2019 NSW election: Candidates for Auburn, Epping, Granville, Parramatta, Ryde

Before you head to the polls on March 23, read up on the candidates who are vying to represent your electorate.

A look at the candidates in Sydney’s northwest electorates.

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Voters will have plenty of choice in Sydney’s northwest when they head to the polls on March 23.

There will be eight candidates lining up to become the next Ryde MP, including sitting Liberal MP Victor Dominello and his arch rival, Ryde Labor Mayor Jerome Laxale, following yesterday’s ballot draw.

Jerome Laxale — Labor candidate in Ryde.

Victor Dominello — Liberal candidate in Ryde.

This will be the threequel of Dominello versus Laxale. The first showdown came in 2011, when Mr Dominello breezed home with a 25 per cent margin. In 2015, there was a 13.5 per cent swing to Mr Laxale, but Mr Dominello won the seat with 61.5 per cent of the two-party preferred vote.

However, a Galaxy poll held last week showed an 8.5 per cent swing to Mr Laxale, showing his strong anti-development stance was gaining traction.

The bookies’ latest odds have Mr Dominello as a solid favourite. Sportsbet has him at $1.24 to retain the seat. But there are reports of big bets on Mr Laxale, who has firmed in to $4 from $5 with Sportsbet and $4 from $6 with the TAB over the past month.

At Parramatta, sitting Liberal MP Geoff Lee will have six challengers, including the ALP’s Liz Scully and Greens councillor Phil Bradley.

Phil Bradley — Greens candidate in Parramatta.

Geoff Lee — Liberal candidate in Parramatta.

Mr Lee is at the Winx-like odds of $1.12 with Sportsbet to hold the seat.

Treasurer Dominic Perrottet is an unbackable favourite at $1.01 to win the blue-ribbon seat of Epping against five challengers including former journalist and Labor media adviser Alan Mascarenhas ($12).

Notional MP Lynda Voltz ($1.05) is tipped to hold the seat of Auburn for Labor, after former NSW party leader Luke Foley quit late last year.

At Granville, Labor’s Julia Finn has firmed in to a solid $1.18 favourite to retain the seat. Former Liberal MP Tony Issa’s odds have blown out over the past fortnight from $2.75 to $4.50 with Sportsbet.

While Ms Finn and Mr Laxale have had strong backing to win their respective seats, TAB spokesman Gerard Daffy said that a surge of money had flowed today for the Coalition to retain power.

“Both the Coalition and Labor had been $1.90 equal favourites for well over a week until this morning,” he said. “The Coalition have been backed into favourites ($1.85) for the first time in two months, with Labor now a slight outsider at $1.95.

“More bets have come in the latter part of this week for the Coalition on the back of the blow-up about (2GB breakfast radio king) Alan Jones, but prior to that there was interest in Labor with the issue in northern NSW around that new hospital at Tweed Heads.”

Lynda Voltz — Labor candidate in Auburn.

Michelle Garrard — Independent candidate in Parramatta.

How the ballots will look