House of Representatives
Melissa McIntosh
Melissa McIntosh is the Liberal Party of Australia MP for Lindsay. First elected 18 May 2019.
- 2019 Won Lindsay, entered parliament
- 2022 Held marginal Lindsay
- 2022 Appointed shadow assistant minister
- 2024 Promoted to shadow ministry
- Liberal Party of Australia
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.
384 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. 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. 0 avg 2.8 46
- Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 8 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?
From late May to 1 July 2026, McIntosh used debate and votes to challenge the government’s approach to social-media age rules, while proposing stronger child-safety tools. She opposed the tax changes in income-tax reform and Treasury tax reform, arguing they would hurt housing and workers; her Aye vote to remove capital-gains changes was defeated 43–93. She also voted Aye for NDIS safeguards in NDIS reform, which carried 101–7, while her earlier criticism of growth and fraud controls was defeated 52–90.
When do they vote against their party?
Melissa recorded no votes against the Liberal position across 384 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
22 tracked speeches across 20 bills.
- 14 backing a bill
- 0 with reservations
- 5 against
- 3 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.