--- title: "Lindsay: members and political ads | Politics Computer" description: "Lindsay: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads." url: "https://politics.computer/seats/federal/lindsay" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) Federal division, outer-metropolitan # Lindsay In New South Wales. ## Sitting member - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/M_McIntosh_Parliamentary_function_CBR_16_May_2024.jpg?width=96)**Melissa McIntosh** Liberal, Lindsay ](https://politics.computer/mp/melissa-mcintosh) About ## About Lindsay Lindsay is a federal electoral division in New South Wales, in the House of Representatives, classified as outer-metropolitan and centred on Penrith in Sydney's outer western suburbs. The sitting member is Melissa McIntosh of the Liberal Party of Australia. The seat has been described as a bellwether, with its member coming from the party that formed government at every federal election since 1984 except 2016, 2022 and 2025. Named after Norman Lindsay, Australian artist, writer and sculptor Proclaimed At the redistribution of 11 October 1984 First contested 1984 federal election Sitting member Melissa McIntosh, Liberal Party of Australia Previous member Fiona Scott (Liberal), defeated by Labor's Emma Husar in 2016 Bellwether exceptions Member not from the government party at 2016, 2022 and 2025 elections Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FLindsay), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. ## Who's advertising MPs and candidates for Lindsay whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent. We don't follow any candidate's page for Lindsay yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Lindsay 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) - [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) - [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.