How Michael Ronaldson voted compared to someone who agrees that the federal government should make its data and documents more accessible for the general public and Parliament

Most important divisions relevant to this policy

These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for increasing accessibility of government data and documents” which Michael Ronaldson could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Michael Ronaldson on this policy.

Division Michael Ronaldson Supporters vote
no votes listed

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing accessibility of government data and documents” which Michael Ronaldson could have attended.

Division Michael Ronaldson Supporters vote

15th Oct 2015, 12:18 PM – Senate Documents — Nous Group; Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

10th Aug 2015, 3:49 PM – Senate Motions - Infrastructure - Documents

No Yes

22nd Jun 2015, 3:43 PM – Senate Motions - Production of Documents - Turn-back of vessels

No Yes

3rd Mar 2015, 3:42 PM – Senate Documents – National Mental Health Commission – Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

12th Feb 2015, 12:22 PM – Senate Mental Health – Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

11th Feb 2015, 3:50 PM – Senate Motions — Request for more transparency in Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.

No Yes

3rd Dec 2014, 4:07 PM – Senate Documents – PricewaterhouseCoopers Data Retention Legislation Report – Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

2nd Dec 2014, 3:58 PM – Senate Documents – China-Australia Trade Agreement – Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

24th Nov 2014, 4:44 PM – Senate Documents — Telecommunications; Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

24th Nov 2014, 4:33 PM – Senate Documents — Asylum Seekers; Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

29th Oct 2014 – Senate Motions - Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement - Give members of Parliament access to the draft text

absent Yes

28th Aug 2014, 12:06 PM – Senate Motions - ABC and SBS - Give Senate a copy of efficiency review

No Yes

11th Oct 2012, 12:24 PM – Senate Documents — Public Interest Disclosure Bill, Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

11th Oct 2012, 12:20 PM – Senate Documents — National Data Retention Scheme; Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

11th Oct 2012, 12:15 PM – Senate Documents — Data Retention Advice; Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

10th Oct 2012, 3:50 PM – Senate Documents — Productivity Commission Report; Order for the Production of Documents

Yes Yes

19th Mar 2012, 4:18 PM – Senate Documents — Serco Training Manuals; Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

28th Feb 2012, 3:42 PM – Senate Documents — Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security; Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

9th Feb 2012, 12:55 PM – Senate Documents — Gambling; Order for the Production of Documents

absent Yes

26th Feb 2007, 3:49 PM – Senate Motions - Smartcard - Privacy

No Yes

How "voted generally 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 1
MP voted against policy 0% 5 9
MP absent 50% 1 10

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) = 10.0 / 60 = 17%.

And then this average agreement score