Thursday, 24 May 2012
Vote: Bills — Social Security (Long-term Residential Care—Budget Measures) Amendment Bill
— Part 1 Applicable asset thresholds: Indexation
🗳️ That Part 1 be agreed to
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✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(64 Ayes – 53 Noes – 4 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 10 |
| Mana | 0 | 1 |
| Māori Party | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 8 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |