The Complete List: A Bit More Meat For Your NM Dirty 30 Sandwich

We promised we’d bring you the full NM Dirty 30 rankings, and a bit of extra analysis on the side. Here goes something.

For those not in the know, New Matilda invited our readers to vote on their Top 30 federal politicians they most loved to hate. Or at least dislike.

We let readers choose 15 from the 150 members of the House of Reps, and 15 from the 72 current members of the Senate. We then weighted the votes accordingly (because you’re twice as likely to get a vote if you’re a Senator, so in the interests of fairness, two House of reps votes broadly, equalled one Senate vote).

Tony Abbott was a standout winner, with almost 95 percent of the vote.

Almost 1,300 readers took part – the NM Dirty 30, which will be an annual event to coincide with the resumption of parliament each year, was born.

By way of background, you had to be a paid or unpaid subscriber to the New Matilda email digest to get an invitation to vote. If you want to participate in future surveys (there’s a few on the drawing board already) then you can head here and enter your email address. The email digest is free… although we like you even more if you pay!

In any event, here’s the promised extra analysis, and the complete list of all 222 current politicians ranked from most hated to least hated.

 

Prominent and popular

One of the really interesting results comes from looking at the politicians who didn’t attract many votes, despite enjoying a high profile. In other words, they’re the proof that you can forge out a career in politics and maintain a modicum of respect.

The standout is Aboriginal Labor Senator Patrick Dodson, who has a very high profile nationally, but attracted very few votes from NM readers. Just three in fact, which comes out at just under one vote when we apply the weighting to it.

Other notables included Linda Burney, another Aboriginal Labor MP, who received just two votes (but when weighted, translated to one vote). Burney is a very high profile member, and a part of the Opposition’s shadow cabinet. She’s particularly well known in NSW, where she served as a minister in the state government. Seems NM readers like the black faces in parliament.

Ranking just inside the Top 100 (at 99) is Doug Cameron, one of the more prominent Labor senators. He attracted just six votes. On the Liberal side of the fence, number 98 was Ken Wyatt – the only Aboriginal member of the Turnbull ministry. Wyatt is well respected on both sides of the political spectrum and, it seems by NM readers.

Penny Wong came in ranked 91 – with a weighted vote of just 8. No mean feat given her substantial prominence in the electorate, and her leadership of the same sex marriage debate.

Andrew Bartlett (Greens, ex Democrats) and Andrew Wilkie – a prominent Tasmanian independent – also fared well given their prominence, at 89 and 88 respectively.

Tanya Plibersek – deputy Opposition Leader – also polled well, coming in at number 73 with just 16 weighted votes.

 

Who got no votes?

It’s worth acknowledging the politicians who got zero votes in the Dirty 30 – James Chalmers (Member for Rankin); Sharon Claydon (Member for Newcastle);
Julie Collins (Member for Franklin); Julian Hill (Member for Bruce); Madeleine King (Member for Brand); Emma McBride (Member for Dobell); Clare O’Neil (Member for Hotham); Catherine O’Toole (Member for Herbert); Joanne Ryan (Member for Lalor); Anthony Smith (Member for Casey); Anne Stanley (Member for Werriwa); and Meryl Swanson (Member for Paterson).

It’s also worth acknowledging that zero votes in any survey about politicians is not necessarily a good thing. It might just mean no-one has heard of you… and that’s obviously a very bad thing if you take part in a popularity contest every three years or so.

In any event, props and a heads-up to the 12 politicians who came through theoretically unscathed in the first official NM Dirty 30.

 

The lefties we apparently love to hate

No-one catches and kills their own like the left, and on that front the ‘leftest’ of them all – Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon – turned out to be the most unpopular among the Greens. Rhiannon came in at number 46, with 153 votes (weighted down to 49). Rhiannon has a pretty big profile nationally and in NSW, but her vote is no doubt helped by her well-publicized battle inside the party. Sarah Hanson-Young came next, ranked 62 with 80 votes (25 weighted).

Both Hanson-Young and Rhiannon are recent writers for New Matilda. So they’re thoroughly excellent in our view, and clearly some New Matilda readers have lost the plot (we die in a ditch for all our writers – live with it people).

Greens leader Richard Di Natale didn’t entirely escape notice either – he’s ranked 65, with 73 votes (23 weighted). Still, a pretty good result considering his profile.

