<page_title> List of Australian federal by-elections </page_title> <section_title> List of by-elections </section_title> <table> <cell> Bennelong <col_header> Division </col_header> </cell> <cell> 16 December 2017 <col_header> Date </col_header> </cell> <cell> John Alexander <col_header> Former member </col_header> </cell> <cell> John Alexander <col_header> Winner </col_header> </cell> <cell> New England <col_header> Division </col_header> </cell> <cell> 2 December 2017 <col_header> Date </col_header> </cell> <cell> Barnaby Joyce <col_header> Former member </col_header> </cell> <cell> Barnaby Joyce <col_header> Winner </col_header> </cell> </table>
In December 2017, both Joyce and Alexander contested and won by-elections in their former seats of New England and Bennelong