House of Representatives
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08 · “OH, THEY’RE ALL THE SAME”
Recorded votes tell a more complicated story
This comparison uses They Vote For You’s summaries of formal parliamentary divisions. It does not compare promises, speeches or every decision made in Parliament.
Profiles checked 27 August 2026
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How federal Parliament works—in 60 seconds
Senate
Senators represent each state or territory. The Senate reviews, amends and votes on legislation and can require the government to negotiate with crossbench senators.
Passing a law
Most bills must pass both houses in the same form before receiving Royal Assent. A government majority in the House does not guarantee passage through the Senate.
Why two comparisons?
The chambers have different membership, roles and division patterns. House and Senate attendance percentages are shown separately and should not be ranked as though conditions were identical.
Important: They Vote For You records formal divisions only. Most parliamentary decisions occur “on the voices” and do not appear in this dataset. Its attendance figure means participation in recorded divisions—not attendance at every sitting, speech or committee. Pairing, ministerial duties, the Speaker’s role and deliberate abstention can all appear as absence because the underlying data does not record the reason.
House of Representatives
Labor · Grayndler · Prime Minister
Anthony Albanese
82% recorded-division attendance- Consistently for public housing, political transparency and restricting party donations.
- Almost always for renewable-energy investment, housing affordability and net zero by 2050.
- Consistently against cutting penalty rates and privatising certain government services.
- Never recorded as rebelling against the Labor majority since February 2006.
Labor · Rankin · Treasurer
Jim Chalmers
81% recorded-division attendance- Consistently for public housing, workplace protections, union powers and big-business transparency.
- Almost always for renewable-energy investment; generally for housing affordability and net zero by 2050.
- Consistently against cutting penalty rates, privatising certain government services and reducing the corporate tax rate.
- Never recorded as rebelling against the Labor majority.
Liberal · Hume · Opposition Leader
Angus Taylor
85% recorded-division attendance- Consistently for decreasing welfare availability, lowering the corporate tax rate, cutting penalty rates and privatising certain services.
- Consistently against public housing, renewable-energy investment, political transparency, union powers and workplace protections.
- Almost always against net zero by 2050.
- Never recorded as rebelling against the Liberal majority.
Independent · Warringah
Zali Steggall
Overall figure not displayed on current profile- Consistently for renewable-energy investment, net zero by 2050, public housing and political transparency.
- Almost always for housing affordability and against decreasing welfare availability.
- A mixture on broader workplace protections and big-business transparency.
- Consistently against restricting donations to political parties—a useful reminder not to infer every vote from a label.
Senate
Pauline Hanson and the Coalition: the recorded-vote audit
From Hanson’s return to the Senate on 31 August 2016 through the latest division included on 20 August 2026, the audit enumerates every formal division, records Hanson’s aye or no where present, and compares it with the majority direction of Liberal, Liberal National, National and Country Liberal senators voting in that division.
51.60%Recorded vote in 2,398 of 4,647 formal divisions
79.17%Matched the Coalition in 1,897 of 2,396 comparable votes cast
87.68%Matched the Coalition in 1,359 of 1,550 votes when Labor and the Coalition disagreed
96.22%Matched the Coalition in 586 of 609 such disagreements since Labor took office
What happened to the old 94–95% claim?
It came from a much narrower 2018 comparison: 18 of 19 votes cast on 20 selected legislative votes where Labor and the Coalition differed. Across that FactCheck’s complete 187-division window, this audit reconstructs Hanson personally matching the Coalition in 120 of her 141 recorded votes—85.11%, not 94–95%.
Read the denominators carefully. The 79.17% figure answers how often Hanson matched the Coalition when she cast a comparable recorded vote. The 87.68% figure is limited to votes where Labor and the Coalition opposed one another. The 96.22% figure applies only to those contested votes since 23 May 2022.
These figures describe voting alignment. They do not establish direction, funding, coordination or common authorship. Voice votes are outside the dataset, and a missing recorded vote does not establish why Hanson did not vote.
