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David Littleproud

David Littleproud is the The Nationals MP for Maranoa. First elected 2 July 2016.

2016 Won Maranoa, entered parliament
2017 Promoted to cabinet minister
2020 Became Nationals deputy leader
2022 Became Nationals leader
2025 Faced leadership challenge
2016 May 2026
  1. 2016 Won Maranoa, entered parliament
  2. 2017 Promoted to cabinet minister
  3. 2020 Became Nationals deputy leader
  4. 2022 Became Nationals leader
  5. 2025 Faced leadership challenge
  • The Nationals

What do they focus on?

Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.

  • Industry, agriculture & resources 11
  • Budget, tax & economy 4
  • Transport & communications 4
  • Climate, energy & environment 3
  • Culture, sport & community 3

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.

  • One Nation 100%
  • Coalition 99%
  • Greens 11%
  • Labor 7%

328 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. 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. 1 avg 0.6 26
  • Bills introduced i Bills they introduced to Parliament, counted across the tracked record. 1 avg 2.8 46
  • Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 8 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.
David 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?

Recent activity includes speeches supporting the illicit tobacco bill, while arguing that enforcement funding, lower tobacco excise and a regulated market are also needed. He supported the rural mobile coverage bill but called for tower maintenance and better use of universal service funding.

On fuel excise relief, he said the Coalition would support the bill and voted Aye on a motion criticising the government’s handling of the fuel crisis; that motion was defeated 35–96. He also supported extending the Northern Australia infrastructure facility for another 10 years.

When do they vote against their party?

1 time across 328 tracked votes. Most recently:

What do they say in debate?

24 tracked speeches across 24 bills.

  • 15 backing a bill
  • 1 with reservations
  • 8 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.