edited
3rd Nov 2023
Motions - Gender Dysphoria - Treating gender diverse children
Simon Birmingham voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Ben Small voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
6 rebellions 76% attendance
Simon Birmingham and Ben Small have voted the same way 98% of the time
Simon Birmingham
Liberal Party Senator for SA since May 2007
Ben Small
Former Liberal Party Senator for WA November 2020 – May 2022
Between November 2020 and May 2022 Simon Birmingham and Ben Small have voted in the same division 131 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 129 times. They have only voted differently twice.
How do their votes on policies compare?
Policies are groups of votes related to an issue. We only show policies where we have enough information on both people.
Always voted differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Reducing waste in Australia
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Murray Darling Basin Plan
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 129 times. They have only voted differently twice.