In politics, as in life, everyone needs a helping hand from mum and dad sometimes - and NSW MP Nickolas Varvaris is apparently no exception.

The Liberal member, who holds the ultra-marginal seat of Barton by a margin of just 0.3 per cent, was already facing a tough fight to be re-elected at the next federal election.

Liberal MP Nickolas Varvaris' NSW seat of Barton becomes notionally Labor under boundary changes proposed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Credit:John Veage

Then the Australian Electoral Commission released details of its planned redistribution of NSW seats last month, which turned Mr Varvaris' patch into a notionally Labor seat.