Before revision: In the Australian Senate, Senators vote in favor of a motion by sitting on the benches to the president's right (left of photo), and against it by sitting on the benches to the president's left (right of photo) In parliamentary systems, politicians are said to cross the floor if they formally change their affiliation to a second party after being elected as a member of a first party (as is the case in Canada and the United Kingdom), or voting against the approved party lines .
After revision: In the Australian Senate, Senators vote in favor of a motion by sitting on the benches to the president's right (left of photo), and against it by sitting on the benches to the president's left (right of photo) In parliamentary systems, politicians are said to cross the floor if they formally change their affiliation to a different political party than which they were initially elected underpolitical (as is the case in Canada and the United Kingdom), or voting against the approved party lines .