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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 candidate for Upper Hunter Jeff Drayton and NSW Opposition Leader Jodi McKay speak to the media on ...

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 expect that our vote would go to independents, we didn’t expect our vote to be torn away as it was.”...

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 Brickwood Independents, including Malcolm Turnbull’s endorsed candidate Kirsty O’Connell, to...

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.