--- title: "Cockburn: members and political ads | Politics Computer" description: "Cockburn: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads." url: "https://politics.computer/seats/wa/cockburn" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats/wa) WA state district # Cockburn In Western Australia. ## Sitting member - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Scaife_MLA.png?width=96)**David Scaife** Labor, Cockburn ](https://politics.computer/mp/david-scaife) About ## About Cockburn Cockburn is an electoral district of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly in Perth's south-western suburbs. It is held by David Scaife of the Labor Party. The district lies west of the Kwinana Freeway and includes Cockburn Central, Atwell and Yangebup. First contested 1962 state election First member Henry Curran Previous seat of first member South Fremantle Party history Held at all times by the Labor Party Chamber Western Australian Legislative Assembly Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%5Fdistrict%5Fof%5FCockburn), plus our own records. Sources last checked 12 November 2026. ## Who's advertising MPs and candidates for Cockburn whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent. We don't follow any candidate's page for Cockburn yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Cockburn are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page. ## Other districts in Western Australia - [Albany](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/albany) - [Armadale](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/armadale) - [Balcatta](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/balcatta) - [Baldivis](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/baldivis) - [Bassendean](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/bassendean) - [Bateman](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/bateman) - [Belmont](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/belmont) - [Bibra Lake](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/bibra-lake) - [Bicton](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/bicton) - [Bunbury](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/bunbury) - [Butler](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/butler) - [Cannington](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/cannington) - [Carine](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/carine) - [Central Wheatbelt](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/central-wheatbelt) - [Churchlands](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/churchlands) - [Collie-Preston](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/collie-preston) - [Cottesloe](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/cottesloe) - [Darling Range](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/darling-range) - [Dawesville](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/dawesville) - [Forrestfield](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/forrestfield) - [Fremantle](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/fremantle) - [Geraldton](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/geraldton) - [Girrawheen](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/girrawheen) - [Hillarys](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/hillarys) --- [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.