Electoral results for the district of Cockburn

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Cockburn in Western Australian state elections.

Members for Cockburn

2017 Western Australian state election: Cockburn^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fran Logan	12,460	53.6	+5.4
	Liberal	Lavin Raja-Yogam	6,389	27.5	−14.0
	Greens	Shannon Hewitt	2,071	8.9	+1.3
	Independent	Steve Portelli	1,194	5.1	+5.1
	Christians	Edward Roose	592	2.5	+2.5
	Micro Business	Connor McHugh	264	1.1	+1.1
	Flux the System!	Erinn Stanfield	264	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			23,234	94.5	+0.0
Informal votes			1,354	5.5	−0.0
Turnout			24,588	88.1	+3.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fran Logan	15,311	65.9	+11.3
	Liberal	Lavin Raja-Yogam	7,911	34.1	−11.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.3

2013 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fran Logan	10,628	47.8	–0.5
	Liberal	Don Barrett	9,336	42.0	+10.1
	Greens	Shannon Hewitt	1,687	7.6	–5.0
	Independent	Derek Rosborough	578	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			22,229	94.7	+2.1
Informal votes			1,235	5.3	−2.1
Turnout			23,464	90.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fran Logan	11,993	54.1	–5.1
	Liberal	Don Barrett	10,178	45.9	+5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	–5.1

2008 Western Australian state election: Cockburn^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fran Logan	9,620	48.70	−4.1
	Liberal	Donald Barrett	6,188	31.32	+6.2
	Greens	Andrew Sullivan	2,531	12.81	+5.9
	Independent	Mary Jenkins	1,416	7.17	+7.2
Total formal votes			19,755	92.43	+1.3
Informal votes			1,617	7.57	−1.3
Turnout			21,372	87.45
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fran Logan	11,773	59.60	−5.2
	Liberal	Donald Barrett	7,982	40.40	+5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.2

2005 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fran Logan	12,570	55.3	+0.6
	Liberal	John Jamieson	5,289	23.3	+2.8
	Greens	Anne Otness	1,547	6.8	−3.3
	Family First	Damon Fowler	1,278	5.6	+5.6
	Independent	Robyn Scherr	804	3.5	+3.5
	One Nation	Carol Teather	650	2.9	−7.1
	Christian Democrats	Bill Heggers	605	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			22,743	93.0	−1.9
Informal votes			1,722	7.0	+1.9
Turnout			24,465	90.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fran Logan	15,084	66.4	−3.0
	Liberal	John Jamieson	7,640	33.6	+3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.0

2001 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fran Logan	12,527	53.9	+3.0
	Liberal	Sandra Comley	5,453	23.5	−10.0
	Greens	Heather Smedley	2,610	11.2	+2.6
	One Nation	Jerry Gier	1,722	7.4	+7.4
	Democrats	Andrew Donaldson	912	3.9	−3.1
Total formal votes			23,224	94.1	+0.0
Informal votes			1,447	5.9	−0.0
Turnout			24,671	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fran Logan	15,693	68.3	+7.7
	Liberal	Sandra Comley	7,289	31.7	−7.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.7

1996 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Thomas	10,326	50.9	−3.4
	Liberal	Wendy Blake	6,793	33.5	−2.1
	Greens	Nadine Lapthorne	1,749	8.6	+2.1
	Democrats	Jakica Zaknic	1,427	7.0	+3.8
Total formal votes			20,295	94.1	−0.2
Informal votes			1,267	5.9	+0.2
Turnout			21,562	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Thomas	12,245	60.6	+0.2
	Liberal	Wendy Blake	7,976	39.4	−0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.2

1993 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Thomas	10,578	58.2	−0.2
	Liberal	Janette McTaggart	5,944	32.7	+2.5
	Greens	Margaret-Mary Jenkins	1,046	5.8	+5.8
	Democrats	Lynda Somers	623	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			18,191	94.1	+7.0
Informal votes			1,134	5.9	−7.0
Turnout			19,325	94.6	+2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Thomas	11,648	64.0	−0.6
	Liberal	Janette McTaggart	6,543	36.0	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.6

1989 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Thomas	9,206	58.4	−17.1
	Liberal	Simon O'Brien	4,753	30.1	+7.0
	Grey Power	Isobel Davison	1,056	6.7	+6.7
	Alternative Coalition	Alison Jensen	750	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			15,765	87.1
Informal votes			2,331	12.9
Turnout			18,096	92.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Thomas	10,183	64.6	−11.8
	Liberal	Simon O'Brien	5,582	35.4	+11.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−11.8

1986 Cockburn state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Norm Marlborough	9,346	50.3	−24.4
	Liberal	Mark Iriks	4,832	26.0	+0.7
	Independent Labor	Lawrence Humphreys	3,450	18.6	+18.6
	Independent	Linda McLaughlan	950	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			18,578	95.9	−0.2
Informal votes			793	4.1	+0.2
Turnout			19,371	83.7	−9.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1986 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clive Hughes	15,328	74.7	−3.9
	Liberal	Mark Iriks	5,202	25.3	+3.9
Total formal votes			20,530	96.1	+0.4
Informal votes			829	3.9	−0.4
Turnout			21,359	93.5	−0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.9

1984 Cockburn state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clive Hughes	11,270	67.6	−11.0
	Liberal	Anthony Seman	4,481	26.9	+5.5
	Independent	Giuseppe De Petra	934	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			16,685	94.8	−0.9
Informal votes			906	5.2	+0.9
Turnout			17,591	79.9	−14.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1983 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Don Taylor	12,461	78.6
	Liberal	Gregory Bowler	3,398	21.4
Total formal votes			15,859	95.7
Informal votes			704	4.3
Turnout			16,563	94.2
	Labor hold		Swing

1980 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Taylor	10,173	73.1	+5.6
	Liberal	Herbert Fancott	3,748	26.9	−5.6
Total formal votes			13,921	95.2	−1.3
Informal votes			706	4.8	+1.3
Turnout			14,627	89.4	−1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.6

1977 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Don Taylor	9,171	67.5
	Liberal	George Grljusich	4,407	32.5
Total formal votes			13,578	96.5
Informal votes			486	3.5
Turnout			14,064	90.9
	Labor hold		Swing

1974 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Don Taylor	10,058	70.3
	Liberal	Lloyd Read-Brain	3,531	24.7
	National Alliance	Clifford Webb	712	5.0
Total formal votes			14,301	7.1
Informal votes			1,100	7.1
Turnout			15,401	89.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Taylor	10,165	71.1
	Liberal	Lloyd Read-Brain	4,136	28.9
	Labor hold		Swing

1971 Western Australian state election: Cockburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Taylor	12,580	73.3	+4.7
	Democratic Labor	Henry Miller	2,592	15.1	+15.1
	Communist	Victor Williams	1,990	11.6	+11.6
Total formal votes			17,162	94.0	−1.1
Informal votes			1,092	6.0	+1.1
Turnout			18,254	92.4	−0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Don Taylor	14,073	82.0	+13.4
	Democratic Labor	Henry Miller	3,089	18.0	+18.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

^ Cockburn District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.
^ "2008 State General Election Details: District of Cockburn Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2011.