Labor · South Australia · Foreign Minister
Penny Wong
29% recorded-division attendance- Consistently for banning pay secrecy, criminalising wage theft and mandatory climate financial disclosure.
- Almost always for union powers, workplace protections and the Paris Agreement.
- Generally for public housing, renewable-energy investment and net zero by 2050.
- Rebels against Labor in 0.1% of recorded divisions. Her ministerial and Senate leadership duties are essential context for the attendance figure.
Liberal · Victoria · Deputy Opposition Leader
Jane Hume
68% recorded-division attendance- Consistently for privatising the ABC and certain services, cutting penalty rates and lowering the corporate tax rate.
- Almost always for coal investment and against renewable-energy investment, union powers and net zero by 2050.
- Generally for decreasing ABC/SBS funding and nuclear energy.
- Rebels against the Liberal majority in 0.2% of recorded divisions.
Greens · Queensland
Larissa Waters
94% recorded-division attendance- Consistently for public housing, housing affordability, workplace protections and union powers.
- Consistently for renewable-energy investment, net zero targets, banning new thermal coal mines and ending government fossil-fuel investment.
- Almost always for political transparency and restricting party donations.
- Never recorded as rebelling against the Greens majority.
One Nation · Queensland
Pauline Hanson
53% recorded-division attendance- Consistently for decreasing ABC/SBS funding, coal investment and nuclear energy.
- Almost always for decreasing welfare availability and against renewable-energy investment and housing affordability.
- Generally against union powers, workplace protections and political transparency; almost always against restricting party donations.
- Never recorded as rebelling against One Nation.
Independent · Australian Capital Territory
David Pocock
Overall figure not displayed on current profile- Consistently for public housing, housing affordability, workplace protections and big-business transparency.
- Consistently for ending government fossil-fuel investment, mandatory climate disclosures and net zero targets.
- Generally for political transparency and restricting party donations.
- His profile records several issues as mixed or inconclusive—independent does not mean a predictable position on every question.
Attendance at recorded divisions
| House | Displayed figure | Senate | Displayed figure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angus Taylor | 85% | Larissa Waters | 94% |
| Anthony Albanese | 82% | Jane Hume | 68% |
| Jim Chalmers | 81% | Pauline Hanson | 53% |
| Zali Steggall | Not displayed | Penny Wong | 29% |
| David Pocock | Not displayed |
“Not displayed” is deliberate: the current They Vote For You profile does not publish an overall attendance number for Steggall or Pocock. This page will not calculate or guess one from selected votes.
Historical Coalition comparison
These former MPs are separated from the current Parliament. Their figures cover the periods shown on their archived profiles and should not be inserted into a current ranking.
Former Liberal MP · Cook · 2007–24
Scott Morrison
85% historical recorded-division attendance- Consistently for decreasing welfare availability, cutting penalty rates, privatising services and lowering corporate tax.
- Almost always against renewable-energy investment; consistently against public housing, housing affordability, political transparency, union powers and net zero by 2050.
- Never recorded as rebelling against the Liberal majority.
Former Liberal MP · Dickson · 2001–25
Peter Dutton
82% historical recorded-division attendance- Consistently for decreasing welfare availability, cutting penalty rates, privatising services and assets, and lowering corporate tax.
- Almost always against renewable-energy investment; consistently against public housing, housing affordability, political transparency and union powers.
- Generally against net zero by 2050 and never recorded as rebelling against the Liberal majority.
Three quick checks
Which house determines who forms government?
The House of Representatives. A party or coalition needs the confidence of the House.
Who do senators represent?
States and territories. Members of the House represent local electorates.
Does a bill normally need to pass both houses?
Yes. Most bills must pass the House and Senate in the same form before becoming law.
After the comparison
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Method: each phrase such as “consistently,” “almost always,” “generally” or “a mixture” reproduces They Vote For You’s category—not this website’s judgement. Those categories are weighted summaries of relevant divisions and may change when new votes or editorial classifications are added. Follow each profile to inspect the underlying divisions. Read the methodology and limitations ↗