She is from the Labor Left faction. Though her seat of Ashford was renamed to Badcoe along with a significant increase to the Labor margin in the seat following the electoral redistribution, Key announced on 3 February 2017 that she would be retiring from parliament as of the 2018 election. Electoral results Key defeated Liberal Stewart Leggett in the seat of Hanson at the 1997 election with a 55.6 percent two-party vote. Hanson was abolished before the 2002 election and was replaced by Ashford which Key retained with an increased 53.7 percent two-party vote from a 0.8-point swing. Key increased her two-party vote to 66.1 percent, a two-party swing of 12.4 points, at the 2006 election. Key retained her seat at the 2010 election with a 54.8 percent two-party vote, despite suffering a 10.4-point swing. Key's two-party vote was reduced to 50.6 percent in a redistribution however she retained the seat at the 2014 election with an increased 51.9 percent two-party vote from a 1.3-point swing. References |- 1954 births Living people Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Flinders University alumni Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of South Australia Labor Left politicians 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians Women members of the South Australian House of Assembly