Electoral district of Parnell

Parnell 帕内尔 Pànèi'ěr パーネル Pāneru Enderronian Parliament
File:ParnellElectorate.png Location of Parnell in Wentworth Metropolis
District Details
Created	1998
MP	Nathan Folley
Party	Social Democrats
Namesake	John Parnell
Electors	136,374
Area	TBA km²
Demographic	Outer metropolitan

Parnell is an electoral district of the Enderronian Parliament in Wentworth Metropolis, first contested at the 1998 federal election. Located on the eastern side of the Eastern Coast region of the city, it is named after Enderronian architect John Parnell.

The sitting member, since the 2014 election, is Nathan Folley, a member of the Social Democratic Party.

History

Parnell was first proclaimed in the 1998 redistribution, as a result of population growth in Wentworth's developing Eastern Coast region. While parts of the Eastern Coast closer to the Wentworth city centre remain affluent and conservative, the migration of young families and professionals into the developing outer suburbs has allowed the Social Democratic Party to gradually consolidate its grip on Parnell since the 2000s. A similar change is occurring in the neighbouring electorate of Sjoberg.

Parnell is a bellwether electorate, having voted for the party of government at every election since its creation.

Members

#	Member		Party	Term
1		Steve Dallen	Social Democrats	1998–2002
2		Gladys Yung	Liberal	2002–2014
3		Nathan Folley	Social Democrats	2014–

Election results

Enderronian federal election, 2018: Parnell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Democrats	Nathan Folley	67,003	52.49	+6.72
	Liberal	Marcus Green	45,686	35.79	–4.24
	Greens	Deidre Chiu	7,161	5.61	–2.56
	Anti-Development	Kristen Li	4,251	3.33	+0.49
	Democrats	Greg Rutherford	3,549	2.78	–3.37
Total formal votes			127,649	98.20	+2.46
Informal votes			2,335	1.80	–2.46
Turnout			129,984	95.31	+1.65
Two-party-preferred result
	Social Democrats	Nathan Folley	76,041	59.57	+7.22
	Liberal	Marcus Green	51,608	40.43	–7.22
	Social Democrats hold		Swing	+7.22