Compare how Simon Birmingham and Ian Macdonald voted on giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan

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 giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan” which either Simon Birmingham or Ian Macdonald could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Simon Birmingham and Ian Macdonald 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	Ian Macdonald	Supporters vote
14th Jul 2014, 8:37 PM – Senate Trade Support Loans Bill 2014, Trade Support Loans (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree to the main idea (with two provisos)	Yes	Yes	Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan” which either Simon Birmingham or Ian Macdonald 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	Ian Macdonald	Supporters vote
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