Independent Jacqui Scruby was elected at the 2024 by-election, following the resignation of incumbent Liberal MP Rory Amon on 30 August 2024 after he was charged with child sex offences.

Stokes won every booth in the district with the exception of Scotland Island, whose few hundred offshore voters traditionally buck the trend.

At the 2023 election, Liberal Party newcomer Rory Amon was nearly defeated by teal independent Jacqui Scruby, surviving by only 606 votes.

Underscoring this, even with the large swing against the Liberals in 2023, Amon would retained the seat with a 13.2 percent majority in a "traditional" contest with Labor.

On its current boundaries, Pittwater includes the suburbs or localities of Avalon, Bayview, Bilgola, Church Point, Cottage Point, Duffys Forest, Elanora Heights, Ingleside, Ku-ring-gai Chase, Mona Vale, Narrabeen, Newport, North Narrabeen, Palm Beach, Scotland Island, Terrey Hills, and Warriewood.