Electoral district of Sydenham

Sydenham
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Sydenham; Victoria—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Sydenham (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
State	Victoria
Created	2014
MP	Natalie Hutchins
Party	Labor
Namesake	Sydenham
Electors	50,841 (2018)
Area	96 km2 (37.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

The electoral district of Sydenham is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2013, and came into effect at the 2014 state election.^[1]

It largely covers the area of the abolished district of Keilor, covering outer northwestern suburbs of Melbourne. It includes the suburbs of Sydenham, Taylors Hill, Delahey, Taylors Lakes and Hillside.^[2]

The abolished district of Keilor was held by Labor MP Natalie Hutchins, who retained the new seat at the 2014 election.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Natalie Hutchins	Labor	2014–present

Election results

2022 Victorian state election: Sydenham^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Natalie Hutchins	18,978	43.5	−17.8
	Liberal	Joseph Cullia	12,661	29.0	+0.9
	Family First	Marvet Tawadros	2,818	6.5	+6.5
	Greens	Maggie Ralph	2,547	5.8	−0.6
	Victorian Socialists	Hajar Chlihi	1,977	4.5	+4.5
	Democratic Labour	Jakueline Radovani	1,916	4.4	+4.4
	Freedom	Alejandro Ramos	1,672	3.8	+3.8
	Animal Justice	Karina Leung	1,095	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			43,662	92.4	–0.5
Informal votes			3,594	7.6	+0.5
Turnout			47,256	89.0	+1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Natalie Hutchins	25,657	58.8	−8.9
	Liberal	Joseph Cullia	18,005	41.2	+8.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.9