Candidates in the 2020 New Zealand general election by electorate

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This page lists candidates contesting electorates in the 2020 New Zealand general election.

General electorates

Auckland Central

2020 general election: Auckland Central
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Opportunities	Tuariki Delamere	NZ First/Te Tawharau MP for Te Tai Rawhiti, 1996–1999	6	[1]
	TEA	Dominic Hoffman Dervan		6	[2]
	Independent	Joshua Love	Originally selected as the Opportunities Party candidate		[3]
	NZ First	Jenny Marcroft	Contested Tāmaki in 2017	17	[4]
	National	Emma Mellow		66	[5]
	ACT	Felix Poole		50	[6]
	Independent	Chris Sadler			[7]
	New Conservative	Kevin Stitt	Contested Māngere in 2017		[7]
	Green	Chlöe Swarbrick	Contested Maungakiekie in 2017	3	[8] [9]
	Sustainable NZ	Vernon Tava	Contested Northcote for Greens in 2011; unsuccessfully sought National nomination to contest Northcote in 2018 by-election	1	[10]
	Labour	Helen White	Contested electorate in 2017; is next on the Labour list should a vacancy occur	48	[11]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ACT	Kartini Clarke			[12]
	National	Nikki Kaye	Was re-selected, but later chose to retire		[13]

Banks Peninsula

2020 general election: Banks Peninsula [14] [15]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Opportunities	Ben Atkinson		7	[16]
	National	Catherine Chu		46	[17]
	ACT	David Fox	Contested Port Hills in 2017	30	[6]
	New Conservative	Caleb Honiss			[18]
	Labour	Tracey McLellan		53	[19]
	NZ First	Denis O'Rourke	List MP, 2011–2017; contested Port Hills in 2017	10	[20]
	Green	Eugenie Sage	Contested Port Hills in 2017	6	[9]
	Advance NZ	Tiamara Williams		5	[21]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Libertarian Party NZ	Jessica Bailey	Announced, but not on final list of candidates		[22]
	Labour	Ruth Dyson			[23]

Bay of Plenty

2020 general election: Bay of Plenty
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Bruce Carley	Contested electorate in 2017	14	[6]
	Legalise Cannabis	Christopher Coker		11	[24]
	New Conservative	Margaret Colmore		22	[18]
	ONE	Sharon Devery		22	[25]
	Green	Pete Huggins			[26]
	Opportunities	Chris Jenkins		15	[16]
	NZ First	Tricia Lawrence		18	[27]
	Advance NZ	Angela Moncur		52	[21]
	National	Todd Muller		8	[28]
	Labour	Angie Warren-Clark	Contested electorate in 2017	35	[29]

Botany

2020 general election: Botany
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Naisi Chen	Contested East Coast Bays in 2017	38	[30]
	New Conservative	Dieuwe de Boer		9	[18]
	Sustainable NZ	Peter Fleming		6	[31]
	National	Christopher Luxon		61	[32]
	ACT	Damien Smith		10	[6]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	New Conservative	Elliot Ikilei	Contesting Takanini instead.		[18]
	Advance NZ	Jami-Lee Ross	National MP from 2011 by-election until leaving the party in 2018; initially sought to retain seat but now contesting list only		[33] [34]

Christchurch Central

Christchurch Central candidates' meeting (from left): Carole Church (Advance NZ), Mark Arneil (NZ First), David Bennett (Green Party; candidate in the Ilam electorate who stood in for Chrys Horn), Dale Stephens (National), Duncan Webb (Labour), Michael Britnell (Legalise Cannabis), Benjamin Price (New Conservative), and Hayden Laurie (Independent)

2020 general election: Christchurch Central
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Mark Arneil		14	[20]
	Legalise Cannabis	Michael Britnell	Contested Christchurch East in 2011	3	[24]
	Advance NZ	Carole Church		50	[21]
	Green	Chrys Horn	Contested Selwyn in 2017	33	[35]
	ACT	Abigail Johnson		38	[6]
	Independent	Hayden Laurie			[36]
	New Conservative	Benjamin Price	Contested Waimakariri in 2017	21	[18]
	National	Dale Stephens	Contested Ohariu-Belmont in 2002	29	[37]
	Labour	Duncan Webb		43	[38]
	ONE	Ken Webb			[25]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ONE	Paula Eason	Contesting Christchurch East instead		[25] [39]

Christchurch East

2020 general election: Christchurch East
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Nikki Berry	Contested Waimakariri in 2017	26	[40]
	ONE	Paula Eason		23	[25]
	New Conservative	Helen Houghton		6	[18]
	Legalise Cannabis	Paula Lambert	Contested electorate in 2017	4	[24]
	Advance NZ	Glen McConnell		17	[21]
	National	Lincoln Platt		53	[41]
	ACT	Toni Severin	Contested electorate in 2017	9	[6]
	Outdoors	Charlotte Staples		18	[42]
	Labour	Poto Williams		21	[43]

Coromandel

2020 general election: Coromandel
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Nathaniel Blomfield	Contested electorate in 2017	76	[44]
	Advance NZ	Tony Brljevich		15	[45]
	New Conservative	Michael Egleton			[18]
	Green	Pamela Grealey		32	[46]
	Outdoors	Steve Hart		19	[42]
	Opportunities	Rob Hunter		13	[16]
	ACT	David Olsen		47	[47]
	National	Scott Simpson		10	[48]
	Not A Party	Bob Wessex	Contested Wellington Central in 2017		[49]

