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Peter Dutton

Peter Dutton was the Liberal Party of Australia MP for Dickson. First elected 10 November 2001.

2001 Won Dickson, entered parliament
2013 Became health minister
2014 Became immigration minister
2017 Became home affairs minister
2018 Resigned during leadership crisis
2022 Became opposition leader
2025 Lost Dickson, left parliament
2001 May 2026
  1. 2001 Won Dickson, entered parliament
  2. 2013 Became health minister
  3. 2014 Became immigration minister
  4. 2017 Became home affairs minister
  5. 2018 Resigned during leadership crisis
  6. 2022 Became opposition leader
  7. 2025 Lost Dickson, left parliament
  • Liberal Party of Australia

What do they focus on?

His nine tracked speeches cover cost-of-living pressure, migration, and workplace law. He opposed Treasury Laws Amendment (More Cost of Living Relief) because he said it offered too little cost-of-living relief, while supporting Building and Construction Industry (Restoring Integrity and Reducing Building Costs) to restore law and order in construction and reduce building costs. He also opposed Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023, saying the proposed constitutional Voice was divisive and uncertain.

His 165 tracked votes across 74 bills cover a wider range of parliamentary business. These include workplace bargaining in Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay), climate and industrial policy in Future Made in Australia, and migration removal rules in Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures).

  • Budget, tax & economy 2
  • Work & employment 2
  • Immigration, border & security 2
  • Climate, energy & environment 1
  • Government & democracy 1

Bars show tracked speeches and amendments by policy area.

How do they vote?

Share of recorded votes on the same side as each party's majority.

  • Coalition 99%
  • Greens 12%
  • Labor 8%

165 tracked votes while with Liberal.

How do they compare?

  • Years in parliament i Total time served across every stint in either chamber, up to the end of the tracked record. 23.5 yrs 0.2 avg 8.5 yrs 33.3
  • Votes against their party i Recorded votes cast against their own party's majority side. The average is across party members only. 1 avg 0.6 26
  • Bills introduced i Bills they introduced to Parliament, counted across the tracked record. 2 avg 2.8 46
  • Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 0 avg 7.9 226
Where their votes sit, left to right i Built from votes alone: party members sit at their party's mark and move only by votes cast against their own party toward a neighbouring one. Independents are placed by their side on the votes where the parties disagreed.
Peter Greens Labor Coalition One Nation

His hard-line positions on migration, law and order, and cultural issues place his public politics to the right of where his tracked votes land. No topic strip is shown because their economic, social and environment votes followed the party line.

What have they done lately?

Peter Dutton left parliament on 03 May 2025. This card covers their full tracked record.

When do they vote against their party?

1 time across 165 tracked votes. Most recently:

What do they say in debate?

9 tracked speeches across 9 bills.

  • 3 backing a bill
  • 0 with reservations
  • 6 against
  • 0 no clear position

About these numbers

Based on 766 tracked bills from the 47th and 48th Parliaments, current to 6 July 2026. This is a sample of parliamentary activity, not the complete record.

Career markers come from dated public records. Voting figures use division lists only. For party members, the left-to-right marker begins at the party position. It moves only when the member votes against that party and on the same side as a neighbouring party; other cross-party combinations do not affect it. Independents and minor-party members are placed by their votes in divisions where the Greens and the Coalition took opposite sides. If this position differs from a member’s broader public politics, a note appears below the strip.