edited
7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Robert McClelland voted No in this free vote
Jenny Macklin voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
Robert McClelland and Jenny Macklin have voted the same way 99.9% of the time
Robert McClelland
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Barton March 1996 – August 2013
Jenny Macklin
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Jagajaga March 1996 – May 2019
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and August 2013 Robert McClelland and Jenny Macklin have voted in the same division 913 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 912 times. They have only voted differently once.
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.
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- Carbon farming
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stem cell research
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 912 times. They have only voted differently once.