Dunedin

2020 general election: Dunedin
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Social Credit	Zariah Anjaiya-Winder		15	[50]
	Green	Jack Brazil		20	[51] [9]
	Labour	David Clark		16	[51]
	NZ First	Robert Griffith		20	[27]
	New Conservative	Solomon King			[18]
	Opportunities	Benjamin Peters		5	[16]
	ACT	Callum Steele-Macintosh		52	[6]
	National	Michael Woodhouse	Contested Dunedin North in 2017	12	[51]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ONE	Stan Smith	Contesting Taieri instead		[25] [39]

East Coast

2020 general election: East Coast
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Meredith Akuhata-Brown			[52]
	Labour	Kiri Allan	Contested electorate in 2017	25	[53]
	Advance NZ	Jennie Brown	Initially selected as Outdoors Party candidate [54]	16	[21]
	ONE	Veronica King		17	[25]
	New Conservative	Helena Nickerson		14	[18]
	National	Tania Tapsell		64	[55]
	ACT	Blake Webb		53	[6]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Anne Tolley	Was planning on contesting list only, later retired completely		[56] [57]

East Coast Bays

2020 general election: East Coast Bays
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Monina Hernandez		73	[58]
	Green	Daniel Jones		34	[59]
	Outdoors	Marius Koekemoer		11	[42]
	TEA	Susanna Kruger	Contested Epsom as an independent in 2014	2	[2]
	ACT	Michael McCook		44	[6]
	National	Erica Stanford		39	[60]
	New Conservative	Matthew Webster	Contested Northcote in 2014		[18]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	New Conservative	Dennis Knox	Initially announced but later withdrew		[18]

Epsom

2020 general election: Epsom
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Advance NZ	Faith-Joy Aaron		55	[21]
	Labour	Camilla Belich		30	[61]
	Opportunities	Adriana Christie		9	[16]
	National	Paul Goldsmith	Contested electorate in 2017	3	[62]
	Not A Party	Finn Harris			[49]
	TEA	Noel Jiang		5	[2]
	Green	Kyle MacDonald		14	[63] [9]
	Outdoors	Maia Prochazka		28	[42]
	ACT	David Seymour		1	[6]
	New Conservative	Norman Sutton			[64]
	Sustainable NZ	Shannon Withers		5	[65]

Hamilton East

2020 general election: Hamilton East
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	David Bennett		11	[66]
	Green	Rimu Bhooi		27	[67]
	Independent	Matt Coleman			[68]
	ACT	Myah Deedman		17	[6]
	RONZ	Jack Gielen	Contested electorate in 2017		[69]
	Advance NZ	Siggi Henry		27	[70]
	NZ First	Stu Husband	Contested Waikato in 2017	16	[71]
	New Conservative	Julie Manders			[18]
	Vision NZ	Destry Murphy		2	[72]
	Opportunities	Naomi Pocock		8	[16]
	Labour	Jamie Strange	Contested electorate in 2017	40	[73] [66]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Social Credit	Mischele Rhodes	Announced, but not on final list of candidates; also intended to contest electorate in 2017		[50]

Hamilton West

2020 general election: Hamilton West
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Opportunities	Hayden Cargo		20	[16]
	New Conservative	Rudi Du Plooy			[18]
	ONE	Te Rongopai Heta		34	[25]
	National	Tim Macindoe		23	[66]
	Outdoors	Chloe Mansfield		21	[42]
	Advance NZ	Cherie Ormsby-Kingi		25	[21]
	Labour	Gaurav Sharma	Contested electorate in 2017	63	[74]
	ACT	Roger Weldon		54	[6]

Hutt South

2020 general election: Hutt South
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Ginny Andersen	Contested electorate in 2017	45	[75]
	Outdoors	Wilf Bearman-Riedel	Contested electorate in 2017	5	[42]
	NZ First	Mahesh Bindra	List MP, 2014–2017; contested Mount Roskill in 2017	12	[27]
	National	Chris Bishop		7	[76]
	Advance NZ	Mishaela Daken	Initially selected as Outdoors Party candidate for Wellington Central [77]	23	[21]
	New Conservative	Roger Earp		10	[18]
	Green	Richard McIntosh		23	[9]
	ACT	Andy Parkins	Contested electorate in 2017	20	[6]
	ONE	Edward Shanly		2	[25]
	Vision NZ	Paris Winiata		5	[78]
	Opportunities	Ben Wylie-van Eerd		14	[16]

Ilam

Ilam candidates' meeting (from left): Toni Pengelly (Advance NZ), David Bennett (Green), Sarah Pallett (Labour), Simon Walmisley (New Conservative), Heidi Jensen-Warren (Outdoors), and Ben Atkinson (Opportunities; standing in for the party as their Ilam candidate has withdrawn)

2020 general election: Ilam
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	David Bennett			[59] [79]
	National	Gerry Brownlee		2	[80]
	ACT	Paul Gilbert	Contested electorate in 2017	33	[6]
	Outdoors	Heidi Jensen-Warren		6	[42]
	Labour	Sarah Pallett		62	[81]
	Advance NZ	Toni Pengelly		18	[21]
	New Conservative	Simon Walmisley			[18]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Legalise Cannabis	Blair Anderson	Announced, but not on final list of candidates		[24]
	Opportunities	Doug Hill	Announced, but not on final list of candidates; contested Christchurch Central in 2017		[16]

