How Alan Ferguson voted compared to someone who agrees that the federal government should increase the standards and assessment processes that protect the public and beef industry from diseases such as mad cow disease

Most important divisions relevant to this policy

These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for increasing beef import standards” which Alan Ferguson could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Alan Ferguson on this policy.

Division Alan Ferguson Supporters vote

15th Mar 2010, 4:38 PM – Senate Food Importation (Bovine Meat Standards) Bill 2010 — Third Reading - Read a third time

absent Yes

15th Mar 2010, 3:51 PM – Senate Food Importation (Bovine Meat Standards) Bill 2010 — Second Reading - Read a second time

absent Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing beef import standards” which Alan Ferguson could have attended.

Division Alan Ferguson Supporters vote
no votes listed

How "We can't say anything concrete about how they voted on" is worked out

Normally a person's votes count towards a score which is used to work out a simple phrase to summarise their position on a policy. However in this case Alan Ferguson was absent during all divisions for this policy. So, it's impossible to say anything concrete.