Compare how Simon Birmingham and Ursula Stephens voted on government administered paid parental leave

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Simon Birmingham

Liberal Party Senator for SA since May 2007

Voted generally for government administered paid parental leave
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Ursula Stephens

Former Australian Labor Party Senator for NSW July 2002 – June 2014

Voted consistently against government administered paid parental leave

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should administer the paid parental leave scheme rather than employers

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 government administered paid parental leave” which either Simon Birmingham or Ursula Stephens could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Simon Birmingham and Ursula Stephens 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 Ursula Stephens Supporters vote

17th Jun 2010, 12:09 PM – Senate Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010, Paid Parental Leave (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 - In Committee - Administration of payment

absent Yes No

16th Jun 2010, 6:29 PM – Senate Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010, Paid Parental Leave (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 - In Committee - Administration of payment

No Yes No

16th Jun 2010, 6:20 PM – Senate Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010, Paid Parental Leave (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 - In Committee - Administration of Payment

Yes No Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for government administered paid parental leave” which either Simon Birmingham or Ursula Stephens 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 Ursula Stephens Supporters vote

14th Jun 2007, 9:45 AM – Senate Motions - Paid Maternity Leave - Government funded paid maternity leave

No No Yes