Wednesday, 22 March 2017
Vote: Bills — Employment Relations (Allowing Higher Earners to Contract Out of Personal Grievance Provisions) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Employment Relations (Allowing Higher Earners to Contract Out of Personal Grievance Provisions) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
SCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel): This has been a really interesting debate. It has been interesting because tonight of all nights—on a night when we heard a valedictory speech from a Prime Minister who has given us, as a nation, the pride and... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(61 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 14 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 2 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 12 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 32 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |