Compare how Eric Abetz and Dean Smith voted on a review of our representatives' eligibility
Eric Abetz
Former Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania February 1994 – May 2022
Dean Smith
Liberal Party Senator for WA since May 2012
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should conduct a review of our senators and members of parliament (MPs) to make sure that they are all eligible to represent us in Parliament under the Australian Constitution
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 a review of our representatives' eligibility” which either Eric Abetz or Dean Smith could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Eric Abetz 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 | Eric Abetz | Dean Smith | Supporters vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no votes listed | ||||||
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for a review of our representatives' eligibility” which either Eric Abetz 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 | Eric Abetz | Dean Smith | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
5th Sep 2017, 5:17 PM – Senate Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Reference |
absent | No | Yes |
4th Sep 2017, 10:50 AM – Senate Motions - Parliamentary Representation - Qualifications of Senators |
No | No | Yes |
15th Aug 2017, 3:53 PM – Senate Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Reference |
No | No | Yes |
9th Aug 2017, 4:42 PM – Senate Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Reference |
absent | No | Yes |