Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Vote: Bills — Social Security (Mandatory Reviews) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Social Security (Mandatory Reviews) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Louise Upston
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Taupō)
CARL BATES (National—Whanganui): Thank you, Madam Speaker. The only people who are out of touch with New Zealanders in this House are the Opposition. Most New Zealanders—most reasonable New Zealanders—appreciate that this bill does three things: it... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Making access to sickness/incapacity benefits harder”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Making access to sickness/incapacity benefits harder.
Third Reading — this is the last vote a bill needs to
pass before it's sent off to become law. Earlier votes (first reading, second reading, and
any votes on amendments along the way) decide what the bill looks like and whether it
keeps moving forward, but this is the one that actually decides whether it happens at all.
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(68 Ayes – 53 Noes – 1 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 | 4 |