--- 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/nsw/newcastle" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw) NSW state district # Newcastle In New South Wales. ## Sitting member - [ **Tim Crakanthorp** Labor, Newcastle ](https://politics.computer/mp/tim-crakanthorp) About ## About Newcastle Newcastle is an electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly covering the eastern part of the City of Newcastle, along with two Port Stephens Council suburbs. It is held by Tim Crakanthorp of the Labor Party. Crakanthorp's Facebook and Instagram ads focus on the seat's electorate. Held by Tim Crakanthorp, Labor Created 1859, from part of North Eastern Boroughs Held since 2014 Newcastle by-election Previous member Tim Owen, Liberal, resigned August 2014 Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%5Fdistrict%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 districts in New South Wales - [Albury](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/albury) - [Auburn](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/auburn) - [Badgerys Creek](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/badgerys-creek) - [Ballina](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/ballina) - [Balmain](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/balmain) - [Bankstown](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/bankstown) - [Barwon](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/barwon) - [Bathurst](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/bathurst) - [Bega](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/bega) - [Blacktown](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/blacktown) - [Blue Mountains](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/blue-mountains) - [Cabramatta](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/cabramatta) - [Camden](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/camden) - [Campbelltown](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/campbelltown) - [Canterbury](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/canterbury) - [Castle Hill](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/castle-hill) - [Cessnock](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/cessnock) - [Charlestown](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/charlestown) - [Clarence](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/clarence) - [Coffs Harbour](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/coffs-harbour) - [Coogee](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/coogee) - [Cootamundra](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/cootamundra) - [Cronulla](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/cronulla) - [Davidson](https://politics.computer/seats/nsw/davidson) --- [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.