The Greens only House of Reps member, Adam Bandt, ranked 69 and tied with the Greatest Treasurer In The History Of The Universe, Wayne Swan… which let’s face it, is a little offensive. The only thing that should be ranked alongside Swan is a two-humped camel, because they make about as much sense as each other. In any event, that’s what you get when you let the masses vote (we love you, even if sometimes we don’t agree with you).

 

Who were the real surprises?

There’s a few politicians who surprised in the Dirty 30. Chief among them is Bill Shorten, who we just naturally assumed everyone hated. He came in at number 34, and attracted 154 votes. Obviously that’s quite a poor showing… but he still didn’t make the final 30. We’re considering running a new poll where we offer Shorten’s name up 222 times, to see if we can get a more just result. One to think about.

Zed Seselja and Alex Hawke – both Liberals, both man-children and both extremely conservative and desperately unlikeable – also didn’t do as badly as we thought they would. They’re ranked 41 and 44 respectively – obviously, still quite unpopular (Sesejla attracted almost one in five of the House of Reps votes) but we felt they deserved even more opprobrium. Lift your game for the next vote NM readers.

One particularly disappointing outcome was Michael Danby, the Labor member for Melbourne Ports. He was ranked 31 (so obviously, people really don’t like him) but it was disappointing we couldn’t include him in the Top 30, given his rampant anti-Palestine rhetoric and thoroughly ridiculous targeting of journalists who don’t toe the official line on Israel.

The outcome for Labor’s David Feeney was also notable and disappointing – he came in at number 32, and he’s not even in parliament anymore (announced his retirement the day after we launched the poll). Getting Feeney in the Top 30 would have been a fitting send-off.

In any event, that’s the NM Dirty 30 for 2018. We’ll be back with regular surveys throughout the year (add your email address here if you want to get in with the cool crowd and get access to discounts in our shop for doing our surveys) and keep a look out for a new New Matilda subscription gift later this month, which features the NM Dirty 30.

And now… the complete list.

