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Alison Penfold

Alison Penfold is the The Nationals MP for Lyne. First elected 3 May 2025.

2025 Entered federal parliament
2025 May 2026
  1. 2025 Entered federal parliament
  • The Nationals

What do they focus on?

Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.

  • Budget, tax & economy 3
  • Health, care & disability 2
  • Work & employment 1
  • Immigration, border & security 1
  • Industry, agriculture & resources 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 100%
  • One Nation 98%
  • Greens 34%
  • Labor 12%

101 tracked votes while with The Nationals.

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. 1.2 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. 4 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.
Alison 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. Medium confidence: fewer recorded votes so far.

What have they done lately?

Recent activity has centred on regional opportunity, disability services and fuel costs. On 2 July, she spoke in the Universities Accord debate about the gap in university access between cities and regional communities. On 1 July, she voted Aye for government safeguards in the NDIS sustainability bill, which carried 101-7.

On 23 June, she spoke in support of the Fuel Excise Relief No. 2 bill, describing temporary fuel-price relief as helpful to families, farmers and small businesses, while calling for longer-term fuel security. The same day, she voted No on a call to cap fuel tax credits; that proposal was defeated 11-74.

When do they vote against their party?

Alison recorded no votes against the The Nationals position across 101 recorded votes.

What do they say in debate?

23 tracked speeches across 22 bills.

  • 15 backing a bill
  • 5 with reservations
  • 1 against
  • 2 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.