Compare how Paul Calvert and Penny Wong voted on restricting donations to political parties
Paul Calvert
Former Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania August 2007 – August 2007
Penny Wong
Australian Labor Party Senator for SA since July 2002
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should introduce restrictions to the amount and type of donations that political parties can receive in order to prevent corruption or the appearance of corruption in government
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 restricting donations to political parties” which either Paul Calvert or Penny Wong could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Paul Calvert and Penny Wong 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 | Paul Calvert | Penny Wong | 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 |
- | absent | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for restricting donations to political parties” which either Paul Calvert or Penny Wong 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 "-".