Thursday, 26 July 2007
Vote: Bills — Electoral Finance Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Electoral Finance Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Mark Burton
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Taupō)
CHARLES CHAUVEL (Labour): I rise to take a call on the first reading of this very good bill, the Electoral Finance Bill. What a shame it was to hear and see the contributions from National members in this debate, on the radio, and in the print... 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Green Party | 6 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 4 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 49 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 48 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 2 | 0 |