Zardnaar
Deity
NZ uses proportional voting system. Anyway in the late 90's we had a party split where the MPs defected from the party and went Rogue essentially.
Some were list MPs. They had no electorate to represent the got elected via the party list. That party went from 13% to less than 5% all the defectors got voted out. They got to keep their ministerial paychecks etc from a bit longer and they propped up a right wing government for an extra year or so.
Otherwise that government would have collapsed new election. Labour smashed them in 1999
They eventually passed a Waka jumping bill. Basically if a list MP leaves their party they're out of parliament as it throws the whole proportional part of the system out of whack.
In the dying days of FPtP both major parties had defectors but they were electorate MPs. Several retained thie seats in elections 1993/1996. All those parties are now gone although the Greens splintered off one of them (the Alliance).
Recently we have had the occasional electorate MP go rogue none have retained their seats. Often via a meltdown with their party.they
Anyway what do you think about list MPs elected to parliament via their party list defecting from the party they were elected on? Or if they actively vote against their former party.
The numbers.
65 electorate seats
7 Maori seats
48 list seats
Maori seats are determined by the amount of Maori on their electoral roll. Maori xan pick which roll they want and stand in whatever seats they like (I think the reverse is also true eg Pakeha/whoever can stand in Maori seat).
Some were list MPs. They had no electorate to represent the got elected via the party list. That party went from 13% to less than 5% all the defectors got voted out. They got to keep their ministerial paychecks etc from a bit longer and they propped up a right wing government for an extra year or so.
Otherwise that government would have collapsed new election. Labour smashed them in 1999
They eventually passed a Waka jumping bill. Basically if a list MP leaves their party they're out of parliament as it throws the whole proportional part of the system out of whack.
In the dying days of FPtP both major parties had defectors but they were electorate MPs. Several retained thie seats in elections 1993/1996. All those parties are now gone although the Greens splintered off one of them (the Alliance).
Recently we have had the occasional electorate MP go rogue none have retained their seats. Often via a meltdown with their party.they
Anyway what do you think about list MPs elected to parliament via their party list defecting from the party they were elected on? Or if they actively vote against their former party.
The numbers.
65 electorate seats
7 Maori seats
48 list seats
Maori seats are determined by the amount of Maori on their electoral roll. Maori xan pick which roll they want and stand in whatever seats they like (I think the reverse is also true eg Pakeha/whoever can stand in Maori seat).
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