edited
7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Geoff Lyons voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
Geoff Lyons
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Bass August 2010 – September 2013
Never rebelled explain rebellions 100% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted consistently for
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Tobacco plain packaging
Voted almost always for
Voted generally for
Voted a mixture of for and against
Voted generally against
Voted almost always against
Voted consistently against
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Temporary protection visas
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
We can't say anything concrete about how they voted on
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Increasing access under Freedom of Information law
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Live animal export
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Unconventional gas mining
Please note that our voting records start in February 2006.
Rebel votes
Geoff Lyons has never voted against the majority of their party since entering Parliament in August 2010. explain rebellions
Free votes
Geoff Lyons has taken part in 1 free vote since entering Parliament in August 2010. explain “Free Votes”
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Representative could have attended.
-
edited 28th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 - Pass the bill
Geoff Lyons voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 - Consideration in Detail - Agree to the bill
Geoff Lyons voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 - Consideration in Detail - Put the question
Geoff Lyons voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
Compare Geoff Lyons with someone else
Shows people in order of those who voted always the same as Geoff Lyons (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% | Chris Bowen | Australian Labor Party Representative for McMahon |
| 100% | Tony Burke | Australian Labor Party Representative for Watson |
| 100% | Ed Husic | Australian Labor Party Representative for Chifley |
| 100% | Andrew Leigh | Australian Labor Party Representative for Fenner |
| 100% | Rob Mitchell | Australian Labor Party Representative for McEwen |