Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Vote: Bills — Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Dr GAURAV SHARMA (Labour—Hamilton West) (remote): Tēnā koe, Mr Speaker. Tēnā koe e te Whare. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak on the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment Bill. I’ve been meaning to speak in the previous...
Third Reading — this is the last vote a bill needs to
pass before it's sent off to become law. Earlier votes (first reading, second reading, and
any votes on amendments along the way) decide what the bill looks like and whether it
keeps moving forward, but this is the one that actually decides whether it happens at all.
✓ Passed by a large majority
(108 Ayes – 12 Noes)
Hansard recorded how individual MPs from New Zealand Labour Party and New Zealand National Party voted,
but only a single party-wide total for everyone else. That pattern usually means
New Zealand Labour Party and New Zealand National Party allowed a conscience vote while the other parties
whipped a single position.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 10 | 0 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 10 | 0 |
| Te Paati Māori | 2 | 0 |
✓ Ayes (86)
New Zealand Labour Party (62)
- Hon Kiritapu Allan (Member for East Coast)
- Ginny Andersen (Member for Hutt South)
- Dame Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern (Member for Mount Albert)
- Camilla Belich (List Member)
- Glen Bennett (Member for New Plymouth)
- Rachel Boyack (Member for Nelson)
- Rachel Brooking (List Member)
- Naisi Chen (List Member)
- Hon Dr David Clark (Member for Dunedin)
- Tamati Coffey (List Member)
- Dr Liz Craig (List Member)
- Hon Kelvin Davis (Member for Te Tai Tokerau)
- Paul Eagle (Member for Rongotai)
- Barbara Edmonds (Member for Mana)
- Hon Kris Faafoi (List Member)
- Shanan Halbert (Member for Northcote)
- Hon Peeni Henare (Member for Tāmaki Makaurau)
- Emily Henderson (Member for Whangārei)
- Hon Chris Hipkins (Member for Remutaka)
- Willie Jackson (List Member)
- Ingrid Leary (Member for Taieri)
- Steph Lewis (Member for Whanganui)
- Hon Andrew Little (List Member)
- Anna Lorck (Member for Tukituki)
- Marja Lubeck (List Member)
- Jo Luxton (Member for Rangitata)
- Hon Nanaia Mahuta (Member for Hauraki-Waikato)
- Sir Rt Hon Trevor Mallard (List Member)
- Kieran McAnulty (Member for Wairarapa)
- Tracey McLellan (Member for Banks Peninsula)
- Hon Stuart Nash (Member for Napier)
- Terisa Ngobi (Member for Ōtaki)
- Greg O'Connor (Member for Ōhāriu)
- Hon Damien O'Connor (Member for West Coast-Tasman)
- Ibrahim Omer (List Member)
- Sarah Pallett (Member for Ilam)
- Hon David Parker (List Member)
- Willow-Jean Prime (Member for Northland)
- Hon Priyanca Radhakrishnan (Member for Maungakiekie)
- Angela Roberts (List Member)
- Hon Grant Robertson (Member for Wellington Central)
- Adrian Rurawhe (Member for Te Tai Hauāuru)
- Dr Deborah Russell (Member for New Lynn)
- Hon Jenny Salesa (Member for Panmure-Ōtāhuhu)
- Hon Carmel Sepuloni (Member for Kelston)
- Hon Gaurav Sharma (Member for Hamilton West)
- Hon Aupito William Sio (Member for Māngere)
- Hon Jan Tinetti (List Member)
- Rino Tirikatene (Member for Te Tai Tonga)
- Hon Phil Twyford (Member for Te Atatū)
- Tangi Utikere (Member for Palmerston North)
- Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall (List Member)
- Louisa Wall (List Member)
- Vanushi Walters (Member for Upper Harbour)
- Angie Warren-Clark (List Member)
- Dr Duncan Webb (Member for Christchurch Central)
- Hon Meka Whaitiri (Member for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti)
- Helen White (List Member)
- Arena Williams (Member for Manurewa)
- Hon Poto Williams (Member for Christchurch East)
- Hon Michael Wood (Member for Mount Roskill)
- Hon Dr Megan Woods (Member for Wigram)
New Zealand National Party (24)
- Andrew Bayly (Member for Port Waikato)
- Hon David Bennett (List Member)
- Chris Bishop (List Member)
- Hon Simon Bridges (Member for Tauranga)
- Hon Gerry Brownlee (List Member)
- Hon Judith Collins (Member for Papakura)
- Hon Jacqui Dean (Member for Waitaki)
- Matt Doocey (Member for Waimakariri)
- Hon Paul Goldsmith (List Member)
- Nicola Grigg (Member for Selwyn)
- Barbara Kuriger (Member for Taranaki-King Country)
- Christopher Luxon (Member for Botany)
- Hon Todd McClay (Member for Rotorua)
- Ian McKelvie (Member for Rangitīkei)
- Hon Mark Mitchell (Member for Whangaparāoa)
- Joseph Mooney (Member for Southland)
- Todd Muller (Member for Bay of Plenty)
- Dr Shane Reti (List Member)
- Hon Scott Simpson (Member for Coromandel)
- Stuart Smith (Member for Kaikōura)
- Erica Stanford (Member for East Coast Bays)
- Tim Van De Molen (Member for Waikato)
- Simon Watts (Member for North Shore)
- Nicola Willis (List Member)
✕ Noes (12)
New Zealand National Party (9)
- Simeon Brown (Member for Pakuranga)
- Harete Hipango (List Member)
- Melissa Lee (List Member)
- Simon O'Connor (Member for Tāmaki)
- Chris Penk (Member for Kaipara ki Mahurangi)
- Maureen Pugh (List Member)
- Penny Simmonds (Member for Invercargill)
- Hon Louise Upston (Member for Taupō)
- Hon Michael Woodhouse (List Member)
New Zealand Labour Party (3)
- Anahila Kanongata'A-Suisuiki (List Member)
- Neru Leavasa (Member for Takanini)
- Jamie Strange (Member for Hamilton East)