How Sam McMahon voted compared to someone who agrees that the federal government should make its data and documents more accessible for the general public and Parliament

Most important divisions relevant to this policy

These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for increasing accessibility of government data and documents” which Sam McMahon could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Sam McMahon on this policy.

Division Sam McMahon Supporters vote

9th Aug 2021, 11:49 AM – Senate Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Waiver of Debt and Act of Grace Payments) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

absent Yes

9th Aug 2021, 11:42 AM – Senate Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Waiver of Debt and Act of Grace Payments) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea

absent Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing accessibility of government data and documents” which Sam McMahon could have attended.

Division Sam McMahon Supporters vote

30th Mar 2022, 11:40 AM – Senate Treasury Laws Amendment (Cyclone and Flood Damage Reinsurance Pool) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Show modelling

No Yes

9th Feb 2022, 4:41 PM – Senate Documents - Covid-19: International Travel - Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

9th Feb 2022, 4:32 PM – Senate Documents — Australian Public Service; Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

8th Feb 2022, 6:20 PM – Senate Documents - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Order for the Production of Documents

Yes Yes

8th Feb 2022, 6:16 PM – Senate Documents - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Order for the production of legal documents

Yes Yes

8th Feb 2022, 6:02 PM – Senate Documents - National Cabinet - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

2nd Dec 2021, 12:17 PM – Senate Documents - National Partnership Agreement on Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory - Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

2nd Dec 2021, 12:08 PM – Senate Documents - Conservation Planning Decisions - Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

29th Nov 2021, 3:40 PM – Senate Documents - Urban Congestion Fund - Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

24th Nov 2021, 5:05 PM – Senate Documents - National Cabinet - Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

24th Nov 2021, 4:55 PM – Senate Documents - Australian Antarctic Division - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

23rd Nov 2021, 4:46 PM – Senate Motions - National Cabinet - Public Interest Immunity Claims

absent Yes

20th Oct 2021, 5:03 PM – Senate Documents - Urban Congestion Fund - Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

2nd Sep 2021, 10:33 AM – Senate Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Publication of COVID-19 payment info

absent Yes

31st Aug 2021, 3:46 PM – Senate Documents - Energy Security Board - Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

26th Aug 2021, 12:00 PM – Senate Documents - Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction - Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

26th Aug 2021, 11:56 AM – Senate Documents - Collinsville Coal-Fired Power Station - Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

11th Aug 2021, 3:41 PM – Senate Documents - Industry Growth Centres - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

10th Aug 2021, 3:59 PM – Senate Documents - Covid-19: Doherty Institute - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

10th Aug 2021, 3:53 PM – Senate Documents - Minister for the Environment - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

5th Aug 2021, 12:26 PM – Senate Treasury Laws Amendment (Covid-19 Economic Response No. 2) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Publication of COVID-19 payment information

No Yes

4th Aug 2021, 6:30 PM – Senate Documents - Urban Congestion Fund - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

4th Aug 2021, 4:12 PM – Senate Documents - Urban Congestion Fund - Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

4th Aug 2021, 4:06 PM – Senate Documents - Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

4th Aug 2021, 4:02 PM – Senate Documents - Jobkeeper Payment - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

23rd Jun 2021, 7:37 PM – Senate Water Legislation Amendment (Inspector-General of Water Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Water register

No Yes

23rd Jun 2021, 4:30 PM – Senate Documents - Energy - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

22nd Jun 2021, 9:27 PM – Senate Online Safety Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Release the report

No Yes

18th Mar 2021, 4:36 PM – Senate Documents - Covid-19 Vaccination Certificates - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

24th Feb 2021, 4:25 PM – Senate Documents - Members of Parliament: Staff - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

22nd Feb 2021, 3:48 PM – Senate Documents - Future Submarines - Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

17th Feb 2021, 4:21 PM – Senate Documents - Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability - Produce documents

absent Yes

10th Dec 2020, 7:26 PM – Senate Documents - Climate Ambition Summit - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

9th Dec 2020, 4:14 PM – Senate Documents - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Order for the Production of Documents

