Compare how Alexander Downer and Tony Smith voted on increasing competition in bulk wheat export
Alexander Downer
Former Liberal Party Representative for Mayo December 1984 – July 2008
Tony Smith
Former Liberal Party Representative for Casey November 2021 – May 2022
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should deregulate Australia's wheat export market so that bulk wheat export is no longer done through a single exporter (which is known as a 'single desk' policy)
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 increasing competition in bulk wheat export” which either Alexander Downer or Tony Smith could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Alexander Downer and Tony Smith 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 | Alexander Downer | Tony Smith | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
31st Oct 2012, 6:25 PM – Representatives Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time |
- | No | Yes |
4th Jun 2008, 10:45 AM – Representatives Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Third Reading - Read a third time |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
4th Jun 2008, 10:27 AM – Representatives Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Read a second time |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing competition in bulk wheat export” which either Alexander Downer or Tony Smith 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 | Alexander Downer | Tony Smith | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
31st Oct 2012, 6:15 PM – Representatives Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Decline to read a second time |
- | Yes | No |
7th Dec 2006, 7:58 PM – Representatives Wheat Marketing Amendment Bill 2006 - Consideration in Detail - Independent review |
absent | No | Yes |