Thursday, 2 December 2004
Vote: Bills — Civil Union Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Civil Union Bill be now read a second time
Mr SPEAKER: I advise members who are in the Chamber or who may be listening that there are two questions to be put, and although the bells will ring for an extended period of time on the first, they will ring for only 1 minute on...
🙋 Personal (conscience) vote — MPs voted as individuals rather than
following their party's position. These are typically called on moral or ethical
questions (e.g. euthanasia, abortion, alcohol law, marriage law), where by convention
parties don't whip their members into a single position.
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(65 Ayes – 55 Noes)
✓ Ayes (64)
New Zealand Labour Party (45)
- Rick Barker (Member for Tukituki)
- Tim Barnett (Member for Christchurch Central)
- David Benson-Pope (Member for Dunedin South)
- Georgina Beyer (Member for Wairarapa)
- Mark Burton (Member for Taupō)
- Chris Carter (Member for Te Atatū)
- Steve Chadwick (Member for Rotorua)
- Ashraf Choudhary (List Member)
- Helen Clark (Member for Mount Albert)
- Hon Sir Michael Cullen (List Member)
- David Cunliffe (Member for New Lynn)
- Lianne Dalziel (Member for Christchurch East)
- Helen Duncan (List Member)
- Ruth Dyson (Member for Banks Peninsula)
- Russell Fairbrother (Member for Napier)
- Martin Gallagher (Member for Hamilton West)
- Phil Goff (Member for Mount Roskill)
- Vui Mark Gosche (Member for Maungakiekie)
- Ann Hartley (Member for Northcote)
- George Hawkins (Member for Manurewa)
- Dave Hereora (List Member)
- Marian Hobbs (Member for Wellington Central)
- Pete Hodgson (Member for Dunedin North)
- Parekura Horomia (Member for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti)
- Darren Hughes (Member for Ōtaki)
- Jonathan Hunt (List Member)
- Annette King (Member for Rongotai)
- Hon Dame Luamanuvao Winnie Laban (Member for Mana)
- Janet Mackey (Member for East Coast)
- Moana Lynore Mackey (List Member)
- Steve Maharey (Member for Palmerston North)
- Hon Nanaia Mahuta (Member for Tainui)
- Sir Rt Hon Trevor Mallard (Member for Hutt South)
- Mahara Okeroa (Member for Te Tai Tonga)
- Hon David Parker (Member for Otago)
- Mark Peck (Member for Invercargill)
- Jill Pettis (Member for Whanganui)
- Lynne Pillay (Member for Waitakere)
- Mita Ririnui (Member for Waiariki)
- Hon Dover Samuels (Member for Te Tai Tokerau)
- Jim Sutton (Member for Aoraki)
- Paul Swain (Member for Rimutaka)
- Judith Tizard (Member for Auckland Central)
- Margaret Wilson (List Member)
- Dianne Yates (Member for Hamilton East)
Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand (8)
- Dr Sue Bradford (List Member)
- Rod Donald (List Member)
- Ian Ewen-Street (List Member)
- Jeanette Fitzsimons (List Member)
- Sue Kedgley (List Member)
- Keith Locke (List Member)
- Metiria Turei (List Member)
- Mike Ward (List Member)
ACT New Zealand (4)
- Rodney Hide (List Member)
- Richard Prebble (List Member)
- Heather Roy (List Member)
- Ken Shirley (List Member)
New Zealand National Party (3)
- Katherine Rich (List Member)
- Hon Clem Simich (Member for Tāmaki)
- Pansy Wong (List Member)
Jim Anderton's Progressive Coalition (2)
- Hon Jim Anderton (Member for Wigram)
- Matt Robson (List Member)
New Zealand First Party (2)
- Brian Donnelly (List Member)
- Hon Ron Mark (List Member)
✕ Noes (55)
New Zealand National Party (24)
- Shane Ardern (Member for Taranaki-King Country)
- Don Brash (List Member)
- Hon Gerry Brownlee (Member for Ilam)
- David Carter (List Member)
- John Carter (Member for Northland)
- Hon Judith Collins (Member for Clevedon)
- Brian Connell (Member for Rakaia)
- Bill English (Member for Clutha-Southland)
- Sandra Goudie (Member for Coromandel)
- Phil Heatley (Member for Whangārei)
- Paul Hutchison (Member for Port Waikato)
- John Key (Member for Helensville)
- Wayne Mapp (Member for North Shore)
- Murray McCully (Member for East Coast Bays)
- Simon Power (Member for Rangitīkei)
- Tony Ryall (Member for Bay of Plenty)
- Lynda Scott (Member for Kaikōura)
- Hon Dr Nick Smith (Member for Nelson)
- Lockwood Smith (Member for Rodney)
- Roger Sowry (List Member)
- Georgina Te Heuheu (List Member)
- Lindsay Tisch (Member for Piako)
- Maurice Williamson (Member for Pakuranga)
- Richard Worth (Member for Epsom)
New Zealand First Party (11)
- Peter Brown (List Member)
- Brent Catchpole (List Member)
- Bill Gudgeon (List Member)
- Dail Jones (List Member)
- Craig McNair (List Member)
- Pita Paraone (List Member)
- Edwin Perry (List Member)
- Jim Peters (List Member)
- Rt Hon Winston Peters (Member for Tauranga)
- Barbara Stewart (List Member)
- R Doug Woolerton (List Member)
United Future New Zealand (8)
- Paul Adams (List Member)
- Marc Alexander (List Member)
- Larry Baldock (List Member)
- Gordon Copeland (List Member)
- Peter Dunne (Member for Ohariu-Belmont)
- Bernard Ogilvy (List Member)
- Murray Smith (List Member)
- Judy Turner (List Member)
New Zealand Labour Party (6)
- Clayton Cosgrove (Member for Waimakariri)
- Harry Duynhoven (Member for New Plymouth)
- Taito Phillip Field (Member for Māngere)
- Hon Damien O'Connor (Member for West Coast-Tasman)
- H V Ross Robertson (Member for Manukau East)
- John Tamihere (Member for Tāmaki Makaurau)
ACT New Zealand (5)
- Deborah Coddington (List Member)
- Gerrard Eckhoff (List Member)
- Stephen Franks (List Member)
- Muriel Newman (List Member)
- Kenneth Wang (List Member)
Māori Party (1)
- Hon Dame Tariana Turia (Member for Te Tai Hauāuru)