Auckland Central is a New Zealand electoral division returning one member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate is currently represented by Chlöe Swarbrick, a member of the Green Party; she has represented the seat since 2020.
In the 1887 electoral redistribution, although the Representation Commission was required through the Representation Act 1887 to maintain existing electorates "as far as possible", rapid population growth in the North Island required the transfer of three seats from the South Island to the north. Ten new electorates were created, including Auckland Central, and one former electorate was recreated. [1]
Auckland Central contains Auckland city centre, the suburbs of Ponsonby, Westmere, Arch Hill, Herne Bay, Freemans Bay, St Mary's Bay, Newton and Eden Terrace at the west side of the city. Because of the location of the main Auckland ferry terminal, Auckland Central also contains the islands of the Hauraki Gulf. At the 2008 election, Grafton became part of Epsom, and Point Chevalier moved into Mount Albert. To offset these changes, the suburb of Newton was drafted in from Mount Albert. Further population growth ahead of the 2014 election resulted in Westmere and Grey Lynn transferring to Mount Albert. [2]
Auckland Central was created ahead of the 1887 election; it was carved from parts of the electorates of Auckland North and the Auckland West and focused around upper Queen Street, Grafton, and Newton. It lasted only until the 1890 elections, when a reduction in the number of electorates meant Auckland Central was re-incorporated into a larger City of Auckland electorate. At the 1905 elections, the Auckland seat was split into three seats, including a recreated Auckland Central.
The seat has been held by the Labour Party for most of its existence: between 1919 and 2008, the seat had spent only three years in the hands of another party (the left-wing Alliance, from 1993 to 1996). However, the 2008 election saw Nikki Kaye win the seat for the National Party for the first time. Kaye retained the seat in 2011, 2014 and 2017, although with a reduced majority making Auckland Central one of the most marginal electorates in the country. She retired at the 2020 election, which saw Green Party candidate Chlöe Swarbrick win the seat in a tight three-way contest and become only the second Green electorate MP.
Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
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Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Auckland Central electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
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Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | Rodney Hide | |
Sandra Lee | ||
1999 election | Donna Awatere Huata | |
Sandra Lee | ||
Nándor Tánczos | ||
2002 election | Nándor Tánczos | |
Pansy Wong | ||
2005 election | Pansy Wong | |
2005 | Nándor Tánczos [lower-alpha 1] | |
2011 election | Jacinda Ardern | |
Denise Roche | ||
2014 election | Jacinda Ardern | |
Denise Roche | ||
2020 election | Helen White |
2020 general election: Auckland Central [3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Green | Chlöe Swarbrick | 12,631 | 35.10 | +25.38 | 6,937 | 19.06 | +5.19 | ||
