Compare how Gerard Rennick and James Paterson voted on mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
Gerard Rennick
Independent Senator for Queensland since August 2024
James Paterson
Liberal Party Senator for Victoria since March 2016
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should include mandatory minimum sentences in their federal-level criminal laws that deal with crimes such as child sex offences
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 mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences” which either Gerard Rennick or James Paterson could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Gerard Rennick and James Paterson 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 | Gerard Rennick | James Paterson | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
16th Jun 2020, 3:28 PM – Senate Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Bill 2019 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Mandatory minimum sentences |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
15th Jun 2020, 7:55 PM – Senate Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Mandatory minimum sentences |
Yes | absent | Yes |
15th Jun 2020, 7:48 PM – Senate Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Mandatory minimum sentences |
No | absent | No |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences” which either Gerard Rennick or James Paterson 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 | Gerard Rennick | James Paterson | Supporters vote | |||
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