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Louise Pratt

Louise Pratt was an Australian Labor Party senator for Western Australia. First elected 1 July 2008.

2008 Entered federal parliament
2013 Lost Senate seat
2016 Returned to Senate
2025 Left federal parliament
2008 May 2026
  1. 2008 Entered federal parliament
  2. 2013 Lost Senate seat
  3. 2016 Returned to Senate
  4. 2025 Left federal parliament
  • Australian Labor Party
  • Out of this seat

What do they focus on?

Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.

  • Budget, tax & economy 3
  • Welfare & housing 3
  • Health, care & disability 3
  • Law, justice & rights 1
  • Climate, energy & environment 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 99%
  • Coalition 53%
  • Greens 48%
  • One Nation 35%

682 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. 15 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
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.
Louise 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?

Louise Pratt left parliament on 30 June 2025. This card covers their full tracked record.

When do they vote against their party?

Louise recorded no votes against the Labor position across 682 recorded votes.

What do they say in debate?

13 tracked speeches across 13 bills.

  • 11 backing a bill
  • 0 with reservations
  • 2 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.