Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Vote: Bills — Local Electoral (Abolition of the Ratepayer Roll) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Local Electoral (Abolition of the Ratepayer Roll) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Greg O'Connor
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Ōhāriu)
DEPUTY SPEAKER: Yeah. See, leave has been sought for that purpose. I want to ask if there’s any objection. We do have discretion to run till 5 past should we need to. There is objection. So we’ll take the vote and I’m going— Hon... Read more →
🛑 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
(55 Ayes – 68 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 | 0 | 11 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 15 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 8 |
| New Zealand Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 49 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 6 | 0 |