Compare how Anne Ruston and Dean Smith voted on closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians

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 closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians” which either Anne Ruston or Dean Smith could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Anne Ruston 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	Anne Ruston	Dean Smith	Supporters vote
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Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians” which either Anne Ruston 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	Anne Ruston	Dean Smith	Supporters vote
1st Sep 2021, 5:18 PM – Senate Matters of Urgency - Covid-19 - Indigenous Australians	No	No	Yes
16th Feb 2021, 5:00 PM – Senate Motions - Closing the Gap - Adequate funding	Yes	Yes	Yes
10th Jun 2020, 3:47 PM – Senate Motions - COVID-19 - First Nations	No	No	Yes
13th Feb 2020, 12:25 PM – Senate Motions - Closing the Gap - Commit	No	No	Yes