Compare how John Williams and David Smith voted on increasing political transparency
John Williams
Former National Party Senator for NSW July 2008 – July 2019
David Smith
Australian Labor Party Representative for Bean since May 2019
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should increase transparency requirements for political parties (for example, requiring full and prompt disclosure of any political donations on easy-to-search public websites)
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 John Williams or David Smith could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of John Williams and David Smith 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 | John Williams | David Smith | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
11th Mar 2009, 12:19 PM – Senate Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2008 [2009] - Second Reading - Agree to the bill's main idea |
No | - | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing political transparency” which either John Williams or David Smith 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 | John Williams | David Smith | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
4th Aug 2022, 11:59 AM – Representatives Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Transparency |
- | Yes | Yes |
20th Oct 2021, 5:08 PM – Representatives Committees — Privileges and Members' Interests Committee; Reference |
- | No | No |
12th Nov 2018, 3:49 PM – Senate Motions - Political Donations - Increase disclosure requirements |
No | absent | Yes |
16th Aug 2018, 12:06 PM – Senate Motions - Donations to Political Parties - Disclosure |
No | No | Yes |
17th Aug 2017, 12:19 PM – Senate Committees - Select Committee into the Political Influence of Donations - Appointment |
No | - | Yes |
3rd Dec 2013 – Senate Motions - Political Donations - Disclosure and ban on overseas donations |
absent | - | Yes |