Yes Yes

8th Dec 2020, 9:39 PM – Senate Foreign Investment Reform (Protecting Australia's National Security) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Publish certain information

No Yes

8th Dec 2020, 4:48 PM – Senate Documents - Age of Criminal Responsibility - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

1st Dec 2020, 3:51 PM – Senate Documents - Western Sydney Airport - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

30th Nov 2020, 4:49 PM – Senate Documents - Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

12th Nov 2020, 12:09 PM – Senate Documents - Covid-19: International Travel - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

2nd Sep 2020, 5:54 PM – Senate Committees - Community Affairs References Committee; Report - Adopt recommendations to produce documents

absent Yes

18th Jun 2020, 12:18 PM – Senate Documents - Rural and Regional Australia - Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

17th Jun 2020, 4:22 PM – Senate Committees - Covid-19 Select Committee - Provide information

No Yes

16th Jun 2020, 4:23 PM – Senate Documents - Administrative Appeals Tribunal - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

11th Jun 2020, 4:46 PM – Senate Motions - Pensions and Benefits - Provide information about Robodebt

No Yes

11th Jun 2020, 3:49 PM – Senate Motions - Sheean, Ordinary Seaman Edward (Teddy) - Provide advice to the Senate

No Yes

26th Feb 2020, 4:25 PM – Senate Documents - Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

26th Feb 2020, 3:52 PM – Senate Documents - Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

26th Feb 2020, 11:40 AM – Senate Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Income Reporting and Other Measures) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Robodebt

No Yes

25th Feb 2020, 5:00 PM – Senate Documents - South Coast Track Huts Walk - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

25th Feb 2020, 4:51 PM – Senate Documents - Environment Restoration Fund and Communities Environment Program - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

25th Feb 2020, 4:47 PM – Senate Documents - Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

12th Feb 2020, 4:20 PM – Senate Documents - Energy - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

5th Dec 2019, 12:39 PM – Senate Documents - Immigration Detention - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

3rd Dec 2019, 4:04 PM – Senate Documents - Stromlo-1 Exploration Drilling Program - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

2nd Dec 2019, 4:25 PM – Senate Documents - Prime Minister - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

27th Nov 2019, 4:17 PM – Senate Documents - Pensions and Benefits - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

27th Nov 2019, 4:12 PM – Senate Documents - Pensions and Benefits - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

15th Oct 2019, 5:55 PM – Senate Documents - Asylum Seekers - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

31st Jul 2019, 4:26 PM – Senate Documents - Climate Change - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

22nd Jul 2019, 4:03 PM – Senate Documents - Commissioner of Taxation - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

How "voted generally against" is worked out

They Vote For You gives each vote a score based on whether the MP voted in agreement with the policy or not. These scores are then averaged with a weighting across all votes that the MP could have voted on relevant to the policy. The overall average score is then converted to a simple english language phrase based on the range of values it's within.

When an MP votes in agreement with a policy the vote is scored as 100%. When they vote against the policy it is scored as 0% and when they are absent it is scored half way between the two at 50%. The half way point effectively says "we don't know whether they are for or against this policy".

The overall agreement score for the policy is worked out by a weighted average of the scores for each vote. The weighting has been chosen so that the most important votes have a weighting 5 times that of the less important votes. Also, absent votes on less important votes are weighted 5 times less again to not penalise MPs for not attending the less important votes. Pressure of other work means MPs or Senators are not always available to vote – it does not always mean they've abstained.

Type of vote Agreement score (s) Weight (w) No of votes (n)
Most important votes MP voted with policy 100% 25 0
MP voted against policy 0% 25 0
MP absent 50% 25 2
Less important votes MP voted with policy 100% 5 3
MP voted against policy 0% 5 41
MP absent 50% 1 16

The final agreement score is a weighted average (weighted arithmetic mean) of the scores of the individual votes.

Average agreement score = sum(n×w×s) / sum(n×w) = 48.0 / 286 = 17%.

And then this average agreement score