Compare how Mike Symon and Martin Ferguson voted on carbon farming
![Photo of Mike Symon](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/images/mpsL/10618.jpg)
Mike Symon
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Deakin November 2007 – September 2013
![Photo of Martin Ferguson](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/images/mpsL/10218.jpg)
Martin Ferguson
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Batman March 1996 – August 2013
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should introduce a carbon farming initiative that encourages the farming and timber industries to decrease carbon emissions or to increase carbon storage (known as carbon sequestration)
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 carbon farming” which either Mike Symon or Martin Ferguson could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Mike Symon and Martin Ferguson 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 | Mike Symon | Martin Ferguson | Supporters vote |
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16th Jun 2011 – Representatives Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 - Second Reading - Read a second time |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for carbon farming” which either Mike Symon or Martin Ferguson 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 | Mike Symon | Martin Ferguson | Supporters vote |
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16th Jun 2011 – Representatives Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 - Second Reading - Keep original motion unchanged |
Yes | Yes | Yes |