Wednesday, 22 February 2006
Vote: Bills — Minimum Wage (Abolition of Age Discrimination)Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Minimum Wage (Abolition of Age Discrimination) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Dr Sue Bradford
(Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand — List Member)
SUE BRADFORD (Green): First of all, I would like to thank again the four parties that have shown their support for my bill tonight: Labour, New Zealand First, the Māori Party, and United Future. I would particularly like to thank Judy... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Minimum wage increases”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Minimum wage increases.
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(71 Ayes – 50 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.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 2 |
| Green Party | 6 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 4 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 50 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 48 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 3 | 0 |