--- title: "Newcastle: members and political ads | Politics Computer" description: "Newcastle: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads." url: "https://politics.computer/seats/federal/newcastle" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) Federal division, provincial # Newcastle In New South Wales. ## Sitting member - [ **Sharon Claydon** Labor, Newcastle ](https://politics.computer/mp/sharon-claydon) About ## About Newcastle Newcastle is an Australian House of Representatives electorate in New South Wales, classed as provincial. It is held by Sharon Claydon of the Australian Labor Party. The division was proclaimed in 1900 and named after the city of Newcastle, around which it is centred. Claydon's Facebook and Instagram ads focus on the Newcastle region's issues. Proclaimed 1900, one of the original 65 divisions Party holding the seat Australian Labor Party, for its entire existence Members since 1901 Six members Current member in office since 2013 federal election Classification Provincial Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FNewcastle), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. ## Who's advertising MPs and candidates for Newcastle whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent. We don't follow any candidate's page for Newcastle yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Newcastle 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) - [Lindsay](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/lindsay) - [Lyne](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/lyne) --- [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.