 However, he continued to sit as an independent in the state parliament, and did not join the NSW Nationals party room.Polls consistently showed Torbay well-positioned to reclaim the seat that had been in National hands for 79 years before Windsor won it in 2001.Indeed, most calculations of "traditional" two-party matchups between the Nationals and Labor during Windsor's tenure had shown New England as a comfortably safe Nationals seat.