How Linda White voted compared to someone who agrees that the federal government should allow companies to mine coal seam (CSG), tight and shale gas

Most important divisions relevant to this policy

These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for unconventional gas mining” which Linda White could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Linda White on this policy.

Division Linda White Supporters vote
no votes listed

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for unconventional gas mining” which Linda White could have attended.

Division Linda White Supporters vote

14th Nov 2023, 12:36 PM – Senate Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Australia's Engagement in the Pacific) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Fossil fuels

absent No

21st Jun 2023, 4:49 PM – Senate Matters of Urgency - Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct

No No

30th Mar 2023, 1:08 PM – Senate Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment Bill 2023 - in Committee - Onshore shale gas projects

No No

28th Mar 2023, 8:24 PM – Senate National Reconstruction Fund Corporation Bill 2023 - in Committee - No financing goal, gas and native forest logging

Yes No

28th Mar 2023, 8:21 PM – Senate National Reconstruction Fund Corporation Bill 2023 - in Committee - Investments

No Yes

28th Nov 2022, 10:32 AM – Senate Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2022-2023 and two others - in Committee - Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct

No No

22nd Nov 2022, 5:39 PM – Senate Matters of Urgency - Gas Industry - Invest in gas

No Yes

26th Oct 2022, 3:43 PM – Senate Regulations and Determinations - Industry Research and Development (Underwriting New Generation Investments Program) Instrument 2021 - Disallowance

Yes No

26th Oct 2022, 10:59 AM – Senate Supply Bill (No. 3) 2022-2023 and another - in Committee - Beetaloo Basin Drilling Program

No No

How "voted a mixture of for and against" is worked out

They Vote For You gives each vote a score based on whether the MP voted in agreement with the policy or not. These scores are then averaged with a weighting across all votes that the MP could have voted on relevant to the policy. The overall average score is then converted to a simple english language phrase based on the range of values it's within.

When an MP votes in agreement with a policy the vote is scored as 100%. When they vote against the policy it is scored as 0% and when they are absent it is scored half way between the two at 50%. The half way point effectively says "we don't know whether they are for or against this policy".

The overall agreement score for the policy is worked out by a weighted average of the scores for each vote. The weighting has been chosen so that the most important votes have a weighting 5 times that of the less important votes. Also, absent votes on less important votes are weighted 5 times less again to not penalise MPs for not attending the less important votes. Pressure of other work means MPs or Senators are not always available to vote – it does not always mean they've abstained.

Type of vote Agreement score (s) Weight (w) No of votes (n)
Most important votes MP voted with policy 100% 25 0
MP voted against policy 0% 25 0
MP absent 50% 25 0
Less important votes MP voted with policy 100% 5 4
MP voted against policy 0% 5 4
MP absent 50% 1 1

The final agreement score is a weighted average (weighted arithmetic mean) of the scores of the individual votes.

Average agreement score = sum(n×w×s) / sum(n×w) = 20.5 / 41 = 50%.

And then this average agreement score