Compare how Brendan O'Connor and Joel Fitzgibbon voted on extending government benefits to same-sex couples

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 extending government benefits to same-sex couples” which either Brendan O'Connor or Joel Fitzgibbon could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Brendan O'Connor and Joel Fitzgibbon 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	Brendan O'Connor	Joel Fitzgibbon	Supporters vote
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Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for extending government benefits to same-sex couples” which either Brendan O'Connor or Joel Fitzgibbon 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	Brendan O'Connor	Joel Fitzgibbon	Supporters vote
4th Jun 2008, 8:00 PM – Representatives Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws - Superannuation) Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Keep motion to read a second time unchanged	Yes	Yes	Yes
13th Aug 2007, 8:29 PM – Representatives Judges’ Pensions Amendment Bill 2007 - Second Reading - Same-sex de facto relationships	No	No	No