Compare how Chris Bowen and Martin Ferguson voted on increasing consumer protections

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 consumer protections” which either Chris Bowen or Martin Ferguson could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Chris Bowen and Martin Ferguson 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	Chris Bowen	Martin Ferguson	Supporters vote
15th Nov 2010, 8:05 PM – Representatives Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010 — Second Reading — Read a second time	Yes	Yes	Yes
22nd Oct 2009, 2:01 PM – Representatives Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009 — Third Reading - Read a third time	Yes	Yes	Yes
22nd Oct 2009, 1:48 PM – Representatives Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009 — Second Reading - Read a second time	Yes	Yes	Yes
5th Jun 2008, 5:51 PM – Representatives National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 — Third Reading - Read a third time	Yes	Yes	Yes
5th Jun 2008, 5:49 PM – Representatives National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 — Second Reading — Read a second time	Yes	Yes	Yes
5th Jun 2008, 5:46 PM – Representatives National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008 — Third Reading - Read a third time	Yes	Yes	Yes
5th Jun 2008, 5:43 PM – Representatives National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) 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 consumer protections” which either Chris Bowen or Martin Ferguson 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	Chris Bowen	Martin Ferguson	Supporters vote
4th Aug 2021, 12:07 PM – Representatives Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response - Better Advice) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Disagree with amendments	absent	-	No
27th Nov 2019, 12:16 PM – Representatives Treasury Laws Amendment (Combating Illegal Phoenixing) Bill 2019 - Consideration in Detail - Director ID numbers	Yes	-	Yes
15th Oct 2019, 6:36 PM – Representatives Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Measures No. 2) Bill 2019 - Consideration in Detail - Restrict fintech sandbox exemption	Yes	-	Yes
16th Nov 2010, 8:12 PM – Representatives Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010 — Consideration in Detail - Merit review and procedural fairness	No	No	No
16th Nov 2010, 6:29 PM – Representatives Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010 — Consideration in Detail — Disallowance of instruments and competition	No	No	No
16th Nov 2010, 5:33 PM – Representatives Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010 — Consideration in Detail — Disallowable instruments to limit Telstra	No	No	No
5th Jun 2008, 5:36 PM – Representatives National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008 — Second Reading — Keep motion to read a second time unchanged	Yes	Yes	Yes