Tuesday, 6 May 2025
Vote: Bills — Social Security Amendment Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Social Security Amendment Bill be now read a second time
SPEAKER: This bill is set down for committee stage immediately. In Committee Part 1 Amendments to Social Security Act 2018 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.
✓ 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 |