Labour | Helen White | 11,563 | 32.13 | −7.68 | 16,751 | 46.02 | +8.31 | ||
National | Emma Mellow | 9,775 | 27.16 | −18.08 | 7,680 | 21.10 | −18.05 | ||
ACT | Felix Poole | 588 | 1.63 | +1.11 | 2,724 | 7.48 | +6.43 | ||
Opportunities | Tuariki Delamere | 320 | 0.89 | −1.44 | 776 | 2.13 | −1.01 | ||
NZ First | Jenny Marcroft | 274 | 0.76 | -1.22 | 622 | 1.71 | −2.16 | ||
New Conservative | Kevin Stitt | 186 | 0.51 | +0.33 | 197 | 0.54 | +0.44 | ||
Sustainable NZ | Vernon Tava | 120 | 0.33 | — | 59 | 0.16 | — | ||
Independent | Joshua Love | 73 | 0.20 | — | |||||
TEA | Dominic Hoffman Dervan | 50 | 0.14 | — | 35 | 0.10 | — | ||
Independent | Chris Sadler | 23 | 0.06 | — | |||||
Advance NZ | 198 | 0.53 | — | ||||||
Māori Party | 111 | 0.30 | −0.11 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 99 | 0.27 | +0.03 | ||||||
ONE | 20 | 0.05 | — | ||||||
Outdoors | 15 | 0.04 | +0.01 | ||||||
Vision NZ | 11 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
Social Credit | 7 | 0.02 | +0.01 | ||||||
Heartland | 1 | 0.00 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 382 | 160 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 35,985 | 36,403 | |||||||
Turnout | 36,625 [4] | 83.95 | +4.01 | ||||||
Green gain from National | Majority | 1,068 | 2.97 | +25.38 |
2017 general election: Auckland Central [5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 13,198 | 45.24 | −0.59 | 11,773 | 39.15 | −5.78 | ||
Labour | Helen White | 11,617 | 39.82 | −3.80 | 11,340 | 37.71 | +16.04 | ||
Green | Denise Roche | 2,838 | 9.72 | +2.10 | 4,170 | 13.87 | −8.30 | ||
Opportunities | Mika Haka | 681 | 2.33 | — | 944 | 3.14 | — | ||
NZ First | Frank Edwards | 578 | 1.98 | — | 1,165 | 3.87 | −1.31 | ||
ACT | Brooke van Velden | 151 | 0.52 | −0.19 | 317 | 1.05 | −0.12 | ||
Climate First | Leslie Jones | 55 | 0.19 | — | |||||
Conservative | Stephen Greenfield | 52 | 0.18 | −0.77 | 29 | 0.10 | −0.81 | ||
Māori Party | 123 | 0.41 | −0.15 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 71 | 0.24 | −0.06 | ||||||
United Future | 19 | 0.06 | −0.13 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 12 | 0.04 | 0.00 | ||||||
Mana Party | 12 | 0.04 | −1.92 [lower-alpha 2] | ||||||
Internet | 10 | 0.03 | −1.93 [lower-alpha 3] | ||||||
People's Party | 10 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
Outdoors | 8 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
Democrats | 4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | ||||||
Informal votes | 206 | 63 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 29,170 | 30,007 | |||||||
Turnout | 30,070 | 79.94 [6] | +1.39 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 1,519 | 5.21 | +3.01 |
2014 general election: Auckland Central [7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 12,494 | 45.84 | +0.44 | 12,652 | 44.93 | +2.70 | ||
Labour | Jacinda Ardern | 11,894 | 43.63 | +0.41 | 6,101 | 21.67 | -3.44 | ||
Green | Denise Roche | 2,080 | 7.63 | -1.13 | 6,242 | 22.17 | -0.63 | ||
Internet | Miriam Pierard | 270 | 0.99 | +0.99 | |||||
Conservative | Regan Monahan | 258 | 0.95 | +0.23 | 486 | 1.73 | +0.91 | ||
ACT | Dasha Kovalenko | 193 | 0.71 | +0.26 | 329 | 1.17 | -0.01 | ||
Climate | Peter Whitmore | 50 | 0.18 | +0.18 | |||||
Money Free | Jordan Osmaston | 19 | 0.07 | +0.07 | |||||