Ranking	Politician	Percentage of vote	Total votes	Weighted votes
1	Tony Abbott, Member for Warringah	94.04%	1199	810
2	Peter Dutton, Member for Dickson	89.65%	1143	772
3	Scott Morrison, Member for Cook	75.45%	962	650
4	Barnaby Joyce, Member for New England	73.10%	932	629
5	Malcolm Turnbull, Member for Wentworth	60.78%	775	523
6	George Christensen, Member for Dawson	60.00%	765	516
7	Kevin Andrews, Member for Menzies	59.53%	759	512
8	Christopher Pyne, Member for Sturt	54.67%	697	470
9	Julie Bishop, Member for Curtin	48.71%	621	419
10	Josh Frydenberg, Member for Kooyong	45.25%	577	389
11	Cory Bernardi, Senator for South Australia	87.84%	1120	363
12	Greg Hunt, Member for Flinders	42.12%	537	362
13	Eric Abetz, Senator for Tasmania	86.75%	1106	358
14	Pauline Hanson, Senator for Queensland	85.80%	1094	354
15	David Leyonhjelm, Senator for New South Wales	74.27%	947	307
16	Michaelia Cash, Senator for Western Australia	73.02%	931	301
17	George Brandis, Senator for Queensland	64.16%	818	265
18	Kelly O’Dwyer, Member for Higgins	29.49%	376	254
19	Christian Porter, Member for Pearce	28.78%	367	247
20	Bob Katter, Member for Kennedy	28.47%	363	245
21	Mathias Cormann, Senator for Western Australia	58.51%	746	241
22	Steven Ciobo, Member for Moncrieff	25.57%	326	220
23	Andrew Hastie, Member for Canning	25.25%	322	217
24	Alan Tudge, Member for Aston	24.86%	317	214
25	Matthew Canavan, Senator for Queensland	48.16%	614	199
26	Arthur Sinodinos, Senator for New South Wales	47.92%	611	198
27	Sussan Ley, Member for Farrer	19.92%	254	171
28	Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Senator for New South Wales	38.12%	486	157
29	Ian Macdonald, Senator for Queensland	34.12%	435	141
30	Craig Kelly, Member for Hughes	14.67%	187	126
31	Michael Danby, Member for Melbourne Ports	13.73%	175	118
32	David Feeney, Member for Batman	13.73%	175	118
33	Simon Birmingham, Senator for South Australia	25.73%	328	106
34	Bill Shorten, Member for Maribyrnong	12.08%	154	104
35	Nigel Scullion, Senator for Northern Territory	24.24%	309	100
36	Mitch Fifield, Senator for Victoria	23.84%	304	98
37	John Alexander, Member for Bennelong	10.90%	139	93
38	Timothy Wilson, Member for Goldstein	10.90%	139	93
39	James Paterson, Senator for Victoria	18.35%	234	75
40	Derryn Hinch, Senator for Victoria	18.27%	233	75
41	Zed Seselja, Senator Australian Capital Territory	17.57%	224	72
42	Jim Molan, Senator for New South Wales	17.10%	218	70
43	Marise Payne, Senator for New South Wales	17.10%	218	70
44	Alex Hawke, Member for Mitchell	7.29%	93	62
45	Michael Sukkar, Member for Deakin	5.96%	76	51
46	Lee Rhiannon, Senator for New South Wales	12.00%	153	49
47	Peter Georgiou, Senator for Western Australia	5.65%	72	48
48	Warren Entsch, Member for Leichhardt	5.41%	69	46
49	Stuart Robert, Member for Fadden	5.33%	68	45
50	Andrew Laming, Member for Bowman	5.10%	65	43
51	Ian Goodenough, Member for Moore	4.63%	59	39
52	David Littleproud, Member for Maranoa	4.39%	56	37
53	Luke Hartsuyker, Member for Cowper	4.24%	54	36
54	Craig Laundy, Member for Reid	4.16%	53	35
55	Joel Fitzgibbon, Member for Hunter	4.08%	52	35
56	Fraser Anning, Senator for Queensland	8.31%	106	34
57	Barry O’Sullivan, Senator for Queensland	7.92%	101	32
58	Anthony Albanese, Member for Grayndler	3.69%	47	31
59	Sarah Henderson, Member for Corangamite	3.69%	47	31
60	Brian Burston, Senator for New South Wales	7.37%	94	30
61	Daniel Tehan, Member for Wannon	3.37%	43	29
62	Sarah Hanson-Young, Senator for South Australia	6.27%	80	25
63	Bridget McKenzie, Senator for Victoria	5.80%	74	24
64	Jenny Macklin, Member for Jagajaga	2.82%	36	24
65	Richard Di Natale, Senator for Victoria	5.73%	73	23
66	Michael Keenan, Member for Stirling	2.59%	33	22
67	Russell Broadbent, Member for McMillan	2.43%	31	20
68	Ann Sudmalis, Member for Gilmore	2.43%	31	20
69	Adam Bandt, Member for Melbourne	2.35%	30	20
