Hamilton East is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It is currently held by Jamie Strange MP [1] of the Labour Party.
Since the 1969 election, the number of electorates in the South Island was fixed at 25, with continued faster population growth in the North Island leading to an increase in the number of general electorates. There were 84 electorates for the 1969 election, [2] and the 1972 electoral redistribution saw three additional general seats created for the North Island, bringing the total number of electorates to 87. [3] Together with increased urbanisation in Christchurch and Nelson, the changes proved very disruptive to existing electorates. [3] In the South Island, three electorates were abolished, and three electorates were newly created. [4] In the North Island, five electorates were abolished, two electorates were recreated, and six electorates were newly created (including Hamilton East). [5]
The earlier Hamilton electorate dates from 1922. In 1969 Hamilton West was split off; that electorate initially extended to the west coast. In 1972 the additional electorate of Hamilton East was created, and Hamilton was abolished. [6]
The electorate is mainly urban, and covers the eastern part of the city of Hamilton. The Waikato River divides the city in half and forms the boundary between the Hamilton East and Hamilton West electorates. Only one other electorate borders Hamilton East, the rural electorate of Waikato to the east. [7]
Hamilton East includes the suburbs of Rototuna, Flagstaff, Queenwood, Chedworth Park, Fairfield, Fairview Downs, Enderley, Claudelands, Hamilton East, Hillcrest, Silverdale and Riverlea. [7]
Hamilton East is home to the University of Waikato, and 11.3% of the electorate's workforce is employed in education and training, the second-highest proportion in the country. The majority of households are families, and the median family income is NZ$61,500, which is $2,500 higher than the national median. [7]
Nearly every party since 1972 that has won Hamilton East and its sister seat of Hamilton West has gone on to form the government, earning these seats a reputation as bellwether seats. One notable exception was in 1993, when Labour captured both Hamilton seats from National, but failed to win a parliamentary majority. In recent years, such as the 1999 and 2005 elections, Hamilton East has been won more often by a National candidate, despite the Labour Party forming the government.
Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Key
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Hamilton East electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | Doug Woolerton | |
Dianne Yates | ||
1999 election | Doug Woolerton | |
Dianne Yates | ||
2002 election | Doug Woolerton | |
2005 election | Doug Woolerton | |
Dianne Yates1 | ||
2008 election | Sue Moroney | |
2017 election | Jamie Strange | |
2020 election | David Bennett |
1Resigned March 2008, list seat taken by William Sio
2020 general election: Hamilton East [8] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Jamie Strange | 18,542 | 46.92 | +10.16 | 19,471 | 48.74 | +13.36 | ||
National | ![]() | 15,569 | 39.40 | -13.59 | 10,875 | 27.22 | -20.23 | ||
Green | Rimu Bhooi | 1,676 | 4.24 | -1.48 | 3,171 | 7.93 | +1.87 | ||
Opportunities | Naomi Pocock | 848 | 2.14 | — | 868 | 2.17 | -0.99 | ||
ACT | Myah Deedman | 721 | 1.82 | +1.43 | 2,744 | 6.86 | +6.25 | ||
New Conservative | Julie Manders | 665 | 1.68 | — | 796 | 1.99 | +1.79 | ||
