Compare how Christopher Back and Sean Edwards voted on revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister
Christopher Back
Former Liberal Party Senator for WA March 2009 – July 2017
Sean Edwards
Former Liberal Party Senator for SA July 2011 – May 2016
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should give the immigration minister the power to revoke the citizenship of people who have dual nationality (that is, are also citizens of another country) if they take part in certain terrorism-related offences [NOTE: following a High Court decision that ruled that the Minister did not have the power to revoke citizenship in this manner, there is now a new policy titled "Revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the courts", which involves giving the citizenship-revoking power to the courts rather than the Minister themself]
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 revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister” which either Christopher Back or Sean Edwards could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Christopher Back and Sean Edwards 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 | Christopher Back | Sean Edwards | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
1st Dec 2015, 9:01 PM – Senate Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister” which either Christopher Back or Sean Edwards 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 | Christopher Back | Sean Edwards | Supporters vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no votes listed | ||||||