Compare how Dean Smith and Matt Thistlethwaite voted on removing children from immigration detention

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 removing children from immigration detention” which either Dean Smith or Matt Thistlethwaite could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Dean Smith and Matt Thistlethwaite 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	Dean Smith	Matt Thistlethwaite	Supporters vote
4th Dec 2014, 8:58 PM – Senate Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea	Yes	-	No
4th Dec 2014, 8:55 PM – Senate Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Process unprocessed claims and release detained children	No	-	Yes
4th Dec 2014, 12:15 AM – Senate Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 - Third Reading - Pass the bill	Yes	-	No
4th Dec 2014, 12:11 AM – Senate Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 - in Committee - Agree with the amended bill	Yes	-	No
22nd Oct 2014, 5:12 PM – Representatives Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea	-	No	No
16th May 2013, 12:02 PM – Senate Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Vulnerable persons	No	No	Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for removing children from immigration detention” which either Dean Smith or Matt Thistlethwaite 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	Dean Smith	Matt Thistlethwaite	Supporters vote
23rd Jun 2021, 4:22 PM – Senate Motions - Immigration Detention - Let Murugappan family return to Biloela	No	-	Yes
8th Dec 2020, 5:17 PM – Senate Motions - Asylum Seekers - Return family to Biloela	No	-	Yes
26th Nov 2018, 3:42 PM – Senate Motions - Universal Children's Day - Children in detention	No	-	Yes
17th Oct 2018, 4:13 PM – Senate Motions - Immigration Detention - Remove children from Nauru	absent	-	Yes
17th Oct 2018, 4:09 PM – Senate Motions - Immigration Detention - Congratulating Liberal members for stance against children in detention	absent	-	Yes
6th Dec 2017, 4:13 PM – Senate Motions - Human Rights Day - Refugee resettlement and children	absent	-	Yes
25th Jun 2015, 5:02 PM – Senate Migration Amendment (Regional Processing Arrangements) Bill 2015 - in Committee - Detention of children	No	-	Yes