House of Representatives
Matt Smith
Matt Smith is the Australian Labor Party MP for Leichhardt. First elected 3 May 2025.
- 2025 Won Leichhardt, entered parliament
- Australian Labor Party
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.
149 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. 1.2 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 30 June 2026, Smith spoke in support of major sporting-event protections, saying the bill would modernise protections, safeguard sponsors and give organisers certainty. On 22 June, he supported the illicit-tobacco bill, citing stronger enforcement powers, higher penalties, action against organised crime and protection for children and legitimate small businesses.
On 4 June, he spoke strongly in support of the tax-reform bill and said Labor’s tax cuts would help more than 13 million workers, while voting No on several proposed amendments and calls. The pack treats those No votes as positions on the specific questions listed, not necessarily on the bill as a whole.
When do they vote against their party?
Matt recorded no votes against the Labor position across 149 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
12 tracked speeches across 11 bills.
- 11 backing a bill
- 0 with reservations
- 0 against
- 1 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.