Independent MP Kerryn Phelps Loses Turnbull’s Former Seat After 9 Months in Canberra

Dr. Kerryn Phelps delivers a speech to her team and the media at the North Bondi Surf Lifesaving Club in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 20, 2018. Cole Bennetts/Getty Images

The Liberal Party has reclaimed its blue-ribbon seat of Wentworth, with independent MP Dr. Kerryn Phelps conceding to Liberal candidate Dave Sharma.

The race for the high profile Sydney seat had been neck and neck since Saturday night but Sharma officially claimed the win on Monday afternoon after outgoing independent MP Kerryn Phelps conceded.