Labor ‘Shell-Shocked’ By By-Blection Loss

Labor candidate for Upper Hunter Jeff Drayton and NSW Opposition Leader Jodi McKay speak to Australian media during a press conference on polling day in Muswellbrook on May 22, 2021. AAP Image/Darren Pateman

Labor is “shell-shocked” at the “terrible” result of a NSW by-election that saw its primary vote slide backwards and the center-right Liberal-National government retain the marginal seat, NSW opposition leader Jodi McKay says.