Compare how Matt Thistlethwaite and Sean Edwards voted on decreasing the gender pay gap
Matt Thistlethwaite
Australian Labor Party Representative for Kingsford Smith since September 2013
Sean Edwards
Former Liberal Party Senator for SA July 2011 – May 2016
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should introduce legislation that reduces the gap in income between women and men and ensures both sexes are paid equally well
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 decreasing the gender pay gap” which either Matt Thistlethwaite or Sean Edwards could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Matt Thistlethwaite and Sean Edwards 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 | Matt Thistlethwaite | Sean Edwards | Supporters vote |
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22nd Nov 2012, 8:30 PM – Senate Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea |
Yes | No | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for decreasing the gender pay gap” which either Matt Thistlethwaite or Sean Edwards 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 | Matt Thistlethwaite | Sean Edwards | Supporters vote |
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19th Jun 2013, 3:43 PM – Senate Motions - Health - Inquiry into unpaid care |
absent | absent | Yes |
23rd Aug 2012, 12:08 PM – Senate Motions - Inequality - Introduce a Federal Equality Act |
No | No | Yes |