Woy Woy Bye Bye for MP Neal

Controversial Labor MP Belinda Neal is a goner after losing a preselection vote:

Ms Neal's fate was decided in a ballot of 177 Labor members at the Country Women's Association hall in Woy Woy.

She was being challenged by Deborah O'Neill, a Newcastle university lecturer, who beat her 98 to 67 with four informal votes.

The always jovial Ms Neal was supported by Kevin Rudd but lost anyway.