Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Vote: Bills — Taxation (Bright-line Test for Residential Land) Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Taxation (Bright-line Test for Residential Land) Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
Hon Michael Woodhouse
(New Zealand National Party — List Member)
ALASTAIR SCOTT (National—Wairarapa): I was not quite sure what the last speaker, Phil Goff, was getting at. I think he was trying to talk the Auckland house prices down and he was trying to reduce the rateable value of the assets that any Auckland... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Capital gains tax (bright-line test on residential property)”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Capital gains tax (bright-line test on residential property).
✓ Passed by a large majority
(109 Ayes – 12 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 | 14 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 12 |
| New Zealand Labour | 32 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |