Compare how Tony Abbott and Craig Thomson voted on increasing political transparency

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 political transparency” which either Tony Abbott or Craig Thomson could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Tony Abbott and Craig Thomson 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	Tony Abbott	Craig Thomson	Supporters vote
17th Nov 2010, 11:44 AM – Representatives Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2010 - Second Reading - Agree to the bill's main idea	No	Yes	Yes
16th Mar 2009, 6:27 PM – Representatives Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2009 - Second Reading - Agree to the bill's main idea	No	Yes	Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing political transparency” which either Tony Abbott or Craig Thomson 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	Tony Abbott	Craig Thomson	Supporters vote
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