Invercargill

2020 general election: Invercargill
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Social Credit	Winsome Aroha		8	[50]
	Labour	Liz Craig	Contested electorate in 2017	41	[82]
	Green	Rochelle Francis	Contested electorate in 2017		[83]
	NZ First	Joshua Gunn		15	[71]
	Independent	Zy Hayden			[84]
	New Conservative	Josh Honiss			[18]
	Advance NZ	Kurt Rohloff		54	[85]
	National	Penny Simmonds		63	[86]
	Independent	Basil Walker	Initially selected as ACT candidate for Southland		[87]
	ONE	Jackie West		14	[25]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Sarah Dowie	Was re-selected, but later chose to retire		[88]

Kaikōura

2020 general election: Kaikōura
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Jamie Arbuckle	Contested electorate in 2017	13	[20]
	Money Free Party	Prince Bhavik			[89]
	ACT	Richard Evans	Contested electorate in 2017	27	[6]
	Labour	Matt Flight		78	[90]
	New Conservative	David Greenslade	Contested electorate in 2017		[18]
	Independent	Ted Howard	Contested electorate for Money Free in 2014		[89]
	Social Credit	John McCaskey	Contested electorate in 2017	22	[50]
	Green	Richard McCubbin	Contested electorate in 2017	35	[91]
	ONE	Don Moore	Contested electorate for Christian Heritage in 2002	7	[25]
	Outdoors	Darlene Morgan		4	[42]
	Advance NZ	Lisa Romana		57	[89]
	National	Stuart Smith		32	[60]

Kaipara ki Mahurangi

2020 general election: Kaipara ki Mahurangi
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	New Conservative	Pauline Berry			[92]
	Green	Zephyr Brown		28	[59]
	Independent	David Ford			[92]
	ACT	Beth Houlbrooke	Contested Rodney in 2014	12	[6]
	Labour	Marja Lubeck	Contested Rodney in 2017	34	[93]
	Social Credit	Callan Neylon		11	[50]
	National	Chris Penk		41	[94]
	ONE	Richard Reeves		35	[25]
	NZ First	Brenda Steele		26	[71]

Kelston

2020 general election: Kelston
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Bala Beeram	Contested electorate in 2017	52	[95]
	Trump New Zealand Party	Kevin Brett			[96]
	NZ First	Anne Degia-Pala	Contested electorate in 2017	24	[71]
	Green	Jessamine Fraser			[59]
	Social Credit	Jason Jobsis	Contested Tauranga in 2017	6	[50]
	Advance NZ	Maureen Kumeroa		43	[21]
	ONE	Faye Lavaka Tangipa		13	[25]
	Legalise Cannabis	Jeff Lye	Contested electorate in 2017	9	[96]
	ACT	Matthew Percival		48	[6]
	Labour	Carmel Sepuloni		8	[97]
	New Conservative	Leao Tildsley			[18]

Mana

2020 general election: Mana
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	New Conservative	Roy Barry	Contested electorate in 2014		[98]
	Integrity	Helen Cartwright			[99]
	Labour	Barbara Edmonds		49	[100]
	Not A Party	Richard Goode	Contested electorate in 2017		[49]
	ONE	Stephanie Harawira		1	[25]
	National	Jo Hayes	Contested Christchurch East in 2017	44	[101]
	Attica	Mike Iles			[102]
	Green	Jan Logie	Contested electorate in 2017	5	[9]
	Independent	Gordon Marshall	Contested electorate in 2017		[98]
	Advance NZ	Edward Ponder		61	[21]
	Progressive Aotearoa	Michael Walker			[103]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Kris Faafoi	Contesting list only		[104]

Māngere

2020 general election: Māngere
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	New Conservative	Fuiavailili Ala'ilima		18	[18]
	Social Credit	Grant Crowther		20	[105]
	Climate First	Leslie Jones	Contested Auckland Central in 2017		[105]
	National	Agnes Loheni	Contested electorate in 2017	28	[106]
	Independent	Wayne Tetou Nooroa			[105]
	Labour	Aupito William Sio		20	[107]
	Green	Peter Sykes			[108]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Advance NZ	Juricz Blackman	Announced, but not on final list of candidates		[21]

Manurewa

2020 general election: Manurewa
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	TEA	Wella Bernardo		9	[2]
	NZ First	John Hall	Contested electorate in 2017	25	[20]
	Advance NZ	Linda Jackson		53	[21]
	Independent	Luella Linaker			[109]
	New Conservative	Mote Pahulu			[18]
	National	Nuwanthie Samarakone	Following selection, unsuccessfully sought to be selected in Auckland Central instead [110]	55	[106]
	ONE	Rattan Singh		20	[109]
	Green	Lourdes Vano		15	[111] [9]
	Communist League	Annalucia Vermunt	Contested Manukau East in 2014		[112]
	Vision NZ	Sonny Wilcox		3	[113]
	Labour	Arena Williams	Contested Hunua in 2014	58	[100]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ONE	Stephanie Harawira	Contesting Mana instead		[25]
	ACT	Dave King	Contesting Port Waikato instead	19	[6]
	Labour	Louisa Wall	Contesting list only after withdrawing from selection process		[114]

Maungakiekie

2020 general election: Maungakiekie
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Tommy Fergusson	Contested Mount Albert in 2014	28	[6]
	New Conservative	Philip Holder			[115]
	National	Denise Lee		34	[116]
	Green	Ricardo Menéndez March	Contested Mount Roskill in 2017	10	[117] [9]
	Labour	Priyanca Radhakrishnan	Contested electorate in 2017	31	[118]

Mount Albert

2020 general election: Mount Albert
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Jacinda Ardern		1	[119]
	National	Melissa Lee	Contested electorate in 2017	16	[60]
	Opportunities	Cameron Lord		12	[16]
	New Conservative	Daniel Reurich			[120]
	Human Rights Party	Anthony van den Heuvel	Contested electorate in 2017		[120]
	Green	Luke Wijohn		18	[121] [9]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Public	Jeanette Wilson			[122]

