Compare how Cameron Thompson and John Cobb voted on suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)

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Cameron Thompson

Former Liberal Party Representative for Blair October 1998 – November 2007

Voted consistently for suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
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John Cobb

Former National Party Representative for Calare November 2007 – May 2016

Voted generally for suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that Members of Parliament (MPs) and Senators should vote to suspend standing and sessional orders (that is, the procedural rules of Parliament) so that their colleagues can introduce motions for Parliament to vote on even when the the procedural rules would prevent them from doing so

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 suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)” which either Cameron Thompson or John Cobb could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Cameron Thompson and John Cobb 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 Cameron Thompson John Cobb Supporters vote

5th May 2016, 11:28 AM – Representatives Motions - Budget - Suspend standing orders

- No Yes

19th Apr 2016, 3:32 PM – Representatives Motions - High Speed Rail Planning Authority Bill 2016 - Suspend standing orders

- No Yes

16th Mar 2016, 3:20 PM – Representatives Motions - Turnbull Government - Suspend standing motions

- No Yes

10th Feb 2016, 3:16 PM – Representatives Motions - Prime Minister; Attempted Censure - Suspend standing orders

- No Yes

9th Feb 2015, 3:32 PM – Representatives Motions — Prime Minister — Suspension of standing orders

- No Yes

3rd Dec 2014 – Representatives Motions - Prime Minister; Attempted Censure - Against university fee deregulation

- No Yes

26th Nov 2014, 10:04 AM – Representatives Motions - Prime Minister; Attempted Censure - Let motion against ABC cuts be moved

- No Yes

26th Nov 2014 – Representatives Motions - Defence Procurement, Minister for Defence - Let Opposition Leader put motion

- No Yes

24th Nov 2014, 3:26 PM – Representatives Motions - Prime Minister - Attempted Censure

- No Yes

27th Oct 2014, 3:16 PM – Representatives Attempted Censure — Minister for Agriculture

- No Yes

1st Sep 2014, 1:43 PM – Representatives Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2014 — Consideration in Detail — Suspend standing and sessional orders

- No Yes

16th Jul 2014, 6:30 PM – Representatives National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2014 — Third Reading — Suspend standing and sessional orders

- Yes Yes

25th Jun 2014, 6:52 PM – Representatives Carbon Farming Initiative Amendment Bill 2014 - Third Reading - Suspend standing orders so as to move third reading motion

- Yes Yes

6th Mar 2014, 12:27 PM – Representatives Qantas Sale Amendment Bill 2014 - Third Reading - Suspend standing orders

- Yes Yes

14th Nov 2013, 3:24 PM – Representatives Motions - Asylum Seekers - Transparency

- No Yes

26th Jun 2013, 3:24 PM – Representatives Motions - Labor Party Leadership - End Labor's internal arguments

- Yes Yes

5th Jun 2013, 4:19 PM – Representatives Motions - National Security - Suspend standing and sessional orders

- Yes Yes

5th Jun 2013, 3:53 PM – Representatives Motions - National Security - Suspend standing and sessional orders

- Yes Yes

5th Jun 2013, 3:38 PM – Representatives Motions - National Security - Suspend standing and sessional orders

- Yes Yes

3rd Jun 2013, 3:37 PM – Representatives Motions - National Security - Suspend standing and sessional orders

- absent Yes

15th May 2013, 5:34 PM – Representatives Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Service Providers and Other Governance Measures) Bill 2012 - Consideration in Detail - Recommital on Opposition amendments

- No Yes

28th Jun 2012, 4:04 AM – Representatives Motions - Asylum Seekers - Suspend standing orders

- Yes Yes

11th Oct 2011 – Representatives Motions - Carbon Pricing - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

- Yes Yes

11th Oct 2011 – Representatives Motions - Carbon Pricing - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

- Yes Yes

7th Jul 2011 – Representatives Motions - Gillard Government; Censure - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

- Yes Yes

5th Jul 2011 – Representatives Motions - Carbon Pricing - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

- Yes Yes

21st Jun 2011 – Representatives Motions - Carbon Pricing - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

- Yes Yes

20th Jun 2011 – Representatives Motions - Live Animal Exports - Ensure resumption of trade

- Yes Yes

16th Jun 2011 – Representatives Motions - Live Animal Exports - Inquiry into decision to ban live cattle trade to Indonesia

- Yes Yes

14th Jun 2011 – Representatives Motions - Asylum Seekers - Suspend standing orders

- Yes Yes

2nd Jun 2011 – Representatives Motions - Carbon Pricing - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

- Yes Yes

10th May 2011 – Representatives Motions - Asylum Seekers - Let a vote happen

- Yes Yes

24th Feb 2011, 3:00 PM – Representatives Motions - Prime Minister - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

- Yes Yes

22nd Feb 2011, 4:09 PM – Representatives Banking — Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

- Yes Yes

27th Oct 2010, 9:31 AM – Representatives Private Members’ Business - Asylum Seekers - Suspend standing and sessional orders

- Yes Yes

3rd Jun 2010, 2:33 PM – Representatives Motions - Australian Mining Industry — Suspension of Standing Orders (re: Impact on jobs)

- Yes Yes

23rd Sep 2008, 3:24 PM – Representatives Motions - Urgent Relief for Single Age Pensioners Legislation - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

- absent Yes

19th Mar 2008, 9:19 AM – Representatives Motions - Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 - Suspend standing orders

- Yes Yes

8th Aug 2007, 9:15 AM – Representatives Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Legislation - Let a vote happen

Yes Yes Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)” which either Cameron Thompson or John Cobb 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 Cameron Thompson John Cobb Supporters vote
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