Compare how Peter Whish-Wilson and David Smith voted on stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years

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Peter Whish-Wilson

Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania since June 2012

Voted consistently for stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years
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David Smith

Australian Labor Party Representative for Bean since May 2019

Voted consistently against stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should tighten the ministerial code of conduct to stop former ministers from taking up lobbying positions - including in-house positions - within five years of leaving Parliament

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 stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years” which either Peter Whish-Wilson or David Smith could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Peter Whish-Wilson and David 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 Peter Whish-Wilson David Smith Supporters vote
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Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years” which either Peter Whish-Wilson or David 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 Peter Whish-Wilson David Smith Supporters vote

22nd Jul 2019, 3:55 PM – Senate Committees - Finance and Public Administration References Committee - Reference

Yes - Yes

19th Sep 2018, 3:58 PM – Senate Motions - Lobbying to Political Parties - Change definition of "lobbyist"

Yes No Yes

19th Sep 2018, 3:54 PM – Senate Motions - Lobbying to Political Parties - Change definition of "lobbyist"

Yes No Yes

18th Sep 2018, 4:58 PM – Senate Motions - Ministerial Conduct - Tighten

Yes No Yes