Compare how Ben Morton and Brendan O'Connor voted on a same-sex marriage plebiscite
Ben Morton
Former Liberal Party Representative for Tangney July 2016 – May 2022
Brendan O'Connor
Australian Labor Party Representative for Gorton since October 2004
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should hold a plebiscite (or national vote) on the question of whether the law should be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry
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 a same-sex marriage plebiscite” which either Ben Morton or Brendan O'Connor could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Ben Morton and Brendan O'Connor 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 | Ben Morton | Brendan O'Connor | Supporters vote |
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20th Oct 2016, 1:26 PM – Representatives Plebiscite (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill 2016 - Third Reading - Pass the bill |
Yes | No | Yes |
20th Oct 2016, 1:17 PM – Representatives Plebiscite (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea |
Yes | No | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for a same-sex marriage plebiscite” which either Ben Morton or Brendan O'Connor 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 | Ben Morton | Brendan O'Connor | Supporters vote |
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20th Oct 2016, 1:10 PM – Representatives Plebiscite (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Free vote in Parliament |
No | Yes | No |