Wednesday, 8 November 2006
Vote: Bills β Electoral (Reduction in Number of Members of Parliament) Amendment Bill
β Second Reading
π³οΈ That the Electoral (Reduction in Number of Members of Parliament) Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
Barbara Stewart
(New Zealand First Party β List Member)
Hon BRIAN DONNELLY (NZ First): I commence by making one or two comments about the acerbic remarks of Chris Finlayson. I actually thought more highly of that member than that. I believed that he had shown himself to be somebody who was very capable... Read more β
π Bill failed here β this reading vote failed, and a bill can't proceed
past a failed reading. So even though this isn't the third reading, it's the last we saw
of this bill: it doesn't get another vote after this one.
β Failed by a large majority
(9 Ayes β 112 Noes)
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.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 2 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 6 |
| MΔori Party | 0 | 4 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 50 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 48 |
| Progressive | 0 | 1 |
| United Future | 0 | 3 |