Thursday, 29 May 2008
Vote: Bills — Appropriation (2008/09 Estimates) Bill
🗳️ That all the words after “That” be omitted and the following words inserted: “this House has no confidence in the Government led by Helen Clark, because New Zealanders have had to wait far too long to see any changes to personal tax thresholds or any lowering of personal tax rates, and over nine Budgets this Government has presided over a decline in New Zealand’s standard of living compared to the rest of the world.”
Moved by
Hon Sir Michael Cullen
(New Zealand Labour Party — List Member)
Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN (Minister of Finance): The one thing John Key knows about Maurice Williamson is that sooner or later he will be stabbing him in the back, just as he has done every previous National Party leader—and leaking like a sieve to the Labour Party... Read more →
✕ Failed by a narrow margin
(50 Ayes – 67 Noes – 4 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 | 2 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 6 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 7 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 49 |
| New Zealand National | 48 | 0 |
| Progressive | 0 | 1 |
| United Future | 0 | 2 |