NZ First | Stuart Husband | 368 | 0.93 | -2.18 | 836 | 2.09 | -3.57 | ||
Advance NZ | Siggi Henry | 298 | 0.75 | — | 291 | 0.72 | — | ||
Vision NZ | Destry Murphy | 101 | 0.25 | — | 57 | 0.14 | — | ||
Independent | Matt Coleman | 67 | 0.16 | — | |||||
RONZ | Jack Gielen | 28 | 0.07 | -0.11 | |||||
Māori Party | 193 | 0.48 | -0.06 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 126 | 0.31 | -0.07 | ||||||
ONE | 113 | 0.28 | — | ||||||
Outdoors | 27 | 0.06 | ±0.00 | ||||||
TEA | 20 | 0.05 | — | ||||||
Sustainable NZ | 17 | 0.04 | — | ||||||
Social Credit | 14 | 0.03 | +0.01 | ||||||
Heartland | 7 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 630 | 320 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 39,513 | 39,946 | |||||||
Turnout | 39,946 | ||||||||
Labour gain from National | Majority | 2,973 | 7.52 | -8.71 |
2017 general election: Hamilton East [9] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 18,975 | 52.99 | −4.38 | 17,380 | 47.45 | −2.58 | ||
Labour | Jamie Strange | 13,165 | 36.76 | +9.56 | 12,958 | 35.38 | +11.61 | ||
Green | Sam Taylor | 2,048 | 5.72 | −1.47 | 2,221 | 6.06 | −4.96 | ||
NZ First | Pita Paraone | 1,113 | 3.11 | −0.72 | 2,074 | 5.66 | −1.48 | ||
ACT | James McDowall | 140 | 0.39 | −0.02 | 225 | 0.61 | −0.11 | ||
RONZ | Jack Gielen | 65 | 0.18 | — | |||||
Opportunities | 1,157 | 3.16 | — | ||||||
Māori Party | 199 | 0.54 | −0.10 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 89 | 0.24 | −0.08 | ||||||
Conservative | 75 | 0.20 | −4.61 | ||||||
United Future | 29 | 0.08 | −0.22 | ||||||
Outdoors | 23 | 0.06 | — | ||||||
People's Party | 22 | 0.06 | — | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 17 | 0.05 | −0.03 | ||||||
Mana Party | 10 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
Internet | 9 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
Democrats | 6 | 0.02 | −0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 304 | 135 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 35,810 | 36,630 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 5,810 | 16.23 | −13.94 |
2014 general election: Hamilton East [10] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 19,393 | 57.37 | +0.26 | 17,395 | 50.03 | -1.36 | ||
Labour | Cliff Allen | 9,194 | 27.20 | -4.37 | 8,264 | 23.77 | -0.40 | ||
Green | Mark Servian | 2,430 | 7.19 | +1.95 | 3,833 | 11.02 | -0.86 | ||
NZ First | Richard Taurima | 1,296 | 3.83 | +1.37 | 2,481 | 7.14 | +1.77 | ||
Conservative | Katrina Day | 991 | 2.93 | +0.61 | 1,672 | 4.81 | +1.37 | ||
Internet Mana | Ray Calver | (Internet) | 217 | 0.64 | +0.64 | 348 | 1.00 | +0.73 [lower-alpha 1] | |
ACT | Ron Smith | 139 | 0.41 | -0.30 | 250 | 0.72 | -0.31 | ||
United Future | Quentin Todd | 72 | 0.21 | +0.21 | 104 | 0.30 | -0.48 | ||
Democrats | Carolyn McKenzie | 70 | 0.21 | +0.04 | 29 | 0.08 | +0.03 | ||
Māori Party | 222 | 0.64 | +0.05 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 110 | 0.32 | -0.07 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 28 | 0.08 | +0.08 | ||||||
Civilian | 23 | 0.07 | +0.07 | ||||||
Focus | 5 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 3 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 295 | 167 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 34,097 | 34,934 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 10,199 | 30.17 | +4.63 |
2011 general election: Hamilton East [11] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 18,505 | 57.11 | -1.47 | 17,085 | 51.39 | +1.88 | ||
