Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Vote: Bills — Employment Relations Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Employment Relations Amendment Bill be now read a first time.
Moved by
Brooke Van Velden
(ACT New Zealand — Member for Tāmaki)
MIKE BUTTERICK (National—Wairarapa): Thank you, Mr Speaker. This bill does actually help support the Government’s going for growth agenda, and isn’t that what we all want? Growth provides opportunities, and that’s what everyone in this House should... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Collective bargaining rights”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
against Collective bargaining rights.
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(68 Ayes – 54 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 | 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 | 5 |