Mount Roskill

2020 general election: Mount Roskill
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	TEA	Vishal Choksi		8	[2]
	Voice of the People	Warwick Frederikson			[123]
	Green	Golriz Ghahraman	Contested Te Atatū in 2017	7	[9]
	Social Credit	Cliff Hall		3	[50]
	New Conservative	Alister Hood			[18]
	ACT	Chris Johnston		39	[6]
	National	Parmjeet Parmar	Contested electorate in 2017	27	[60]
	ONE	Charlene Pehi		28	[25]
	Advance NZ	Anil Sharma		7	[21]
	Labour	Michael Wood		23	[124]

Napier

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2020 general election: Napier
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	New Conservative	Deborah Burnside	Sought National nomination in 2017	11	[18]
	Green	James Crow		21	[125] [9]
	Independent	Ian Gaskin	Contested Christchurch Central for United Future in 2017		[126]
	ACT	Judy Kendall		41	[6]
	Labour	Stuart Nash		12	[125]
	National	Katie Nimon		45	[127]
	Independent	John Smith			[128]

Nelson

2020 general election: Nelson
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Chris Baillie		4	[6]
	Labour	Rachel Boyack	Contested electorate in 2017	57	[129]
	ONE	Deon Claassens		3	[25]
	Progressive Aotearoa	Bruce Dyer			[103]
	Outdoors	Sue Grey		1	[130]
	New Conservative	Simon Gutschlag	Contested electorate in 2017		[18]
	Advance NZ	Ben Harris		9	[21]
	Opportunities	Mathew Pottinger		4	[16]
	National	Nick Smith		18	[131]
	Green	Aaron Stallard		41	[132]

New Lynn

2020 general election: New Lynn
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Steve Abel	Contested Māngere in 2002	11	[133] [9]
	ACT	Shawn Blanchfield		24	[6]
	Voice of the People	Paul Davie	Contested electorate for Conservatives in 2017		[134]
	Social Credit	Lisa Er	Contested Mount Roskill for Greens in 2008	13	[50]
	NZ First	Robert Gore		19	[27]
	ONE	Khurram Malik		29	[25]
	New Conservative	Victoria O'Brien		3	[18] [135]
	Advance NZ	Steve Oliver		49	[21]
	TEA	Smitaben Patel		11	[134]
	Labour	Deborah Russell		33	[136]
	National	Lisa Whyte		49	[137]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ONE	Carolyn Shanly			[25] [39]

New Plymouth

2020 general election: New Plymouth
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Glen Bennett		72	[138]
	New Conservative	Murray Chong	Contested electorate for NZ First in 2017	13	[139]
	Independent	Rusty Kane	Contested Tauranga in 2017		[140]
	Social Credit	Kath Lauderdale		5	[50]
	Opportunities	Dan Thurston-Crow	Contested Mount Albert in 2017	19	[16]
	Advance NZ	Rowena Wood		42	[21]
	ACT	Ada Xiao		57	[6]
	National	Jonathan Young		22	[141]

North Shore

2020 general election: North Shore
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	New Conservative	Mike Brewer		12	[18]
	Outdoors	Sue Dick		23	[42]
	Sustainable NZ	Mari Huusko		2	[65]
	Opportunities	Shai Navot		2	[16]
	Advance NZ	Megan Osborn		41	[21]
	Green	Liz Rawlings		38	[59]
	Labour	Romy Udanga	Contested electorate in 2017	70	[142]
	National	Simon Watts		65	[143]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Maggie Barry			[144]
	ONE	Edward Shanly	Contesting Hutt South instead		[25]

Northcote

2020 general election: Northcote
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Dan Bidois		43	[60]
	New Conservative	Bill Dyet			[18]
	Green	Natasha Fairley			[59]
	Labour	Shanan Halbert	Contested electorate in 2017 and 2018 by-election	51	[116]
	ACT	Tim Kronfeld	Contested electorate in 2017	43	[6]
	Sustainable NZ	Bevan Read		11	[65]
	Outdoors	Lynn Usmani		27	[42]

Northland

2020 general election: Northland
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	New Conservative	Trevor Barfoote			[18] [145]
	ACT	Mark Cameron		8	[6]
	Social Credit	Brad Flutey	Initially selected as Outdoors Party candidate	18	[146]
	Opportunities	Helen Jeremiah		21	[16]
	NZ First	Shane Jones	Contested Whangārei in 2017	4	[147]
	National	Matt King		40	[148]
	Outdoors	Michele Mitcalfe		17	[42]
	Advance NZ	Nathan Mitchell		14	[21]
	Labour	Willow-Jean Prime	Contested electorate in 2017	36	[149]
	Independent	Mike Shaw			[150]
	Green	Darleen Tana		42	[151]
	Harmony Network NZ	Sophia Xiao-Colley			[152]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	New Conservative	Melanie Taylor	Announced, but not on final list of candidates		[18]

Ōhāriu

2020 general election: Ōhāriu
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ONE	Allan Cawood		6	[25]
	ACT	Sean Fitzpatrick	Contested electorate in 2014	29	[6]
	Opportunities	Jessica Hammond	Contested electorate in 2017	3	[16]
	National	Brett Hudson	Contested electorate in 2017	36	[153]
	New Conservative	Philip Lynch	Contested Rimutaka in 2017		[18]
	NZ First	Tracey Martin	Contested Rodney in 2017	3	[154]
	Labour	Greg O'Connor		none	[155]
	Green	John Ranta		16	[9]
	Advance NZ	Jolene Smith		32	[156]
	Not A Party	Liam Walsh	Contested Northcote in 2018 by-election		[49]

