How Sarah Hanson-Young voted compared to someone who agrees that the federal government should pass laws and policies which reduce and ultimately eliminate our reliance on fossil-fuel-based transport, and replace it with the most eco-friendly and energy efficient alternative possible
Most important divisions relevant to this policy
These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for a lower-carbon and less environmentally-damaging transportation system in Australia” which Sarah Hanson-Young could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Sarah Hanson-Young on this policy.
| Division | Sarah Hanson-Young | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|
21st Jun 2021, 11:58 AM – Senate COAG Reform Fund Amendment (No Electric Vehicle Taxes) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea |
Yes | Yes |
13th May 2020, 4:21 PM – Senate Motions - Transport Infrastructure - Funding for active transport (cycling, walking etc) |
Yes | Yes |
24th Nov 2014, 4:59 PM – Senate Motions - Westconnex - Don't construct WestConnex |
Yes | Yes |
22nd Jun 2010, 4:06 PM – Senate Motions - Mandatory Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Standards - Introduce |
Yes | Yes |
12th May 2010, 4:09 PM – Senate Motions - High Speed Rail Network - Feasibility study |
Yes | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for a lower-carbon and less environmentally-damaging transportation system in Australia” which Sarah Hanson-Young could have attended.
| Division | Sarah Hanson-Young | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|
7th Dec 2020, 4:18 PM – Senate Motions - Electric Vehicles - National Electric Vehicle strategy |
Yes | Yes |
27th Nov 2018, 1:58 PM – Senate Road Vehicle Standards Bill 2018 and others - Second Reading - Reduce vehicle emissions |
Yes | Yes |
10th May 2018, 12:44 PM – Senate Interstate Road Transport Legislation (Repeal) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Address emissions |
Yes | Yes |
7th Feb 2018, 4:05 PM – Senate Motions - Rail Industry - Rail manufacturing |
Yes | Yes |
19th Apr 2016, 6:49 PM – Senate Motions - Public Transport - Prioritise funding |
Yes | Yes |
13th May 2015, 3:54 PM – Senate Motions — Westconnex |
Yes | Yes |
How "voted consistently for" is worked out
They Vote For You gives each vote a score based on whether the MP voted in agreement with the policy or not. These scores are then averaged with a weighting across all votes that the MP could have voted on relevant to the policy. The overall average score is then converted to a simple english language phrase based on the range of values it's within.
When an MP votes in agreement with a policy the vote is scored as 100%. When they vote against the policy it is scored as 0% and when they are absent it is scored half way between the two at 50%. The half way point effectively says "we don't know whether they are for or against this policy".
The overall agreement score for the policy is worked out by a weighted average of the scores for each vote. The weighting has been chosen so that the most important votes have a weighting 5 times that of the less important votes. Also, absent votes on less important votes are weighted 5 times less again to not penalise MPs for not attending the less important votes. Pressure of other work means MPs or Senators are not always available to vote – it does not always mean they've abstained.
| Type of vote | Agreement score (s) | Weight (w) | No of votes (n) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most important votes | MP voted with policy | 100% | 25 | 5 |
| MP voted against policy | 0% | 25 | 0 | |
| MP absent | 50% | 25 | 0 | |
| Less important votes | MP voted with policy | 100% | 5 | 6 |
| MP voted against policy | 0% | 5 | 0 | |
| MP absent | 50% | 1 | 0 | |
The final agreement score is a weighted average (weighted arithmetic mean) of the scores of the individual votes.
Average agreement score = sum(n×w×s) / sum(n×w) = 155.0 / 155 = 100%.
And then this average agreement score
- between 95% and 100% becomes "voted consistently for"
- between 85% and 95% becomes "voted almost always for"
- between 60% and 85% becomes "voted generally for"
- between 40% and 60% becomes "voted a mixture of for and against"
- between 15% and 40% becomes "voted generally against"
- between 5% and 15% becomes "voted almost always against"
- between 0% and 5% becomes "voted consistently against"