NZ First | 1,459 | 5.18 | +1.08 | ||||||
Internet Mana | 553 | 1.96 | +1.27 [lower-alpha 4] | ||||||
Māori Party | 158 | 0.56 | -1.08 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 85 | 0.30 | -0.12 | ||||||
United Future | 53 | 0.19 | -0.03 | ||||||
Civilian | 17 | 0.06 | +0.06 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 10 | 0.04 | +0.04 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 7 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Democrats | 3 | 0.01 | -0.58 | ||||||
Focus | 2 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 195 | 99 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 27,453 | 28,256 | |||||||
Turnout | 28,040 | 76.76 [8] | +1.47 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 600 | 2.20 | +0.04 |
2011 general election: Auckland Central [9] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 15,038 | 45.39 | +2.48 | 14,447 | 42.24 | +2.15 | ||
Labour | Jacinda Ardern | 14,321 | 43.23 | +4.69 | 8,590 | 25.11 | -9.44 | ||
Green | Denise Roche | 2,903 | 8.76 | -4.66 | 7,797 | 22.79 | +7.33 | ||
NZ First | Allen Davies | 412 | 1.24 | +1.24 | 1,403 | 4.10 | +1.81 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Greenfield | 238 | 0.72 | +0.72 | 280 | 0.82 | +0.82 | ||
ACT | David Seymour | 149 | 0.45 | -1.25 | 404 | 1.18 | -2.95 | ||
Human Rights | Anthony van den Heuval | 68 | 0.21 | +0.01 | |||||
Māori Party | 562 | 1.64 | +0.71 | ||||||
Mana | 237 | 0.69 | +0.69 | ||||||
Democrats | 202 | 0.59 | +0.56 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 146 | 0.43 | +0.14 | ||||||
United Future | 75 | 0.22 | -0.46 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 53 | 0.15 | +0.08 | ||||||
Alliance | 10 | 0.03 | -0.002 | ||||||
Informal votes | 352 | 164 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 33,129 | 34,206 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 717 | 2.16 | -2.21 |
2008 general election: Auckland Central [10] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Nikki Kaye | 14,677 | 42.91 | +9.81 | 14,112 | 40.08 | +6.36 | ||
Labour | ![]() | 13,180 | 38.53 | -5.36 | 12,166 | 34.55 | -10.68 | ||
Green | Denise Roche | 4,592 | 13.43 | -1.38 | 5,446 | 15.47 | +2.49 | ||
ACT | Scott Uren | 581 | 1.70 | +0.15 | 1,456 | 4.14 | +2.35 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | Kevin O'Connell | 349 | 1.02 | – | 101 | 0.29 | +0.12 | ||
Progressive | Justin Robson | 274 | 0.80 | +0.06 | 226 | 0.64 | -0.17 | ||
RAM | Oliver Woods | 132 | 0.39 | – | 16 | 0.05 | – | ||
United Future | Aaron Galey-Young | 128 | 0.37 | -0.91 | 168 | 0.48 | -0.82 | ||
Independent | Thomas Forde | 84 | 0.25 | -0.01 | |||||
Independent | Stephen Greenfield | 68 | 0.20 | – | |||||
Human Rights | Anthony Ravlich | 67 | 0.20 | – | |||||
Alliance | Sarita Divis | 39 | 0.11 | – | 11 | 0.03 | -0.02 | ||
RONZ | Kerry Bevin | 32 | 0.09 | +0.00 | 10 | 0.03 | +0.02 | ||
NZ First | 806 | 2.29 | -0.55 | ||||||
Māori Party | 328 | 0.93 | +0.33 | ||||||
Bill and Ben | 132 | 0.37 | – | ||||||
Pacific | 73 | 0.21 | – | ||||||
Kiwi | 70 | 0.20 | – | ||||||
Family Party | 38 | 0.11 | – | ||||||
Libertarianz | 27 | 0.08 | +0.01 | ||||||
Workers Party | 12 | 0.03 | – | ||||||
Democrats | 10 | 0.03 | +0.00 | ||||||
Informal votes | 290 | 101 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 34,203 | 35,208 | |||||||
