The Crossbench

The crossbench in the 2019 House of Representatives had six members: Adam Bandt (GRN/Melbourne), Helen Haines (Ind/Indi), Bob Katter (KAP/Kennedy), Rebekah Sharkie (CA/Mayo), Zali Steggall (Ind/Warringah), and Andrew Wilkie (Ind/Clark).

After the 2022 election the crossbench has 16 members. All of the crossbench members from the 2019 Parliament were returned. In addition there are 10 new members: Stephen Bates (GRN/Brisbane), Max Chandler-Mather (GRN/Griffith), Kate Chaney (Ind/Curtin), Zoe Daniel (Ind/Goldstein), Dai Le (Ind/Fowler), Monique Ryan (Ind/Kooyong), Sophie Scamps (Ind/Mackellar), Allegra Spender (Ind/Wentworth), Kylea Tink (Ind/North Sydney), and Elizabeth Watson-Brown (GRN/Ryan).

According to the two-party preferred (2PP) count of votes, the crossbench took nine seats from the Coalition and seven seats from Labor.

The notionally Coalition seats are as follows. The swings in this table are the swings in percentage points towards the Coalition (+), or away from the Coalition (-).

	State	2PP Coalition Percentage	2PP Labor Percentage	Swing
Division
North Sydney	NSW	51.26	48.74	-8.01
Warringah	NSW	51.43	48.57	-0.69
Kooyong	VIC	54.18	45.82	-2.21
Goldstein	VIC	54.80	45.20	-2.99
Indi	VIC	55.26	44.74	-7.47
Curtin	WA	55.60	44.40	-8.35
Wentworth	NSW	55.92	44.08	-3.93
Mackellar	NSW	58.60	41.40	-4.62
Kennedy	QLD	60.16	39.84	-4.35

The notionally Labor seats are as follows.

	State	2PP Coalition Percentage	2PP Labor Percentage	Swing
Division
Mayo	SA	48.41	51.59	-4.13
Ryan	QLD	47.58	52.42	-8.45
Brisbane	QLD	45.60	54.40	-9.32
Fowler	NSW	44.28	55.72	8.27
Griffith	QLD	38.93	61.07	-8.21
Clark	TAS	32.76	67.24	-1.07
Melbourne	VIC	22.09	77.91	-10.11

Of note, Fowler is the only one of these crossbench seats that saw a 2PP swing to the Coalition. Mayo, which is held by Rebekah Sharkie (CA) has gone from being a notionally Coalition seat to a notionally Labor seat, according to the two-party preferred count. Brisbane and Ryan in Queensland, now held by the Greens, have transitioned from being Coalition seats to being notionally Labor seats. 

And a quick look at these seats ...