Ōtaki

2020 general election: Ōtaki
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Tim Costley		59	[157]
	New Conservative	Martin Frauenstein	Contested Ilam in 2017	20	[18]
	ACT	Wayne Grattan	Contested electorate in 2017	35	[6]
	Attica	Michael Kay	Initially selected as Outdoors Party candidate		[158] [159]
	Green	Bernard Long			[160]
	Labour	Terisa Ngobi		65	[161]
	ONE	Pisa Seala		33	[162]
	Social Credit	Amanda Vickers	Contested electorate as an independent in 2014	2	[50]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Public	Michael Feyen			[163] [164]
	National	Nathan Guy			[165]

Pakuranga

2020 general election: Pakuranga
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Simeon Brown		37	[166]
	Labour	Nerissa Henry		77	[167]
	ACT	Mo Yee Poon		51	[168]
	New Conservative	Ian Sampson			[168]
	Sustainable NZ	Rachel Wood		4	[65]
	Green	Lawrence Xu-Nan		17	[9]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ACT	Stephen Berry	Contested East Coast Bays in 2017; withdrew for health reasons	9	[6] [169]

Palmerston North

2020 general election: Palmerston North
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Darroch Ball	Contested electorate in 2017	6	[170]
	Advance NZ	Sharon Lyon		10	[171]
	ACT	Jack Phillips		49	[6]
	New Conservative	David Poppelwell			[18]
	Green	Teanau Tuiono	Contested Manurewa in 2017	8	[172] [9]
	Labour	Tangi Utikere	Unsuccessfully sought Labour nomination for electorate in 2008	none	[173]
	National	William Wood		54	[174]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Iain Lees-Galloway	Initially re-selected but later chose to retire after losing his ministerial status

Panmure-Ōtāhuhu

2020 general election: Panmure-Ōtāhuhu
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi	Contested Manukau East in 2017	24	[175]
	Outdoors	Phil Bridge		15	[42]
	Communist League	Patrick Brown	Contested Mount Roskill in 2011		[176]
	New Conservative	Ted Johnston	Contested Manukau East in 2017 for The Opportunities Party		[18]
	Advance NZ	Bryn Jones		38	[21]
	Labour	Jenny Salesa		13	[177]
	Green	Mark Simiona		40	[178]

Papakura

2020 general election: Papakura
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	New Conservative	David Arvidson			[18]
	National	Judith Collins		1	[60]
	Green	Sue Cowie			[179]
	Labour	Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki		44	[180]
	NZ First	Robert Monds		27	[71]
	Advance NZ	Vikki-Lee Pomare		29	[21]
	Outdoors	Teena Smith		25	[42]
	ACT	Bruce Whitehead	Contested Hunua for Libertarianz in 2008	55	[6]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Outdoors	Mark Ford			[158]
	ONE	Lawrence Sami	Announced, but not on final list of candidates		[25]

Port Waikato

2020 general election: Port Waikato
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Heartland	Mark Ball	Former Franklin District mayor	1	[181]
	National	Andrew Bayly		17	[182]
	Independent	Ian Cummings	Contested Hunua in 2017		[183]
	ONE	Ian Johnson		4	[25]
	Labour	Baljit Kaur	Contested Hunua in 2017	none	[184]
	ACT	Dave King		19	[6]
	Advance NZ	Jamie Macgregor		36	[21]
	Independent	Nick Pak			[184]
	Outdoors	Lucille Rutherfurd		14	[42]
	New Conservative	Steven Senn			[18]
	Green	Bill Wilson			[184]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Outdoors	Steve Hart	Contesting Auckland Central instead.		[158]
	ACT	Niko Kloeten	Announced, but not on final list of candidates		[6]

Rangitata

2020 general election: Rangitata
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	New Conservative	Lachie Ashton		4	[18] [185]
	Social Credit	Brannon Favel		9	[50]
	National	Megan Hands		67	[186]
	ACT	Hamish Hutton		37	[187]
	Outdoors	Grant Kelynack		12	[42]
	Green	Gerrie Ligtenberg	Contested electorate in 2011	24	[9]
	Labour	Jo Luxton	Contested electorate in 2017	39	[188]
	Advance NZ	Aroha Maru		51	[21]
	Not A Party	James Rae			[49]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Andrew Falloon	Was re-selected, but later resigned from Parliament		[189] [190]
	Libertarian Party NZ	Leonard Wright	Announced, but not on final list of candidates		[22]

Rangitīkei

2020 general election: Rangitīkei
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Advance NZ	Ricky Cribb		26	[21]
	New Conservative	Reuben Leung Wai			[18]
	National	Ian McKelvie		38	[191]
	Labour	Soraya Peke-Mason	Contested Te Tai Hauāuru in 2011	60	[192]
	Green	Ali Hale Tilley		43	[191]
	ACT	Neil Wilson	Contested electorate in 2017	56	[6]
	NZ First	Antony Woollams		28	[27]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	New Conservative	Cedric Backhouse	Initially announced, but later withdrew		[18]
	Green	Joe Boon	Withdrew candidacy due to illness		[172] [193]

