House of Representatives
Simon Kennedy
Simon Kennedy is the Liberal Party of Australia MP for Cook. First elected 13 April 2024.
- 2024 Won Cook, entered parliament
- 2024 Delivered first speech
- Liberal Party of Australia
Before this: lost Bennelong election (2022).
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.
214 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. 2.2 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. 0 avg 2.8 46
- Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 1 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 runs from late May to early July 2026. On 1 July, he supported the NDIS reform bill NDIS reform bill, including safeguards for contact attempts and plan managers. On 24 June, he opposed the workplace relations bill workplace relations bill as drafted; he voted No on accepting stronger workplace-determination terms and Aye on removing procurement discrimination powers, with both questions recorded separately. On 2 June, he opposed the tax reform bill tax reform bill in a speech. On 4 June, he voted No on a call to limit capital-gains-tax changes to housing and Aye on a call to drop higher taxes. He also criticised the government’s treatment of veterans in a 1 July debate veterans legislation debate.
When do they vote against their party?
Simon recorded no votes against the Liberal position across 214 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
21 tracked speeches across 20 bills.
- 9 backing a bill
- 1 with reservations
- 9 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.