Labour | Sehai Orgad | 10,230 | 31.57 | -0.43 | 8,217 | 24.17 | -6.09 | ||
Green | Nick Marryatt | 1,697 | 5.24 | +0.92 | 3,942 | 11.88 | +4.67 | ||
NZ First | Gordon Stewart | 797 | 2.46 | -0.04 | 1,786 | 5.37 | +2.08 | ||
Conservative | Robyn Jackson | 752 | 2.32 | +2.32 | 1,145 | 3.44 | +3.44 | ||
ACT | Garry Mallett | 230 | 0.71 | -0.56 | 341 | 1.03 | -3.07 | ||
Pirate | Bruce Kingsbury | 137 | 0.42 | +0.42 | |||||
Democrats | Carolyn McKenzie | 54 | 0.17 | +0.17 | 18 | 0.05 | +0.004 | ||
United Future | 260 | 0.78 | -0.57 | ||||||
Māori Party | 195 | 0.59 | -0.37 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 131 | 0.39 | +0.01 | ||||||
Mana | 89 | 0.27 | +0.27 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 25 | 0.08 | +0.01 | ||||||
Alliance | 8 | 0.02 | -0.03 | ||||||
Informal votes | 636 | 317 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 32,402 | 33,249 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 8,275 | 25.54 | -1.04 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 45,420 [12]
2008 general election: Hamilton East [13] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 19,441 | 58.58 | +7.46 | 16,745 | 49.50 | +4.06 | ||
Labour | Sue Moroney | 10,621 | 32.00 | -4.79 | 10,420 | 30.80 | -4.72 | ||
Green | Linda Persson | 1,433 | 4.32 | +0.71 | 2,439 | 7.21 | +1.68 | ||
NZ First | Doug Woolerton | 830 | 2.50 | -1.32 | 1,113 | 3.29 | -2.56 | ||
ACT | Garry Mallett | 420 | 1.27 | -0.18 | 1,387 | 4.10 | +2.16 | ||
Kiwi | Robyn Jackson | 180 | 0.54 | 189 | 0.56 | ||||
United Future | Rochelle White | 168 | 0.51 | -0.97 | 458 | 1.35 | -2.06 | ||
Democrats | Carolyn McKenzie | 54 | 0.16 | 17 | 0.05 | +0.01 | |||
RONZ | Jack Gielen | 41 | 0.12 | 16 | 0.05 | +0.04 | |||
Māori Party | 323 | 0.95 | +0.33 | ||||||
Bill and Ben | 243 | 0.72 | |||||||
Progressive | 190 | 0.56 | -0.36 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 129 | 0.38 | +0.23 | ||||||
Family Party | 90 | 0.27 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 21 | 0.06 | +0.01 | ||||||
Alliance | 17 | 0.05 | +0.01 | ||||||
Workers Party | 15 | 0.04 | |||||||
Pacific | 13 | 0.04 | |||||||
RAM | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 236 | 112 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 33,188 | 33,827 | |||||||
Turnout | 34,176 | 80.48 | -2.50 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 8,820 | 26.58 | +12.25 |
2005 general election: Hamilton East [14] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | David Bennett | 18,901 | 51.12 | +12.47 | 17,122 | 45.44 | +21.71 | ||
Labour | ![]() | 13,603 | 36.79 | -3.80 | 13,377 | 35.52 | -0.11 | ||
NZ First | Doug Woolerton | 1,411 | 3.82 | -2.82 | 2,202 | 5.85 | -4.35 | ||
Green | Daniel Howard | 1,334 | 3.61 | -1.45 | 2,083 | 5.53 | -1.62 | ||
United Future | Adam Archer | 547 | 1.48 | -2.00 | 2,083 | 5.53 | -2.75 | ||
ACT | Garry Mallett | 534 | 1.44 | -0.94 | 732 | 1.94 | -7.83 | ||
Māori Party | Poutawa Biasiny-Tule | 309 | 0.84 | 234 | 0.62 | ||||
Progressive | Peter Banks | 243 | 0.66 | 347 | 0.92 | ||||
Independent | Jared Phillips | 59 | 0.16 | ||||||
Libertarianz | Robin Thomsen | 34 | 0.09 | 21 | 0.06 | ||||
Destiny | 109 | 0.29 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 56 | 0.15 | -0.34 | ||||||
Christian Heritage | 37 | 0.10 | -1.14 | ||||||
Alliance | 17 | 0.05 | -1.09 | ||||||
Democrats | 15 | 0.04 | |||||||
