edited
7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Kelvin Thomson voted No in this free vote
Peter Garrett voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
Kelvin Thomson and Peter Garrett have voted the same way 99.9% of the time
Kelvin Thomson
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Wills March 1996 – May 2016
Peter Garrett
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Kingsford Smith October 2004 – August 2013
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and August 2013 Kelvin Thomson and Peter Garrett have voted in the same division 948 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 947 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.
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- Carbon farming
- 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
- 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 competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- 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
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- 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
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- 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 947 times. They have only voted differently once.