Remutaka

2020 general election: Remutaka
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Mark Crofskey		56	[194]
	ONE	Frank Eijgenraam		8	[25]
	Labour	Chris Hipkins		6	[195]
	NZ First	Talani Meikle	Contested electorate in 2017	8	[71]
	Green	Chris Norton		36	[196]
	ACT	Grae O'Sullivan	Contested electorate in 2017	16	[6]
	New Conservative	Hank Optland			[18]
	Advance NZ	Michael Stace		4	[21]

Rongotai

2020 general election: Rongotai
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Taylor Arneil		23	[71]
	Green	Teall Crossen	Contested electorate in 2017	12	[9]
	Labour	Paul Eagle		47	[197]
	Independent	Don McDonald			[198]
	ACT	Nicole McKee		3	[6]
	Integrity	Troy Mihaka			[199]
	National	David Patterson		48	[200]
	Opportunities	Geoff Simmons	Contested Wellington Central in 2017	1	[3]
	New Conservative	Bruce Welsh	Contested electorate in 2017	17	[18]

Rotorua

2020 general election: Rotorua
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Pete Kirkwood		42	[201]
	Labour	Claire Mahon		74	[202]
	National	Todd McClay		6	[201]
	New Conservative	Alan Tāne Solomon		8	[18]
	Green	Kaya Sparke		19	[9]
	NZ First	Fletcher Tabuteau	Contested electorate in 2017	2	[203]
	ONE	Karri-Ann Vercoe		5	[25]
	Advance NZ	Kiri Ward		13	[21]

Selwyn

2020 general election: Selwyn
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Stu Armstrong		22	[6]
	Labour	Reuben Davidson		67	[204]
	National	Nicola Grigg		60	[205]
	Advance NZ	Jerry Larason		30	[206]
	New Conservative	Bronnie Lyell		19	[18]
	Green	Abe O'Donnell		37	[207]
	Independent	Calvin Payne			[208]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Amy Adams	Cancelled planned retirement from Parliament to seek place on party list; later returned to original plan		[209]
	Libertarian Party NZ	Chris Perry	Announced, but not on final list of candidates		[22]

Southland

2020 general election: Southland
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Social Credit	Elisabeth Dacker		12	[50]
	Green	David Kennedy	Contested Invercargill in 2014		[83]
	New Conservative	Fiona Meyer			[210]
	Labour	Jon Mitchell		75	[211]
	National	Joseph Mooney		62	[212]
	Opportunities	Joel Rowlands		17	[16]
	ONE	Judith Terrill		15	[25]
	Advance NZ	Robert Wilson		45	[21]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ACT	Basil Walker	Contesting Invercargill as an independent instead		[87]
	National	Hamish Walker	Was re-selected, but later resigned		[213]

Taieri

2020 general election: Taieri
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Robert Andrews		21	[6]
	New Conservative	Ally Kelleher			[214]
	National	Liam Kernaghan		51	[215]
	Labour	Ingrid Leary		59	[216]
	Independent	Olivier Lequeux			[214]
	NZ First	Mark Patterson	Contested Clutha-Southland in 2017	7	[217]
	Advance NZ	Fred Roberts		60	[21]
	ONE	Stan Smith		9	[25]
	Social Credit	Warren Voight	Contested Dunedin North for NZ First in 2017	7	[50]
	Independent	David Webber			[214]
	Green	Scott Willis		13	[51] [9]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Clare Curran			[218]
	ONE	Alex McLaughlin			[25] [39]

Takanini

2020 general election: Takanini
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	TEA	John Hong		1	[2]
	New Conservative	Elliot Ikilei	Contested Manurewa in 2017	2	[219]
	Advance NZ	Mitesh Kagathra		44	[21]
	Labour	Neru Leavasa		52	[220]
	ACT	Mike McCormick		45	[6]
	National	Rima Nakhle		50	[221]
	Vision NZ	George Ngatai	Contested Tāmaki Makaurau for National in 2002	4	[222]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ONE	Edward Shanly	Contesting Hutt South instead		[25] [39]

Tāmaki

2020 general election: Tāmaki
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Sylvia Boys			[59]
	Labour	Shirin Brown		79	[223]
	ACT	Carmel Claridge		13	[6]
	National	Simon O'Connor		35	[60]
	New Conservative	Paul Sommer			[224]
	Advance NZ	Sarai TePou		58	[21]

Taranaki-King Country

2020 general election: Taranaki-King Country
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Outdoors	Chris Grey		24	[42]
	National	Barbara Kuriger		20	[60]
	ACT	Brent Miles		46	[6]
	Labour	Angela Roberts		50	[225]
	New Conservative	Lee Smith		16	[18]

Taupō

2020 general election: Taupō
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Ala' Al-Bustanji	Contested electorate in 2017	71	[226]
	ONE	Gary Coffin		18	[25]
	Outdoors	Micheal Downard	Contested Coromandel for Ban 1080 in 2014	8	[42]
	ACT	David Freeman		31	[6]
	Green	Danna Glendining	Contested Wellington Central for Alliance in 1996	31	[59]
	Advance NZ	Antoinette James		46	[21]
	New Conservative	Jan-Marie Quinn			[18]
	National	Louise Upston		9	[227]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Outdoors	Alan Simmons	Contested electorate in 2017		[228]

Tauranga

2020 general election: Tauranga
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Simon Bridges		4	[229]
	Opportunities	Andrew Caie		16	[16]
	Independent	James Capamagian			[230]
	Green	Josh Cole		30	[59]
	Advance NZ	Daniel Crosa		59	[21]
	NZ First	Erika Harvey		11	[20]
	New Conservative	Paul Hignett		15	[18]
	Independent	Yvette Lamare	Contested electorate in 2017		[230]
	Outdoors	Tracy Livingston	Intended to contest Bay of Plenty for Democrats in 2017	3	[42]
	ACT	Cameron Luxton		15	[6]
	Labour	Jan Tinetti	Contested electorate in 2017	32	[231]

