Seats Changing Hands At The 2013 Federal Election

The table on this page shows the seats that changed hands in the 2013 House of Representatives election.

A total of 23 seats changed hands. However, the LNP won Fisher from Peter Slipper, who had left the LNP to sit an independent, so 22 might be regarded as the correct total.

The ALP lost 17 seats, compared to its 2013 federal election tally of 72. One of these, Dobell, was technically lost between the elections when Craig Thomson sat as an independent.

The Coalition won 19 seats, compared to its 2013 tally. It won 17 from the ALP and 2 from Independents, but lost 2 (Fairfax to Palmer United, Indi to an Independent). One seat (O’Connor) moved from the Nationals to the Liberal Party.

The 2013 crossbench of 5 (Greens 1, Katter 1, Independent 3) remained at 5 (Greens 1, Katter 1, PUP 1, Independent 2).

Summary of Seats Changing Hands – 2013 Federal Election
Party/Group	2010 Seats	Seats Won	Seats Lost	2016 Total
ALP	72	–	17	55
Coalition	73	19	2	90
Greens	1 (Melbourne)	–	–	1
Katter’s Australian Party	1 (Kennedy)	–	–	1
Palmer United Party	0	1 (Fairfax)	–	1
Independent	3 (Denison, Lyne, New England)	1 (Indi)	2 (Lyne, New England)	2

In the following table, the names of retiring sitting members are shown in italics, followed by the name of the new candidate for that party.

The 17 seats lost by the ALP are listed first and grouped by States: NSW 8, Vic 3, Qld 2, SA 1, Tas 3.

SEATS CHANGING HANDS AT THE 2013 FEDERAL ELECTION
No.	Seat	State/ Territory	Member/ Candidate	HELD BY	Member	WON BY
1.	Banks	NSW	Daryl Melham	ALP	David Coleman	Liberal
2.	Barton	NSW	Robert McClelland Steve McMahon	ALP	Nickolas Varvaris	Liberal
3.	Dobell	NSW	Craig Thomson Emma McBride (ALP)	ALP/Ind	Karen McNamara	Liberal
4.	Eden-Monaro	NSW	Mike Kelly	ALP	Peter Hendy	LIberal
5.	Lindsay	NSW	David Bradbury	ALP	Fiona Scott	Liberal
6.	Page	NSW	Janelle Saffin	ALP	Kevin Hogan	Nationals
7.	Robertson	NSW	Deborah O’Neill	ALP	Luck Wicks	Liberal
8.	Reid	NSW	John Murphy	ALP	Craig Laundy	Liberal
9.	Corangamite	VIC	Darren Cheeseman	ALP	Sarah Henderson	Liberal
10.	Deakin	VIC	Mike Symon	ALP	Michael Sukkar	Liberal
11.	La Trobe	VIC	Laura Smyth	ALP	Jason Wood	Liberal
12.	Capricornia	QLD	Kirsten Livermore Peter Freeleagus	ALP	Michelle Landry	Liberal National
13.	Petrie	QLD	Yvette D’Ath	ALP	Luke Howarth	Liberal National
14.	Hindmarsh	SA	Steve Georganas	ALP	Matt Williams	Liberal
15.	Bass	TAS	Geoff Lyons	ALP	Andrew Nikolic	Liberal
16.	Braddon	TAS	Sid Sidebottom	ALP	Brett Whiteley	Liberal
17.	Lyons	TAS	Dick Adams	ALP	Eric Hutchinson	Liberal
18.	Indi	VIC	Sophie Mirabella	Liberal	Cathy McGowan	Independent
19.	Fairfax	QLD	Alex Somlyay Ted O’Brien	LNP	Clive Palmer	Palmer United
20.	Fisher	QLD	Peter Slipper	LNP/Ind	Mal Brough	Liberal National
21.	O’Connor	WA	Tony Crook Chub Witham	Nationals	Rick Wilson	Liberal
22.	Lyne	NSW	Rob Oakeshott	IND	David Gillespie	Nationals
23.	New England	NSW	Tony Windsor	IND	Barnaby Joyce	Nationals