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7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Tony Abbott voted No
Kelvin Thomson voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
Tony Abbott and Kelvin Thomson have voted the same way 0.4% of the time
Tony Abbott
Former Liberal Party Representative for Warringah March 1994 – May 2019
Kelvin Thomson
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Wills March 1996 – May 2016
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and May 2016 Tony Abbott and Kelvin Thomson have voted in the same division 890 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 886 times. They have only voted the same 4 times.
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 the same way on
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 886 times. They have only voted the same 4 times.
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Tony Abbott voted Yes
Kelvin Thomson voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Tony Abbott voted Yes
Kelvin Thomson voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Tony Abbott voted No in this free vote
Kelvin Thomson voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance