Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Vote: Bills β Our Work Our Future Bill
β First Reading
π³οΈ That the Our Work Our Future Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Hon Andrew Little
(New Zealand Labour Party β List Member)
ANDREW LITTLE (Leader of the Opposition): The enjoyable thing about hearing from members on the other side, particularly Mr Seymour and particularly Mr Bennett, is that if anybody is confused about how Brexit happened and how Trump happened, those members... Read more β
π Bill failed here β 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.
β Failed by a narrow margin
(59 Ayes β 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.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 1 |
| Green Party | 14 | 0 |
| MΔori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 12 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 31 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 59 |
| United Future | 0 | 1 |