Simon Birmingham voted generally against a lower-carbon and less environmentally-damaging transportation system in Australia
How Simon Birmingham 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 Simon Birmingham could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Simon Birmingham on this policy.
| Division | Simon Birmingham | 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 |
absent | Yes |
13th May 2020, 4:21 PM – Senate Motions - Transport Infrastructure - Funding for active transport (cycling, walking etc) |
No | Yes |
24th Nov 2014, 4:59 PM – Senate Motions - Westconnex - Don't construct WestConnex |
No | Yes |
22nd Jun 2010, 4:06 PM – Senate Motions - Mandatory Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Standards - Introduce |
absent | Yes |
12th May 2010, 4:09 PM – Senate Motions - High Speed Rail Network - Feasibility study |
No | 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 Simon Birmingham could have attended.
| Division | Simon Birmingham | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|
7th Dec 2020, 4:18 PM – Senate Motions - Electric Vehicles - National Electric Vehicle strategy |
absent | Yes |
27th Nov 2018, 1:58 PM – Senate Road Vehicle Standards Bill 2018 and others - Second Reading - Reduce vehicle emissions |
No | Yes |
10th May 2018, 12:44 PM – Senate Interstate Road Transport Legislation (Repeal) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Address emissions |
absent | Yes |
7th Feb 2018, 4:05 PM – Senate Motions - Rail Industry - Rail manufacturing |
No | Yes |
19th Apr 2016, 6:49 PM – Senate Motions - Public Transport - Prioritise funding |
absent | Yes |
13th May 2015, 3:54 PM – Senate Motions — Westconnex |
No | Yes |
How "voted generally against" 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 | 0 |
| MP voted against policy | 0% | 25 | 3 | |
| MP absent | 50% | 25 | 2 | |
| Less important votes | MP voted with policy | 100% | 5 | 0 |
| MP voted against policy | 0% | 5 | 3 | |
| MP absent | 50% | 1 | 3 | |
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) = 26.5 / 143 = 19%.
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"