Thursday, 22 August 2013
Vote: Bills — Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
Hon Dr Nick Smith
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Nelson)
MIKE SABIN (National—Northland): I am please to take—there I go, my microphone is bursting into life—the last call on this Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas Bill, a very pragmatic bill. Actually, it is a bill that is about doing. One thing... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(63 Ayes – 57 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 14 |
| Mana | 0 | 1 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 7 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |