House of Representatives
Pat Conaghan
Pat Conaghan is the The Nationals MP for Cowper. First elected 18 May 2019.
- 2019 Won Cowper, entered parliament
- 2020 Chaired road safety committee
- 2021 Chaired industry committee
- 2022 Joined shadow ministry
- 2022 Commented on MP’s attire
- 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.
338 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. 7.1 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. 1 avg 2.8 46
- Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 5 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?
In recent activity, he opposed the Combatting Illicit Tobacco bill in its current form, arguing that tougher penalties need stronger enforcement, resources and excise changes. He said he supports the goals of the NDIS safeguards bill but could not support it in its current form because of fraud and participant-protection concerns. He supported the Survivors Law bill while raising legal-assistance and future-avoidance issues, and supported his private member Australian National Flags bill.
When do they vote against their party?
Pat recorded no votes against the The Nationals position across 338 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
37 tracked speeches across 35 bills.
- 16 backing a bill
- 6 with reservations
- 13 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.