99 MP | 12 | 0.03 | |||||||
One NZ | 8 | 0.02 | -0.03 | ||||||
Direct Democracy | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
Family Rights | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
RONZ | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 292 | 113 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 36,975 | 37,658 | |||||||
Turnout | 38,024 | 82.98 | +4.61 | ||||||
National gain from Labour | Majority | 5,298 | 14.33 | +16.27 |
2002 general election: Hamilton East [15] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Dianne Yates | 12,827 | 40.59 | -1.34 | 11,369 | 35.63 | +0.20 | ||
National | ![]() | 12,213 | 38.65 | -5.41 | 7,573 | 23.73 | -11.70 | ||
NZ First | Doug Woolerton | 2,099 | 6.64 | +3.22 | 3,256 | 10.20 | +6.26 | ||
Green | Cathy Olsen | 1,665 | 5.27 | 2,281 | 7.15 | +1.93 | |||
United Future | Richard Carter | 1,101 | 3.48 | 2,643 | 8.28 | +6.42a | |||
ACT | Brian George Dawson | 751 | 2.38 | +0.12 | 3,116 | 9.77 | +0.64 | ||
Christian Heritage | Gavin Denby | 307 | 0.97 | -1.28 | 395 | 1.24 | -1.15 | ||
Alliance | Ravaani D K Ghaemmaghamy | 177 | 0.56 | -3.54 | 365 | 1.14 | -6.16 | ||
Progressive | Jim Medland | 177 | 0.56 | 356 | 1.12 | ||||
ORNZ | 255 | 0.80 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 157 | 0.49 | -0.44 | ||||||
Mana Māori Movement | 18 | 0.06 | +0.02 | ||||||
One NZ | 17 | 0.05 | -0.03 | ||||||
NMP | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 284 | 105 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 31,601 | 31,908 | |||||||
Turnout | 32,085 | 78.37 | -7.23 | ||||||
Labour gain from National | Majority | 614 | 1.94 | +4.07 |
1999 general election: Hamilton East [16] [17] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() | 14,329 | 44.06 | 11,620 | 35.43 | ||||
Labour | Dianne Yates | 13,637 | 41.93 | 10,738 | 32.74 | ||||
Alliance | Peter Jamieson | 1,334 | 4.10 | 2,394 | 7.30 | ||||
NZ First | Doug Woolerton | 1,113 | 3.42 | 1,293 | 3.94 | ||||
ACT | Gavin Denby | 734 | 2.26 | 2,993 | 9.13 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Madeleine Flannagan | 732 | 2.25 | 783 | 2.39 | ||||
McGillicuddy Serious | Leanee V. Ireland | 370 | 1.14 | 67 | 0.21 | ||||
Mauri Pacific | Helen Akhtari | 179 | 0.55 | 35 | 0.11 | ||||
Natural Law | John Cleary | 96 | 0.30 | 39 | 0.12 | ||||
Green | 1,712 | 5.22 | |||||||
Christian Democrats | 446 | 1.36 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 304 | 0.93 | |||||||
United NZ | 163 | 0.50 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 100 | 0.30 | |||||||
Animals First | 50 | 0.15 | |||||||
One NZ | 27 | 0.08 | |||||||
Mana Māori Movement | 13 | 0.04 | |||||||
NMP | 6 | 0.02 | |||||||
People's Choice | 5 | 0.02 | |||||||
Freedom Movement | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
South Island | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Republican | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 571 | 298 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 32,524 | 32,797 | |||||||
Turnout | 33,763 | 85.60 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 692 | 2.13 |
1996 general election: Hamilton East [18] [19] [20] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Tony Steel | 14,020 | 43.19 | +6.15 | 13,029 | 39.92 | |||
Labour | ![]() | 11,673 | 35.96 | -1.47 | 8,219 | 25.18 | |||
NZ First | Doug Woolerton | 2,920 | 8.99 | 3,604 | 11.04 | ||||
Alliance | Ashok Parbhu | 1,684 | 5.19 | 2,757 | 8.45 | ||||
