--- title: "Cunningham: members and political ads | Politics Computer" description: "Cunningham: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads." url: "https://politics.computer/seats/federal/cunningham" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) Federal division, provincial # Cunningham In New South Wales. ## Sitting member - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alison_Byrnes_MP_email_footer.jpg?width=96)**Alison Byrnes** Labor, Cunningham ](https://politics.computer/mp/alison-byrnes) About ## About Cunningham Cunningham is a provincial federal electoral division in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, covering most of the City of Wollongong. It is held by Alison Byrnes of the Australian Labor Party, who was elected at the 2022 federal election. Labor has held the seat since recovering it at the 2004 federal election, after the Greens won it at a 2002 by-election. Created 1949 Named after Allan Cunningham, 19th-century explorer of New South Wales and Queensland Sitting member Alison Byrnes, Australian Labor Party Greens win 2002 by-election, the first Greens seat in the House of Representatives Notable former members Rex Connor; Stephen Martin (Speaker 1993 to 1996) Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FCunningham), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. ## Who's advertising MPs and candidates for Cunningham whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent. We don't follow any candidate's page for Cunningham yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Cunningham are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page. ## Other divisions in New South Wales - [Banks](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/banks) - [Barton](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/barton) - [Bennelong](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/bennelong) - [Berowra](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/berowra) - [Blaxland](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/blaxland) - [Bradfield](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/bradfield) - [Calare](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/calare) - [Chifley](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/chifley) - [Cook](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/cook) - [Cowper](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/cowper) - [Dobell](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/dobell) - [Eden-Monaro](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/eden-monaro) - [Farrer](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/farrer) - [Fowler](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/fowler) - [Gilmore](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/gilmore) - [Grayndler](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/grayndler) - [Greenway](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/greenway) - [Hughes](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hughes) - [Hume](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hume) - [Hunter](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hunter) - [Kingsford Smith](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/kingsford-smith) - [Lindsay](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/lindsay) - [Lyne](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/lyne) - [Macarthur](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/macarthur) --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. Seats and members from the parliaments, votes from Hansard, ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too. Explore [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats) [Federal divisions](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) [Senators](https://politics.computer/mps/senate) [Parties](https://politics.computer/parties) Victoria 2026 [The race](https://politics.computer/victoria) [Promises](https://politics.computer/promises) [Which party matches you?](https://politics.computer/quiz) Data [Every ad](https://politics.computer/ads) [Who's spending](https://politics.computer/who) [How MPs voted](https://politics.computer/votes) [Search](https://politics.computer/search) [How this works](https://politics.computer/about) [API and MCP](https://politics.computer/developers) For AI agents: [site guide (llms.txt)](https://politics.computer/llms.txt), [sitemap](https://politics.computer/sitemap.xml), [developer guide](https://politics.computer/developers.md). Every page is available as Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` or add `.md` to the path.