Northern beaches seat of Wakehurst falls to independent, but Liberals hold on in Manly and Lane Cove

Northern Beaches mayor Michael Regan secures a 27.5% swing to end decades of Liberal dominance

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The independent mayor of Northern Beaches council, Michael Regan, has romped to victory in the New South Wales state seat of Wakehurst, snatching the previously blue-ribbon Liberal seat held by the retiring health minister, Brad Hazzard, with a 27.5% swing.

Regan won with a decisive 56% of the two-party preferred vote, ending decades of Liberal dominance in the region.

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