Te Atatū

2020 general election: Te Atatū
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	TEA	Frank Amoah		10	[2]
	ACT	Simon Court		5	[6]
	Green	Scott Hindman			[59]
	Opportunities	Brendon Monk		10	[16]
	National	Alfred Ngaro	Contested electorate in 2017	30	[60]
	New Conservative	Okusitino Paseka			[18]
	Labour	Phil Twyford		4	[232]

Tukituki

2020 general election: Tukituki
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Jan Daffern		25	[233]
	Labour	Anna Lorck	Contested electorate in 2017	none	[234]
	Legalise Cannabis	Romana Manning		8	[24]
	New Conservative	Nick McMinn-Collard			[18]
	Green	Chris Perley	Contested electorate in 2017		[125]
	Advance NZ	Carl Peterson	Contested Rotorua for ACT in 2005	37	[126]
	ONE	Melanie Petrowski		25	[25]
	Future Youth	Allister Tosh	Contested electorate in 2017		[126]
	National	Lawrence Yule		33	[125]

Upper Harbour

2020 general election: Upper Harbour
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Jake Bezzant		57	[235]
	ACT	Karen Chhour		7	[6]
	Outdoors	Catherine Giorza		7	[42]
	Green	Ryan Nicholls			[59]
	New Conservative	Bernadette Soares		7	[236]
	TEA	Winson Tan		3	[2]
	Sustainable NZ	Dion Thomas		10	[65]
	Advance NZ	Peter Vaughn		35	[21]
	Labour	Vanushi Walters		22	[237]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Paula Bennett	Was planning on contesting list only, later retired completely		[238] [239]

Waikato

2020 general election: Waikato
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	New Conservative	Caleb Ansell			[18]
	Labour	Kerrin Leoni		66	[240]
	ACT	James McDowall	Contested Hamilton East in 2017	6	[6]
	National	Tim van de Molen		42	[241]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Advance NZ	Craig Taylor	Announced, but not on final list of candidates	22	[21]

Waimakariri

2020 general election: Waimakariri
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	New Conservative	Leighton Baker	Contested Epsom in 2017	1	[242]
	ACT	James Davies		26	[6]
	National	Matt Doocey		31	[60]
	Sustainable NZ	John Hyndman		3	[65]
	Social Credit	Lawrence McIsaac		10	[50]
	Advance NZ	Shelley Richardson		47	[21]
	Labour	Dan Rosewarne	Contested electorate in 2017	56	[81]
	Independent	Bjorn Sadler			[243]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ONE	Nikita McCausland	Announced, but not on final list of candidates		[25]

Wairarapa

2020 general election: Wairarapa
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Mike Butterick		58	[244]
	New Conservative	Warren Butterworth		24	[18]
	Advance NZ	Nigel Gray		28	[245]
	ACT	Roger Greenslade	Contested electorate in 2017	36	[6]
	Independent	Aileen Haeata			[246]
	NZ First	Ron Mark	Contested electorate in 2017	5	[247]
	Labour	Kieran McAnulty	Contested electorate in 2017	26	[248]
	Green	Celia Wade-Brown	Former Wellington mayor; contested Rongotai in 2002		[249]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Alastair Scott			[250]

Waitaki

2020 general election: Waitaki
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	New Conservative	Troy Allan			[18]
	ACT	Sean Beamish		23	[6]
	National	Jacqui Dean		14	[51]
	Green	Sampsa Kiuru			[87]
	Sustainable NZ	Brian Mowat-Gainsford		7	[65]
	NZ First	Anthony Odering		22	[27]
	Advance NZ	Heather Meri Pennycook		21	[21]
	Independent	Daniel Shand			[251]
	Labour	Liam Wairepo		80	[252]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	New Conservative	Sue Baker	Initially announced, but later withdrew		[18]

Wellington Central

2020 general election: Wellington Central
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Legalise Cannabis	Michael Appleby	Contested electorate in 2011	1	[24]
	Outdoors	Robert Bruce		26	[42]
	Opportunities	Abe Gray	Contested Dunedin North in 2017	11	[16]
	Advance NZ	Rose Greally		48	[21]
	Independent	Jesse Richardson			[253]
	New Conservative	Liam Richfield			[18]
	Labour	Grant Robertson		3	[254]
	Green	James Shaw	Contested electorate in 2017	2	[254] [9]
	ONE	Gina Sunderland		10	[255]
	ACT	Brooke van Velden	Contested Auckland Central in 2017	2	[6]
	National	Nicola Willis	Contested electorate in 2017	13	[254]

West Coast-Tasman

2020 general election: West Coast-Tasman
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Independent	Cory Aitken			[256]
	New Conservative	Karl Barkley			[18]
	Social Credit	Jack Collin		4	[50]
	Independent	Peter Ewen			[257]
	NZ First	Jackie Farrelly	Contested electorate in 2017	21	[20]
	Advance NZ	Anne Fitzsimon	Contested Nelson for Māori Party in 2005	62	[257]
	ACT	William Gardner		32	[6]
	Outdoors	Luke King		9	[42]
	Labour	Damien O'Connor		14	[258]
	Money Free Party	Richard Osmaston	Contested Nelson in 2017		[257]
	National	Maureen Pugh	Contested electorate in 2017	19	[259]
	Green	Steve Richards		39	[260]

