Compare how Tim Watts and Joel Fitzgibbon voted on increasing or removing the Government debt limit
Tim Watts
Australian Labor Party Representative for Gellibrand since September 2013
Joel Fitzgibbon
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Hunter March 1996 – May 2022
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should increase the limit on the total amount of Commonwealth stock and securities that may be on issue at any time (known as the 'debt limit') or remove the limit altogether
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 increasing or removing the Government debt limit” which either Tim Watts or Joel Fitzgibbon could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Tim Watts and Joel Fitzgibbon 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 | Tim Watts | Joel Fitzgibbon | Supporters vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no votes listed | ||||||
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing or removing the Government debt limit” which either Tim Watts or Joel Fitzgibbon 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 | Tim Watts | Joel Fitzgibbon | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
9th Dec 2013, 5:07 PM – Representatives Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of Senate Message - Make requested amendments |
No | No | Yes |
14th Nov 2013, 4:11 PM – Representatives Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of Senate Message - Debt ceiling of $400 billion |
No | No | Yes |
13th Nov 2013, 8:00 PM – Representatives Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration in Detail - Debt ceiling of $400 billion |
Yes | Yes | No |
4th Feb 2009, 5:24 AM – Representatives Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2009 - Second Reading - Read a second time |
- | Yes | Yes |