Thursday, April 07, 2011



Abortion Supervisory Committee: the vote

Today parliament voted on appointments to the Abortion Supervisory Committee. But as usual, the Christian Taliban attempted to derail things by trying to appoint one of their own. Here's who voted for it:

AyesNoes
  • Shane Ardern (National, Taranaki-King Country)
  • Chris Auchinvole (National, West Coast-Tasman)
  • Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi (National, List)
  • Jackie Blue (National, List)
  • Chester Borrows (National, Whanganui)
  • Simon Bridges (National, Tauranga)
  • John Carter (National, Northland)
  • Jacqui Dean (National, Waitaki)
  • Bill English (National, Clutha-Southland)
  • Chris Finlayson (National, List)
  • Te Ururoa Flavell (Maori Party, Waiariki)
  • Aaron Gilmore (National, List)
  • Jo Goodhew (National, Rangitata)
  • Sandra Goudie (National, Coromandel)
  • Nathan Guy (National, Otaki)
  • Phil Heatley (National, Whangarei)
  • Tau Henare (National, List)
  • Rahui Katene (Maori Party, Te Tai Tonga)
  • Melissa Lee (National, List)
  • Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga (National, Maungakiekie)
  • Tim Macindoe (National, Hamilton West)
  • Tod McClay (National, Rotorua)
  • Hekia Parata (National, List)
  • Paul Quinn (National, List)
  • Eric Roy (National, Invercargill)
  • Katrina Shanks (National, List)
  • Pita Sharples (Maori party, Tamaki Makaurau)
  • Tariana Turia (Maori Party, Te Tai Hauauru)
  • Rick Barker (Labour, List)
  • Carol Beaumont (Labour, List)
  • David Bennett (National, Hamilton East)
  • Paula Bennett (National, Waitakere)
  • John Boscawen (ACT, List)
  • Gerry Brownlee (National, Ilam)
  • Cam Calder (National, List)
  • Hillary Calvert (ACT,List)
  • Chris Carter (Independent, Te Atatu)
  • David Carter (National, List)
  • Charles Chauvel (Labour, List)
  • David Clendon (Green,List)
  • Jonathan Coleman (National, Northcote)
  • David Cunliffe (Labour, New Lynn)
  • Kelvin Davis (Labour, List)
  • Catherine Delahunty (Green, List)
  • Roger Douglas (ACT, List)
  • Peter Dunne (United Future, Ohariu)
  • Kris Faafoi (Labour, Mana)
  • Darien Fenton (Labour, List)
  • Craig Foss (National, Tukituki)
  • Kennedy Graham (Green, List)
  • Tim Groser (National, List)
  • Kevin Hague (Green, List)
  • Hone Harawira (Independent, Te Tai Tokerau)
  • Pete Hodgson (Labour, Dunedin North)
  • Parekura Horomia (Labour, Ikaroa-Rawhiti)
  • Gareth Hughes (Green, List)
  • Raymond Huo (Labour, List)
  • Paul Hutchison (National, Hunua)
  • Shane Jones (Labour, List)
  • Steven Joyce (National, List)
  • Sue Kedgley (Green, List)
  • Annette king (Labour, Rongotai)
  • Colin King (National, Kaikoura)
  • Iain Lees-Galloway (Labour, Palmerston North)
  • Keith Locke (Green, List)
  • Moana Mackey (Labour, List)
  • Trevor Mallard (Labour, Hutt South)
  • Wayne Mapp (National, North Shore)
  • Murray McCully (National, East Coast Bays)
  • Stuart Nash (Labour, List)
  • Russel Norman (Green,List)
  • Damien O'Connor (Labour, List)
  • David Parker (Labour, List)
  • Lynne Pillay (Labour, List)
  • Simon Power (National, Rangitikei)
  • Rajen Prasad (Labour, List)
  • Mita Ririnui (Labour, List)
  • Grant Robertson (Labour, Wellington Central)
  • Ross Robertson (Labour, Manukau East)
  • Jamie-Lee Ross (National, Botany)
  • Heather Roy (ACT, List)
  • Tony Ryall (National, Bay of Plenty)
  • Carmel Sepuloni (Labour, List)
  • Lockwood Smith (National, Rodney)
  • Nick Smith (National, Nelson)
  • Maryan Street (Labour, List)
  • Georgina te Heuheu (National, List)
  • Anne Tolley (National, East Coast)
  • Chris Tremain (National, Napier)
  • Metiria Turei (Green, List)
  • Phil Twyford (Labour, List)
  • Nicky wagner (National, List)
  • Kate Wilkinson (National, List)
  • Maurice Williamson (National, Pakuranga)
  • Michael Woodhouse (National, List)

Amy Adams abstained. Allen Peachey, Lindsey Tisch and Jonathan Young are marked as voting both ways. Around 20 MPs, including John Key, Phil Goff, Rodney Hide and Jim Anderton, were not present for the vote.

Note the trend. This was a National - Maori Party amendment, the former driven by social conservatism, the latter by Turia's weird concerns about racial numbers (she thinks abortion is bad because it leads to fewer Maori children; people must be forced to breed for the greatness of the volk!) Meanwhile, the Greens showed themselves to be consistently liberal, and ACT again showed itself to be more liberal than National.