Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Vote: Bills — Policing (Involvement in Local Authority Elections) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Policing (Involvement in Local Authority Elections) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Judith Collins
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Papakura)
Hon CLAYTON COSGROVE (Labour—Waimakariri): I rise to take a brief call on the third reading of the Policing (Involvement in Local Authority Elections) Amendment Bill, and to endorse the bill. I will address a couple of points that the member Keith Locke has... Read more →
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 – 14 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 | 5 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 9 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 5 |
| New Zealand Labour | 43 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 58 | 0 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |