Photo of Simon Birmingham

Simon Birmingham

Liberal Party Senator for SA since May 2007

Rebels 0.2% of the time explain rebellions 54% attendance explain attendance

Speeches in Parliament

Simon Birmingham is Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Leader of the Opposition in the Senate.

Compare their voting record with someone else's

How do they vote?

Voted consistently for

Something not right?

Voted almost always for

Something not right?

Voted generally for

Something not right?

Voted a mixture of for and against

Something not right?

Voted generally against

Something not right?

Voted almost always against

Something not right?

Voted consistently against

Something not right?

We can't say anything concrete about how they voted on

Something not right?

Please note that our voting records start in February 2006.

Rebel votes

Simon Birmingham has voted against the majority of their party 6 times since entering Parliament in May 2007. explain rebellions

  1. edited 30th Nov 2023
    Senate

    Committees - Community Affairs References Committee; Reference - Gender diverse children and young people

    Simon Birmingham voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party

    Not passed by a small majority

    5 rebellions 83% attendance

  2. edited 8th Dec 2022
    Senate

    Committees - Community Affairs References Committee; Reference - Puberty blockers and disproven theory

    Simon Birmingham voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party

    Not passed by a small majority

    4 rebellions 79% attendance

  3. edited 3rd Nov 2023
    Senate

    Motions - Gender Dysphoria - Treating gender diverse children

    Simon Birmingham voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party

    Not passed by a small majority

    6 rebellions 76% attendance

  4. edited 17th Jun 2021
    Senate

    Motions - Child Care - Adopt Labor's Cheaper Child Care Plan

    Simon Birmingham voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party

    Not passed by a small majority

    6 rebellions 76% attendance

  5. edited 24th Aug 2018
    Senate

    Motions - Free Speech - Against gender neutral language

    Simon Birmingham voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party

    Not passed by a modest majority

    3 rebellions 59% attendance

  6. edited 13th Jul 2018
    Senate

    Motions - Freedom of Speech - Exclusion zone around abortion clinics

    Simon Birmingham voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party

    Not passed by a small majority

    1 rebellion 67% attendance

Free votes

Simon Birmingham has taken part in 24 free votes since entering Parliament in May 2007. explain “Free Votes”

  1. edited 2nd Dec 2022
    Senate

    Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - in Committee - Approval and importation of drugs

    Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote

    Not passed by a small majority

    No rebellions 86% attendance

  2. edited 2nd Dec 2022
    Senate

    Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - in Committee - Limitation of power

    Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote

    Not passed by a small majority

    No rebellions 82% attendance

  3. edited 25th Nov 2022
    Senate

    Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea

    Simon Birmingham voted Yes in this free vote

    Passed by a small majority

    No rebellions 87% attendance

  4. edited 11th Feb 2022
    Senate

    Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Inclusion in annual reports

    Simon Birmingham voted Yes in this free vote

    Passed by a small majority

    No rebellions 80% attendance

  5. edited 11th Feb 2022
    Senate

    Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Annual report

    Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote

    Not passed by a small majority

    No rebellions 82% attendance

  6. edited 11th Feb 2022
    Senate

    Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Introduce threshold

    Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote

    Not passed by a small majority

    No rebellions 80% attendance

  7. edited 11th Feb 2022
    Senate

    Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Sections 28F and 28G

    Simon Birmingham voted Yes in this free vote

    Passed by a small majority

    No rebellions 80% attendance

  8. edited 11th Feb 2022
    Senate

    Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Stage 2 licences

    Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote

    Not passed by a small majority

    No rebellions 82% attendance

  9. edited 11th Feb 2022
    Senate

    Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Definition of mitochondrial donation licence

    Simon Birmingham voted Yes in this free vote

    Passed by a small majority

    No rebellions 83% attendance

  10. edited 11th Feb 2022
    Senate

    Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Definition of gene technology

    Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote

    Not passed by a small majority

    No rebellions 80% attendance

  11. edited 24th Oct 2019
    Senate

    Motions - Abortion - Congratulate NSW

    Simon Birmingham voted Yes in this free vote

    Passed by a small majority

    No rebellions 68% attendance

  12. edited 7th Dec 2018
    Senate

    Documents - Queensland: Abortion - Let a vote happen

    Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote

    Not passed by a modest majority

    No rebellions 70% attendance

  13. edited 14th Sep 2018
    Senate

    Restoring Territory Rights (Assisted Suicide Legislation) Bill 2015 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea

    Simon Birmingham voted Yes in this free vote

    Not passed by a small majority

    No rebellions 92% attendance

  14. edited 30th Nov 2017
    Senate

    Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

    Simon Birmingham voted Yes in this free vote

    Passed by a modest majority

    No rebellions 76% attendance

  15. edited 23rd Dec 2017
    Senate

    Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Religious versus civil marriage celebrants

    Simon Birmingham voted Yes in this free vote

    Passed by a modest majority

    No rebellions 74% attendance

  16. edited 23rd Dec 2017
    Senate

    Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Authorised marriage celebrant

    Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote

    Not passed by a modest majority

    No rebellions 74% attendance

  17. edited 23rd Dec 2017
    Senate

    Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - No obligation to solemnise marriage

    Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote

    Not passed by a small majority

    No rebellions 79% attendance

  18. edited 24th Dec 2017
    Senate

    Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Civil celebrants' right to refuse

    Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote

    Not passed by a small majority

    No rebellions 88% attendance

  19. edited 24th Dec 2017
    Senate

    Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Religious organisations

    Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote

    Not passed by a small majority

    No rebellions 89% attendance

  20. edited 24th Dec 2017
    Senate

    Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Charities

    Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote

    Not passed by a small majority

    No rebellions 88% attendance

  21. edited 29th Dec 2017
    Senate

    Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Defence chaplains

    Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote

    Not passed by a modest majority

    No rebellions 86% attendance

  22. edited 29th Dec 2017
    Senate

    Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - "Freedom" amendments

    Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote

    Not passed by a modest majority

    No rebellions 89% attendance

  23. edited 29th Dec 2017
    Senate

    Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Religious marriage celebrants

    Simon Birmingham voted Yes in this free vote

    Passed by a small majority

    No rebellions 92% attendance

  24. edited 29th Dec 2017
    Senate

    Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Religious and conscientious protection

    Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote

    Not passed by a small majority

    No rebellions 92% attendance

Recent Votes

Recent votes in parliament that this Senator could have attended.

  1. Senate

    Bills — Aged Care Bill 2024; Third Reading

    Simon Birmingham voted Yes

    Passed by a modest majority

    No rebellions 43% attendance

  2. Senate

    Bills — Aged Care Bill 2024; in Committee

    Simon Birmingham was absent

    Passed by a modest majority

    No rebellions 75% attendance

  3. Senate

    Bills — Aged Care Bill 2024; in Committee

    Simon Birmingham was absent

    Passed by a modest majority

    No rebellions 78% attendance

View all votes

Compare Simon Birmingham with someone else

Shows people in order of those who voted always the same as Simon Birmingham (100% agreement) to those who never voted the same (0% agreement).

We only compare those votes where both people attended. This may reveal relationships between people that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

Agreement Name
100% Maria Kovacic Liberal Party Senator for NSW
100% Dave Sharma Liberal Party Senator for NSW
100% Paul Calvert Former Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania
100% Ian Campbell Former Liberal Party Senator for WA
100% Grant Chapman Former Liberal Party Senator for SA
More people to compare with Simon Birmingham (22 other people voted exactly the same as this one)