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Wednesday, 9 March 2005
Vote: Bills — Relationships (Statutory References) Bill — Part 1 Amendments to Acts

🗳️ That the amendments be agreed to

Moved by Dave Hereora (New Zealand Labour Party — List Member)

MURRAY SMITH (United Future): I seek the leave of the House to amend a vote in regard to new Subpart 1AA, an amendment in the name of Nandor Tanczos, to record the vote by proxy against it of Gordon Copeland, which was inadvertently omitted. The... Read more →

HansardID: 76f4a2b8-eb34-4ae9-a7a1-da249c597f03
🙋 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 (66 Ayes – 49 Noes – 5 Absent)

✓ Ayes (65)

New Zealand Labour Party (50)
Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand (8)
ACT New Zealand (3)
Jim Anderton's Progressive Coalition (2)
New Zealand National Party (1)
United Future New Zealand (1)

✕ Noes (49)

New Zealand National Party (26)
New Zealand First Party (13)
United Future New Zealand (7)
ACT New Zealand (3)