Thursday, 22 November 2007
Vote: Bills — Electoral Finance Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Electoral Finance Bill be now read a second time
ANNE TOLLEY (National—East Coast): There was a headline in the New Zealand Herald last week that read: “Democracy under attack”. It was not about Pakistan and it was not about Zimbabwe; it was about New Zealand. I was a member of the Justice and... Read more →
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✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(65 Ayes – 54 Noes – 2 Absent)
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 | 0 | 2 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 49 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 48 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 2 | 0 |