Compare how Bob Sercombe and Chris Pearce voted on suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
Bob Sercombe
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Maribyrnong March 1996 – October 2007
Chris Pearce
Former Liberal Party Representative for Aston July 2001 – August 2010
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that Members of Parliament (MPs) and Senators should vote to suspend standing and sessional orders (that is, the procedural rules of Parliament) so that their colleagues can introduce motions for Parliament to vote on even when the the procedural rules would prevent them from doing so
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 suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)” which either Bob Sercombe or Chris Pearce could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Bob Sercombe and Chris Pearce 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 | Bob Sercombe | Chris Pearce | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
3rd Jun 2010, 2:33 PM – Representatives Motions - Australian Mining Industry — Suspension of Standing Orders (re: Impact on jobs) |
- | absent | Yes |
23rd Sep 2008, 3:24 PM – Representatives Motions - Urgent Relief for Single Age Pensioners Legislation - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders |
- | Yes | Yes |
19th Mar 2008, 9:19 AM – Representatives Motions - Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 - Suspend standing orders |
- | Yes | Yes |
8th Aug 2007, 9:15 AM – Representatives Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Legislation - Let a vote happen |
No | Yes | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)” which either Bob Sercombe or Chris Pearce 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 | Bob Sercombe | Chris Pearce | Supporters vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no votes listed | ||||||