Adam Bandt, the party's new deputy leader, won his seat last year in what used to be a safe constituency for Labor, in Melbourne.
Against the defeat at Hottentots-Holland, thought to be a safe constituency for the Government, should be set a victory in the Zululand constituency of Natal where, in spite of the discontent over the Government's Indian policy, the United party candidate defeated a strong Nationalist candidate.
People everywhere are disgusted with the behaviour of MPs, but feel that voting is a waste of time, since the first-past-the-post electoral system ensures that their vote can make no difference if they live in a safe seat constituency.
It would end the "jobs for life" culture in safe constituency seats (campaigners point to MPs in safe seats who were embroiled in the expenses scandal that hit the previous parliament).
But in British politics, it could be a tougher assignment, trying to find a constituency party in a safe seat that is prepared to select the wife of the Prime Minister as their candidate.
Hammond was elected to Parliament in 1997 as MP for Runnymede and Weybridge, a safe Conservative constituency to the southwest of London.
In any "normal" election, Boston and Skegness would be seen as a safe Tory constituency.
Mr Bell said: "An MP in a safe seat, enjoying its benefits, can leave constituency cares behind and seek employment elsewhere.
The envelope was kept in a safe at Loughner's home alongside a letter from Giffords in 2007 thanking him for attending an earlier open air constituency meeting of the kind he attacked on Saturday.
