Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Vote: Bills — Taxation (Income Tax Rate and Other Amendments) Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Taxation (Income Tax Rate and Other Amendments) Bill be now read a first time
GREG O’CONNOR (Labour—Ōhāriu): It was a real shame that there weren’t a few more people on the opposite side of the House tonight when we had some maiden speeches. There were some very moving speeches made tonight. We had my new colleagues from Sri... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Raising income tax rates”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Raising income tax rates.
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(64 Ayes – 43 Noes – 13 Absent)
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 | 10 |
| New Zealand Labour | 64 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 33 |