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Tuesday, 5 November 2013
Vote: Bills — New Zealand International Convention Centre Bill — Second Reading

🗳️ That New Zealand International Convention Centre Bill be now read a second time

SCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel): The constituents of Coromandel want jobs, they want opportunity, and they want a chance to share in the great wave of tourist convention people who will come to Auckland and then, on the shoulder of their conferences...

HansardID: 4823518e-4233-47b5-acfb-09fb58956357
🙋 Personal (conscience) vote — MPs voted as individuals rather than following their party's position. These are typically called on moral or ethical questions (e.g. euthanasia, abortion, alcohol law, marriage law), where by convention parties don't whip their members into a single position.
✓ Passed by a narrow margin (61 Ayes – 59 Noes)

✓ Ayes (61)

New Zealand National Party (59)
ACT New Zealand (1)
United Future New Zealand (1)

✕ Noes (58)

New Zealand Labour Party (32)
Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand (14)
New Zealand First Party (7)
Māori Party (3)
Independent (1)
MANA (1)