Wednesday, 7 December 2005
Vote: Bills — Manukau City Council (Control of Street Prostitution) Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Manukau City Council (Control of Street Prostitution) Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
George Hawkins
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Manurewa)
Hon GEORGE HAWKINS (Labour—Manurewa): I thank all members here tonight for what has been a very interesting debate. There are strongly held views on this matter, just as there were a few years ago when the original legislation came before the House. I... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Sex work decriminalisation”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
against Sex work decriminalisation.
✓ Passed by a large majority
(109 Ayes – 11 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 | 0 | 2 |
| Green Party | 0 | 6 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 3 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 50 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 48 | 0 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 3 | 0 |