | 1.1 |
| Informal | 1,172 | 4.6 |
2021 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Dave Kelly | Labor | 19,727 | 81.6 | +10.0 | 81.5 |
| Felicia Adeniyi | Liberal | 4,452 | 18.4 | -10.0 | 18.5 |
Polling places have been split into three parts: central, north and south.
Labor’s two-party-preferred vote ranged from 77.9% in the north to 83.2% in the north.
| Voter group | ALP 2PP | Total votes | % of votes |
| Central | 81.6 | 8,846 | 17.5 |
| North | 83.2 | 7,659 | 15.1 |
| South | 77.9 | 4,378 | 8.6 |
| Pre-poll | 82.2 | 9,196 | 36.3 |
| Other votes | 80.7 | 11,421 | 22.5 |
Election results in Bassendean at the 2021 WA state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Party and the Greens.
Per Preselection Updates, 2021 Liberal candidate for Bassendean Felicia Adeniyi is running for preselection in the federal seat of Cowan, held by Early Childhood & Youth Minister Anne Aly.
Labor Retain – Greens may finish second here though. Bassendean PS and Cyril Jackson (Ashfield) have strong Green pockets.
Interestingly, a few Greens members have been elected to the Bassendean Council. The former Mayor was a Greens Mayor.
Definitely a ‘Labor Left’ seat its like Miller in QLD.
Either way it’s a Labor win as greens will preference Labor as will the libs
Labor will retain but I reckon Greens have a decent shot of ending up in TCP as the Liberal vote is natrually low and Greens have strong booths in central Bassendean.
Maybe 65 LAB 35 GRN TCP
Renee McClennan (former Bassendean Mayor) is running as an Independent – not as a teal though.