Compare how Robert Simms and Christopher Back voted on restricting donations to political parties

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 restricting donations to political parties” which either Robert Simms or Christopher Back could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Robert Simms and Christopher Back 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	Robert Simms	Christopher Back	Supporters vote
11th Mar 2009, 12:19 PM – Senate Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2008 [2009] - Second Reading - Agree to 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 restricting donations to political parties” which either Robert Simms or Christopher Back 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	Robert Simms	Christopher Back	Supporters vote
8th Nov 2016, 3:50 PM – Senate Motions - Political Donations - Family First	-	No	Yes
12th Oct 2016, 4:00 PM – Senate Motions - Donations to Political Parties - Banks and financial institutions	-	No	Yes
2nd May 2016, 4:20 PM – Senate Motions — Donations to Political Parties	Yes	No	Yes
19th Apr 2016, 7:39 PM – Senate Motions - Climate Change - End fossil fuel political donations	Yes	No	Yes
24th Nov 2015, 3:51 PM – Senate Motions - Donations to Political Parties - Ban certain political donations & establish independent corruption commission	Yes	No	Yes
19th Mar 2015, 11:28 AM – Senate Motions — Ban donations to political parties from mining and coal seam gas (CSG) companies	-	No	Yes
3rd Dec 2013 – Senate Motions - Political Donations - Disclosure and ban on overseas donations	-	absent	Yes
25th Oct 2010, 4:51 PM – Senate Tobacco Advertising	-	No	Yes