Bradfield electorate guide: Federal election 2025 candidates, results and margin

Despite the seat of Bradfield having been a very safe Liberal seat since the 1950s, a Climate 200 backed independent challenger, the retirement of a log standing MP and a redistribution could shake up the seat this election.

Former Communication Minister Paul Fletcher has held the seat for the Liberals since 2010 but announced he would not re-contest his seat this time around.

The inner-metropolitan seat is made up of parts of the Ku-ring-gai, North Sydney and Willoughby City Council north of the Parramatta River.

Bradfield represents a very wealthy area of Sydney with the median weekly family income sitting at $3150, nearly 50 per cent more than the national average.

A relatively high proportion of the electorate has Chinese heritage or were born in China.

Looking to fill Mr Fletcher’s seat is Liberal challenger Gisele Kapterian, a tech executive and former senior Coalition government adviser.

Climate 200 backed independent Nicolette Boele who came close to unseating him in 2022.

The 2022 result was the tightest race the seat had ever seen with former communication minister Paul Fletcher’s support falling to just 54.2 per cent on a two candidate preferred basis.

Adding momentum to her run is a redistribution of the seat which sees Bradfield pick up suburbs to the south from the abolished North Sydney as well as losing some to the north east.

The vast majority of the polling places voted in favour for independent MP Kylea Tink.

If Ms Boele were to win she would become the first non-Liberal MP to represent Bradfield since it was created in 1949.

Her campaign did hit a snag earlier in the campaign when she was forced to apologise for making a crude remark to a hairdresser.