ALP 28.1%
Incumbent MP
David Scaife, since 2021.
- Geography
- Redistribution
- History
- Candidate summary
- Assessment
- 2021 results
- Booth breakdown
- Results maps
Geography
Southern Perth. The district includes the suburbs of Cockburn Central, Hammond Park, Henderson, Wattleup, Yangebup, Munster, Beeliar, Success, and parts of Coogee. The district covers central parts of the City of Cockburn.
Redistribution
Cockburn expanded south, gaining Hammond Park, Henderson and Wattleup from Kwinana, and losing Atwell to Jandakot. There were also minor changes to the northern border with Willagee/Bibra Lake and Fremantle. These changes increased the Labor margin from 26.7% to 28.1%.
Cockburn has existed continuously since 1962, and has always been held by Labor MPs.
Fran Logan won Cockburn in 2001, and held the seat for four terms.
Logan retired in 2021, and Labor candidate David Scaife won the seat.
Assessment
Cockburn is a safe Labor seat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| David Scaife | Labor | 17,714 | 68.4 | +16.7 | 69.9 |
| Owen Mulder | Liberal | 4,822 | 18.6 | -9.8 | 17.5 |
| Jesse Smith | Greens | 1,655 | 6.4 | -2.5 | 6.2 |
| Elspeth Taimre | No Mandatory Vaccination | 461 | 1.8 | +1.8 | 2.0 |
| Igor Mironenko | One Nation | 456 | 1.8 | -0.1 | 1.8 |
| Andrew Baker | WAxit | 426 | 1.6 | +0.4 | 1.4 |
| Brian Murray | Liberal Democrats | 374 | 1.4 | +1.4 | 1.2 |
| Others | 0.1 | ||||
| Informal | 995 | 3.7 |
2021 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| David Scaife | Labor | 19,870 | 76.7 | +12.4 | 78.1 |
| Owen Mulder | Liberal | 6,024 | 23.3 | -12.4 | 21.9 |
Polling places have been split into three parts: central, east and west.
Labor’s two-party-preferred vote ranged from 73.9% in the west to 80.4% in the east.
| Voter group | ALPÂ 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| East | 80.4 | 3,546 | 14.6 |
| West | 73.9 | 3,085 | 12.7 |
| Central | 79.4 | 2,500 | 10.3 |
| Pre-poll | 78.7 | 9,718 | 40.0 |
| Other votes | 77.5 | 5,460 | 22.5 |
Election results in Cockburn at the 2021 WA state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Party and the Greens.
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