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Barnaby Joyce

Barnaby Joyce is the One Nation MP for New England. First elected 1 July 2005.

2005 Won Senate seat, entered parliament
2013 Won New England, entered House
2016 Became Nationals leader, deputy PM
2017 Disqualified over citizenship
2017 Won New England by-election
2018 Resigned Nationals leadership
2021 Regained Nationals leadership, deputy PM
2022 Left deputy prime ministership
2025 Left Nationals, became independent
2025 Joined One Nation
2005 May 2026
  1. 2005 Won Senate seat, entered parliament
  2. 2013 Won New England, entered House
  3. 2016 Became Nationals leader, deputy PM
  4. 2017 Disqualified over citizenship
  5. 2017 Won New England by-election
  6. 2018 Resigned Nationals leadership
  7. 2021 Regained Nationals leadership, deputy PM
  8. 2022 Left deputy prime ministership
  9. 2025 Left Nationals, became independent
  10. 2025 Joined One Nation
  • The Nationals
  • Independent
  • One Nation
  • Out of this seat

What do they focus on?

Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.

  • Climate, energy & environment 12
  • Budget, tax & economy 8
  • Defence & foreign affairs 7
  • Transport & communications 7
  • Health, care & disability 5

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 8%

323 tracked votes across their party affiliations.

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. 20.8 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. 2 avg 2.8 46
  • Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 4 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.
Barnaby Greens Labor Coalition One Nation

His score reflects his recent move from the Nationals to One Nation, while most of his tracked parliamentary career was as a Coalition conservative. No topic strip is shown because their economic, social and environment votes followed the party line.

What have they done lately?

In early 2026, Joyce opposed the hate-and-extremism bill as too broad and rushed, while supporting an amendment to criminalise flag burning; that amendment was defeated 45–94. He supported the veterans measures but criticised delays, and backed ASIO changes as a first step against foreign interference. On the NDIS amendment, he argued that the scheme needs a strict cap without clearly stating whether he supported the bill.

When do they vote against their party?

Barnaby recorded no votes against their party of the day across 323 recorded votes.

What do they say in debate?

67 tracked speeches across 60 bills.

  • 26 backing a bill
  • 6 with reservations
  • 25 against
  • 10 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.