Compare how Simon Birmingham and David Smith voted on Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)

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Simon Birmingham

Liberal Party Senator for SA since May 2007

Voted generally for Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
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David Smith

Australian Labor Party Representative for Bean since May 2019

Voted consistently for Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should introduce laws that allow people who have been convicted of certain terrorist offences to be kept in detention even after their custodial sentences have ended if there is an unacceptable risk that they will commit certain serious terrorism offences after being released

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 Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)” which either Simon Birmingham or David Smith could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Simon Birmingham 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 Simon Birmingham David Smith Supporters vote

12th Aug 2021, 12:53 PM – Senate Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Sunsetting Review and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

absent - Yes

4th Dec 2019, 12:09 PM – Senate Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea

absent - Yes

16th Aug 2018, 11:38 AM – Senate Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea

Yes Yes Yes

1st Dec 2016 – Senate Criminal Code Amendment (High Risk Terrorist Offenders) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea

Yes - Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)” which either Simon Birmingham 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 Simon Birmingham David Smith Supporters vote
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