James Paterson and Eric Abetz have voted the same way 99.9% of the time

Between March 2016 and May 2022 James Paterson and Eric Abetz have voted in the same division 1254 times.

In divisions they have voted the same 1253 times. They have only voted differently once.

How do their votes on policies compare?

Policies are groups of votes related to an issue. We only show policies where we have enough information on both people.

Always voted differently on

Same-sex marriage equality

Always voted the same way on

A carbon price
A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
A national redress scheme for institutional abuse survivors
A review of our representatives' eligibility
A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
A transition plan for coal workers
Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
An independent inquiry into Attorney-General Christian Porter
An inquiry into the Iraq War
Assisting Australians trying to return from overseas
Australia's timber industry
Banning new thermal coal mines
Building community climate change resilience
Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
Changing the date of Australia Day
Changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
Criminalising "revenge porn"
Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
Decreasing availability of welfare payments
Decreasing government funding for private schools
Decreasing subsidisation of fossil fuels
Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
Drug testing welfare recipients
Encouraging Australian-based industry
Ending government investment in fossil fuels
Ending illegal logging
Expanding public funded dental care
Extending Jobkeeper Payment
Federal action on public housing
Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
Implementing refugee and protection conventions
Implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full
Increasing Aboriginal land rights
Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
Increasing consumer protections
Increasing funding for legal aid
Increasing funding for public schools
Increasing government support for the dairy industry
Increasing housing affordability
Increasing investment in renewable energy
Increasing investment in the coal industry
Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
Increasing marine conservation
Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
Increasing penalties for breach of data
Increasing political transparency
Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
Increasing protections for franchisees
Increasing restrictions on gambling
Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
Increasing surveillance powers
Increasing the diversity of media ownership
Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
Increasing workplace protections
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees
Live animal export
Maintaining or increasing defence spending
Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
Making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
No new fossil fuels projects
Offshore oil mining
Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
Pill testing
Prioritising religious freedom
Privatising certain government services
Privatising the ABC
Procedural fairness
Promoting multiculturalism
Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
Protecting citizens' privacy
Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
Protecting whistleblowers
Putting a time limit on immigration detention
Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
Reducing air pollution
Reducing taxes for high-income earners
Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
Reducing the corporate tax rate
Reducing waste in Australia
Regional processing of asylum seekers
Removing children from immigration detention
Reproductive bodily autonomy
Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
Restricting donations to political parties
Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
Targeting foreign interference in Australia
Temporary Exclusion Orders
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
The Murray Darling Basin Plan
The Paris Climate Agreement
The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
Transgender rights
Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
Unconventional gas mining
Universal access to abortion services
Voluntary student union fees

Divisions in which they voted differently

In divisions they have voted the same 1253 times. They have only voted differently once.

edited 30th Nov 2017

29th Nov 2017, 1:30 PM Senate

Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

James Paterson voted Yes in this free vote

Eric Abetz voted No in this free vote

Passed by a modest majority

No rebellions 76% attendance