National gain from Labour | Majority | 1,497 | 4.38 | -6.42 |
2005 general election: Auckland Central [11] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | ![]() | 15,794 | 43.89 | +0.56 | 16,639 | 45.24 | |||
National | Pansy Wong | 11,910 | 33.10 | +6.73 | 12,403 | 33.72 | |||
Green | Nándor Tánczos | 5,327 | 14.80 | 4,775 | 12.98 | ||||
NZ First | Susan Baragwanath | 996 | 2.77 | 1,044 | 2.84 | ||||
ACT | Helen Simpson | 559 | 1.55 | 658 | 1.79 | ||||
United Future | Steve Taylor | 461 | 1.28 | 477 | 1.30 | ||||
Māori Party | Bronwyn Yates | 330 | 0.92 | 223 | 0.61 | ||||
Progressive | Petronella Townsend | 266 | 0.74 | 297 | 0.81 | ||||
Destiny | Maureen Vincent | 150 | 0.42 | 80 | 0.22 | ||||
Independent | Thomas Forde | 91 | 0.25 | ||||||
Direct Democracy | Dilip Rupa | 69 | 0.19 | 15 | 0.04 | ||||
RONZ | Alan Candy | 32 | 0.09 | 3 | 0.01 | ||||
Legalise Cannabis | 61 | 0.17 | |||||||
Christian Heritage | 29 | 0.08 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 25 | 0.07 | |||||||
Alliance | 19 | 0.05 | |||||||
Family Rights | 13 | 0.04 | |||||||
Democrats | 10 | 0.03 | |||||||
99 MP | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
One NZ | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 292 | 115 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 35,985 | 36,781 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 3,884 | 10.79 | -6.17 |
2002 general election: Auckland Central [12] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | ![]() | 13,298 | 43.33 | 13,929 | 44.10 | ||||
National | Pansy Wong | 8,093 | 26.37 | 4,748 | 15.03 | ||||
Green | Nándor Tánczos | 6,212 | 20.24 | 4,990 | 15.80 | ||||
ACT | Lech Beltowski | 1,223 | 3.98 | 3,358 | 10.63 | ||||
United Future | Steve Taylor | 770 | 2.51 | 1,266 | 4.01 | ||||
Alliance | Mike Treen | 365 | 1.19 | 513 | 1.62 | ||||
Progressive | Vivienne Shepherd | 333 | 1.08 | 468 | 1.48 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Sean Michael Reynolds | 235 | 0.77 | 163 | 0.52 | ||||
Independent | Neil Head | 97 | 0.32 | ||||||
Independent | Anthony Van Den Heuvel | 66 | 0.22 | ||||||
NZ First | 1,809 | 5.73 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 164 | 0.52 | |||||||
ORNZ | 137 | 0.43 | |||||||
Mana Māori Movement | 20 | 0.06 | |||||||
One NZ | 15 | 0.05 | |||||||
NMP | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 357 | 89 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 30,692 | 31,583 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 5,205 | 16.96 |
1999 general election: Auckland Central [13] [14] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | ![]() | 12,645 | 38.74 | 13,647 | 41.50 | ||||
National | Martin Poulsen | 7,360 | 22.55 | 7,747 | 23.56 | ||||
Alliance | Sandra Lee | 6,129 | 18.78 | 2,321 | 7.06 | ||||
Green | Nándor Tánczos | 3,057 | 9.37 | 4,235 | 12.88 | ||||
ACT | Donna Awatere Huata | 2,301 | 7.05 | 2,929 | 8.91 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Dick Holland | 435 | 1.33 | 332 | 1.01 | ||||
NZ First | Dilip Rupa | 380 | 1.16 | 671 | 2.04 | ||||
Blokes Liberation Front | Pieter de Jonge | 169 | 0.52 | ||||||
Mana Māori Movement | Tame Iti | 83 | 0.25 | 19 | 0.06 | ||||
South Island | Gerry Campbell | 43 | 0.13 | 7 | 0.02 | ||||
