Compare how Rex Patrick and Ben Small voted on transgender rights
Rex Patrick
Former Independent Senator for SA August 2020 – May 2022
Ben Small
Former Liberal Party Senator for WA November 2020 – May 2022
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should support the rights of transgender people (including genderfluid, nonbinary and genderqueer people) by amending laws and policies to support healthy lives by, for example, ensuring that appropriate healthcare is available nationwide and that trans people are protected from discrimination and harassment
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 transgender rights” which either Rex Patrick or Ben Small could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Rex Patrick and Ben Small 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 | Rex Patrick | Ben Small | Supporters vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for transgender rights” which either Rex Patrick or Ben Small 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 | Rex Patrick | Ben Small | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
15th Jun 2021, 4:50 PM – Senate Motions - Gender Dysphoria - Treating gender diverse children |
absent | Yes | No |
16th Mar 2021, 4:22 PM – Senate Motions - Gender Language - Concerns about "distorted" language |
No | Yes | No |
13th Nov 2019, 4:32 PM – Senate Motions - Transgender Awareness Week - Support |
Yes | - | Yes |
3rd Dec 2018, 4:33 PM – Senate Motions - Gender and Sexual Orientation - Healthcare and gender diverse treatment |
Yes | - | Yes |
16th Aug 2018, 12:37 PM – Senate Motions - Free Speech - Against gender neutral language |
Yes | - | No |