Compare how Kelvin Thomson and Tony Burke voted on increasing availability of abortion drugs
Kelvin Thomson
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Wills March 1996 – May 2016
Tony Burke
Australian Labor Party Representative for Watson since October 2004
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should increase the availability of RU486 and other medications that can induce an abortion
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 increasing availability of abortion drugs” which either Kelvin Thomson or Tony Burke could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Kelvin Thomson and Tony Burke 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 | Kelvin Thomson | Tony Burke | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
16th Feb 2006, 12:54 PM – Representatives Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Read a second time |
Yes | No | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing availability of abortion drugs” which either Kelvin Thomson or Tony Burke 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 | Kelvin Thomson | Tony Burke | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
16th Feb 2006, 1:41 PM – Representatives Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Consideration in Detail - Amend the current process |
No | Yes | No |
16th Feb 2006, 12:39 PM – Representatives Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Bill unacceptable |
No | Yes | No |