Coalition loses seats

July 8, 2016
Issue 

There was some good news in the federal election. Ten Coalition members lost their seats in the July 2 federal election.

Jamie Briggs lost the seat of Mayo with a swing of 16%. Sophie Mirabella lost in Indi again with a further vote decline of 17.5%.

Andrew Nikolic lost in Bass with a decline of 10.8% and Wyatt Roy lost with a swing of 8.4%. Overall the Coalition vote was down 3.5%.

Other Liberal figures who lost support but not their seats included Christopher Pyne, down 9.53%; Tony Abbott, down 9.01%; Peter Dutton, down 5.6%; and Kevin Andrews, down 7.6%.

Andrew Wilkie was returned with a 6.3% increase in margin.

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