Compare how Alicia Payne and John Alexander voted on drug testing welfare recipients

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Alicia Payne

Australian Labor Party Representative for Canberra since May 2019

Voted consistently against drug testing welfare recipients
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John Alexander

Former Liberal Party Representative for Bennelong December 2017 – May 2022

Voted consistently for drug testing welfare recipients

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should introduce mandatory drug testing for people who receive certain welfare payments

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 drug testing welfare recipients” which either Alicia Payne or John Alexander could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Alicia Payne and John Alexander 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 Alicia Payne John Alexander Supporters vote

17th Oct 2019, 11:32 AM – Representatives Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea

No Yes Yes

13th Aug 2018, 6:40 PM – Representatives Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea

- Yes Yes

11th Sep 2017, 4:46 PM – Representatives Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

- Yes Yes

11th Sep 2017, 4:41 PM – Representatives Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Agree to bill

- Yes Yes

11th Sep 2017, 4:31 PM – Representatives Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea

- Yes Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for drug testing welfare recipients” which either Alicia Payne or John Alexander 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 Alicia Payne John Alexander Supporters vote

17th Oct 2019, 11:29 AM – Representatives Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Disagree with bill's main idea

Yes No No

11th Sep 2017, 4:21 PM – Representatives Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Disagree with bill

- No No