Labor Retains Strong Position in WA

West Australians are continuing to back WA Labor and Premier Roger Cook with a new poll revealing Labor leads the Liberals 56 – 44 per cent on a two-party preferred basis.

The DemosAU poll conducted in November showed a Labor primary vote of 41 per cent (-0.4 per cent swing from last election), Liberals 30 per cent (2 per cent swing), WA Nationals 6 per cent (0.8 per cent swing), The Greens 13 per cent (1.9 per cent swing) and Others 10 per cent (-4.3 per cent swing).

On a two-party preferred basis, Labor led 56 – 44 per cent, a 1.1 per cent swing against the government since the March election.

In the preferred premier rankings, Roger Cook led Liberal Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas 47 – 34 per cent.

When asked whether they had a positive or negative view of the leaders, 30% of voters gave Zempilas a positive score (compared to 35 per cent positive for Cook) and 33 per cent gave him a negative score (27 per cent for Cook).

Voters ranked cost of living and inflation as the most important issue in WA (34 per cent), followed closely by housing affordability and homelessness (33 per cent) and healthcare and hospitals in third spot (10 per cent).

A total of 63 per cent of voters said the Cook Government was doing a bad job on cost of living, and the same number said they were also doing a bad job on housing.

DemosAU Head of Research George Hasanakos said West Australian voters were concerned with economic conditions and housing but still gave Labor an election-winning lead.

“WA State Labor is holding its vote since the last election and while the Liberals’ primary vote is up two per cent from the last election, they are still well behind Labor.

“Roger Cook remains popular but WA Labor can’t be complacent on cost of living and housing as voters clearly want more action on these issues.

Mr Hasanakos said Zempilas’s personal rating suggested he was not a drag on the Liberal vote.

“Basil Zempilas has a reasonable personal rating, which suggests he is palatable to the electorate, though respondents were slightly more inclined to hold a negative view than a positive one.”

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About the poll

The poll of 1,012 West Australian adults was conducted via internet panel from 10 to 26 November 2025. The effective margin of error was +/- 4.0%.