Thursday, 15 May 2025
Vote: Bills — Social Security Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Social Security Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Louise Upston
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Taupō)
Dr CARLOS CHEUNG (National—Mt Roskill): The Opposition can talk all day about the unemployment rate and how people struggle daily, but words are meaningless without action. On this side of the House, we focus on delivery. That’s why, last month, I organised... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Tightening welfare benefit obligations and sanctions”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Tightening welfare benefit obligations and sanctions.
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 – 55 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 | 6 |