Compare how Sean Edwards and Nigel Scullion voted on suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)

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Sean Edwards

Former Liberal Party Senator for SA July 2011 – May 2016

Voted a mixture of for and against suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
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Nigel Scullion

Former Country Liberal Party Senator for NT November 2001 – July 2019

Voted a mixture of for and against suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that Members of Parliament (MPs) and Senators should vote to suspend standing and sessional orders (that is, the procedural rules of Parliament) so that their colleagues can introduce motions for Parliament to vote on even when the the procedural rules would prevent them from doing so

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 suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)” which either Sean Edwards or Nigel Scullion could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Sean Edwards and Nigel Scullion 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 Sean Edwards Nigel Scullion Supporters vote

2nd Apr 2019, 5:29 PM – Senate Motions - Climate Change - Let a vote happen

- absent Yes

14th Feb 2019, 12:44 PM – Senate Motions - Queensland Nickel - Suspend usual rules

- No Yes

13th Feb 2019, 10:11 AM – Senate Business - Consideration of Legislation - Let another vote happen

- No Yes

6th Dec 2018, 4:29 PM – Senate Business - Rearrangement - Let another vote happen

- absent Yes

6th Dec 2018, 2:32 PM – Senate Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Let a vote happen

- absent Yes

4th Dec 2018, 5:05 PM – Senate Documents - Queensland: Abortion - Let a vote happen

- absent Yes

3rd Dec 2018, 1:46 PM – Senate Business - Consideration of Legislation - Suspend the usual rules

- Yes Yes

26th Nov 2018, 4:23 PM – Senate Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Let a vote happen

- absent Yes

13th Nov 2018, 12:38 PM – Senate Business - Consideration of Legislation - Let another vote happen

- absent Yes

17th Oct 2018, 4:23 PM – Senate Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Let a vote happen

- absent Yes

15th Oct 2018, 3:22 PM – Senate Documents - Religious Freedom Review Expert Panel; Order for the Production of Documents - Let a vote happen

- absent Yes

15th Oct 2018, 11:11 AM – Senate Motions — Suspension of Standing Orders

- No Yes

20th Aug 2018, 4:20 PM – Senate Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders

- absent Yes

15th Aug 2018, 10:48 AM – Senate Motions - Anning, Senator Fraser; Censure - Let vote happen

- absent Yes

25th Jun 2018, 4:53 PM – Senate Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Let Senator McKim introduce his motion

- absent Yes

25th Jun 2018, 12:58 PM – Senate Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote happen

- No Yes

21st Jun 2018, 10:06 AM – Senate Business - Consideration of Legislation - Let another vote take place

- No Yes

20th Jun 2018, 4:37 PM – Senate Business - Consideration of Legislation - Suspend the procedural rules

- absent Yes

20th Jun 2018, 3:40 PM – Senate Business - Consideration of Legislation - Let another motion be introduced

- Yes Yes

15th Feb 2018, 3:37 PM – Senate Motions - Deputy Prime Minister - Let a vote happen

- absent Yes

4th Dec 2017, 3:39 PM – Senate Business - Rearrangement - Suspend the usual procedural rules

- Yes Yes

30th Nov 2017, 1:20 PM – Senate Motions - Dastyari, Senator Sam - Suspend standing order

- Yes Yes

17th Oct 2017, 1:05 PM – Senate Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Let a vote happen

- No Yes

13th Sep 2017, 5:59 PM – Senate Business - Rearrangement - Suspend the usual rules

- Yes Yes

17th Aug 2017, 1:50 PM – Senate Documents - Deputy Prime Minister - Let a vote happen

- absent Yes

16th Aug 2017, 10:09 AM – Senate Motions - Wong, Senator Penny; Censure - Let a vote happen

- Yes Yes

14th Aug 2017, 10:45 AM – Senate Business - Consideration of Legislation - Let another motion be moved

- absent Yes

10th Aug 2017, 12:13 PM – Senate Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Let another vote take place

- No Yes

8th Aug 2017, 1:20 PM – Senate Motions - Asylum Seekers - Let a vote happen

- absent Yes

13th Jun 2017, 12:58 PM – Senate Regulations and Determinations - Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Narcotic Drugs) Regulation 2016 - Disallow

- No Yes

22nd Nov 2016, 4:14 PM – Senate Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Let a vote happen

- absent Yes

2nd Mar 2016, 11:53 AM – Senate Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Suspend standing orders

Yes Yes Yes

9th Sep 2015, 3:39 PM – Senate Motions — Debate parliamentary approval to send Australian Defence Forces to Syria

absent absent Yes

12th Aug 2015, 10:20 AM – Senate Motions — Marriage Equality

absent absent Yes

3rd Mar 2015, 1:06 PM – Senate Motions — To suspend standing orders to discuss the Deployment of Australian Troops

No absent Yes

30th Sep 2014, 4:23 PM – Senate Committees - Certain Aspects of the Queensland Government Select Committee - Suspend standing orders

absent absent Yes

23rd Sep 2014, 4:21 PM – Senate Committees - Certain Aspects of the Queensland Government Select Committee - Let Senator Lazarus move his motion

No No Yes

2nd Sep 2014, 1:07 PM – Senate Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2014 — Business — Suspend standing orders (Consideration of legislation)

Yes Yes Yes

1st Sep 2014, 10:35 AM – Senate Motions — To suspend standing orders to discuss parliamentary approval for the deployment of Australian troops in Iraq

No No Yes

28th Feb 2013, 3:36 PM – Senate Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Let a vote happen

No absent Yes

31st Oct 2011 – Senate Motions - Clean Energy Legislation - Defer consideration

Yes Yes Yes

26th Nov 2010, 12:31 PM – Senate Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010 — Third Reading — Suspend standing orders

- Yes Yes

26th Nov 2010, 12:19 PM – Senate Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010 — Third Reading - Suspend standing orders

- Yes Yes

26th Nov 2010, 12:03 PM – Senate Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010 — In Committee - Suspend standing orders

- Yes Yes

10th Mar 2010, 11:58 AM – Senate Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009 — Second Reading — Suspend standing orders

- Yes Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)” which either Sean Edwards or Nigel Scullion 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 Sean Edwards Nigel Scullion Supporters vote
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