Wicks retains Robertson

Member for Robertson Ms Lucy Wicks has retained her seat in the House of Representatives in the July 2 federal election.

Ms Wicks announced her victory at her local park in Springfield on Wednesday, July 6, in the presence of her children, Oscar and Molly-Joy.

She defeated the Labor Party candidate, Ms Anne Charlton, by 1183 votes.

Ms Wicks secured with 51.23 per cent of the two-candidate preferred vote representing a swing of 1.86 per cent away from the Liberal Party.

Greens candidate Ms Hillary Morris received 7.95 per cent of the first preference vote count.

Dr Van Davy from Pearl Beach won 2.81 per cent and Mr Robert Stoddart from the Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) 2.66 per cent.

Mr Matthew Craig from the Liberal Democrats and Mr Lawrie Higgins from the Anti Paedophile Party attained less than two per cent of the vote each.

A total of 108,509 people enrolled to vote in Robertson and the turnout for the July 2 election was 84 per cent with an informal vote of 4.87 per cent.

"My pledge to the people of Robertson will be that I will continue to listen, I will continue to advocate and I will continue to fight for every single person here on the Central Coast to make sure that we build a better future," Ms Wicks said.

"It is an extraordinary privilege, I have to say, to put yourself forward to sit to serve the community, so I thank all of the candidates who ran and who gave up their time and efforts to this community," she said.

"I do pledge to continue to work every single day to fight with every fibre of my being for a better future for the people of the Central Coast.

"I would like to let people know their votes do count, their votes do matter and their votes will change the future, I believe, of life here on the Central Coast."

Ms Wicks did not mention any specific Peninsula projects or achievements during the media conference to announce her victory in Robertson.

Priorities mentioned during the conference were 600 jobs for Gosford via a new tax office building, a medical school at Gosford Hospital and a regional performing arts centre.

"I just love this job and I love this community and now we can actually fight to see that the projects underway are actually completed," Ms Wicks said.

Website, 7 Jul 2016

Tally Room results, aec.gov.au

Audio transcript, 4 Jul 2016

Media conference, 6 Jul 2016

Lucy Wicks, member for Robertson

Reporters: Caitlin Lavelle, Emma Hawes