Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Vote: Bills — Christchurch City Council (Rates Validation) Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Christchurch City Council (Rates Validation) Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Hon Nicky Wagner
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Christchurch Central)
Hon NICKY WAGNER (National—Christchurch Central): I would just like to recap to the House on this Christchurch City Council (Rates Validation) Bill. What it does is it validates irregularities that came to light for the council just last year. Since 2004, when the... Read more →
✓ Passed by a large majority
(119 Ayes – 1 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 | 14 | 0 |
| Mana | 0 | 1 |
| Māori Party | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |