Wednesday, 7 June 2023
Vote: Bills — Housing Infrastructure (GST-sharing) Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Housing Infrastructure (GST-sharing) Bill be now read a first time
BROOKE VAN VELDEN (Deputy Leader—ACT): Thank you, Mr Speaker. It’s a pleasure to take this final call on my bill, the Housing Infrastructure (GST-sharing) Bill. Everybody deserves the feeling of stability and security of having a home, and everybody... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Sharing GST revenue with councils to fund housing infrastructure”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Sharing GST revenue with councils to fund housing infrastructure.
🛑 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
(57 Ayes – 62 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 | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 62 |
| New Zealand National | 34 | 0 |
| Te Paati Māori | 2 | 0 |