Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Vote: Bills — Sentencing (Reinstating Three Strikes) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Sentencing (Reinstating Three Strikes) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
PAULO GARCIA (National—New Lynn): Restoring three strikes is about restoring law and order. We on the Government benches make no apologies for taking action to crack down on crime, hold serious offenders to account, and make our towns and cities... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Three strikes mandatory sentencing”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Three strikes mandatory sentencing.
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(68 Ayes – 52 Noes – 3 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.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 11 | 0 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 0 | 15 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 49 | 0 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 0 | 3 |