Whanganui

2020 general election: Whanganui
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Alan Clay		29	[191]
	National	Harete Hipango		21	[261]
	Independent	Hillary Kieft	Initially selected as Advance NZ candidate for Taranaki-King Country		[262]
	Labour	Steph Lewis	Contested electorate in 2017	55	[263]
	New Conservative	Jonathan Marshall		23	[18]
	Social Credit	Heather Smith	Contested electorate in 2014	17	[50]
	Advance NZ	Charlotte Weber		33	[21]

Whangaparāoa

2020 general election: Whangaparāoa
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Outdoors	Tricia Cheel	Contested Northcote for Democrats in 2017	10	[42]
	Sustainable NZ	John Davies		9	[65]
	Labour	Lorayne Ferguson			[264]
	Advance NZ	Kathryn Flay		40	[21]
	ACT	Paul Grace		34	[6]
	New Conservative	Fiona Mackenzie		5	[18]
	National	Mark Mitchell		15	[60]

Whangārei

2020 general election: Whangārei
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Moea Armstrong	Contested electorate in 2005	25	[265]
	New Conservative	Kerry Campbell			[18]
	Legalise Cannabis	Jennifer de Jonge		10	[266]
	Labour	Emily Henderson		64	[267]
	Social Credit	Chris Leitch	Contested electorate in 2017	1	[50]
	National	Shane Reti		5	[60]
	ACT	David Seymour	Not the ACT leader	18	[268]
	Opportunities	Ciara Swords		18	[16]
	ONE	Daniel Watts		27	[25]
	Advance NZ	Chris Wetere		24	[21]
	NZ First	David Wilson	Contested Te Atatū in 2017	9	[20]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	New Conservative	Jim Taylor	Initially announced, but later withdrew		[18]

Wigram

2020 general election: Wigram
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Advance NZ	Doug Allington		11	[21]
	National	Hamish Campbell		47	[269]
	NZ Economic Euthenics Party	Tubby Hansen	Perennial candidate; contested electorate in 2017		[270]
	Social Credit	Deane Landreth		16	[50]
	ACT	Miles McConway		11	[6]
	ONE	Linda McLaughlin		24	[25]
	Independent	Geoff McTague	Contested electorate for ALCP in 2011		[270]
	New Conservative	Averil Nuttall			[18]
	Green	Richard Wesley	Contested electorate in 2017	44	[59]
	Labour	Megan Woods		5	[271]

Māori electorates

Hauraki-Waikato

2020 general election: Hauraki-Waikato
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	New Conservative	Richard Hill			[272]
	Advance NZ	Phillip Lambert		19	[21]
	Labour	Nanaia Mahuta		10	[273]
	Māori Party	Donna Pokere-Phillips	Contested Hamilton West for TOP in 2017	5	[274]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ONE	Te Rongopai Heta	Contesting Hamilton West instead		[25] [39]

Ikaroa-Rāwhiti

2020 general election: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	New Conservative	Melissa Hill			[275]
	Green	Elizabeth Kerekere	Contested electorate in 2017	9	[276] [9]
	Advance NZ	Waitangi Kupenga		34	[21]
	Māori Party	Heather Te Au-Skipworth		3	[276]
	Outdoors	Kelly Thurston		20	[42]
	Labour	Meka Whaitiri		28	[125]

Tāmaki Makaurau

2020 general election: Tāmaki Makaurau
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	New Conservative	Erina Anderson			[277]
	Green	Marama Davidson	Contested electorate in 2017	1	[278] [9]
	Labour	Peeni Henare		18	[279]
	Māori Party	John Tamihere	Represented electorate as Labour MP, 2002–2005	7	[280]

Te Tai Hauāuru

2020 general election: Te Tai Hauāuru
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Advance NZ	Noeline Apiata		56	[21]
	ONE	Korrallie Bailey-Taurua		19	[25]
	Outdoors	Kiri McKee		16	[42]
	New Conservative	Josh Morgan			[18]
	Māori Party	Debbie Ngarewa-Packer		1	[281]
	Labour	Adrian Rurawhe		24	[282]

Te Tai Tokerau

2020 general election: Te Tai Tokerau
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ONE	Janice Arahanga-Epiha		12	[25]
	Labour	Kelvin Davis		2	[283]
	Independent	Clinton Dearlove			[284]
	Legalise Cannabis	Maki Herbert	Contested electorate in 2017	2	[24]
	Māori Party	Mariameno Kapa-Kingi		6	[285]
	Independent	Moemoea Mohoawhenua			[286]
	New Conservative	Daniel Shortland			[287]
	Public	Billy Te Kahika		1	[288]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ONE	Stephanie Harawira	Contesting Mana instead		[25] [39]

Te Tai Tonga

2020 general election: Te Tai Tonga
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Maori Party	Tākuta Ferris		4	[274]
	Legalise Cannabis	Anituhia McDonald		7	[24]
	Green	Ariana Paretutanganui-Tamati	Contested Rongotai for Mana Movement in 2014		[289]
	Advance NZ	Matiu Thoms		31	[21]
	Labour	Rino Tirikatene		29	[290]
	New Conservative	Raymond Tuhaka			[18]

Waiariki

2020 general election: Waiariki
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	New Conservative	Riki Broughton			[18]
	Labour	Tāmati Coffey		37	[201]
	Vision NZ	Hannah Tamaki		1	[291]
	Outdoors	Rawiri Tekowhai		13	[42]
	Māori Party	Rawiri Waititi	Contested electorate for Labour in 2014	2	[292]
	Advance NZ	Ema Williams		6	[21]

See also

• Party lists in the 2020 New Zealand general election

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