70	Wayne Swan, Member for Lilley	2.35%	30	20
71	Warren Snowdon, Member for Lingiari	2.27%	29	19
72	Trent Zimmerman, Member for North Sydney	2.20%	28	18
73	Tanya Plibersek, Member for Sydney	1.88%	24	16
74	Lucy Gichuhi, Senator for South Australia	3.84%	49	15
75	Tony Burke, Member for Watson	1.80%	23	15
76	Darren Chester, Member for Gippsland	1.80%	23	15
77	Chris Bowen, Member for McMahon	1.65%	21	14
78	Don Farrell, Senator for South Australia	3.29%	42	13
79	Julian Leeser, Member for Berowra	1.57%	20	13
80	Scott Buchholz, Member for Wright	1.49%	19	12
81	Richard Marles, Member for Corio	1.49%	19	12
82	Angus Taylor, Member for Hume	1.49%	19	12
83	Mark Dreyfus, Member for Isaacs	1.41%	18	12
84	Kim Carr, Senator for Victoria	2.59%	33	10
85	Kimberley Kitching, Senator for Victoria	2.43%	31	10
86	James McGrath, Senator for Queensland	2.43%	31	10
87	David Gillespie, Member for Lyne	1.18%	15	10
88	Andrew Wilkie, Member for Denison	1.18%	15	10
89	Andrew Bartlett, Senator for Queensland	2.20%	28	9
90	Michael Kelly, Member for Eden-Monaro	1.10%	14	9
91	Penny Wong, Senator for South Australia	2.12%	27	8
92	John Williams, Senator for New South Wales	1.96%	25	8
93	Ed Husic, Member for Chifley	0.94%	12	8
94	Michelle Landry, Member for Capricornia	0.94%	12	8
95	Chris Ketter, Senator for Queensland	1.80%	23	7
96	Andrew Broad, Member for Mallee	0.86%	11	7
97	Jane Prentice, Member for Ryan	0.86%	11	7
98	Kenneth Wyatt, Member for Hasluck	0.86%	11	7
99	Doug Cameron, Senator for New South Wales	1.57%	20	6
100	Jacinta Collins, Senator for Victoria	1.57%	20	6
101	Scott Ryan, Senator for Victoria	1.57%	20	6
102	Paul Fletcher, Member for Bradfield	0.78%	10	6
103	Nicolle Flint, Member for Boothby	0.78%	10	6
104	Kevin Hogan, Member for Page	0.78%	10	6
105	Michael McCormack, Member for Riverina	0.78%	10	6
106	Brendan O’Connor, Member for Gorton	0.78%	10	6
107	Keith Pitt, Member for Hinkler	0.78%	10	6
108	Ross Vasta, Member for Bonner	0.78%	10	6
109	Terri Butler, Member for Griffith	0.71%	9	6
110	John McVeigh, Member for Groom	0.71%	9	6
111	Melissa Price, Member for Durack	0.71%	9	6
112	Peter Whish-Wilson, Senator for Tasmania	1.41%	18	5
113	Helen Polley, Senator for Tasmania	1.33%	17	5
114	Jason Clare, Member for Blaxland	0.63%	8	5
115	Luke Howarth, Member for Petrie	0.63%	8	5
116	Rebekha Sharkie, Member for Mayo	0.63%	8	5
117	Albertus van Manen, Member for Forde	0.63%	8	5
118	Lucy Wicks, Member for Robertson	0.63%	8	5
119	David Bushby, Senator for Tasmania	1.10%	14	4
120	Linda Reynolds, Senator for Western Australia	1.02%	13	4
121	Karen Andrews, Member for McPherson	0.55%	7	4
122	Mark Butler, Member for Port Adelaide	0.55%	7	4
123	Nola Marino, Member for Forrest	0.55%	7	4
124	Antony Pasin, Member for Barker	0.55%	7	4
125	Gai Brodtmann, Member for Canberra	0.47%	6	4
126	Susan Lamb, Member for Longman	0.47%	6	4
127	Catherine McGowan, Member for Indi	0.47%	6	4
128	Ben Morton, Member for Tangney	0.47%	6	4
129	Shayne Neumann, Member for Blair	0.47%	6	4
130	Matthew Thistlethwaite, Member for Kingsford Smith	0.47%	6	4
131	David Fawcett, Senator for South Australia	0.86%	11	3
132	Rachel Siewert, Senator for Western Australia	0.86%	11	3
133	Dean Smith, Senator for Western Australia	0.86%	11	3
134	Nick McKim, Senator for Tasmania	0.78%	10	3
135	Anne Aly, Member for Cowan	0.39%	5	3
136	Julia Banks, Member for Chisholm	0.39%	5	3
137	David Coleman, Member for Banks	0.39%	5	3
138	Damian Drum, Member for Murray	0.39%	5	3
139	Andrew Gee, Member for Calare	0.39%	5	3
140	Stephen Irons, Member for Swan	0.39%	5	3
141	Peter Khalil, Member for Wills	0.39%	5	3
142	Andrew Leigh, Member for Fenner	0.39%	5	3
143	Richard Wilson, Member for O’Connor	0.39%	5	3
144	Jason Wood, Member for La Trobe	0.39%	5	3
145	Antonio Zappia, Member for Makin	0.39%	5	3
146	Anthony Chisholm, Senator for Queensland	0.71%	9	2
147	Louise Pratt, Senator for Western Australia	0.71%	9	2
