Compare how Simon Birmingham and David Smith voted on removing children from immigration detention
Simon Birmingham
Liberal Party Senator for SA since May 2007
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 not put asylum seeker children into immigration detention and should release all children now in detention
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 removing children from immigration detention” 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
4th Dec 2014, 8:58 PM – Senate Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea |
Yes | - | No |
4th Dec 2014, 8:55 PM – Senate Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Process unprocessed claims and release detained children |
No | - | Yes |
4th Dec 2014, 12:15 AM – Senate Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 - Third Reading - Pass the bill |
Yes | - | No |
4th Dec 2014, 12:11 AM – Senate Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 - in Committee - Agree with the amended bill |
Yes | - | No |
16th May 2013, 12:02 PM – Senate Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Vulnerable persons |
absent | - | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for removing children from immigration detention” 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
23rd Jun 2021, 4:22 PM – Senate Motions - Immigration Detention - Let Murugappan family return to Biloela |
absent | - | Yes |
8th Dec 2020, 5:17 PM – Senate Motions - Asylum Seekers - Return family to Biloela |
absent | - | Yes |
26th Nov 2018, 3:42 PM – Senate Motions - Universal Children's Day - Children in detention |
No | Yes | Yes |
17th Oct 2018, 4:13 PM – Senate Motions - Immigration Detention - Remove children from Nauru |
absent | absent | Yes |
17th Oct 2018, 4:09 PM – Senate Motions - Immigration Detention - Congratulating Liberal members for stance against children in detention |
No | Yes | Yes |
6th Dec 2017, 4:13 PM – Senate Motions - Human Rights Day - Refugee resettlement and children |
No | - | Yes |
25th Jun 2015, 5:02 PM – Senate Migration Amendment (Regional Processing Arrangements) Bill 2015 - in Committee - Detention of children |
No | - | Yes |
27th Aug 2008, 4:21 PM – Senate Motions - MV Tampa: Seventh Anniversary - Inquiry into immigration detention |
No | - | Yes |