Wednesday, 2 December 2015
Vote: Bills — Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration (Preventing Name Change by Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration (Preventing Name Change by Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Dr JIAN YANG (National): I will briefly reply to the accusation of the previous speaker, Jan Logie, about the Government’s inactivity in protecting our children. The fact, actually, now that we have looked at some statistics, is that the... Read more →
✓ Passed by a clear majority
(75 Ayes – 46 Noes)
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 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 12 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 32 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |