[jambutty]

Originally Posted by Gayle

It works the other way of course, as well. Someone could get elected as an independent and then immediately join a political party and add to their seats.

They could indeed but when was the last time that it happened?

People may think that they vote for a person but in reality they are voting for the party that person represents.

However I agree with you garinda, if a politician leaves his/her political party s/he should stand for re-election. But they won’t because the pull of the gravy train is too strong.