Compare how Penny Wong and John Watson voted on increasing availability of abortion drugs
Penny Wong
Australian Labor Party Senator for SA since July 2002
John Watson
Former Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania July 1978 – June 2008
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should increase the availability of RU486 and other medications that can induce an abortion
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 availability of abortion drugs” which either Penny Wong or John Watson could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Penny Wong and John Watson 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 | Penny Wong | John Watson | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
9th Feb 2006, 4:49 PM – Senate Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Third Reading - Read a third time |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
9th Feb 2006, 12:54 PM – Senate Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Read a second time |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing availability of abortion drugs” which either Penny Wong or John Watson 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 | Penny Wong | John Watson | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
9th Feb 2006, 4:25 PM – Senate Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - In Committee - Amend the current process |
No | Yes | No |
9th Feb 2006, 4:07 PM – Senate Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - In Committee - Amend the current process |
No | Yes | No |