Wednesday, 7 June 2017
Vote: Bills — Electoral (Registration by Special Vote) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Electoral (Registration by Special Vote) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Hon Meka Whaitiri
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti)
MEKA WHAITIRI (Labour—Ikaroa-Rāwhiti): Just in response to that last speaker, Mr Scott, 27,000 people voted—27,000 people on election day in 2014 went to vote and to do what every other New Zealander did throughout the election period last election. There... Read more →
🛑 Bill failed here — this reading vote failed, and a bill can't proceed
past a failed reading. So even though this isn't the third reading, it's the last we saw
of this bill: it doesn't get another vote after this one.
✕ Failed by a narrow margin
(59 Ayes – 60 Noes)
Hansard didn't name individual MPs for this vote, only how each party voted overall, so
there's no per-member breakdown to show here.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 1 |
| Green Party | 14 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 12 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 31 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 58 |
| United Future | 0 | 1 |