Compare how Lin Thorp and Bob Carr voted on same-sex marriage equality
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Lin Thorp
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania June 2012 – June 2014
![Photo of Bob Carr](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/images/mpsL/10767.jpg)
Bob Carr
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for NSW March 2012 – October 2013
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the Federal Government should amend the Marriage Act 1961 so that same-sex couples can marry under Australian law
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 same-sex marriage equality” which either Lin Thorp or Bob Carr could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Lin Thorp and Bob Carr 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 | Lin Thorp | Bob Carr | Supporters vote |
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20th Jun 2013, 11:28 AM – Senate Marriage Act Amendment (Recognition of Foreign Marriages for Same-Sex Couples) Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
20th Sep 2012, 4:15 PM – Senate Marriage Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time |
Yes | absent | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for same-sex marriage equality” which either Lin Thorp or Bob Carr 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 | Lin Thorp | Bob Carr | Supporters vote |
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7th Feb 2013, 12:22 PM – Senate Motions - UK Marriage Equality Legislation - Congratulate UK PM |
absent | absent | Yes |
11th Oct 2012, 12:11 PM – Senate Motions – State-based Marriage Equality Legislation – No Commonwealth challenge |
No | absent | Yes |