Wednesday, 5 May 2004
Vote: Bills β Local Government (Rating Cap) Amendment Bill
β First Reading
π³οΈ That the Local Government (Rating Cap) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
RODNEY HIDE (ACT): That was Mrs Jill Pettis, the senior Government whip, giving Parliament a 10-minute lecture on consulting the communityβthat from a Government that manages to unite MΔori and have them march from all over Aotearoa!...
π Bill failed here β this reading vote failed, and a bill can't proceed
past a failed reading. So even though this isn't the third reading, it's the last we saw
of this bill: it doesn't get another vote after this one.
β Failed by a narrow margin
(49 Ayes β 71 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.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 8 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 9 |
| New Zealand First | 13 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 52 |
| New Zealand National | 27 | 0 |
| Progressive | 0 | 2 |
| United Future | 0 | 8 |