Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Assembly · 11 September 2025 · Integrity and democracy

Electoral Amendment (Group Voting and Vote Counting) Bill 2025: introduction

Voting yes supported the Electoral Amendment (Group Voting and Vote Counting) Bill 2025 being introduced to parliament.

Defeated29 yes 48 no

The question put

That I introduce a bill for an act to amend the Electoral Act 2002 to abolish group voting tickets in Council elections, to change the way surplus votes are counted in Council elections and for other purposes.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 48 no
48 members
- NoAlison Marchant
- NoAnthony Carbines
- NoAnthony Cianflone
- NoBelinda Wilson
- NoBen Carroll
- NoBronwyn Halfpenny
- NoChris Couzens
- NoDaniela De Martino
- NoDanny Pearson
- NoDylan Wight
- NoEden Foster
- NoElla George
- NoGary Maas
- NoIwan Walters
- NoJacinta Allan
- NoJackson Taylor
- NoJohn Lister
- NoJohn Mullahy
- NoJordan Crugnale
- NoJosh Bull
- NoKat Theophanous
- NoKathleen Matthews-Ward
- NoKatie Hall
- NoLauren Kathage
- NoLily D'Ambrosio
- NoLuba Grigorovitch
- NoMartha Haylett
- NoMathew Hilakari
- NoMatt Fregon
- NoMelissa Horne
- NoMeng Heang Tak
- NoMichaela Settle
- NoNatalie Hutchins
- NoNatalie Suleyman
- NoNathan Lambert
- NoNick Staikos
- NoNina Taylor
- NoPaul Edbrooke
- NoPaul Hamer
- NoPaul Mercurio
- NoPauline Richards
- NoRos Spence
- NoSarah Connolly
- NoSonya Kilkenny
- NoSteve Dimopoulos
- NoSteve McGhie
- NoTim Richardson
- NoVicki Ward
LiberalAll yes16 yes · 0 no
16 members
- YesBrad Battin
- YesBrad Rowswell
- YesBridget Vallence
- YesChris Crewther
- YesCindy McLeish
- YesDavid Hodgett
- YesDavid Southwick
- YesJames Newbury
- YesJess Wilson
- YesJohn Pesutto
- YesKim Wells
- YesMatthew Guy
- YesMichael O'Brien
- YesNicole Werner
- YesRachel Westaway
- YesRichard Riordan
NationalsAll yes8 yes · 0 no
8 members
- YesDanny O'Brien
- YesEmma Kealy
- YesJade Benham
- YesKim O'Keeffe
- YesMartin Cameron
- YesPeter Walsh
- YesTim Bull
- YesTim McCurdy
GreensAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- YesEllen Sandell
- YesGabrielle de Vietri
- YesTim Read
Smaller parties and independents
- YesSam GrothCoalition
- YesWill FowlesIndependent

Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. A party votes as one when at least three quarters of its members vote together.

Source: Hansard, Parliament of Victoria. The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.