edited
7th Oct 2014
Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Mark Vaile voted No
Tony Abbott voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
Mark Vaile and Tony Abbott have voted the same way 99.6% of the time
Mark Vaile
Former National Party Representative for Lyne March 1993 – July 2008
Tony Abbott
Former Liberal Party Representative for Warringah March 1994 – May 2019
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and July 2008 Mark Vaile and Tony Abbott have voted in the same division 280 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 279 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
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stem cell research
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 279 times. They have only voted differently once.