Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Vote: Bills — Immigration Bill
— Clause 1 Title
🗳️ That clause 1 be agreed to
Hon PETE HODGSON (Labour—Dunedin North): The interesting thing about clause 1 is that it reads as follows: “This Act is the Immigration Act 2007.” “Hark”, I say to myself, “what year are we in now?”. I wonder what took us so long. I can further advise the... Read more →
✓ Passed by a large majority
(108 Ayes – 9 Noes – 5 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 | 5 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 9 |
| New Zealand Labour | 43 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 58 | 0 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |