Compare how Matt Williams and Brett Whiteley voted on speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)

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Matt Williams

Former Liberal Party Representative for Hindmarsh September 2013 – July 2016

Voted consistently for speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
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Brett Whiteley

Former Liberal Party Representative for Braddon September 2013 – July 2016

Voted consistently for speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that Members of Parliament (MPs) and Senators should vote to speed things along by supporting motions to 'put the question' (known as 'closure' or 'gag' motions), which require Parliament to immediately vote on a question rather than debating it any further

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 speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)” which either Matt Williams or Brett Whiteley could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Matt Williams and Brett Whiteley 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 Matt Williams Brett Whiteley Supporters vote

5th May 2016, 11:26 AM – Representatives Motions - Budget - Put the motion

Yes Yes Yes

2nd Jun 2015, 8:05 PM – Representatives Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2015 - Second Reading - Ask the question

Yes Yes Yes

22nd Oct 2014, 5:00 PM – Representatives Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - End debate on bill's main idea

Yes Yes Yes

4th Sep 2014, 12:34 PM – Representatives Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - End debate on bill's main idea

Yes Yes Yes

2nd Sep 2014, 6:15 PM – Representatives Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2014 — Consideration of Senate Message — Put the question (agree to the amendments)

Yes Yes Yes

1st Sep 2014, 1:57 PM – Representatives Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2014 — Third Reading — Put the question (read a third time)

Yes Yes Yes

1st Sep 2014, 1:50 PM – Representatives Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2014 — Consideration in Detail — Put the question (agree to the bill)

Yes Yes Yes

1st Sep 2014, 1:36 PM – Representatives Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2014 — Consideration in Detail — Put the question (suspend standing orders)

Yes Yes Yes

26th Aug 2014 – Representatives Asset Recycling Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014 — Consideration of Senate Message — Put the question

Yes Yes Yes

16th Jul 2014, 6:32 PM – Representatives National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2014 — Third Reading — Put the question (to read a third time)

Yes Yes Yes

16th Jul 2014, 6:22 PM – Representatives National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2014 — Third Reading — Put the question (to suspend standing orders)

Yes Yes Yes

16th Jul 2014, 5:59 PM – Representatives National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2014 — Consideration in Detail — Put the question (to agree to the bill)

Yes Yes Yes

16th Jul 2014, 4:23 PM – Representatives National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2014 — Second Reading — Put the question (to read a second time)

Yes Yes Yes

14th Jul 2014, 5:41 PM – Representatives Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2014 and related bills - Consideration in Detail - Put the question

Yes absent Yes

14th Jul 2014, 5:03 PM – Representatives Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2014 and related bills — Second Reading — Put the Greens amendment

Yes Yes Yes

25th Jun 2014, 6:39 PM – Representatives Carbon Farming Initiative Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - End debate on whether to criticise the Government's climate change policies

Yes Yes Yes

6th Mar 2014, 12:31 PM – Representatives Qantas Sale Amendment Bill 2014 - Third Reading - Put the question

Yes Yes Yes

6th Mar 2014, 12:20 PM – Representatives Qantas Sale Amendment Bill 2014 - Third Reading - Put the question

Yes Yes Yes

6th Mar 2014, 11:52 AM – Representatives Qantas Sale Amendment Bill 2014 - Consideration in Detail - Put the question

Yes Yes Yes

6th Mar 2014, 11:33 AM – Representatives Qantas Sale Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Put the question

Yes Yes Yes

9th Dec 2013, 5:54 PM – Representatives Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of Senate Message - Put the question re: removing the debt limit

Yes Yes Yes

9th Dec 2013, 4:59 PM – Representatives Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of Senate Message - Put the question

Yes Yes Yes

21st Nov 2013 – Representatives Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 - Motion to Dissent from Ruling - Put the question

Yes Yes Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)” which either Matt Williams or Brett Whiteley 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 Matt Williams Brett Whiteley Supporters vote
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