Q. If a politician elected to Parliament resigns from the Party they were a member of at the time of the election, should they be allowed to continue as a member of Parliament or should they be forced to resign?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
Should be allowed to continue | 24% | 24% | 27% | 24% | 23% | |
Should be forced to resign | 51% | 51% | 55% | 39% | 61% | |
Don’t know | 25% | 25% | 18% | 36% | 17% |
A majority (51%) think that politicians who resign from their party should be forced to resign from Parliament and 24% think they should be allowed to continue in Parliament.