Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Vote: Bills — Income Tax (Adjustment of Taxable Income Ranges) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Income Tax (Adjustment of Taxable Income Ranges) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Andrew Bayly
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Port Waikato)
Hon SIMON BRIDGES (National—Tauranga): It’s great to speak on my member’s bill. This is the first member’s bill I have ever had in 13 years get to this stage of the process. I regret I wasn’t here for my 10-minute speech. I am going to try and give one now... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Cutting income tax rates”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Cutting income tax rates.
🛑 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 clear majority
(43 Ayes – 77 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 0 | 10 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 65 |
| New Zealand National | 33 | 0 |