Compare how Malcolm Turnbull and Alexander Downer voted on letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)

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Malcolm Turnbull

Former Liberal Party Representative for Wentworth October 2004 – August 2018

Voted generally against letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
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Alexander Downer

Former Liberal Party Representative for Mayo December 1984 – July 2008

Voted consistently for letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that Members of Parliament (MPs) and Senators should vote against all motions that stop an MP or Senator from speaking (that is, motions that the MP or Senator 'be no longer heard')

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 letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)” which either Malcolm Turnbull or Alexander Downer could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Malcolm Turnbull and Alexander Downer 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 Malcolm Turnbull Alexander Downer Supporters vote

21st Jun 2018, 2:59 PM – Representatives Motions - Minister for Health - Stop from speaking

No - No

31st May 2018, 10:57 AM – Representatives Business - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders - Stop Mr Fitzgibbon from speaking

Yes - No

31st May 2018, 10:52 AM – Representatives Business - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders - Stop Mr Burke from speaking

Yes - No

22nd May 2018, 3:15 PM – Representatives Motions - Turnbull Government, Pauline Hanson's One Nation - Stop Bowen MP from speaking

Yes - No

22nd May 2018, 3:08 PM – Representatives Motions - Turnbull Government, Pauline Hanson's One Nation - Stop Burke MP from speaking

Yes - No

26th Oct 2017, 2:58 PM – Representatives Motions - Minister for Employment - Stop Albanese MP from speaking

Yes - No

26th Oct 2017, 2:54 PM – Representatives Motions - Minister for Employment - Stop MP Burke from speaking

Yes - No

25th Oct 2017, 3:08 PM – Representatives Motions - Prime Minister - Stop Albanese MP from speaking

Yes - No

25th Oct 2017, 3:04 PM – Representatives Motions - Prime Minister - Stop MP Burke from speaking

Yes - No

24th Oct 2017, 3:16 PM – Representatives Motions - Minister for Justice - Stop Keenan MP from speaking

No - No

11th Sep 2017, 2:28 PM – Representatives Motions - Deputy Prime Minister - Stop Deputy PM from speaking

No - No

7th Sep 2017, 2:59 PM – Representatives Motions - Deputy Prime Minister - Stop MP Fitzgibbon speaking

Yes - No

7th Sep 2017, 2:55 PM – Representatives Motions - Deputy Prime Minister - Stop MP Burke from speeaking

Yes - No

6th Sep 2017 – Representatives Questions without Notice - Economy - Stop MP Joyce from speaking

No - No

5th Sep 2017, 3:01 PM – Representatives Business - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders - Stop Mr Dreyfus from speaking

Yes - No

5th Sep 2017, 2:54 PM – Representatives Business - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders - Stop Mr Burke from speaking

Yes - No

4th Sep 2017, 3:02 PM – Representatives Motions - Deputy Prime Minister - Stop Hunter MP from speaking

Yes - No

4th Sep 2017, 2:57 PM – Representatives Motions - Deputy Prime Minister - Stop Burke MP from speaking

Yes - No

17th Aug 2017, 2:41 PM – Representatives Questions without Notice - Regional Australia - Stop MP Joyce from speaking

No - No

16th Aug 2017, 3:06 PM – Representatives Motions - Qualifications of Members - Stop MP Fitzgibbon from speaking

Yes - No

16th Aug 2017, 2:59 PM – Representatives Motions - Qualifications of Members - Stop MP Burke from speaking

Yes - No

15th Aug 2017, 5:21 PM – Representatives Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Stop Burke MP from speaking

Yes - No

15th Aug 2017, 3:08 PM – Representatives Motions - Qualifications of Members - Stop MP Fitzgibbon from speaking

Yes - No

15th Aug 2017, 2:55 PM – Representatives Motions - Qualifications of Members - Stop Mr Burke from talking

Yes - No

14th Aug 2017, 2:24 PM – Representatives Questions without Notice - Agriculture Industry - Stop Mr Joyce from speaking

No - No

21st Jun 2017, 9:43 AM – Representatives Motions - Workplace Relations - Stop MP from speaking

Yes - No

21st Jun 2017, 9:37 AM – Representatives Motions - Workplace Relations - Stop MP talking

Yes - No

22nd Mar 2017, 7:47 PM – Representatives Motions - Racial Discrimination Act 1975 - Stop MP from talking

Yes - No

22nd Mar 2017 – Representatives Motions - Racial Discrimination Act 1975 - Stop MP from talking

Yes - No

16th Feb 2017, 9:45 AM – Representatives Motions — Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017 - That the member be no longer heard

Yes - No

16th Feb 2017, 9:38 AM – Representatives Motions — Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017 - That the member be no longer heard

Yes - No

1st Dec 2016, 3:21 PM – Representatives Motions - Working Holiday Maker Program - Stop Hunter MP from speaking

Yes - No

1st Dec 2016, 3:13 PM – Representatives Motions - Working Holiday Maker Program - Stop Watson MP from speaking

Yes - No

1st Dec 2016, 9:50 AM – Representatives Motions - Taxation - Stop Hunter MP from speaking

