edited
7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Stephen Smith voted Yes in this free vote
Wayne Swan voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
Stephen Smith and Wayne Swan have voted the same way 99.9% of the time
Stephen Smith
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Perth March 1993 – August 2013
Wayne Swan
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Lilley October 1998 – May 2019
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and August 2013 Stephen Smith and Wayne Swan have voted in the same division 796 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 795 times. They have only voted differently once.
How do their votes on policies compare?
Policies are groups of votes related to an issue. We only show policies where we have enough information on both people.
Always voted differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stem cell research
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 795 times. They have only voted differently once.