Compare how Sarah Henderson and Ted O'Brien voted on making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use

Photo of Sarah Henderson

Sarah Henderson

Liberal Party Senator for Victoria since September 2019

Voted almost always for making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
Photo of Ted O'Brien

Ted O'Brien

Liberal Party Representative for Fairfax since July 2016

Voted consistently for making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should increase water allocations from the Murray-Darling Basin for farmers and other users

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 making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use” which either Sarah Henderson or Ted O'Brien could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Sarah Henderson and Ted O'Brien 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 Sarah Henderson Ted O'Brien Supporters vote
no votes listed

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use” which either Sarah Henderson or Ted O'Brien 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 Sarah Henderson Ted O'Brien Supporters vote

25th Feb 2020, 4:15 PM – Senate Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Protect water

No - No

11th Sep 2019, 4:01 PM – Senate Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Moratorium

absent - No

11th Sep 2019, 3:58 PM – Senate Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Crisis

absent - No

4th Apr 2019, 9:24 PM – Representatives Resolutions of the Senate - Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission - Don't concur with Senate resolution

Yes Yes Yes

4th Apr 2019, 6:17 PM – Representatives Resolutions of the Senate - Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission - Concur with Senate resolution

No No No