Yes - No

1st Dec 2016, 9:45 AM – Representatives Motions - Taxation - Stop McMahon MP from speaking

Yes - No

28th Nov 2016, 12:34 PM – Representatives Motions - Attorney-General - Stop Isaacs MP from speaking

Yes - No

28th Nov 2016, 12:28 PM – Representatives Motions - Attorney-General - Stop Watson MP from speaking

Yes - No

7th Nov 2016, 2:51 PM – Representatives Motions - Prime Minister - Stop MP Burke from talking

Yes - No

7th Nov 2016, 2:48 PM – Representatives Motions - Prime Minister - Stop Mr Shorten from speaking

Yes - No

7th Nov 2016, 12:57 PM – Representatives Motions - Turnbull Government - Stop MP Macklin from speaking

Yes - No

7th Nov 2016, 12:49 PM – Representatives Motions - Turnbull Government - Stop MP Burke from speaking

Yes - No

20th Oct 2016, 2:55 PM – Representatives Motions - Prime Minister; Attempted Censure - Stop MP from speaking

Yes - No

20th Oct 2016, 2:52 PM – Representatives Motions - Prime Minister; Attempted Censure - Stop MP from speaking

Yes - No

18th Oct 2016, 3:12 PM – Representatives Motions - Gun Control - Stop Tanya Plibersek speaking

Yes - No

18th Oct 2016, 3:07 PM – Representatives Motions - Gun Control - Stop Bill Shorten from speaking

Yes - No

5th May 2016, 11:22 AM – Representatives Motions - Budget - Stop Tony Burke speaking

absent - No

5th May 2016, 11:13 AM – Representatives Motions - Budget - Stop MP Chris Bowen from speaking

absent - No

22nd Feb 2016, 3:22 PM – Representatives Motions - Minister for Immigration and Border Protection; Attempted Censure - Stop Andrew Wilkie speaking

absent - No

10th Feb 2016, 3:12 PM – Representatives Motions - Prime Minister; Attempted Censure - Stop Tony Burke from speaking

Yes - No

10th Feb 2016, 3:06 PM – Representatives Motions — Prime Minister; Attempted Censure - Stop Bill Shorten speaking

Yes - No

9th Feb 2016, 1:00 PM – Representatives Motions - Minister for Human Services; Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders - Stop Tony Burke from speaking

absent - No

9th Feb 2016, 12:52 PM – Representatives Motions - Minister for Human Services; Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders - Stop Mark Dreyfus from speaking

absent - No

2nd Dec 2015, 9:17 AM – Representatives Motions - Special Minister of State - Stop Mr Burke from speaking

absent - No

2nd Dec 2015, 9:09 AM – Representatives Motions - Special Minister of State - Stop Mr Dreyfus from speaking

absent - No

26th Nov 2015, 3:02 PM – Representatives Motions — Prime Minister; Attempted Censure — That the member be no longer heard

Yes - No

3rd Dec 2014, 9:44 AM – Representatives Motions - Prime Minister; Attempted Censure - Stop Mr Shorten from speaking further

Yes - No

6th Mar 2014, 12:09 PM – Representatives Qantas Sale Amendment Bill 2014 - Third Reading - That the member be no longer heard

Yes - No

6th Mar 2014, 9:12 AM – Representatives Qantas Sale Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - That the member be no longer heard

Yes - No

12th Feb 2014, 6:16 PM – Representatives Motions - Abbott Government; Attempted Censure - Stop Mr Tehan from speaking (plus an accidental rebellion)

No - No

13th Nov 2013, 9:11 AM – Representatives Motions — National Security — Transparency of asylum policy

Yes - No

5th Jun 2013, 3:17 PM – Representatives Motions - National Security - That the member be no longer heard

No - No

29th Nov 2012, 9:30 AM – Representatives Private Members' Business - Migration Amendment (Reinstatement of Temporary Protection Visas) Bill 2012 - Stop MP from speaking

No - No

23rd Aug 2012, 9:06 AM – Representatives Motions - Asylum Seekers - Stop Scott Morrison from speaking

No - No

13th Oct 2011 – Representatives Matters of Public Importance - Carbon Pricing - That the member no longer be heard

Yes - No

7th Jul 2011 – Representatives Business - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders - That the member be no longer heard

Yes - No

21st Jun 2011 – Representatives Motions - Carbon Pricing - That the member be no longer heard

Yes - No

22nd Feb 2011, 4:03 PM – Representatives Economy - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders - That the member be no longer heard

Yes - No

28th Oct 2010, 2:55 PM – Representatives Questions without Notice - Electricity Prices - That the member be no longer heard

Yes - No

19th Mar 2008, 9:16 AM – Representatives Motions — Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 — That the member be no longer heard

No No No

19th Mar 2008, 9:07 AM – Representatives Motions - Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 - That the member be no longer heard

No No No

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)” which either Malcolm Turnbull or Alexander Downer 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 Malcolm Turnbull Alexander Downer Supporters vote

31st May 2018, 12:22 PM – Representatives Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Veteran-Centric Reforms No. 2) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Let Wallace MP speak

Yes - Yes