Talk:Crossing the floor

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I think it should be mentioned that in the Australian constitution at least, and probably in others, it is illegal for a party to coerce a member into voting either for or against any specific motion.

I would agree; such is also the case in Canada — however, not constitutionally. FiveParadox 04:05, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of Australian politicians who've crossed the floor?

I see the Canadians have a list of politicians who have crossed the floor. Would be lovely to see such a list for Australian pollies. Wouldn't be a long list!

On the same note, I imagine the info could be extracted from They Work For you for the UK.

[edit] Definition

crossing the floor is to vote against party lines

Which countries is this true for? Here in the UK "crossing the floor" more normally means an MP who changes party. Timrollpickering 02:04, 3 November 2007 (UTC)