Wobbles>> I don't agree that Windsor's and Oakeshot's electorates wanted members who were "aligned to the right". If they did they would have specifically voted for right wing parties.<<

Wobbs I can only go on historic data.

New England had a Labor member named FJ Foster for two terms from 1906, and Lyne has never had a Labor member since it's inception in 1948. That is why I said that Windsor and Oakeshot were not representing the core values of the electorate.

SOG,
In a society with some integrity within it's laws Windsor & Oakeshott would have been hung out to dry as traitors.
Same goes for that Nambour Independent Wellington. That mutt got us 20 years of hard Labor in Qld.

Dear Hasbeen,

Is an MP entitled to change party?

I'd have to say - yes of course.
It's the choice of the electorate if
he/she gets re-elected.