Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Vote: Bills β Equal Pay Amendment Bill
β First Reading
π³οΈ That the Equal Pay Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Jan Logie
(Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand β List Member)
The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Trevor Mallard): While the Clerk is doing some adding, I want to both remind my colleagues on my left not to interject while votes are being taken and also ask my old classmate to refrain even from supportive interjections during... Read more β
π We've linked this vote to our
βEqual pay for womenβ
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Equal pay for women.
π Bill failed here β 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.
β Failed by a narrow margin
(59 Ayes β 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.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 1 |
| Green Party | 14 | 0 |
| MΔori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 12 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 31 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 58 |
| United Future | 0 | 1 |