THE ALP may have won over most of Brimbank in the Federal election, but in Keilor the Liberals held sway.

Statistics released by the Australian Electoral Commission reveal interesting anomalies between the municipality’s polling booths.

While Labor performed well throughout Brimbank, in Keilor the Liberals triumphed, claiming an impressive 47.31 per cent of first preference votes, ahead of Labor on 39.15 per cent.

It was the only suburb in the municipality where the conservatives trumped the ALP.

In some suburbs, it was a two-horse race.

Voters in Sunshine West and St Albans strongly favoured the ALP, while the Liberals performed strongly in East Keilor, Keilor Park, Sydenham and Taylors Lakes.

Other suburbs recorded striking differences between individual polling booths.

Voters at Sunshine Primary School showed a marked preference for the Greens, with Maribyrnong candidate Tim Long pulling 19.32 per cent of the primary vote, a massive swing of more than 9 per cent in his favour.

But at nearby Sunshine Plaza, voters were staunchly ALP, with only 9.6 per cent voting for Mr Long.

The Greens scored even less of the vote in St Albans North, with only 6.75 per cent of people giving the party their first preference.

But the results still represented a surge in popularity for the Greens, who enjoyed a swing of between 3-4 per cent across the municipality.

Gorton Greens candidate Steve Wilson said he was thrilled with the result, after claiming 9.2 per cent of the first preference vote in his electorate.

“It’s a strong improvement on what we did last time so I’m very happy,” Mr Wilson said.

“I thought it would rise to about 8 per cent, but was hoping it would get up to 10 per cent and it has, so it’s a good result.

“Hopefully, it marks the start of a new trend in the West.”

There was also a rise in the number of informal votes in Brimbank, with more than 10,000 people opting not to have their say, 6.4 per cent of the municipality’s voters.