Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Vote: Bills — Local Government (Customer Focus) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Local Government (Customer Focus) Amendment be now read a first time
Hon JACQUI DEAN (National—Waitaki): Thank you, Madam Speaker. We didn’t make that easy for the Chair, did we, but anyway, I’m on my feet now. Look, thank you to the members who have spoken in the debate, both this evening and at the first part of the... Read more →
🛑 Bill failed here — 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.
✕ Failed by a narrow margin
(56 Ayes – 63 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 of Aotearoa New Zealand | 0 | 8 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 9 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 46 |
| New Zealand National | 54 | 0 |