MOST Tasmanian Federal Labor politicians have dodged questions over who they voted for in the federal Labor spill.
The integral votes of Tasmanian Labor politicians that had Julia Gillard ousted and replaced by Kevin Rudd have cited the need to look to the future, but failed to tell the Tasmanian people who got their vote.
Tasmanian senators Lisa Singh, a Rudd backer, and Gillard supporters Catryna Bilyk and Helen Polley were the most forthright.
Carol Brown's office also confirmed the Labor Left powerbroker voted for Mr Rudd.
Tasmanian senator Lisa Singh released an early morning statement saying she had switched her vote to Mr Rudd "in the best interests of the Labor Party and the nation".
Ms Bilyk said she voted for Ms Gillard, but would fully back Mr Rudd.
Amid obvious criticism Tasmanian MPs had switched their allegiance to Mr Rudd in a bid to save their careers, other MPs were not so forthcoming.
Lyons MP Dick Adams, Bass MP Geoff Lyons and Braddon MP Sid Sidebottom, all of whom the polls are suggesting are in serious trouble, said yesterday the vote was a secret ballot.
Mr Adams said he believed the Tasmanian vote was split 50-50.
Mr Lyons and Mr Adams were both big supporters of Mr Rudd's parliamentary performance yesterday describing it as succinct and positive.
However the Mercury understands Ms Bilyk and Ms Polley were the only Tasmanian politicians to support Ms Gillard.
The most senior Tasmanian in the Commonwealth government, Franklin MP Julie Collins, would not be drawn on who she supported, but remained on the front bench yesterday, which supported rumours that she had switched her allegiance to Mr Rudd.
Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings came under fire for comments she made in a newspaper interview in March 2011 where she said she "wasn't a great fan personally of the Kevin Rudd COAG process as a minister".
Yesterday afternoon she said she would have no trouble working with Mr Rudd.
"I have no problem in congratulating Kevin Rudd," she said.
"Kevin Rudd himself has acknowledged some of these criticisms, but he has said himself that he is a changed man.
"I look forward to working with Kevin Rudd."
Mr Rudd is now not expected to attend the Tasmanian Labor conference in Burnie at the weekend.
matthew.smith@news.com.au
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