Compare how Meryl Swanson and Dave Sharma voted on transgender rights
Meryl Swanson
Australian Labor Party Representative for Paterson since July 2016
Dave Sharma
Liberal Party Senator for NSW since November 2023
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should support the rights of transgender people (including genderfluid, nonbinary and genderqueer people) by amending laws and policies to support healthy lives by, for example, ensuring that appropriate healthcare is available nationwide and that trans people are protected from discrimination and harassment
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 transgender rights” which either Meryl Swanson or Dave Sharma could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Meryl Swanson and Dave Sharma 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 | Meryl Swanson | Dave Sharma | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
12th Sep 2024, 11:58 AM – Senate Sex Discrimination Amendment (Acknowledging Biological Reality) Bill 2024 - First Reading - Introduce the bill into the Senate |
- | Yes | No |
9th Feb 2022, 3:53 AM – Representatives Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill |
absent | absent | No |
9th Feb 2022, 2:20 AM – Representatives Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Statements of belief |
No | Yes | No |
9th Feb 2022, 1:20 AM – Representatives Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea |
Yes | Yes | No |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for transgender rights” which either Meryl Swanson or Dave Sharma 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 "-".