Wednesday, 11 March 2026
Vote: Bills — Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Sales on Anzac Day Morning, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Christmas Day) Amendment Bill
— Committee of the Whole House
🗳️ That the amendments be agreed to
Moved by
Arena Williams
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Manurewa)
ARENA WILLIAMS: I move, That debate on this question now close. Motion agreed to. CHAIRPERSON (Greg O'Connor): The question is that Cameron Luxton’s amendments to Part 1 set out on Amendment Paper 531 be agreed to. A personal vote... Read more →
🙋 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.
✕ Failed by a large majority
(14 Ayes – 82 Noes – 27 Absent)
✓ Ayes (14)
New Zealand First Party
(8)
- Jamie Arbuckle (List Member)
- Hon Casey Costello (List Member)
- Andy Foster (List Member)
- Shane Jones (List Member)
- Jenny Marcroft (List Member)
- Mark William James Patterson (List Member)
- Rt Hon Winston Peters (List Member)
- Dr David Wilson (List Member)
New Zealand National Party
(6)
- Miles Anderson (Member for Waitaki)
- Carl Bates (Member for Whanganui)
- Dr Carlos Cheung (Member for Mount Roskill)
- Paulo Garcia (Member for New Lynn)
- Maureen Pugh (Member for West Coast-Tasman)
- Sam Uffindell (Member for Tauranga)
✕ Noes (77)
New Zealand Labour Party
(28)
- Ginny Andersen (List Member)
- Camilla Belich (List Member)
- Glen Bennett (List Member)
- Rachel Boyack (Member for Nelson)
- Rachel Brooking (Member for Dunedin)
- Reuben Davidson (Member for Christchurch East)
- Barbara Edmonds (Member for Mana)
- Shanan Halbert (List Member)
- Hon Peeni Henare (List Member)
- Hon Chris Hipkins (Member for Remutaka)
- Willie Jackson (List Member)
- Ingrid Leary (Member for Taieri)
- Kieran McAnulty (List Member)
- Greg O'Connor (Member for Ōhāriu)
- Hon Damien O'Connor (List Member)
- Willow-Jean Prime (List Member)
- Hon Priyanca Radhakrishnan (List Member)
- Dr Deborah Russell (List Member)
- Hon Jenny Salesa (Member for Panmure-Ōtāhuhu)
- Hon Carmel Sepuloni (Member for Kelston)
- Lemauga Lydia Sosene (Member for Māngere)
- Cushla Tangaere-Manuel (Member for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti)
- Hon Jan Tinetti (List Member)
- Tangi Utikere (Member for Palmerston North)
- Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall (List Member)
- Dr Duncan Webb (Member for Christchurch Central)
- Helen White (Member for Mount Albert)
- Arena Williams (Member for Manurewa)
New Zealand National Party
(26)
- Dan Bidois (Member for Northcote)
- Chris Bishop (Member for Hutt South)
- Cameron Brewer (Member for Upper Harbour)
- Mike Butterick (Member for Wairarapa)
- Dr Hamish Campbell (Member for Ilam)
- Tim Costley (Member for Ōtaki)
- Greg Fleming (Member for Maungakiekie)
- Hon Paul Goldsmith (List Member)
- Dana Kirkpatrick (Member for East Coast)
- Barbara Kuriger (Member for Taranaki-King Country)
- Melissa Lee (List Member)
- David Macleod (Member for New Plymouth)
- Grant McCallum (Member for Northland)
- James Meager (Member for Rangitata)
- Hon Mark Mitchell (Member for Whangaparāoa)
- Joseph Mooney (Member for Southland)
- Rima Nakhle (Member for Takanini)
- Katie Nimon (Member for Napier)
- Tama Potaka (Member for Hamilton West)
- Suze Redmayne (Member for Rangitīkei)
- Tom Rutherford (Member for Bay of Plenty)
- Stuart Smith (Member for Kaikōura)
- Hon Louise Upston (Member for Taupō)
- Catherine Wedd (Member for Tukituki)
- Dr Vanessa Weenink (Member for Banks Peninsula)
- Nicola Willis (List Member)
Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand
(13)
- Steve Abel (List Member)
- Kahurangi Carter (List Member)
- Hon Julie Anne Genter (Member for Rongotai)
- Francisco Hernandez (List Member)
- Hūhana Lyndon (List Member)
- Ricardo Menéndez March (List Member)
- Tamatha Paul (Member for Wellington Central)
- Lan Pham (List Member)
- Chlöe Swarbrick (Member for Auckland Central)
- Teanau Tuiono (List Member)
- Celia Wade-Brown (List Member)
- Scott Willis (List Member)
- Dr Lawrence Xu-Nan (List Member)
ACT New Zealand
(10)
- Mark Cameron (List Member)
- Karen Chhour (List Member)
- Simon Court (List Member)
- Hon Andrew Hoggard (List Member)
- Cameron Luxton (List Member)
- Nicole McKee (List Member)
- Parmjeet Parmar (List Member)
- David Seymour (Member for Epsom)
- Todd Stephenson (List Member)
- Brooke Van Velden (Member for Tāmaki)