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Richard Marles

Richard Marles is the Australian Labor Party MP for Corio. First elected 24 November 2007.

2007 Won Corio, entered parliament
2019 Became deputy Labor leader
2022 Became deputy prime minister
2022 Became defence minister
2007 May 2026
  1. 2007 Won Corio, entered parliament
  2. 2019 Became deputy Labor leader
  3. 2022 Became deputy prime minister
  4. 2022 Became defence minister
  • Australian Labor Party

What do they focus on?

Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.

  • Defence & foreign affairs 7
  • Budget, tax & economy 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 11%
  • One Nation 0%

328 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. 18.6 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. 5 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.
Richard 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 includes an 11 September 2024 speech supporting naval nuclear safety rules, which he said would create a fit-for-purpose regulator and framework for Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine enterprise. On 20 August 2024, he voted Aye on the procedural motion “End second reading debate” for Fair Work administration changes; it carried 76–70. On 28 May 2024, he voted Aye on “Reject Senate changes again” for small-business and charity tax measures, carried 73–68. These recorded Ayes concern the stated questions, not necessarily the whole bills.

When do they vote against their party?

Richard recorded no votes against the Labor position across 328 recorded votes.

What do they say in debate?

8 tracked speeches across 6 bills.

  • 8 backing a bill
  • 0 with reservations
  • 0 against
  • 0 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.