Enduring realignment: gender and geography in Australian independent and minor party politics

2026/06/02 by P V Hayman, Phoebe Hayman, Ben Spies‐Butcher +2 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Social Sciences · #Australian History and Society #Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism #Rural development and sustainability

paper · doi:10.1080/10361146.2026.2670449

crossref issued 2026/06/02 · crossref published 2026/06/02 · crossref published-online 2026/06/02 · openalex publication_date 2026/06/02 · crossref created 2026/06/02 · crossref deposited 2026/06/02 · openalex created_date 2026/06/03 · crossref indexed 2026/07/18 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Citations

• Do independents like to party? The rise in independent and minor party MPs in Australian parliaments since 1970

Discussions

• Independent and minor party success is concentrated in inner-urban and rural seats — not the suburbs. And since 2011, women make up nearly 60% of newly elected IMPs. Hayman, Spies-Butcher & Riboldi fi [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]