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Thursday, 10 March 2005
Vote: Bills — Relationships (Statutory References) Bill — Schedules (continued)

🗳️ That the amendment be agreed to

The CHAIRPERSON (H V Ross Robertson): I advise members that, by leave, the Committee agreed that a number of schedules would be grouped together for the purposes of voting. The question was put that the amendment set out on Supplementary Order Paper 333... Read more →

HansardID: 0ca3149a-3609-4ea0-8383-6628195ac464
🙋 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 (68 Ayes – 50 Noes – 2 Absent)

✓ Ayes (67)

New Zealand Labour Party (50)
Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand (8)
ACT New Zealand (4)
Jim Anderton's Progressive Coalition (2)
New Zealand National Party (2)
United Future New Zealand (1)

✕ Noes (50)

New Zealand National Party (24)
New Zealand First Party (13)
United Future New Zealand (7)
ACT New Zealand (5)
Māori Party (1)