Tim Wilson takes back Victorian seat of Goldstein from Zoe Daniel by 175 votes, recount confirms

Tim Wilson has won the federal seat of Goldstein by 175 votes. ‘Some reorganised entire itineraries to walk into an embassy or be at a hotel to return a postal vote,’ he said. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

The independent politician Zoe Daniel has conceded the Victorian seat of Goldstein after a partial recount confirmed the Liberal party’s Tim Wilson as finishing 175 votes ahead.

Wilson was installed as the shadow employment minister earlier this week and had been 260 votes ahead before a partial recount was finalised by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) on Saturday afternoon.