2007 New South Wales state election
Seats changing hands
¶In 2003, Labor won Murray Darling on a 6.7% margin, however the subsequent redistribution made it notionally National. Labor officially lost the seat at the 2007 election.

2007 New South Wales state election

Section Title: Seats changing hands
Table Section Text: ¶In 2003, Labor won Murray Darling on a 6.7% margin, however the subsequent redistribution made it notionally National. Labor officially lost the seat at the 2007 election.

Seat	Pre-2007	Swing	Post-2007

Party	Member	Margin	Margin	Member	Party

Port Stephens	Labor	John Bartlett	7.2	7.3	0.1	Craig Baumann	Liberal

Manly	Independent	David Barr	1.2	4.6	3.4	Mike Baird	Liberal

Murray-Darling ¶	Labor	Peter Black	1.3	8.8	10.1	John Williams	National

Tweed	Labor	Neville Newell	4.0	7.1	3.0	Geoff Provest	National

Pittwater §	Independent	Alex McTaggart	5.4	14.8	9.4	Rob Stokes	Liberal

Hawkesbury ‡	Independent	Steven Pringle	N/A	8.6	6.0	Ray Williams	Liberal

Lake Macquarie	Labor	Jeff Hunter	11.6	11.7	0.1	Greg Piper	Independent

Members whose names are in italics retired at the election.

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Independent Greg Piper won the seat of Lake Macquarie from Labor's Jeff Hunter.

final_sentence: Independent Greg Piper won the seat of Lake Macquarie from Labor's Jeff Hunter.