Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Vote: Bills — Local Government (Auckland Reorganisation) Bill
— Part 1 Preliminary provisions
🗳️ That the amendment be agreed to.
Moved by
Paul Hutchison
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Hunua)
CHRIS TREMAIN (Junior Whip—National): My understanding of Speakers’ rulings is that it is actually at the discretion of the Chairperson as to whether he or she takes a party vote. The CHAIRPERSON (Lindsay Tisch): You are right; it is. I offered a party... Read more →
✕ Failed by a narrow margin
(57 Ayes – 64 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 | 5 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 5 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 42 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 58 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 0 | 1 |