Compare how Brendan O'Connor and Cathy McGowan voted on civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
Brendan O'Connor
Australian Labor Party Representative for Gorton since October 2004
Cathy McGowan
Former Independent Representative for Indi September 2013 – May 2019
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should protect the right of celebrants to refuse to marry same-sex couples if doing so would be against their religious or conscientious beliefs
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 civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples” which either Brendan O'Connor or Cathy McGowan could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Brendan O'Connor and Cathy McGowan 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 | Cathy McGowan | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
7th Dec 2017, 5:42 PM – Representatives Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Religion & right to refuse |
absent | No | Yes |
7th Dec 2017, 11:03 AM – Representatives Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Def of marriage + conscientious protections |
No | No | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples” which either Brendan O'Connor or Cathy McGowan 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 | Cathy McGowan | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
7th Dec 2017, 12:53 PM – Representatives Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Defence appointed celebrants |
No | No | Yes |