The Shop Trading Hours vote

The House voted yesterday on the Government’s Shop Trading Hours bill. This is a very modest law change which simply gives all local authorities the power to decide whether or not shops in their area can open on Easter Sunday. At present only a few historical areas can do this.

It was a whipped vote for National as a Government bill but a conscience vote for other parties. It passed first reading 75 votes to 45.

The 59 National MPs voted for it. Who were the other 16?

1. Darrock Ball, NZF
2. Mahesh Bindra, NZF
3. Ria Bond, NZF
4. Clare Curran, Labour
5. Peter Dunne, UFNZ
6. Te Ururoa Flavell, Maori
7. Phil Goff, Labour
8. Ron Mark, NZF
9. Tracey Martin, NZF
10. Clayton Mitchell, NZF
11. Pita Paraone, NZF
12. Winston Peters, NZF
13. Richard Prosser, NZF
14. David Seymour, ACT
15. Barbara Stewart, NZF
16. Fletcher Tabuteau, NZF

So well done to Clare Curran and Phil Goff for being the only Labour MPs to vote for it.