edited
7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Julia Gillard voted No in this free vote
Sharon Bird voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
Julia Gillard and Sharon Bird have voted the same way 99.9% of the time
Julia Gillard
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Lalor October 1998 – August 2013
Sharon Bird
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Cunningham October 2004 – May 2022
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and August 2013 Julia Gillard and Sharon Bird have voted in the same division 754 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 753 times. They have only voted differently once.
How do their votes on policies compare?
Policies are groups of votes related to an issue. We only show policies where we have enough information on both people.
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stem cell research
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 753 times. They have only voted differently once.