Mps Who Have Crossed The Floor

Quentin davies crossed the floor from the opposition conservative party to the governing labour party in june 2007.

Mps who have crossed the floor.

Maxime bernier left the conservatives to form his people s party of canada leona alleslev left the liberals for the conservatives and five mps who crossed. Standard the commons library has just published a useful list with details of when a member has changed allegiance from one political party to another or decided to sit as an independent mp. It s been a big month for floor crossers. Some voters and riding association officials were angry that he crossed the floor so soon after the election.

Mps who have crossed the floor. In 2005 mps from both malawi congress party mcp and the united democratic front udf crossed the floor to the newly formed democratic progressive party dpp of president bingu wa mutharika. David emerson left ditched the liberals in 2006 to join prime minister stephen. Physically crossed the floor during a statement by prime minister boris johnson to join the liberal democrats.

The first mp to cross the floor was in august 1868 with nova scotia s stewart campbell and since then 274 mps have followed his footsteps. If she runs for re election in 2019 under the banner of her new party history suggests that there is a good chance she will lose her seat despite the narrow margin between the two parties in the last election. Ross thatcher co operative commonwealth federation ccf mp from saskatchewan leaves the party to sit as an independent. Leona alleslev mp for aurora oak ridges richmond hill crossed the floor this week to join the conservatives from the liberal party.

In the last 15 years just three mps have moved from the official opposition to the governing party none have gone in the opposite direction. History of floor crossing. True instances of crossing the floor leaving the government for the opposition or vice versa are rare. He runs as a liberal in the 1957 election but is defeated.