Compare how David Smith and Helen Polley voted on live animal export

Now this is where it gets a bit tricky… Two people might vote the same way on votes they both attended, so their votes are 100% in agreement. They might also have voted in a way we’d describe differently when looking at all of one person's votes. If the other person didn’t or couldn’t have attended those votes we leave those out of the comparison. Because that just wouldn’t be fair now, would it?

Most important divisions relevant to this policy

These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for live animal export” which either David Smith or Helen Polley could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of David Smith and Helen Polley on this policy. Where a person could not have attended a division because they were not a member of parliament at the time (or in the wrong house) it is marked as "-".

Division David Smith Helen Polley Supporters vote

26th Jun 2024, 11:41 AM – Representatives Export Control Amendment (Ending Live Sheep Exports by Sea) Bill 2024 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea

Yes - No

26th Jun 2024, 11:32 AM – Representatives Export Control Amendment (Ending Live Sheep Exports by Sea) Bill 2024 - Second Reading - Decline a second reading

No - Yes

10th Sep 2018, 11:35 AM – Senate Animal Export Legislation Amendment (Ending Long-Haul Live Sheep Exports) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

Yes Yes No

19th Jun 2014 – Senate Regulations and Determinations — Australian Meat and Live—stock Industry (Export of Live—stock to Egypt) Repeal Order 2014 — Disallow motion

- absent No

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for live animal export” which either David Smith or Helen Polley could have attended. Where a person could not have attended a division because they were not a member of parliament at the time (or in the wrong house) it is marked as "-".

Division David Smith Helen Polley Supporters vote

17th Nov 2023, 3:28 PM – Senate Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports Amendment (Animal Welfare) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Do not prohibit live sheep export

- absent Yes

31st May 2023, 6:15 PM – Representatives Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports Amendment (Animal Welfare) Bill 2023 - Report from Federation Chamber - Live export bans

Yes - Yes

27th Oct 2022, 5:56 PM – Representatives Regulations and Determinations - Export Control (Animals) Amendment (Northern Hemisphere Summer Prohibition) Rules 2022 - Don't disallow

absent - Yes

7th Sep 2022, 6:43 PM – Senate Regulations and Determinations - Export Control (Animals) Amendment (Northern Hemisphere Summer Prohibition) Rules 2022 - Disallow

- No No

3rd Sep 2020, 4:39 PM – Senate Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Amendment (Dairy Cattle Export Charge) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Against live export

- absent No

16th Jun 2020, 5:00 PM – Senate Motions - Live Animal Exports - Stop RETWA ship

- absent No

16th Jun 2020, 4:34 PM – Senate Motions - Live Animal Exports - Do not appeal Federal Court decision

- absent Yes

17th Oct 2019, 12:39 PM – Senate Motions - Live Animal Exports - Restict during summer

- No No

4th Dec 2018, 5:01 PM – Senate Documents - Live Animal Exports - Phase out

Yes Yes No

26th Jun 2018, 4:30 PM – Senate Motions - Live Animal Exports - Compensation and orderly phase out

Yes absent No

8th Feb 2018, 12:17 PM – Senate Motions - Live Animal Exports - Transition away from

- No No

15th Jun 2017, 12:22 PM – Senate Motions - Live Animal Exports - Ban

- Yes No

10th Nov 2016, 12:49 PM – Senate Motions - Live Animal Exports - End

- No No

13th Oct 2015, 4:12 PM – Senate Motions - Live Animal Exports - Approve Port Alma as a live cattle export facility

- Yes Yes

12th Dec 2013, 12:32 PM – Senate Motions - Live Animal Exports - Stop export until investigations completed

- No No

15th May 2013, 3:53 PM – Senate Motions - Live Animal Exports - Establish Office of Animal Welfare

- No No

13th Mar 2012 – Senate Motions - Live Animal Exports - Against live animal export

- No No

7th Jul 2011 – Senate Motions - Live Animal Exports - End live animal export

- No No

15th Jun 2011 – Senate Motions — Live Animal Exports — Move to re—establish live export with Indonesia

- absent Yes