Compare how Kevin Rudd and Kim Beazley voted on speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)

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Kevin Rudd

Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Griffith October 1998 – November 2013

Voted generally for speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
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Kim Beazley

Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Brand March 1996 – October 2007

Voted generally against speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that Members of Parliament (MPs) and Senators should vote to speed things along by supporting motions to 'put the question' (known as 'closure' or 'gag' motions), which require Parliament to immediately vote on a question rather than debating it any further

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 speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)” which either Kevin Rudd or Kim Beazley could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Kevin Rudd and Kim Beazley 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 Kevin Rudd Kim Beazley Supporters vote

21st Nov 2013 – Representatives Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 - Motion to Dissent from Ruling - Put the question

absent - Yes

27th Jun 2013, 12:50 PM – Representatives Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 - Consideration in Detail - Put the question

Yes - Yes

27th Jun 2012, 6:42 PM – Representatives Migration Legislation Amendment (The Bali Process) Bill 2012 - Consideration in Detail - Put the question

Yes - Yes

11th Feb 2010, 11:03 AM – Representatives Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2010 and related bills - Second Reading - Put the question

Yes - Yes

29th Oct 2009, 1:47 PM – Representatives Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] - Second Reading - Put the question

absent - Yes

22nd Oct 2009, 1:40 PM – Representatives Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009 — Second Reading — Put the question

absent - Yes

4th Jun 2009, 11:32 AM – Representatives Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 - Consideration in Detail - Put the question

Yes - Yes

23rd Sep 2008, 6:05 PM – Representatives Motions - Urgent Relief for Single Age Pensioners Bill 2008 - Consideration of Senate Message

absent - Yes

29th May 2008, 1:30 PM – Representatives Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy Surcharge Thresholds) Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Put the question

absent - Yes

8th Aug 2007, 9:10 AM – Representatives Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Legislation - Speed things along

absent absent Yes

2nd Nov 2006, 11:29 AM – Representatives Medibank Private Sale Bill 2006 - Allotment of Time - Put the question

No No Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)” which either Kevin Rudd or Kim Beazley 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 Kevin Rudd Kim Beazley Supporters vote
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