Communist League | Terence Coggan | 38 | 0.12 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 296 | 0.90 | |||||||
Christian Democrats | 150 | 0.46 | |||||||
United NZ | 130 | 0.40 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 124 | 0.38 | |||||||
Mauri Pacific | 108 | 0.33 | |||||||
Animals First | 58 | 0.18 | |||||||
McGillicuddy Serious | 52 | 0.16 | |||||||
Natural Law | 27 | 0.08 | |||||||
One NZ | 17 | 0.05 | |||||||
NMP | 9 | 0.03 | |||||||
People's Choice Party | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Freedom Movement | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||
Republican | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | |||||||||
Total Valid votes | 32,640 | 32,885 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 5,285 | 16.19 |
1996 general election: Auckland Central [15] [16] [17] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | ![]() | 12,219 | 36.57 | 12,465 | 37.14 | ||||
Alliance | ![]() | 8,866 | 26.53 | 3,855 | 11.49 | ||||
National | Shane Frith | 7,462 | 22.33 | 8,945 | 26.65 | ||||
ACT | Rodney Hide | 1,848 | 5.53 | 3,393 | 10.11 | ||||
NZ First | Richard Whittaker | 1,565 | 4.68 | 2,307 | 6.87 | ||||
Christian Coalition | Barrie Patterson | 398 | 1.19 | 598 | 1.78 | ||||
Progressive Green | Laurence Boomert | 326 | 0.98 | 229 | 0.68 | ||||
McGillicuddy Serious | Alistair Ramsden | 226 | 0.68 | 129 | 0.38 | ||||
Green Society | Simon Reeves | 175 | 0.52 | 110 | 0.33 | ||||
Blokes Liberation Front | Chris Brady | 139 | 0.42 | ||||||
Natural Law | Mark Watts | 108 | 0.32 | 70 | 0.21 | ||||
Independent | Peter de Jonge | 27 | 0.08 | ||||||
Citizens Party | Wayne Young | 18 | 0.05 | ||||||
Independent | Lynne Robertson | 13 | 0.04 | ||||||
Independent | Adam Le Lievre | 10 | 0.03 | ||||||
Independent | Victor Bryers | 7 | 0.02 | ||||||
Republican | Duane Sutton | 7 | 0.02 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 1,003 | 2.99 | |||||||
United NZ | 199 | 0.59 | |||||||
Animals First | 90 | 0.27 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 41 | 0.12 | |||||||
Ethnic Minority Party | 40 | 0.12 | |||||||
Mana Māori Movement | 32 | 0.10 | |||||||
Asia Pacific United | 21 | 0.06 | |||||||
Advance New Zealand | 14 | 0.04 | |||||||
Superannuitants & Youth | 14 | 0.04 | |||||||
Conservatives | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
Te Tawharau | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 286 | 137 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 33,414 | 33,563 | |||||||
Labour gain from Alliance | Majority | 3,353 | 9.99 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | Sandra Lee | 8,106 | 33.20 | ||
Labour | Richard Prebble | 6,815 | 27.91 | -16.14 | |
National | Arthur Anae | 4,242 | 17.37 | ||
NZ First | Honoria Gray | 967 | 3.96 | ||
Christian Heritage | Arnold Kennedy | 210 | 0.86 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | Graeme Minchin | 206 | 0.84 | ||
Natural Law | Gillian Sanson | 74 | 0.30 | ||
Blokes Liberation Front | Pete Millett | 57 | 0.23 | ||
Communist League | James Robb | 32 | 0.13 | ||
Majority | 1,291 | 5.28 | |||
Turnout | 20,709 | 84.82 | +3.52 | ||
Registered electors | 24,414 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Prebble | 7,876 | 44.05 | -21.20 | |
