Compare how John Williams and Dean Smith voted on increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
John Williams
Former National Party Senator for NSW July 2008 – July 2019
Dean Smith
Liberal Party Senator for WA since May 2012
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that terminally ill people should be able to access medicinal cannabis products
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 access to medicinal cannabis products” which either John Williams or Dean Smith could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of John Williams and Dean Smith 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 | John Williams | Dean Smith | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
13th Jun 2017, 1:10 PM – Senate Regulations and Determinations - Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Narcotic Drugs) Regulation 2016 - Disallow |
No | No | Yes |
11th May 2017 – Senate Regulations and Determinations - Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Narcotic Drugs) Regulation 2016 - Disallow |
No | No | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing access to medicinal cannabis products” which either John Williams or Dean Smith 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 | John Williams | Dean Smith | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
8th Mar 2023, 6:27 PM – Senate Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Affordable medicinal cannabis |
- | absent | Yes |
24th Nov 2022, 11:13 AM – Senate Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Increase accessibility |
- | No | Yes |
14th Nov 2019, 12:02 PM – Senate Committees - Community Affairs References Committee - Reference |
- | No | Yes |
13th Jun 2017, 1:04 PM – Senate Regulations and Determinations - Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Narcotic Drugs) Regulation 2016 - Vote on disallowance again |
No | No | Yes |