--- title: "Dobell: members and political ads | Politics Computer" description: "Dobell: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads." url: "https://politics.computer/seats/federal/dobell" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) Federal division, provincial # Dobell In New South Wales. ## Sitting member - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emma_McBride_Tacoma_Public_School_2017_(cropped).jpg?width=96)**Emma McBride** Labor, Dobell ](https://politics.computer/mp/emma-mcbride) About ## About Dobell Dobell is a provincial electoral division of the House of Representatives in New South Wales, located in the Central Coast region. It is held by Emma McBride of the Australian Labor Party, who has represented the seat since 2016. Created 1984 Named after Sir William Dobell, the painter Previous members Michael Lee; Craig Thomson Won by Liberal Party 2001 election Regained by Labor 2007 election, when Craig Thomson defeated Ken Ticehurst Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FDobell), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. ## Who's advertising MPs and candidates for Dobell whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent. We don't follow any candidate's page for Dobell yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Dobell 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) - [Cunningham](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/cunningham) - [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.