--- title: "Spence: members and political ads | Politics Computer" description: "Spence: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads." url: "https://politics.computer/seats/federal/spence" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) Federal division, outer-metropolitan # Spence In South Australia. The advertiser we follow here has spent under $200 on Facebook and Instagram ads. ## Sitting member - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lives_Lived_Well_Veterans%E2%80%99_and_Families%E2%80%99_Hub_2024_(Burnell_cropped).jpg?width=96)**Matt Burnell** Labor, Spence ](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-burnell) About ## About Spence Spence is an Australian House of Representatives seat in the outer northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, classified as outer-metropolitan. It is held by Matt Burnell of the Australian Labor Party. Matt Burnell's ads focus on defence and foreign affairs topics. Named after Catherine Helen Spence, advocate for female suffrage and electoral reform Created Electoral redistribution concluded in July 2018, replacing Division of Wakefield Geographic extent Adelaide Plains between Little Para River and Gawler River, including Gawler Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FSpence), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. ## Who's advertising MPs and candidates for Spence whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent. 1. [Matt Burnell](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-burnell) MP, Labor under $200 2 ads, 2 running At least Up to (Meta only publishes ranges) ## Their biggest ads - [![Tomorrow is Remembrance Day. I encourage you to attend a local service. If you are at work or school, observe a minute silence on the 11th ](https://politics.computer/media/797579cd8a2b2eedaa296f6c1b7bbe74b86d9655a2fad314d5d011c6d853d071?w=480) Matt BurnellUnder $100 spent Running since 9 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/797579cd8a2b2eedaa296f6c1b7bbe74b86d9655a2fad314d5d011c6d853d071) - [![Tomorrow is Remembrance Day. I encourage you to attend a local service. If you are at work or school, observe a minute silence on the 11th ](https://politics.computer/media/e4324584bf5ce13ef7e2ac66cfbd7d2371946d3df1ff36e0855d60318f9746e8?w=480) Matt BurnellUnder $100 spent Running since 9 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/e4324584bf5ce13ef7e2ac66cfbd7d2371946d3df1ff36e0855d60318f9746e8) ## Other divisions in South Australia - [Adelaide](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/adelaide) - [Barker](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/barker) - [Boothby](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/boothby) - [Grey](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/grey) - [Hindmarsh](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hindmarsh) - [Kingston](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/kingston) - [Makin](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/makin) - [Mayo](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/mayo) - [Sturt](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/sturt) --- [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.