Past Parliament Stats

A historical lens.

This page allows you to see the Urgency data from previous New Zealand Parliaments and compare it with the current government. The data provided here may well be inaccurate as it is not currently independently verified. As always, please raise issues to me via GitHub.

Some of the information on this page is not automatically updated. Last updated April 8th 2026

54th Parliament of New Zealand (2023 -> Present)

(As of This data was verified as best-effort on Sunday September 27th 2026. They will be revised once Sessional Journals are made available for the 54th Parliament.
Parliament has finished sitting for this term. )

Total Days Sat: 212
Total Days in Urgency: 24
Percentage of Days in Urgency: 11.32%
Total Bills Urgent: 149
Total Bills: 245
Ratio of urgent bills: 60.82%

53rd Parliament of New Zealand (2020 -> 2023)

Total Days Sat: 452
Total Days in Urgency: 38
Percentage of Days in Urgency: 8.41%
Total Bills Urgent: 80
Total Bills: 275
Ratio of urgent bills: 29.09%

52nd Parliament of New Zealand (2017 -> 2020)

Total Days Sat: 502
Total Days in Urgency: 28
Percentage of Days in Urgency: 5.58%
Total Bills Urgent: 83
Total Bills: 283
Ratio of urgent bills: 29.33%

51st Parliament of New Zealand (2014 -> 2017)

Total Days Sat: 251
Total Days in Urgency: 12
Percentage of Days in Urgency: 4.78%
Total Bills Urgent: 44
Total Bills: 305
Ratio of urgent bills: 14.43%

50th Parliament of New Zealand (2011 -> 2014)

Total Days Sat: 227
Total Days in Urgency: 26
Percentage of Days in Urgency: 11.45%
Total Bills Urgent: 68
Total Bills: 300
Ratio of urgent bills: 22.67%

49th Parliament of New Zealand (2008 -> 2011)

Total Days Sat: 230
Total Days in Urgency: 36
Percentage of Days in Urgency: 15.65%
Total Bills Urgent: 144
Total Bills: 352
Ratio of urgent bills: 40.91%

48th Parliament of New Zealand (2005 -> 2008)

Total Days Sat: 246
Total Days in Urgency: 26
Percentage of Days in Urgency: 10.57%
Total Bills Urgent: 66
Total Bills: 294
Ratio of urgent bills: 22.45%

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