National | Kathryn Hill | 4,599 | 25.72 | ||
Green | Mike Johnson | 3,089 | 17.27 | ||
NewLabour | Cliff Robinson | 1,550 | 8.66 | ||
Legalise Marijuana | Mike Finlayson | 292 | 1.63 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | Vince Terreni | 189 | 1.05 | +0.06 | |
Democrats | Byrt Jordan | 181 | 1.01 | -1.65 | |
Blokes Liberation Front | Chris Brady | 74 | 0.41 | ||
Communist League | Russell Johnson | 28 | 0.15 | ||
Majority | 3,277 | 18.32 | -24.00 | ||
Turnout | 17,878 | 81.30 | -3.79 | ||
Registered electors | 21,990 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Prebble | 11,259 | 65.25 | +2.79 | |
National | Stephen Mayer | 3,904 | 22.62 | ||
Left Alternative | Joce Jesson | 1,090 | 6.31 | ||
Democrats | Byrt Jordan | 459 | 2.66 | ||
Independent | Herb Bickley | 262 | 1.51 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | Vince Terreni | 172 | 0.99 | ||
NZ Party | A C Dunn | 109 | 0.63 | ||
Majority | 7,355 | 42.62 | -1.65 | ||
Turnout | 17,255 | 85.09 | -3.26 | ||
Registered electors | 20,278 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Prebble | 12,522 | 62.46 | +1.28 | |
National | Maureen Eardley-Wilmot | 3,646 | 18.18 | ||
NZ Party | Mark Sapsford | 2,571 | 12.82 | ||
Social Credit | Ian Andrews | 751 | 3.74 | ||
Women's | Lyn Cotman | 253 | 1.26 | ||
Values | Carlton D. Cowan | 208 | 1.03 | ||
Cheer Up | Vince Terreni | 95 | 0.47 | -0.69 | |
Majority | 8,876 | 44.27 | +7.32 | ||
Turnout | 20,046 | 88.35 | +3.04 | ||
Registered electors | 22,689 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Prebble | 10,952 | 61.18 | +2.76 | |
National | Dorice Reid | 4,338 | 24.23 | ||
Social Credit | Bruce Sheppard | 2,401 | 13.41 | ||
Cheer Up | Vince Terreni | 208 | 1.16 | ||
Majority | 6,614 | 36.95 | + | ||
Turnout | 17,899 | 85.31 | +36.62 | ||
Registered electors | 20,980 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Prebble | 9,603 | 58.42 | +16.07 | |
National | Mairehau Tui Cole | 4,319 | 26.27 | ||
Social Credit | Martin Hine | 1,683 | 10.23 | ||
Values | Keith Charles Langton | 704 | 4.28 | ||
Independent Labour | Barry Shaw | 65 | 0.39 | +0.17 | |
Socialist Action | Brigid Mulrennan | 62 | 0.37 | +0.08 | |
Majority | 5,284 | 32.14 | +30.26 | ||
Turnout | 16,436 | 48.69 | -18.08 | ||
Registered electors | 33,755 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Prebble | 6,506 | 42.35 | ||
National | Murray McCully | 6,217 | 40.46 | ||
Values | Reg Clough | 1,939 | 12.62 | ||
Social Credit | Allan Donovan | 410 | 2.66 | -2.81 | |
Christian Democratic | Tom Weal | 172 | 1.11 | ||
Socialist Action | Brigid Mulrennan | 46 | 0.29 | ||
Liberal | Peter Blakeborough | 37 | 0.24 | ||
Independent Labour | Barry Shaw | 35 | 0.22 | ||
Majority | 289 | 1.88 | |||
Turnout | 15,362 | 66.77 | -14.47 | ||
Registered electors | 23,005 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Norman Douglas | 7,105 | 50.75 | -0.26 | |
National | Clive Edwards | 5,096 | 36.40 | -9.24 | |
Values | Dave Hopkinson | 878 | 6.27 | ||
Social Credit | Allan Donovan | 767 | 5.47 | ||
Independent Labour | Gordon Ingham | 101 | 0.72 | ||
New Democratic | Michael Pinkey | 53 | 0.37 | ||
Majority | 2,009 | 14.35 | +5.99 | ||
Turnout | 14,000 | 81.24 | -3.43 | ||
Registered electors | 17,232 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Norman Douglas | 6,851 | 51.01 | -6.09 | |
