Dunedin (New Zealand electorate)

Dunedin
Single-member general constituency for the New ZealandHouse of Representatives
Formation	2020
Region	Otago
Character	Urban and suburban
Term	3 years
Member for Dunedin
Rachel Brooking since 14 October 2023
Party	Labour
List MPs	Francisco Hernandez (Green)
Previous MP	David Clark (Labour)
Party vote distribution

Dunedin is an electorate to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was created for the 2020 election.

Population centres

The Dunedin electorate consists of the central, north and western suburbs of Dunedin, the Otago Peninsula communities of Harington Point, Otakou, Harwood, Portobello, Broad Bay, Company Bay, Pukehiki, Macandrew Bay, Waverley, Shiel Hill and Ocean Grove, and the towns north of the city including Port Chalmers, Aramoana, Pūrākaunui, Waitati, Evansdale, Warrington, Seacliff, Karitane with its northern boundary north of Waikouaiti. The urban and suburban core covers the CBD, Dunedin North, City Rise, North East Valley, Pine Hill, Leith Valley, Maori Hill, Wakari, Halfway Bush, Brockville, Roslyn, Kaikorai Valley, Mornington and Maryhill. ^[1]

History

In the 2019–20 electoral boundary review, all five electorates in the Otago and Southland regions had to be adjusted as they exceeded the 5% population quota. Some electorates were over and some were under the quota, but taken together they were almost exactly on quota. Both Dunedin North and Dunedin South were significantly below quota and had to gain population. Otago Peninsula was moved from Dunedin South to Dunedin North; this area has a population of about 8,000 people. A large area from the northern part of the Dunedin North electorate (including Palmerston, Macraes, and Herbert) went to the Waitaki electorate, a loss of 2,500 people. ^[2] Adding the southern Dunedin area of Otago Peninsula made it necessary for both Dunedin North and Dunedin South to be recreated under new names, with the former Dunedin North plus Otago Peninsula now called the Dunedin electorate. The former Dunedin South electorate extended into the south Otago area and the Taieri electorate was recreated. ^{[3] [4]}

Members of Parliament

  Labour   National

Election	Winner
2020 election		David Clark
2023 election		Rachel Brooking

List MPs

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Dunedin electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Election	Winner
2020 election		Michael Woodhouse
2024		Francisco Hernandez [i]

1. Replaced James Shaw as list MP, who resigned on 5 May 2024

Election results

2023 election

2023 general election: Dunedin [5]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachel Brooking		17,111	40.61		13,160	30.86	-24.30
	National	Michael Woodhouse		9,131	21.67	+3.81	9,652	22.63	+8.56
	Green	Francisco Hernandez		8,031	19.06		11,449	26.85	+9.11
	Opportunities	Ben Peters		1,891	4.48	-0.94	1,810	4.24	+1.44
	ACT	Tim Newman		1,696	4.02		2,460	5.76	+0.50
	NZ First	Keegan Langeveld		1,304	3.09		2,396	5.61	+3.49
	Independent	Jim O'Malley		1,272	3.01
	Legalise Cannabis	Adrian McDermott		564	1.33		159	0.37	+0.13
	NZ Loyal	Steve Lawton		540	1.28		402	0.94
	New Conservative	Cyndee Elder		160	0.37		94	0.22	-0.68
	Independent	Pamela Taylor		60	0.14
	Te Pāti Māori						613	1.43	+1.11
	NewZeal						114	0.26	+0.13
	Animal Justice						57	0.13
	Freedoms NZ						44	0.10
	Women's Rights						35	0.08
	DemocracyNZ						25	0.05
	Leighton Baker Party						19	0.04
	New Nation						18	0.04
Informal votes				368			129
Total valid votes				42,128			42,636
Turnout				42,636
	Labour hold		Majority	7,980	18.94

2020 election

2020 general election: Dunedin [6]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y David Clark		24,140	52.79	—	25,377	55.16	—
	National	Michael Woodhouse		8,169	17.86	—	6,477	14.07	—
	Green	Jack Brazil		6,916	15.12	—	8,165	17.74	—
	Opportunities	Ben Peters		2,480	5.42	—	1,291	2.80	—
	ACT	Callum Steele-MacIntosh		1,308	2.86	—	2,423	5.26	—
	NZ First	Robert Griffith		817	1.78	—	978	2.12	—
	New Conservative	Solomon King		506	1.10	—	415	0.90	—
	Social Credit	Zariah Anjaiya-King		195	0.42	—	57	0.12	—
	Advance NZ						213	0.46	—
	Māori Party						151	0.32	—
	Legalise Cannabis						112	0.24	—
	ONE						61	0.13	—
	Sustainable NZ						42	0.09	—
	Outdoors						35	0.07	—
	Vision NZ						9	0.01	—
	TEA						8	0.01	—
	Heartland						0	0.00	—
Informal votes				742			189
Total valid votes				45,723			46,003
Turnout				46,003
	Labour win new seat		Majority	15,521	33.94

References

1. "Dunedin – Electorate Profile". Parliamentary Library. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
2. Houlahan, Mike (21 November 2019). "'Huge implications' in boundary changes". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 27 April 2020.
3. NZ electorate boundary review (PDF). Representation Commission. ISBN   978-0-473-51728-1 . Retrieved 27 April 2020.
4. Houlahan, Mike (17 April 2020). "New electorate boundaries, names revealed". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 27 April 2020.
5. "Dunedin – Official Result". Electoral Commission . Retrieved 17 November 2023.
6. "Dunedin - Official Result". Electoral Commission. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.