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Macquarie Group director and former RBA member Jillian Broadbent says the Liberal party needs to reflect. “People here didn’t feel they changed, they felt the party changed,” she said from Wentworth.
Liberal MP Dave Sharma, 46, lost his seat of Wentworth, in Sydney's exclusive eastern suburbs, after Independent Allegra Spender proved more popular at the polls.
Incumbent Liberal MP Dave Sharma has 29 per cent of votes so far, while Ms Spender holds 43.7 per cent of total counted votes.