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Tuesday, 7 December 2004
Vote: Bills — Civil Union Bill — Part 1 Preliminary provisions

🗳️ The Part 1 be agreed to

Moved by Dianne Yates (New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Hamilton East)

CRAIG McNAIR (NZ First): In speaking to Part 1, I ask members to suppose I am speaking to the title. I am not—but I ask members to suppose that I am. I would call this bill the “We Don’t Care About What You Think Because We Will Do What We... Read more →

HansardID: db368b97-04f9-4dd5-b8f4-5def26d8d1ab
🙋 Personal (conscience) vote — MPs voted as individuals rather than following their party's position. These are typically called on moral or ethical questions (e.g. euthanasia, abortion, alcohol law, marriage law), where by convention parties don't whip their members into a single position.
✓ Passed by a narrow margin (65 Ayes – 54 Noes – 1 Absent)

✓ Ayes (64)

New Zealand Labour Party (45)
Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand (8)
ACT New Zealand (5)
New Zealand National Party (3)
Jim Anderton's Progressive Coalition (2)
New Zealand First Party (1)

✕ Noes (54)

New Zealand National Party (24)
New Zealand First Party (11)
United Future New Zealand (8)
New Zealand Labour Party (6)
ACT New Zealand (4)
Māori Party (1)