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Ms McKay has previously vowed to hang on to the leadership, following the resignation of popular frontbencher Chris Minns, who is the transport spokesman.

The fall in Labor’s vote in the Upper Hunter by-election underscores the collapse of its support in key working class areas, after decades of implementing the dictates of the corporate elite.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has been warned to stop developing policies in inner city coffee shops after the party lost the NSW Upper-Hunter by-election. Labors first preference vote plunged from 29 per cent to 21 per cent in the Nationals-held marginal seat as blue-collar workers turned to other parties. Peter Jordan of the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union, which represents miners in the region, blamed the loss on Labor failing to represent workers interests and pand...

  The art of politics as we know is spinning reality in such a way that perceptions become more influential than what is actually happening. So the weekend byelection in the rural/coal seat of Upper Hunter in New South Wales, which Labor has not held for 90 years, spells big trouble for Anthony Albanese and federal Labor. Not surprisingly this distortion is pushed for all its worth by Mr Albanese’s principal political opponent, Liberal Prime Minister Scott Morrison.   However, it is not onl...

Upper Hunter byelection: Labor concedes to National party in crucial NSW vote Australian Associated Press Labor has conceded to the Nationals in the NSW Upper Hunter byelection. “Earlier this morning, I phoned David Layzell to congratulate him on his election as the next member for Upper Hunter,” ALP candidate Jeff Drayton said in statement. “Obviously, David and I don’t agree on many things but we both have the best interests of the Upper Hunter at heart. I wish David a...

Labor has conceded to the Nationals in the NSW Upper Hunter by-election. ALP candidate Jeff Drayton says he phoned his Nationals rival David Layzell on Sunday morning to congratulate him on his election as the next member for Upper Hunter. Mr Layzell had claimed around 30 per cent of the first preferences from nearly 40,000 votes counted at midday on Sunday. Mr Drayton was next on 22 per cent, with the One Nation and Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party candidates following on 12 per cent. Labor...

Labor ‘Shell-Shocked’ By By-Blection Loss Labor is “shell-shocked” at the “terrible” result of a NSW by-election that saw its primary vote slide backwards and the center-right Liberal-National government retain the marginal seat, NSW opposition leader Jodi McKay says. McKay told reporters on Sunday she was “devastated” by the Upper Hunter result. The Upper Hunter is a coal mining region. “We did not think that the result would be the way it is,” she said. “We didn’t expe...

Advertisement NSW Labor is facing a bitter internal battle over leadership, with four contenders lining up to replace Opposition Leader Jodi McKay on the back of a disastrous byelection loss in Upper Hunter. As the Nationals’ Dave Layzell was elected to the seat held by the Coalition for 93 years, Labor’s primary vote slumped to 21 per cent on Saturday, down from 28 per cent in 2019. Labor leader Jodi McKay says the Upper Hunter byelection came too early for the party. Credit:James Br...

There were still votes to tally when the counting stopped in Saturday's Upper Hunter by-election, but NSW Nationals are confident of a win.

The New South Wales Nationals are claiming an early win in the Upper Hunter by-election, while Labor’s primary vote has tanked by more than 8 per cent.