Thursday, 9 June 2011
Vote: Bills — Appropriation (2011/12 Estimates) Bill
🗳️ That the words after “That” be omitted and the following substituted: “this House has no confidence in the National Government led by John Key, which has borrowed heavily and created a record deficit of $16.7 billion; has no plan and no vision to improve New Zealand’s economic performance; has broken its promises not to cut entitlements to KiwiSaver and working for families; has made cuts that hurt but will not solve New Zealand’s economic difficulties; and has failed to act fairly in the interest of all New Zealanders.”
Moved by
Kate Wilkinson
(New Zealand National Party — List Member)
Hon BILL ENGLISH (Minister of Finance): After almost 14 hours of debate what is striking is the enormous gap between the Opposition and the people of New Zealand in their understanding of the Budget—an enormous gap. The general public have at worst shrugged... Read more →
✕ Failed by a narrow margin
(53 Ayes – 67 Noes – 1 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 | 0 | 5 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 3 |
| New Zealand Labour | 42 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 58 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 0 | 1 |