Plain Politics

Politicians and how they vote

What they said is one thing. This is the record of what they actually did — 226 current members, 150 in the House and 76 in the Senate.

Where the parties actually differ

Each party’s average agreement with a policy position, based on how its members voted. Shown for the policies that divide them most — a position everyone agrees on tells you nothing useful.

a national redress scheme for institutional abuse survivorssee the divisions
  • Greens100%
  • Labor99%
  • Coalition0%
a same-sex marriage plebiscitesee the divisions
  • Coalition100%
  • One Nation100%
  • Labor0%
  • Greens0%
an independent NDIS assessment processsee the divisions
  • Coalition100%
  • Labor0%
  • Greens0%
banning pay secrecy clausessee the divisions
  • Greens100%
  • Labor99%
  • Coalition3%
  • One Nation0%
banning politicial deepfakessee the divisions
  • Greens100%
  • Labor6%
  • Coalition0%
building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)see the divisions
  • Greens100%
  • Labor99%
  • Coalition1%
  • One Nation0%
capping the indexation rates for HECS-HELP debtssee the divisions
  • One Nation100%
  • Coalition33%
  • Labor0%
  • Greens0%
criminalising wage theftsee the divisions
  • Labor100%
  • Greens100%
  • Coalition0%
doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekerssee the divisions
  • Greens100%
  • Labor97%
  • Coalition1%
  • One Nation0%
drug testing welfare recipientssee the divisions
  • One Nation100%
  • Coalition98%
  • Labor7%
  • Greens0%

100% means the party’s members voted consistently for the position; 0% consistently against. Parties with fewer than three voting members are excluded, since one person’s record would otherwise stand for a whole party.

Who crosses the floor

Votes cast against the majority of their own party. Party discipline in Australia is unusually strong, so these numbers are small by design — and that is the point.

Every current member

Australian Labor Party (121) · Liberal Party (39) · National Party (14) · Independent (13) · Liberal National Party (13) · Australian Greens (11)

How to read these numbers

  • They Vote For You groups related divisions into plain-language "policies" and scores how often each member voted with that position. Those groupings are editorial judgements made by the OpenAustralia Foundation, not official parliamentary categories.
  • An agreement score in the middle of the range means the member voted on both sides of that policy over time. That is normal: policies aggregate dozens of divisions across many years, including procedural motions and narrow amendments. We deliberately publish no "flip-flop" score, because when we measured it, almost every member qualified — it reflects how the scoring works, not anyone's conduct.
  • Attendance excludes periods before a member was elected, but members may be absent for legitimate reasons including illness, parental leave, or official duties. A low rate is not by itself evidence of anything.
  • Only members currently serving are included. A vote is recorded against the person, not the seat.

Source: They Vote For You, OpenAustralia Foundation, licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL). Retrieved 2026-07-22.