Tuesday, 7 May 2019
Vote: Bills — Local Government (Community Well-being) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Local Government (Community Well-being) Amendment Bill be now read a third time.
GREG O’CONNOR (Labour—Ōhāriu): Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. There’s obviously been some scheduling problems here that’ve allowed us to actually speak on the same bill on the same side of the House to reinforce a very strong message. DEPUTY... Read more →
Third Reading — this is the last vote a bill needs to
pass before it's sent off to become law. Earlier votes (first reading, second reading, and
any votes on amendments along the way) decide what the bill looks like and whether it
keeps moving forward, but this is the one that actually decides whether it happens at all.
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(63 Ayes – 57 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 of Aotearoa New Zealand | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 46 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 55 |