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Penrith - 1981 (Roll: 36,104) Retained by Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Anderson, Peter Thomas (Re-elected) Labor Party 22,850 70.82 Shuttleworth, Ross Neil Liberal Party 9,413 29.18 Formal Votes 32,263 Informal Votes 1,038 3.12 Total Votes / Turnout 33,301 92.24 Notes: Penrith was contested by the Labor MP for the abolished seat of Nepean, Peter Anderson. Penrith Labor MP Ron Muloch contested the new seat of St Marys.