Wednesday, 17 May 2006
Vote: Bills — Easter Sunday Shop Trading Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Easter Sunday Shop Trading Amendment Bill be now read a first time
JACQUI DEAN (National—Otago): I thank Steve Chadwick, who is on the other side of the House. Hon Member: Steady! JACQUI DEAN: The member should not worry; it will not get too fulsome. Steve and I both have the same goal in mind; we just have a...
🙋 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 clear majority
(73 Ayes – 41 Noes – 7 Absent)
✓ Ayes (73)
New Zealand National Party (44)
- Shane Ardern (Member for Taranaki-King Country)
- Chris Auchinvole (List Member)
- Hon David Bennett (Member for Hamilton East)
- Hon Paula Bennett (List Member)
- Jackie Blue (List Member)
- Mark Blumsky (List Member)
- Chester Borrows (Member for Whanganui)
- Don Brash (List Member)
- Hon Gerry Brownlee (Member for Ilam)
- David Carter (List Member)
- Bob Clarkson (Member for Tauranga)
- Jonathan Coleman (Member for Northcote)
- Hon Judith Collins (Member for Clevedon)
- Brian Connell (Member for Rakaia)
- Hon Jacqui Dean (Member for Otago)
- Bill English (Member for Clutha-Southland)
- Hon Christopher Finlayson (List Member)
- Craig Foss (Member for Tukituki)
- Jo Goodhew (Member for Aoraki)
- Sandra Goudie (Member for Coromandel)
- Hon Nathan Guy (List Member)
- John Hayes (Member for Wairarapa)
- Tau Henare (List Member)
- Paul Hutchison (Member for Port Waikato)
- John Key (Member for Helensville)
- Colin King (Member for Kaikōura)
- Wayne Mapp (Member for North Shore)
- Murray McCully (Member for East Coast Bays)
- Allan Peachey (Member for Tāmaki)
- Simon Power (Member for Rangitīkei)
- Katherine Rich (List Member)
- Eric Roy (Member for Invercargill)
- Tony Ryall (Member for Bay of Plenty)
- Hon Clem Simich (List Member)
- Hon Dr Nick Smith (Member for Nelson)
- Lockwood Smith (Member for Rodney)
- Georgina Te Heuheu (List Member)
- Lindsay Tisch (Member for Piako)
- Chris Tremain (Member for Napier)
- Hon Nicky Wagner (List Member)
- Kate Wilkinson (List Member)
- Maurice Williamson (Member for Pakuranga)
- Pansy Wong (List Member)
- Richard Worth (List Member)
New Zealand Labour Party (17)
- David Benson-Pope (Member for Dunedin South)
- Georgina Beyer (List Member)
- Steve Chadwick (Member for Rotorua)
- Ashraf Choudhary (List Member)
- Helen Clark (Member for Mount Albert)
- Hon Sir Michael Cullen (List Member)
- Lianne Dalziel (Member for Christchurch East)
- Phil Goff (Member for Mount Roskill)
- Ann Hartley (List Member)
- George Hawkins (Member for Manurewa)
- Annette King (Member for Rongotai)
- Mahara Okeroa (Member for Te Tai Tonga)
- Hon David Parker (List Member)
- Hon Dover Samuels (List Member)
- Jim Sutton (List Member)
- Paul Swain (Member for Rimutaka)
- Judith Tizard (Member for Auckland Central)
New Zealand First Party (7)
- Peter Brown (List Member)
- Brian Donnelly (List Member)
- Hon Ron Mark (List Member)
- Pita Paraone (List Member)
- Rt Hon Winston Peters (List Member)
- Barbara Stewart (List Member)
- R Doug Woolerton (List Member)
ACT New Zealand (2)
- Rodney Hide (Member for Epsom)
- Heather Roy (List Member)
Māori Party (2)
- Hon Sir Pita Sharples (Member for Tāmaki Makaurau)
- Hon Dame Tariana Turia (Member for Te Tai Hauāuru)
United Future New Zealand (1)
- Peter Dunne (Member for Ohariu-Belmont)
✕ Noes (40)
New Zealand Labour Party (32)
- Rick Barker (List Member)
- Tim Barnett (Member for Christchurch Central)
- Mark Burton (Member for Taupō)
- Chris Carter (Member for Te Atatū)
- Clayton Cosgrove (Member for Waimakariri)
- David Cunliffe (Member for New Lynn)
- Harry Duynhoven (Member for New Plymouth)
- Ruth Dyson (Member for Banks Peninsula)
- Darien Fenton (List Member)
- Taito Phillip Field (Member for Māngere)
- Martin Gallagher (Member for Hamilton West)
- Vui Mark Gosche (Member for Maungakiekie)
- Dave Hereora (List Member)
- Marian Hobbs (Member for Wellington Central)
- Pete Hodgson (Member for Dunedin North)
- Parekura Horomia (Member for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti)
- Darren Hughes (Member for Ōtaki)
- Shane Jones (List Member)
- Hon Dame Luamanuvao Winnie Laban (Member for Mana)
- Moana Lynore Mackey (List Member)
- Steve Maharey (Member for Palmerston North)
- Hon Nanaia Mahuta (Member for Tainui)
- Sir Rt Hon Trevor Mallard (Member for Hutt South)
- Sue Moroney (List Member)
- Hon Damien O'Connor (Member for West Coast-Tasman)
- Jill Pettis (List Member)
- Lynne Pillay (Member for Waitakere)
- Mita Ririnui (List Member)
- H V Ross Robertson (Member for Manukau East)
- Hon Maryan Street (List Member)
- Margaret Wilson (List Member)
- Dianne Yates (List Member)
Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand (5)
- Dr Sue Bradford (List Member)
- Jeanette Fitzsimons (List Member)
- Sue Kedgley (List Member)
- Keith Locke (List Member)
- Metiria Turei (List Member)
United Future New Zealand (2)
- Gordon Copeland (List Member)
- Judy Turner (List Member)
New Zealand National Party (1)
- Phil Heatley (Member for Whangārei)