If a candidate is elected as a list member of Parliament, then they represent the party. They go to a general election supporting the policy platform of that political party. When someone casts their party vote for a party in New Zealand, they expect that the list members who would then follow as part of that process would remain as members of the political party that they cast their party vote for. This particular amendment bill actually vests the decision of the voter over to the individuality of the MP, effectively trumping the voter's choice—