Tuesday, 9 December 2025
Vote: Bills — Electoral Amendment Bill
— Part 1 Amendments to Electoral Act 1993, and Schedule 1
🗳️ That the amendments be agreed to
Moved by
Ryan Hamilton
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Hamilton East)
CHAIRPERSON (Greg O’Connor): Vanushi Walters’ tabled amendment inserting new clause 9A is out of order as not being in the correct form of legislation. Tamatha Paul’s amendments to clauses 9 and 12 set out on Amendment Paper 479 are out of order... Read more →
✕ Failed by a narrow margin
(50 Ayes – 68 Noes – 5 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 | 0 | 11 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 10 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 8 |
| New Zealand Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 49 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 4 | 0 |