House of Representatives
Llew O'Brien
Llew O'Brien is the The Nationals MP for Wide Bay. First elected 2 July 2016.
- 2016 Won Wide Bay, entered parliament
- 2020 Elected Deputy Speaker after spill
- 2022 Ceased as Deputy Speaker
- The Nationals
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.
344 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. 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
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 listed activity includes votes on workplace relations bill questions on 24 and 30 June 2026. O’Brien voted Aye to remove procurement discrimination powers, a question defeated 44–88, and No on accepting stronger workplace determination terms, a question carried 97–42. On 4 June, in income-tax bill, he voted No on one proposed amendment, Aye on another, and Aye on a call to drop higher taxes; all three questions were defeated. In a 2 June speech, he opposed the bill because inflation and bracket creep had already wiped out its tax benefits.
When do they vote against their party?
1 time across 344 tracked votes. Most recently:
- 03 Aug 2022 House passed the bill
What do they say in debate?
12 tracked speeches across 12 bills.
- 2 backing a bill
- 0 with reservations
- 9 against
- 1 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.