Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Vote: Bills — Underground Coal Mining Safety Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Underground Coal Mining Safety Bill be now read a first time
Hon DAMIEN O’CONNOR (Labour—West Coast - Tasman): In reply, thank you for the opportunity, and I appreciate those members who have contributed to this bill, the Underground Coal Mining Safety Bill. This was my best attempt to react and to take action from the report... Read more →
🛑 Bill failed here — this reading vote failed, and a bill can't proceed
past a failed reading. So even though this isn't the third reading, it's the last we saw
of this bill: it doesn't get another vote after this one.
✕ Failed by a narrow margin
(60 Ayes – 61 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 | 0 | 1 |
| Green Party | 14 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 12 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 32 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 59 |
| United Future | 0 | 1 |