148	Lisa Singh, Senator for Tasmania	0.63%	8	2
149	Jonathon Duniam, Senator for Tasmania	0.55%	7	2
150	Milton Dick, Member for Oxley	0.31%	4	2
151	Jason Falinski, Member for Mackellar	0.31%	4	2
152	Ted O’Brien, Member for Fairfax	0.31%	4	2
153	Lisa Chesters, Member for Bendigo	0.24%	3	2
154	Katherine Ellis, Member for Adelaide	0.24%	3	2
155	Trevor Evans, Member for Brisbane	0.24%	3	2
156	Michael Freelander, Member for Macarthur	0.24%	3	2
157	Luke Gosling, Member for Solomon	0.24%	3	2
158	Christopher Hayes, Member for Fowler	0.24%	3	2
159	Matt Keogh, Member for Burt	0.24%	3	2
160	Kenneth O’Dowd, Member for Flynn	0.24%	3	2
161	Rowan Ramsey, Member for Grey	0.24%	3	2
162	Amanda Rishworth, Member for Kingston	0.24%	3	2
163	Slade Brockman, Senator for Western Australia	0.47%	6	1
164	Carol Brown, Senator for Tasmania	0.39%	5	1
165	Stirling Griff, Senator for South Australia	0.39%	5	1
166	Sue Lines, Senator for Western Australia	0.39%	5	1
167	Janet Rice, Senator for Victoria	0.39%	5	1
168	Jordon Steele-John, Senator for Western Australia	0.39%	5	1
169	Murray Watt, Senator for Queensland	0.39%	5	1
170	Katy Gallagher, Senator for Australian Capital Territory	0.31%	4	1
171	Deborah O’Neill, Senator for New South Wales	0.31%	4	1
172	Rex Patrick, Senator for South Australia	0.31%	4	1
173	Anne Ruston, Senator for South Australia	0.31%	4	1
174	Glenn Sterle, Senator for Western Australia	0.31%	4	1
175	Linda Burney, Member for Barton	0.16%	2	1
176	Anthony Byrne, Member for Holt	0.16%	2	1
177	Steven Georganas, Member for Hindmarsh	0.16%	2	1
178	Andrew Giles, Member for Scullin	0.16%	2	1
179	Timothy Hammond, Member for Perth	0.16%	2	1
180	Ross Hart, Member for Bass	0.16%	2	1
181	Llewellyn O’Brien, Member for Wide Bay	0.16%	2	1
182	Julie Owens, Member for Parramatta	0.16%	2	1
183	Michelle Rowland, Member for Greenway	0.16%	2	1
184	Maria Vamvakinou, Member for Calwell	0.16%	2	1
185	Andrew Wallace, Member for Fisher	0.16%	2	1
186	Patrick Dodson, Senator for Western Australia	0.24%	3	0.9
187	Jane Hume, Senator for Victoria	0.24%	3	0.9
188	Jenny McAllister, Senator for New South Wales	0.24%	3	0.9
189	Malarndirri McCarthy, Senator for Northern Territory	0.24%	3	0.9
190	Claire Moore, Senator for Queensland	0.24%	3	0.9
191	Anne Urquhart, Senator for Tasmania	0.16%	2	0.6
192	Sharon Bird, Member for Cunningham	0.08%	1	0.6
193	Nicholas Champion, Member for Wakefield	0.08%	1	0.6
194	Patrick Conroy, Member for Shortland	0.08%	1	0.6
195	Mark Coulton, Member for Parkes	0.08%	1	0.6
196	Christopher Crewther, Member for Dunkley	0.08%	1	0.6
197	Maria Elliot, Member for Richmond	0.08%	1	0.6
198	Emma Husar, Member for Lindsay	0.08%	1	0.6
199	Stephen Jones, Member for Whitlam	0.08%	1	0.6
200	Justine Keay, Member for Braddon	0.08%	1	0.6
201	Catherine King, Member for Ballarat	0.08%	1	0.6
202	Brian Mitchell, Member for Lyons	0.08%	1	0.6
203	Robert Mitchell, Member for McEwen	0.08%	1	0.6
204	Graham Perrett, Member for Moreton	0.08%	1	0.6
205	Susan Templeman, Member for Macquarie	0.08%	1	0.6
206	Timothy Watts, Member for Gellibrand	0.08%	1	0.6
207	Joshua Wilson, Member for Fremantle	0.08%	1	0.6
208	Catryna Bilyk, Senator for Tasmania	0.08%	1	0.3
209	Alex Gallacher, Senator for South Australia	0.08%	1	0.3
210	Gavin Marshall, Senator for Victoria	0.08%	1	0.3
211	James Chalmers, Member for Rankin	0.00%	0	0
212	Sharon Claydon, Member for Newcastle	0.00%	0	0
213	Julie Collins, Member for Franklin	0.00%	0	0
214	Julian Hill, Member for Bruce	0.00%	0	0
215	Madeleine King, Member for Brand	0.00%	0	0
216	Emma McBride, Member for Dobell	0.00%	0	0
217	Clare O’Neil, Member for Hotham	0.00%	0	0
218	Catherine O’Toole, Member for Herbert	0.00%	0	0
219	Joanne Ryan, Member for Lalor	0.00%	0	0
220	Anthony Smith, Member for Casey	0.00%	0	0
221	Anne Stanley, Member for Werriwa	0.00%	0	0
222	Meryl Swanson, Member for Paterson	0.00%	0	0