ALP 22.6%
Incumbent MP
Stephen Price, since 2017.
- Geography
- Redistribution
- History
- Candidate summary
- Assessment
- 2021 results
- Booth breakdown
- Results maps
Geography
Eastern Perth. Forrestfield mostly lies at the western end of Kalamunda local government area, along with small parts of the Mundaring and Swan council areas. The seat covers the suburbs of Forrestfield, Gooseberry Hill, Helena Valley, High Wycombe, Maida Vale, Wattle Grove and parts of Orange Grove and Maddington.
Redistribution
Forrestfield shifted north, losing Kenwick to Cannington and Thornlie and gaining Helena Valley from Midland and Gooseberry Hill from Kalamunda. These changes cut the Labor margin from 25.5% to 22.6%.
History
Forrestfield was a new seat created at the 2008 election. The seat was created as a notional Labor seat, and was won by ALP candidate Andrew Waddell, despite a 4.3% swing to the Liberal Party.
In 2013, Waddell was defeated by Liberal candidate Nathan Morton, with a 2.3% swing.
Morton only held the seat for one term, losing in 2017 to Labor’s Stephen Price. Price was re-elected in 2021.
- Ian Blayney (Nationals)
- Steve Emmons (Legalise Cannabis)
- Jacob Morrow (Australian Christians)
- Stephen Price (Labor)
- George Tilbury (Liberal)
Assessment
While Labor holds Forrestfield by a large margin, that was in the context of an extremely strong election result. If there is a swing back towards parity, Forrestfield would be one of the closest seats that would decide the majority.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Stephen Price | Labor | 15,770 | 68.6 | +22.3 | 65.4 |
| George Tilbury | Liberal | 4,438 | 19.3 | -10.7 | 22.0 |
| Beth McMullan | Greens | 1,008 | 4.4 | -2.1 | 5.0 |
| Peter Lampard | Australian Christians | 604 | 2.6 | -0.2 | 2.6 |
| Roger Barnett | One Nation | 518 | 2.3 | -7.8 | 2.1 |
| Cameron Peters | No Mandatory Vaccination | 339 | 1.5 | +1.5 | 1.5 |
| Owen Doye | Western Australia Party | 207 | 0.9 | +0.9 | 0.9 |
| Mohammod Shahalam | WAxit | 99 | 0.4 | -0.6 | 0.4 |
| Others | 0.1 | ||||
| Informal | 927 | 3.9 |
2021 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Stephen Price | Labor | 17,349 | 75.5 | +16.1 | 72.6 |
| George Tilbury | Liberal | 5,629 | 24.5 | -16.1 | 27.4 |
Polling places have been split into three parts: north-east, north-west and south.
Labor’s two-party-preferred vote ranged from 66.2% in the north-east to 78.9% in the north-west.
| Voter group | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| South | 74.7 | 5,091 | 20.7 |
| North-West | 78.9 | 3,180 | 12.9 |
| North-East | 66.2 | 2,861 | 11.6 |
| Pre-poll | 70.7 | 7,936 | 32.3 |
| Other votes | 72.9 | 5,505 | 22.4 |
Election results in Forrestfield at the 2021 WA state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Party and the Greens.