Compare how Helen Coonan and David Feeney voted on suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)

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Helen Coonan

Former Liberal Party Senator for NSW July 1996 – August 2011

Voted consistently for suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
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David Feeney

Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Batman September 2013 – February 2018

Voted generally for suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that Members of Parliament (MPs) and Senators should vote to suspend standing and sessional orders (that is, the procedural rules of Parliament) so that their colleagues can introduce motions for Parliament to vote on even when the the procedural rules would prevent them from doing so

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 suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)” which either Helen Coonan or David Feeney could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Helen Coonan and David Feeney 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 Helen Coonan David Feeney Supporters vote

26th Oct 2017, 3:04 PM – Representatives Motions - Minister for Employment - Suspend the rules

- Yes Yes

25th Oct 2017, 6:00 PM – Representatives Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Suspend the rules

- No Yes

25th Oct 2017, 3:10 PM – Representatives Motions - Prime Minister - Suspend rules to let vote happen

- Yes Yes

7th Sep 2017, 3:01 PM – Representatives Motions - Deputy Prime Minister - Let a vote happen

- Yes Yes

6th Sep 2017, 3:28 PM – Representatives Questions without Notice - Economy - Let a vote happen

- Yes Yes

5th Sep 2017, 3:06 PM – Representatives Business - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders - Let another motion be put

- Yes Yes

4th Sep 2017, 3:04 PM – Representatives Motions - Deputy Prime Minister - Let a vote happen

- Yes Yes

17th Aug 2017, 3:22 PM – Representatives Motions - Qualifications of Members - Let a vote happen

- Yes Yes

16th Aug 2017, 3:08 PM – Representatives Motions - Qualifications of Members - Let a vote happen

- Yes Yes

15th Aug 2017, 3:15 PM – Representatives Motions - Qualifications of Members - Let a vote happen

- Yes Yes

14th Aug 2017, 5:57 PM – Representatives Australian Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Requirements for Australian Citizenship and Other Measures) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Suspend standing orders

- No Yes

14th Aug 2017, 3:20 PM – Representatives Motions - Deputy Prime Minister - Let a vote happen

- Yes Yes

22nd Jun 2017, 5:26 PM – Representatives Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Support for Commonwealth Entities) Bill 2016 - Third Reading - Suspend the usual procedural rules

- No Yes

21st Jun 2017, 9:50 AM – Representatives Motions - Workplace Relations - Suspend the rules to let a vote happen

- Yes Yes

22nd Mar 2017, 9:52 AM – Representatives Motions - Racial Discrimination Act 1975 - Let the motion be voted on

- Yes Yes

16th Feb 2017, 9:50 AM – Representatives Motions - Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017 - Suspend rules to let vote happen

- Yes Yes

13th Feb 2017, 12:14 PM – Representatives Motions - Housing Affordability - Let a vote happen

- Yes Yes

1st Dec 2016, 3:23 PM – Representatives Motions - Working Holiday Maker Program - Let a vote happen

- Yes Yes

1st Dec 2016, 9:55 AM – Representatives Motions - Taxation - Let vote happen

- Yes Yes

28th Nov 2016, 12:37 PM – Representatives Motions - Attorney-General - Let a vote happen

- Yes Yes

7th Nov 2016, 1:02 PM – Representatives Motions - Turnbull Government - Suspend standing orders

- Yes Yes

20th Oct 2016, 3:00 PM – Representatives Motions - Prime Minister; Attempted Censure - Suspend standing orders

- Yes Yes

18th Oct 2016, 4:29 PM – Representatives Motions - Gun Control - Suspend standing orders

- Yes Yes

18th Oct 2016, 3:18 PM – Representatives Motions - Gun Control - Suspend standing orders

- Yes Yes

17th Oct 2016, 8:29 PM – Representatives Treasury Laws Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016 - Third Reading - Vote on whether to pass bill now

- No Yes

12th Sep 2016, 12:22 PM – Representatives Registration of Deaths Abroad Amendment Bill 2016 - Third Reading - Suspend standing orders

- No Yes

5th May 2016, 11:28 AM – Representatives Motions - Budget - Suspend standing orders

- absent Yes

19th Apr 2016, 3:32 PM – Representatives Motions - High Speed Rail Planning Authority Bill 2016 - Suspend standing orders

- Yes Yes

16th Mar 2016, 3:20 PM – Representatives Motions - Turnbull Government - Suspend standing motions

- Yes Yes

10th Feb 2016, 3:16 PM – Representatives Motions - Prime Minister; Attempted Censure - Suspend standing orders

- Yes Yes

9th Feb 2015, 3:32 PM – Representatives Motions — Prime Minister — Suspension of standing orders

- Yes Yes

3rd Dec 2014 – Representatives Motions - Prime Minister; Attempted Censure - Against university fee deregulation

- Yes Yes

26th Nov 2014, 10:04 AM – Representatives Motions - Prime Minister; Attempted Censure - Let motion against ABC cuts be moved

- Yes Yes

26th Nov 2014 – Representatives Motions - Defence Procurement, Minister for Defence - Let Opposition Leader put motion

- Yes Yes

24th Nov 2014, 3:26 PM – Representatives Motions - Prime Minister - Attempted Censure

- Yes Yes

27th Oct 2014, 3:16 PM – Representatives Attempted Censure — Minister for Agriculture

- absent Yes

1st Sep 2014, 1:43 PM – Representatives Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2014 — Consideration in Detail — Suspend standing and sessional orders

- Yes Yes

16th Jul 2014, 6:30 PM – Representatives National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2014 — Third Reading — Suspend standing and sessional orders

- No Yes

25th Jun 2014, 6:52 PM – Representatives Carbon Farming Initiative Amendment Bill 2014 - Third Reading - Suspend standing orders so as to move third reading motion

- No Yes

6th Mar 2014, 12:27 PM – Representatives Qantas Sale Amendment Bill 2014 - Third Reading - Suspend standing orders

- No Yes

14th Nov 2013, 3:24 PM – Representatives Motions - Asylum Seekers - Transparency

- Yes Yes

28th Feb 2013, 3:36 PM – Senate Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Let a vote happen

- No Yes

31st Oct 2011 – Senate Motions - Clean Energy Legislation - Defer consideration

- No Yes

26th Nov 2010, 12:31 PM – Senate Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010 — Third Reading — Suspend standing orders

Yes No Yes

26th Nov 2010, 12:19 PM – Senate Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010 — Third Reading - Suspend standing orders

Yes No Yes

26th Nov 2010, 12:03 PM – Senate Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010 — In Committee - Suspend standing orders

Yes No Yes

10th Mar 2010, 11:58 AM – Senate Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009 — Second Reading — Suspend standing orders

Yes No Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)” which either Helen Coonan or David Feeney 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 Helen Coonan David Feeney Supporters vote
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