Compare how Ben Small and David Van voted on increasing funding for university education
Ben Small
Former Liberal Party Senator for WA November 2020 – May 2022
David Van
Independent Senator for Victoria since June 2023
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should increase funding for university education
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 increasing funding for university education” which either Ben Small or David Van could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Ben Small and David Van 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 | Ben Small | David Van | Supporters vote |
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8th Oct 2020, 5:41 PM – Senate Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 - Third Reading - Pass the bill |
- | absent | No |
8th Oct 2020, 1:09 PM – Senate Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 - Agree to remaining stages |
- | absent | No |
8th Oct 2020, 11:49 AM – Senate Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea |
- | absent | No |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing funding for university education” which either Ben Small or David Van 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 | Ben Small | David Van | Supporters vote |
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9th Aug 2021, 9:35 PM – Senate Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Charges) Bill 2021 and another - Third Reading - Pass the bills |
Yes | absent | No |
9th Aug 2021, 9:31 PM – Senate Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Charges) Bill 2021 and another - in Committee - Keep bills in current form |
Yes | absent | No |
5th Aug 2021, 1:14 PM – Senate Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Charges) Bill 2021 and another - Second Reading - Agree with bills' main idea |
Yes | absent | No |
8th Dec 2020, 5:12 PM – Senate Motions - Higher Education - Asian languages |
No | No | Yes |
17th Oct 2019, 11:31 AM – Senate Emergency Response Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019 - in Committee - The Education Investment Fund |
- | Yes | No |