Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Vote: Bills — Taxation (Income Tax Rate and Other Amendments) Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Taxation (Income Tax Rate and Other Amendments) Bill be now read a third time
MARJA LUBECK (Labour): Tēnā koe e te Māngai o te Whare. Thank you, Mr Speaker. It’s great to be the last speaker because you can be succinct and it’s all been said in the previous debate. We made a campaign promise to increase the top rate... 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.
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 clear majority
(66 Ayes – 43 Noes – 11 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 |
| Te Paati Māori | 2 | 0 |