edited
7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Julia Gillard voted No in this free vote
Stephen Smith voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
Julia Gillard and Stephen Smith have voted the same way 99.8% of the time
Julia Gillard
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Lalor October 1998 – August 2013
Stephen Smith
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Perth March 1993 – August 2013
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and August 2013 Julia Gillard and Stephen Smith have voted in the same division 652 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 651 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.
Always voted differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- 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 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
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 651 times. They have only voted differently once.