edited
7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Jacinta Collins voted No in this free vote
Chris Evans voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
Jacinta Collins and Chris Evans have voted the same way 99.6% of the time
Jacinta Collins
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Victoria May 2008 – February 2019
Chris Evans
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for WA July 1993 – April 2013
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and April 2013 Jacinta Collins and Chris Evans have voted in the same division 252 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 251 times. They have only voted differently once.
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.
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Uranium export
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 251 times. They have only voted differently once.