Compare how Alexander Downer and Geoff Prosser voted on speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
Alexander Downer
Former Liberal Party Representative for Mayo December 1984 – July 2008
Geoff Prosser
Former Liberal Party Representative for Forrest July 1987 – October 2007
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that Members of Parliament (MPs) and Senators should vote to speed things along by supporting motions to 'put the question' (known as 'closure' or 'gag' motions), which require Parliament to immediately vote on a question rather than debating it any further
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 speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)” which either Alexander Downer or Geoff Prosser could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Alexander Downer and Geoff Prosser 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 | Geoff Prosser | Supporters vote |
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29th May 2008, 1:30 PM – Representatives Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy Surcharge Thresholds) Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Put the question |
absent | - | Yes |
8th Aug 2007, 9:10 AM – Representatives Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Legislation - Speed things along |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
2nd Nov 2006, 11:29 AM – Representatives Medibank Private Sale Bill 2006 - Allotment of Time - Put the question |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)” which either Alexander Downer or Geoff Prosser 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 | Geoff Prosser | Supporters vote | |||
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no votes listed |