Compare how Alexander Downer and Dick Adams voted on suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)

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Alexander Downer

Former Liberal Party Representative for Mayo December 1984 – July 2008

Voted consistently for suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
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Dick Adams

Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Lyons March 1993 – September 2013

Voted consistently against suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)

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 Alexander Downer or Dick Adams could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Alexander Downer and Dick Adams 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 Dick Adams Supporters vote

26th Jun 2013, 3:24 PM – Representatives Motions - Labor Party Leadership - End Labor's internal arguments

- No Yes

5th Jun 2013, 4:19 PM – Representatives Motions - National Security - Suspend standing and sessional orders

- No Yes

5th Jun 2013, 3:53 PM – Representatives Motions - National Security - Suspend standing and sessional orders

- No Yes

5th Jun 2013, 3:38 PM – Representatives Motions - National Security - Suspend standing and sessional orders

- No Yes

3rd Jun 2013, 3:37 PM – Representatives Motions - National Security - Suspend standing and sessional orders

- No Yes

15th May 2013, 5:34 PM – Representatives Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Service Providers and Other Governance Measures) Bill 2012 - Consideration in Detail - Recommital on Opposition amendments

- Yes Yes

28th Jun 2012, 4:04 AM – Representatives Motions - Asylum Seekers - Suspend standing orders

- No Yes

11th Oct 2011 – Representatives Motions - Carbon Pricing - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

- No Yes

11th Oct 2011 – Representatives Motions - Carbon Pricing - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

- No Yes

7th Jul 2011 – Representatives Motions - Gillard Government; Censure - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

- No Yes

5th Jul 2011 – Representatives Motions - Carbon Pricing - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

- No Yes

21st Jun 2011 – Representatives Motions - Carbon Pricing - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

- No Yes

20th Jun 2011 – Representatives Motions - Live Animal Exports - Ensure resumption of trade

- No Yes

16th Jun 2011 – Representatives Motions - Live Animal Exports - Inquiry into decision to ban live cattle trade to Indonesia

- No Yes

14th Jun 2011 – Representatives Motions - Asylum Seekers - Suspend standing orders

- No Yes

2nd Jun 2011 – Representatives Motions - Carbon Pricing - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

- No Yes

10th May 2011 – Representatives Motions - Asylum Seekers - Let a vote happen

- No Yes

24th Feb 2011, 3:00 PM – Representatives Motions - Prime Minister - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

- No Yes

22nd Feb 2011, 4:09 PM – Representatives Banking — Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

- No Yes

27th Oct 2010, 9:31 AM – Representatives Private Members’ Business - Asylum Seekers - Suspend standing and sessional orders

- No Yes

3rd Jun 2010, 2:33 PM – Representatives Motions - Australian Mining Industry — Suspension of Standing Orders (re: Impact on jobs)

- No Yes

23rd Sep 2008, 3:24 PM – Representatives Motions - Urgent Relief for Single Age Pensioners Legislation - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

- No Yes

19th Mar 2008, 9:19 AM – Representatives Motions - Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 - Suspend standing orders

Yes No Yes

8th Aug 2007, 9:15 AM – Representatives Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Legislation - Let a vote happen

Yes No 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 Alexander Downer or Dick Adams 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 Dick Adams Supporters vote
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