edited
7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
David Bradbury voted No in this free vote
Sharon Bird voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
David Bradbury and Sharon Bird have voted the same way 99.9% of the time
David Bradbury
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Lindsay November 2007 – September 2013
Sharon Bird
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Cunningham October 2004 – May 2022
Between November 2007 and September 2013 David Bradbury and Sharon Bird have voted in the same division 810 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 809 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
- Carbon farming
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- 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)
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 809 times. They have only voted differently once.