Wednesday, 8 September 2004
Vote: Bills β Education (School Boards of Trustees SingleTransferable Vote Option) Amendment Bill
β First Reading
π³οΈ That the Education (School Boards of Trustees Single Transferable Vote Option) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Rod Donald
(Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand β List Member)
ROD DONALD (Co-LeaderβGreen): School boards of trustees elections are the largest democratic event in this country. All 2,580 New Zealand schools are involved. More than 13,000 people are needed to become trustees. These trustees make important... Read more β
π Bill failed here β 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.
β Failed by a large majority
(10 Ayes β 108 Noes β 2 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.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 8 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| MΔori Party | 1 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 12 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 51 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 27 |
| Progressive | 0 | 2 |
| United Future | 0 | 8 |