How Christopher Back 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 Christopher Back could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Christopher Back on this policy.

Division Christopher Back 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 Christopher Back could have attended.

Division Christopher Back Supporters vote

14th Jun 2017, 4:04 PM – Senate Documents - Live Animal Exports - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

10th May 2017, 5:30 PM – Senate Documents - Saudi Arabia: Human Rights - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

29th Mar 2017, 4:03 PM – Senate Documents - Saudi Arabia - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

10th Oct 2016, 4:18 PM – Senate Documents - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

12th Sep 2016, 3:54 PM – Senate Motions - Roads - Access to information

No Yes

19th Apr 2016, 7:36 PM – Senate Motions - Asylum Seekers - Present documents to the Senate

No Yes

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

No 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

No Yes

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

No 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

No 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

No Yes

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

absent Yes

How "voted almost always 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 19
MP absent 50% 1 5

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) = 7.5 / 105 = 7%.

And then this average agreement score