Senate
Dave Sharma
Dave Sharma is a Liberal Party of Australia senator for New South Wales. First elected 18 May 2019.
- 2019 Won Wentworth, entered parliament
- 2022 Lost Wentworth, left parliament
- 2023 Entered Senate, New South Wales
- Liberal Party of Australia
- Out of this seat
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.
336 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. 5.6 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. 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. 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?
On 14 May 2026, he voted Aye for an inquiry and sunset safeguards on the competition-law powers bill, both defeated 27–34; the pack separately records No on the bill’s third reading. On 30 March, he gave a mixed-conditional speech on the Fair Work fuel bill, supporting a limited emergency measure but opposing permanent broad ministerial powers without safeguards.
On 14 May, he spoke in support of the export-control bill while arguing against expanded export cost-recovery charges. On 31 March, he voted Aye for an early review on the strategic-reserve export-finance bill, which was defeated 27–32.
When do they vote against their party?
Dave recorded no votes against the Liberal position across 336 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
16 tracked speeches across 16 bills.
- 9 backing a bill
- 2 with reservations
- 5 against
- 0 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.