National | Clive Edwards | 5,727 | 42.64 | ||
Social Credit | Donald Bernard Guilford | 507 | 3.77 | ||
Independent Labour | Owen Gager | 164 | 1.22 | ||
Independent | Esther James | 130 | 0.96 | ||
Communist | Ralph Hegman | 50 | 0.37 | ||
Majority | 1,124 | 8.36 | -15.61 | ||
Turnout | 13,429 | 84.67 | +8.46 | ||
Registered electors | 15,860 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Norman Douglas | 6,103 | 57.10 | -1.35 | |
National | Marie Quinn | 3,541 | 33.13 | ||
Social Credit | John Reginald Burke | 1,043 | 9.75 | ||
Majority | 2,562 | 23.97 | -0.44 | ||
Turnout | 10,687 | 76.21 | -6.88 | ||
Registered electors | 14,022 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Norman Douglas | 7,727 | 58.45 | +4.15 | |
National | John Strevens | 4,500 | 34.04 | ||
Social Credit | Maxwell Rickard | 563 | 4.25 | ||
Liberal | David Anthony Hannay | 273 | 2.06 | ||
Communist | Dick Wolf | 155 | 1.17 | ||
Majority | 3,227 | 24.41 | +9.92 | ||
Turnout | 13,218 | 83.09 | +2.00 | ||
Registered electors | 15,907 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Douglas | 6,915 | 54.30 | ||
National | Ray Presland | 5,069 | 39.80 | ||
Social Credit | Lloyd Bishop Liddle | 586 | 4.60 | -0.45 | |
Communist | Peter McAra | 164 | 1.28 | ||
Majority | 1,846 | 14.49 | |||
Turnout | 12,734 | 81.09 | -8.88 | ||
Registered electors | 15,702 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Anderton | 9,144 | 60.15 | -3.63 | |
National | Aileen Joyce | 5,288 | 34.78 | ||
Social Credit | Lloyd Bishop Liddle | 768 | 5.05 | ||
Majority | 3,856 | 25.36 | -9.48 | ||
Turnout | 15,200 | 89.97 | +7.20 | ||
Registered electors | 16,894 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Anderton | 7,493 | 63.78 | +1.33 | |
National | John Weir Stewart | 3,400 | 28.94 | ||
Social Credit | Alfred Humphries Gilbert | 681 | 5.79 | ||
Communist | Vic Wilcox | 173 | 1.47 | ||
Majority | 4,093 | 34.84 | +8.28 | ||
Turnout | 11,747 | 82.77 | +3.14 | ||
Registered electors | 14,192 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Anderton | 5,097 | 62.45 | -1.02 | |
National | Peter Hillyer | 2,929 | 35.89 | ||
Communist | Johnny Mitchell | 135 | 1.65 | -0.91 | |
Majority | 2,168 | 26.56 | -3.74 | ||
Turnout | 8,161 | 79.63 | -13.78 | ||
Registered electors | 10,248 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Anderton | 5,863 | 63.47 | -3.49 | |
National | Leonard Bradley | 3,064 | 33.17 | ||
Communist | Johnny Mitchell | 237 | 2.56 | ||
Independent | H K Jones | 73 | 0.79 | ||
Majority | 2,799 | 30.30 | -3.62 | ||
Turnout | 9,237 | 93.41 | +2.80 | ||
Registered electors | 9,888 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Anderton | 6,865 | 66.96 | ||
National | Leon Götz | 3,387 | 33.03 | ||
Majority | 3,478 | 33.92 | |||
Turnout | 10,252 | 90.61 | +3.22 | ||
Registered electors | 11,314 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Parry | 8,022 | 63.03 | -8.08 | |
National | William George Stanley Swabey | 3,253 | 25.55 | ||
Democratic Labour | Lawrence Allen Wheatley | 892 | 7.00 | ||
Independent | Donald Wallace MacClure | 389 | 3.05 | ||
Majority | 4,769 | 37.47 | -5.83 | ||
Turnout | 12,727 | 87.39 | -0.07 | ||
