26th Jun 2013, 3:24 PM – Representatives Motions - Labor Party Leadership - End Labor's internal arguments
Summary
EditThe majority voted against a motion introduced by the Leader of the Opposition Tony Abbott. This means that it was unsuccessful.
The motion was:
That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition from moving the following motion:
That this House calls on the Government to end its internal arguments and actually govern the country and if it can’t, to restore the selection of the Prime Minister to the people in an election, where it should be.
Background to the motion
The Labor Party leadership has been tumultuous since 2010, when there was a leadership spill that led to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd resigning and being replaced by Julia Gillard. This spill was followed by further spills in 2012 and March 2013, which Ms Gillard managed to win and so remain Prime Minister.
The day this motion was moved, another leadership spill is brewing. At 7pm it is called and Mr Rudd wins to become Prime Minister once more and Ms Gillard resigns.
Votes Not passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | No | |
| Australian Labor Party (99% turnout) | 0 Yes – 69 No | |
| Dick Adams Lyons | No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | No | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | No | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | No | |
| David Bradbury Lindsay | No | |
| Gai Brodtmann Canberra | No | |
| Tony Burke Watson | No | |
| Mark Butler Port Adelaide | No | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | No | |
| Nick Champion Wakefield | No | |
| Darren Cheeseman Corangamite | No | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | No | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | No | |
| Greg Combet Charlton | No | |
| Simon Crean Hotham | No | |
| Yvette D'Ath Petrie | No | |
| Michael Danby Melbourne Ports | No | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | No | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | No | |
| Kate Ellis Adelaide | No | |
| Craig Emerson Rankin | No | |
| Laurie Ferguson Werriwa | No | |
| Martin Ferguson Batman | No | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | No | |
| Peter Garrett Kingsford Smith | No | |
| Steve Georganas Hindmarsh | No | |
| Steve Gibbons Bendigo | No | |
| Julia Gillard Lalor | No | |
| Gary Gray Brand | No | |
| Sharon Grierson Newcastle | No | |
| Alan Griffin Bruce | No | |
| Jill Hall Shortland | No | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | No | |
| Harry Jenkins Scullin | No | |
| Stephen Jones Throsby | No | |
| Mike Kelly Eden-Monaro | No | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | No | |
| Andrew Leigh Fraser | No | |
| Kirsten Livermore Capricornia | No | |
| Geoff Lyons Bass | No | |
| Jenny Macklin Jagajaga | No | |
| Richard Marles Corio | No | |
| Robert McClelland Barton | No | |
| Daryl Melham Banks | No | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | No | |
| John Murphy Reid | No | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | No | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | No | |
| Deborah O'Neill Robertson | No | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | No | |
| Melissa Parke Fremantle | No | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | No | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | No | |
| Bernie Ripoll Oxley | No | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | No | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | No | |
| Nicola Roxon Gellibrand | No | |
| Kevin Rudd Griffith | No | |
| Janelle Saffin Page | No | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | No | |
| Sid Sidebottom Braddon | No | |
| Stephen Smith Perth | No | |
| Laura Smyth La Trobe | No | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | No | |
| Wayne Swan Lilley | No | |
| Mike Symon Deakin | No | |
| Kelvin Thomson Wills | No | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | No | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | No | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | Absent | |
| Natasha Griggs Solomon Country Liberal Party | Yes | |
| Bruce Scott Maranoa Deputy Speaker | Yes | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Independent | Yes | |
| Andrew Wilkie Denison Independent | Yes | |
| Robert Oakeshott Lyne Independent | No | |
| Peter Slipper Fisher Independent | No | |
| Craig Thomson Dobell Independent | No | |
| Tony Windsor New England Independent | No | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (98% turnout) | 58 Yes – 0 No | |
| Tony Abbott Warringah | Yes | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | Yes | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | Yes | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | Yes | |
| Bob Baldwin Paterson | Yes | |
| Bruce Billson Dunkley | Yes | |
| Bronwyn Bishop Mackellar | Yes | |
| Julie Bishop Curtin | Yes | |
| Jamie Briggs Mayo | Yes | |
| Russell Broadbent McMillan | Yes | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | Yes | |
| Steven Ciobo Moncrieff | Yes | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | Yes | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Yes | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | Yes | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | Yes | |
| Teresa Gambaro Brisbane | Yes | |
| Joanna Gash Gilmore | Yes | |
| Barry Haase Durack | Yes | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | Yes | |
| Joe Hockey North Sydney | Yes | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | Yes | |
| Steve Irons Swan | Yes | |
| Dennis Jensen Tangney | Yes | |
| Ewen Jones Herbert | Yes | |
| Michael Keenan Stirling | Yes | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes | Yes | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | Yes | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Yes | |
| Ian Macfarlane Groom | Yes | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | Yes | |
| Louise Markus Macquarie | Yes | |
| Russell Matheson Macarthur | Yes | |
| Sophie Mirabella Indi | Yes | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | Yes | |
| Judi Moylan Pearce | Yes | |
| Kelly O'Dwyer Higgins | Yes | |
| Jane Prentice Ryan | Yes | |
| Christopher Pyne Sturt | Yes | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | Yes | |
| Don Randall Canning | Yes | |
| Andrew Robb Goldstein | Yes | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | Yes | |
| Wyatt Roy Longman | Yes | |
| Philip Ruddock Berowra | Yes | |
| Patrick Secker Barker | Yes | |
| Luke Simpkins Cowan | Yes | |
| Tony Smith Casey | Yes | |
| Alex Somlyay Fairfax | Yes | |
| Andrew Southcott Boothby | Yes | |
| Sharman Stone Murray | Yes | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | Yes | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | Yes | |
| Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth | Yes | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | Yes | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | Yes | |
| Mal Washer Moore | Yes | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | Yes | |
| Alby Schultz Hume | Absent | |
| National Party (100% turnout) | 11 Yes – 0 No | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | Yes | |
| George Christensen Dawson | Yes | |
| John Cobb Calare | Yes | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes | Yes | |
| Tony Crook O'Connor | Yes | |
| John Forrest Mallee | Yes | |
| Luke Hartsuyker Cowper | Yes | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | Yes | |
| Paul Neville Hinkler | Yes | |
| Ken O'Dowd Flynn | Yes | |
| Warren Truss Wide Bay | Yes | |
| Anna Burke Chisholm Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (98% turnout) | 73 Yes – 74 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.