Tony Windsor has turned the tables on Tony Abbott, saying the Opposition Leader should call a no-confidence motion if he has lost confidence in the Gillard government.

Mr Abbott has been putting pressure on the independent MPs to call a no-confidence motion following Prime Minister Julia Gillard's decision to sideline Craig Thomson and Peter Slipper over the weekend.

You first ... Tony Windsor says if Tony Abbott wants a no-confidence motion against the government, the Coalition should move it. Credit:Penny Bradfield

Yesterday, Mr Abbott said Mr Windsor and Rob Oakeshott's electorates were "saying with a deafening roar, 'change this government"'.

"The point I keep making is that there can be no question of a successful no-confidence motion until Mr Windsor and Mr Oakeshott wake up to themselves and start listening to their electorates," he told reporters in Perth.