House of Representatives
Ted O'Brien
Ted O'Brien is the Liberal Party of Australia MP for Fairfax. First elected 2 July 2016.
- 2016 Won Fairfax, entered parliament
- 2021 Named Brisbane Games envoy
- 2022 Named shadow energy minister
- Liberal Party of Australia
Before this: lost Fairfax by 53 votes (2013).
What do they focus on?
Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.
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.
324 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. 10 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. 0 avg 0.6 26
- Bills introduced i Bills they introduced to Parliament, counted across the tracked record. 0 avg 2.8 46
- Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 6 avg 7.9 226
The marker starts at their party’s position and shifts only for floor-crossings towards a neighbouring party. No topic strip is shown because their economic, social and environment votes followed the party line.
What have they done lately?
Recent activity included a speech supporting telecommunications consumer-safeguard changes, alongside an Aye on a motion condemning the government’s handling of regional telecommunications regional telecommunications safeguards. On migration, he said the coalition supported targeted 2026 measures, while voting No on three separate questions about visa powers, proof for travel suspensions and compensation for affected travellers 2026 migration measures. He also supported a regulatory reform omnibus conditionally, saying energy standards should be separated for later consideration regulatory reform omnibus. In October 2025, he moved a division motion criticising regulator scrutiny and costs financial-systems scrutiny.
When do they vote against their party?
Ted recorded no votes against the Liberal position across 324 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
25 tracked speeches across 23 bills.
- 11 backing a bill
- 4 with reservations
- 10 against
- 0 no clear position
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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.