Wednesday, 4 April 2012
Vote: Bills โ Environment Canterbury (Democracy Restoration) Amendment Bill
โ First Reading
๐ณ๏ธ That the Environment Canterbury (Democracy Restoration) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Ruth Dyson
(New Zealand Labour Party โ Member for Port Hills)
Hon RUTH DYSON (LabourโPort Hills): Can I first of all acknowledge and thank all the members who have contributed, and, obviously, those who have indicated their partyโs support for my bill, the Environment Canterbury (Democracy Restoration) Amendment... Read more โ
๐ Bill failed here โ this reading vote failed, and a bill can't proceed
past a failed reading. So even though this isn't the third reading, it's the last we saw
of this bill: it doesn't get another vote after this one.
โ Failed by a narrow margin
(54 Ayes โ 64 Noes โ 3 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.
๐๏ธ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 1 |
| Green Party | 11 | 0 |
| Mana | 1 | 0 |
| Mฤori Party | 0 | 3 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 59 |
| United Future | 0 | 1 |