Federal electorate · House of Representatives · WA

Cowan

Current member

Anne Aly, Australian Labor Party

Won at the 2025 federal election

Labor

Anne Aly, re-elected

Margin after preferences

13.6 pts

A safe seat

Announced candidates, next election

None with a source so far

Next federal election

Candidates publicly announced or preselected so far.

No candidates have been announced for Cowan yet.

Sitting member

Anne Aly (Australian Labor Party) holds the seat, but no source yet confirms they'll recontest it, so they aren't counted above.

Where Cowan is

Boundary used at the 2025 federal election, from the ABS. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

2025 federal election result

Bar colours show each candidate's party.

First preferences

Anne Aly (ALP)Elected44,82646.6%

Felicia Adeniyi (LIB)23,23324.2%

Matthew Count (GRN)10,36710.8%

Bradley Yates (ONP)4,8695.1%

John Bell (LC)4,1034.3%

Wade McDonald (IND)3,4173.5%

Wesley D'Costa (C)3,0153.1%

Charles Smith (TP)2,3112.4%

Bars show each candidate's share of formal first-preference votes on a 0–100% scale. Swing is the change in share, in percentage points, as published by the AEC.

After preferences (two-candidate preferred)

63.6%36.4%

Anne Aly (ALP)Felicia Adeniyi (LIB)

The vertical line marks 50%.

Margin 13.6 pts (Labor): safe by the AEC's thresholds (under 6 points marginal, 6–10 fairly safe, over 10 safe). This describes this result, not a forecast.

Results as a table

Candidate	Party	Votes	First pref.	Swing
Anne Aly	Australian Labor Party	44,826	46.63%	+0.9 pts
Felicia Adeniyi	Liberal	23,233	24.17%	-6.8 pts
Matthew Count	The Greens (WA) Inc	10,367	10.78%	+0.8 pts
Bradley Yates	Pauline Hanson's One Nation	4,869	5.06%	+2.1 pts
John Bell	Legalise Cannabis Party	4,103	4.27%	+4.3 pts
Wade McDonald	Independent	3,417	3.55%	+3.5 pts
Wesley D'Costa	Australian Christians	3,015	3.14%	+1.1 pts
Charles Smith	Trumpet of Patriots	2,311	2.40%	+1.3 pts

Source: Australian Electoral Commission