Tuesday, 18 March 2014
Vote: Bills β Electoral Amendment Bill
β Third Reading
π³οΈ That the Electoral Amendment Bill be now read a third time
JOANNE HAYES (National): Kia ora, Mr Deputy Speaker. I will take a short call on this bill, the Electoral Amendment Bill. What I do not get is whatever happened to people standing by their word? From reading everything that I have read on... Read more β
Third Reading β this is the last vote a bill needs to
pass before it's sent off to become law. Earlier votes (first reading, second reading, and
any votes on amendments along the way) decide what the bill looks like and whether it
keeps moving forward, but this is the one that actually decides whether it happens at all.
β Passed by a narrow margin
(65 Ayes β 55 Noes β 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.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 14 |
| Mana | 1 | 0 |
| MΔori Party | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 7 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |