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James Stevens

James Stevens was the Liberal Party of Australia MP for Sturt. First elected 18 May 2019.

2019 Won Sturt, entered parliament
2025 Left parliament
2019 May 2026
  1. 2019 Won Sturt, entered parliament
  2. 2025 Left parliament
  • Liberal Party of Australia

What do they focus on?

Within the tracked sample of 713 bills from the 47th and 48th Parliaments through 14 May 2026, his 109 tracked speeches and votes across 124 bills cover economic and household policy. He welcomed tax cuts but criticised their design in Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Tax Cuts), and opposed Help to Buy, a shared-equity home-buying scheme.

Workplace and social support also recur. Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Protecting Worker Entitlements) concerned workers’ entitlements, while National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1). 1) proposed changes to the NDIS.

Energy and climate appear in Electricity Infrastructure Legislation Amendment, which would enshrine clean-energy targets, and Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment, concerning an industrial-emissions scheme. His speeches also include parliamentary funding business, such as Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2024-2025. 3) 2024-2025, which funded government operations through the election period.

  • Budget, tax & economy 23
  • Immigration, border & security 12
  • Welfare & housing 12
  • Education & skills 10
  • Climate, energy & environment 7

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 100%
  • Labor 12%
  • Greens 10%

302 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. 6 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. 0 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.
James Greens Labor Coalition One Nation

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?

James Stevens left parliament on 03 May 2025. This card covers their full tracked record.

When do they vote against their party?

1 time across 302 tracked votes. Most recently:

What do they say in debate?

109 tracked speeches across 109 bills.

  • 79 backing a bill
  • 7 with reservations
  • 21 against
  • 2 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.