Registered electors | 14,562 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Parry | 10,151 | 71.11 | -3.81 | |
National | Clifford Reid Dodd | 3,970 | 27.81 | +10.66 | |
Informal votes | 153 | 1.07 | -0.85 | ||
Majority | 6,181 | 43.30 | -14.46 | ||
Turnout | 14,274 | 87.46 | +1.49 | ||
Registered electors | 16,320 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Parry | 6,871 | 74.92 | +2.45 | |
Democrat | Clifford Reid Dodd | 1,573 | 17.15 | ||
Liberal–Labour | John Lundon | 284 | 3.09 | ||
Independent | George Mullenger [nb 1] | 264 | 2.87 | ||
Communist | Tom Stanley | 179 | 1.95 | ||
Informal votes | 177 | 1.92 | +0.88 | ||
Majority | 5,298 | 57.76 | +6.69 | ||
Turnout | 9,171 | 85.97 | +15.86 | ||
Registered electors | 10,667 |
Table footnotes:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Parry | 5,382 | 72.47 | +12.47 | |
United | Harold Penfound Congdon | 1,589 | 21.39 | ||
Communist | Jim Edwards [32] | 456 | 6.14 | ||
Majority | 3,793 | 51.07 | +19.60 | ||
Informal votes | 78 | 1.04 | -0.87 | ||
Turnout | 7,505 | 70.11 | -9.81 | ||
Registered electors | 10,705 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Parry | 5,765 | 60.00 | -4.20 | |
United | William Hewitt | 2,741 | 28.53 | ||
Reform | Frederick John Lysnar | 822 | 8.55 | ||
Independent | James Joiner | 281 | 2.92 | ||
Majority | 3,024 | 31.47 | -8.15 | ||
Informal votes | 187 | 1.91 | 0.89 | ||
Turnout | 9,796 | 79.92 | -6.92 | ||
Registered electors | 12,257 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bill Parry | 5,672 | 64.20 | ||
Reform | Charles Augustus Wilson | 2,172 | 24.58 | ||
Liberal | Frederick Stanley Morton | 991 | 11.22 | ||
Majority | 3,500 | 39.62 | |||
Informal votes | 91 | 1.02 | |||
Turnout | 8,926 | 86.84 | |||
Registered electors | 10,279 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Albert Glover | 4,053 | 56.93 | +3.73 | |
Social Democrat | Michael Joseph Savage | 1,751 | 24.59 | +1.01 | |
Reform | William Richardson | 1,315 | 18.47 | +10.60 | |
Informal votes | 100 | 1.40 | |||
Majority | 2,302 | 32.33 | |||
Turnout | 7,119 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Albert Glover | 4,061 | 53.20 | -10.87 | |
Socialist | Michael Joseph Savage | 1,800 | 23.58 | ||
Independent | James Gleeson | 1,171 | 15.34 | ||
Reform | William Richardson | 601 | 7.87 | ||
Informal votes | 99 | 1.29 | -0.92 | ||
Majority | 2,261 | 29.62 | -10.56 | ||
Turnout | 7,633 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Albert Glover | 4,050 | 64.07 | ||
Liberal | Alfred Kidd | 1,510 | 23.88 | -29.46 | |
Ind. Labour League | Arthur Rosser | 621 | 9.82 | ||
Informal votes | 140 | 2.21 | -0.79 | ||
Majority | 2,540 | 40.18 | |||
Turnout | 6,321 | 71.78 | -6.20 | ||
Registered electors | 8,806 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Kidd | 2,701 | 53.34 | ||
Conservative | Lemuel Bagnall | 1,762 | 34.80 | ||
Ind. Labour League | James Aggers | 360 | 7.11 | ||
Independent | Samuel Alexander Tilly | 51 | 1.00 | ||
Conservative | Albert Penn Bradly | 37 | 0.73 | ||
Informal votes | 152 | 3.00 | |||
Majority | 939 | 18.54 | |||
Turnout | 5,063 | 77.98 | |||
Registered electors | 6,492 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Grey | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,782 |
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