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Sam Birrell

Sam Birrell is the The Nationals MP for Nicholls. First elected 21 May 2022.

2022 Won Nicholls, entered parliament
2022 May 2026
  1. 2022 Won Nicholls, entered parliament
  • The Nationals

What do they focus on?

Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.

  • Budget, tax & economy 13
  • Education & skills 6
  • Work & employment 5
  • Health, care & disability 4
  • Industry, agriculture & resources 4

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.

  • One Nation 100%
  • Coalition 99%
  • Greens 15%
  • Labor 11%

388 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. 4.1 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. 1 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. 0 avg 7.9 226
Where their votes sit, left to right i Built from votes alone: party members sit at their party's mark and move only by votes cast against their own party toward a neighbouring one. Independents are placed by their side on the votes where the parties disagreed.
Sam Greens Labor Coalition One Nation

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 in the pack runs from 25 March to 1 July 2026. On 27 May, Birrell conditionally supported the NDIS reform bill, backing integrity measures but warning about access restrictions, funding limits and automated decisions. On 30 March, he supported the strategic-reserve bill for essential fuel and fertiliser imports while saying it would not provide immediate relief. On 25 June, he opposed the aviation consumer-protection bill over bureaucracy, compensation, delays and regional-air-service concerns, then voted Aye on 29 June for the specific automatic-compensation and passenger-standards proposal. On 1 July, he voted Aye on NDIS safeguards; that question carried 101–7.

When do they vote against their party?

1 time across 388 tracked votes. Most recently:

What do they say in debate?

63 tracked speeches across 61 bills.

  • 27 backing a bill
  • 9 with reservations
  • 23 against
  • 4 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.