Compare how Helen Polley and David Van voted on increasing political transparency
Helen Polley
Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania since July 2005
David Van
Independent Senator for Victoria since June 2023
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should increase transparency requirements for political parties (for example, requiring full and prompt disclosure of any political donations on easy-to-search public websites)
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 increasing political transparency” which either Helen Polley or David Van could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Helen Polley and David Van 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 | Helen Polley | David Van | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
11th Mar 2009, 12:19 PM – Senate Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2008 [2009] - Second Reading - Agree to 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 increasing political transparency” which either Helen Polley or David Van 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 "-".