Wednesday, 22 July 2020
Vote: Bills β Urban Development Bill
β Third Reading
π³οΈ That the Urban Development Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Phil Twyford
(New Zealand Labour Party β Member for Te AtatΕ«)
Dr LIZ CRAIG (Labour): Itβs a pleasure to take a very brief call on this really important bill. This is an incredibly important bill in the context of our acute housing shortage. What itβs going to do is allow us to do these complex urban... Read more β
Third Reading β 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.
β Passed by a narrow margin
(63 Ayes β 54 Noes β 2 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.
ποΈ 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 | 52 |