Compare how Bill Shorten and Ken O'Dowd voted on turning back asylum boats when possible

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 turning back asylum boats when possible” which either Bill Shorten or Ken O'Dowd could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Bill Shorten and Ken O'Dowd 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	Bill Shorten	Ken O'Dowd	Supporters vote
22nd Oct 2014, 5:12 PM – Representatives Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea	absent	Yes	Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for turning back asylum boats when possible” which either Bill Shorten or Ken O'Dowd 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	Bill Shorten	Ken O'Dowd	Supporters vote
15th Aug 2012, 1:05 PM – Representatives Migration Legislation Amendment (Offshore Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2011 - Second Reading - Coalition's policies	No	Yes	Yes
28th Oct 2010, 9:38 AM – Representatives Private Members’ Business - Asylum Seekers - Re-introduce Coalition policies	No	Yes	Yes