House of Representatives
David Smith
David Smith is the Australian Labor Party MP for Bean. First elected 23 May 2018.
- 2018 Entered federal parliament
- 2019 Left Senate
- 2019 Won Bean, entered House
- Australian Labor Party
- 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.
595 tracked votes while with Labor.
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. 8 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 25 June 2026, Smith spoke in support of the private-health transparency bill, saying it would help patients compare specialist fees and insurance gaps. In the same bill’s listed divisions, he voted No on three amendments, each of which was defeated.
On 12 March 2026, he supported the parliamentary departments appropriation package, linking it to cost-of-living, health, education and training measures. Earlier, he supported stronger telco enforcement in the consumer safeguards bill and stronger hate-crime offences in the hate-crimes bill.
When do they vote against their party?
David recorded no votes against the Labor position across 595 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
30 tracked speeches across 29 bills.
- 30 backing a bill
- 0 with reservations
- 0 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.