Chris Ellison and Bill Heffernan have voted the same way 100% of the time
Chris Ellison
Former Liberal Party Senator for WA July 1993 – January 2009
Bill Heffernan
Former Liberal Party Senator for NSW September 1996 – May 2016
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and January 2009 Chris Ellison and Bill Heffernan have voted in the same division 260 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 260 times. They have never voted differently.
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.
Always voted the same way on
- Equal treatment for all couples
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Stem cell research
- Uranium export