Tuesday, 2 August 2005
Vote: Estimates Debate — Vote Immigration
🗳️ That Vote Immigration be agreed to
SIMON POWER (National—Rangitikei): I raise a point of order, Mr Chairperson. There must be some mistake. The New Zealand First member has just spent 10 minutes railing against immigration policy, and now he is abstaining. The CHAIRPERSON (H V Ross... Read more →
✓ Passed by a clear majority
(61 Ayes – 31 Noes – 28 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 | 5 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand Labour | 51 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 25 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |