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Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Vote: Bills — Shop Trading Hours Amendment Bill — First Reading

🗳️ That the Shop Trading Hours Amendment Bill be now read a first time

The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): Members, this debate has concluded. The Speaker has determined that the subject of this vote will be treated as a conscience issue. In this case, I know that there are members who want a personal vote, and I am...

HansardID: f27d4531-ef23-4100-ad23-ad3591d4fd13
🙋 Personal (conscience) vote — MPs voted as individuals rather than following their party's position. These are typically called on moral or ethical questions (e.g. euthanasia, abortion, alcohol law, marriage law), where by convention parties don't whip their members into a single position.
✓ Passed by a clear majority (75 Ayes – 45 Noes)

✓ Ayes (74)

New Zealand National Party (59)
New Zealand First Party (10)
New Zealand Labour Party (2)
ACT New Zealand (1)
Māori Party (1)
United Future New Zealand (1)

✕ Noes (45)

New Zealand Labour Party (29)
Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand (14)
Māori Party (1)
New Zealand First Party (1)