Undecided, uninterested, unsure: major parties vie to flip long-held seats of Reid and Parramatta

The Liberal electorate of Reid and the Labor electorate of Parramatta are both in play, with the major parties each hoping to snatch one district while defending the other. Photograph: Carly Earl/The Guardian

A sunny Tuesday morning in mid-May and Amey Soo is on what she calls the “baby walk” along the water in the inner-west Sydney suburb of Drummoyne.

As kayakers and fishers fiddle around on the boat ramp, she stands in the shade with her newborn in a carrier and contemplates her vote in the marginal electorate of Reid.