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Stephen Jones

Stephen Jones was the Australian Labor Party MP for Whitlam. First elected 21 August 2010.

2010 Won Throsby, entered parliament
2016 Won Whitlam, changed seat
2022 Became assistant treasurer
2025 Left parliament
2010 May 2026
  1. 2010 Won Throsby, entered parliament
  2. 2016 Won Whitlam, changed seat
  3. 2022 Became assistant treasurer
  4. 2025 Left parliament
  • Australian Labor Party

What do they focus on?

His 76 tracked speeches include substantial work on tax integrity and financial regulation. He spoke on Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Accountability and Fairness), which tightened tax enforcement and whistleblower protections, and Financial Accountability Regime, which strengthened accountability for banks, insurers and superannuation funds. He also regularly spoke on spending bills funding public services, defence, infrastructure and parliamentary departments, including Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026.

His tracked votes cover a wider range of Labor legislation, including workplace rules in Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers), industrial emissions under Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment, and environmental law reforms in Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia).

  • Budget, tax & economy 69
  • Government & democracy 3
  • Climate, energy & environment 1
  • Work & employment 1
  • Culture, sport & community 1

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.

  • Labor 100%
  • Greens 76%
  • Coalition 19%

319 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. 14.6 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. 51 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.
Stephen 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?

Stephen Jones left parliament on 28 Mar 2025. This card covers their full tracked record.

When do they vote against their party?

Stephen recorded no votes against the Labor position across 319 recorded votes.

What do they say in debate?

76 tracked speeches across 64 bills.

  • 76 backing a bill
  • 0 with reservations
  • 0 against
  • 0 no clear position

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.