Christian Coalition | Lindsay Priest | 798 | 2.46 | 1,734 | 5.31 | ||||
ACT | Graeme Williams | 578 | 1.78 | 2,088 | 6.40 | ||||
McGillicuddy Serious | Justine Francis | 354 | 1.09 | 123 | 0.38 | ||||
Progressive Green | Dianna Tawharu | 176 | 0.54 | 88 | 0.27 | ||||
Independent | Pat Neagle | 129 | 0.40 | ||||||
Natural Law | John Cleary | 67 | 0.21 | 63 | 0.19 | ||||
Superannuitants & Youth | Leslie Stroud | 64 | 0.20 | 47 | 0.14 | ||||
Legalise Cannabis | 430 | 1.32 | |||||||
United NZ | 279 | 0.85 | |||||||
Animals First | 63 | 0.19 | |||||||
Ethnic Minority Party | 31 | 0.09 | |||||||
Mana Māori Movement | 29 | 0.09 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 19 | 0.06 | |||||||
Green Society | 16 | 0.05 | |||||||
Conservatives | 9 | 0.03 | |||||||
Asia Pacific United | 5 | 0.02 | |||||||
Advance New Zealand | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Te Tawharau | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 254 | 80 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 32,463 | 32,637 | |||||||
National gain from Labour | Majority | 2,347 | 7.23 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Dianne Yates | 7,677 | 37.43 | ||
National | Tony Steel | 7,597 | 37.04 | -12.09 | |
Alliance | Paula Singh | 2,556 | 12.46 | ||
NZ First | Rex Widerstrom | 1,860 | 9.07 | ||
Christian Heritage | Tony Randell | 494 | 2.40 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | Tania Leigh Smeaton | 274 | 1.33 | ||
Natural Law | Alison Clark | 48 | 0.23 | ||
Majority | 80 | 0.39 | |||
Turnout | 20,506 | 85.07 | -0.16 | ||
Registered electors | 24,104 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Tony Steel | 9,717 | 49.13 | ||
Labour | Bill Dillon | 7,596 | 38.41 | -13.69 | |
NewLabour | Shirley McKay | 963 | 4.86 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | Graeme Cairns | 449 | 2.27 | ||
Independent | Pat Neagle | 329 | 1.66 | ||
Christian Heritage | Warwick Frank Jones | 328 | 0.65 | ||
Social Credit | Frank Strange | 207 | 1.04 | ||
Democrats | Douglas Lever | 110 | 0.55 | ||
Independent | Huw Evans | 76 | 0.38 | ||
Majority | 2,121 | 10.72 | |||
Turnout | 19,775 | 85.23 | -3.98 | ||
Registered electors | 23,200 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bill Dillon | 10,397 | 52.10 | +7.50 | |
National | Sandra Shearer | 8,726 | 43.73 | ||
Democrats | Bill Cooker | 478 | 2.39 | -1.06 | |
McGillicuddy Serious | S Evans | 265 | 1.32 | ||
NZ Party | P A Martin | 88 | 0.44 | ||
Majority | 1,671 | 8.37 | +2.69 | ||
Turnout | 19,954 | 89.21 | -3.50 | ||
Registered electors | 22,367 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bill Dillon | 8,633 | 44.60 | ||
National | Ian Shearer | 7,533 | 38.92 | -4.09 | |
NZ Party | Margaret Evans | 2,467 | 12.74 | ||
Social Credit | Bill Cooker | 669 | 3.45 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | Patricia Gunn | 32 | 0.16 | ||
Independent | Rex Stone | 19 | 0.09 | ||
Majority | 1,100 | 5.68 | |||
Turnout | 19,353 | 92.71 | +4.84 | ||
Registered electors | 20,873 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Ian Shearer | 8,525 | 43.01 | +0.05 | |
Labour | Lois Welch | 7,337 | 37.01 | +1.05 | |
Social Credit | Lorna Booth | 3,958 | 19.96 | +1.14 | |
Majority | 1,188 | 5.99 | -1.01 | ||
Turnout | 19,820 | 87.87 | -23.07 | ||
Registered electors | 22,556 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Ian Shearer | 8,352 | 42.96 | -6.23 | |
Labour | Lois Welch | 6,991 | 35.96 | ||
Social Credit | Lorna Booth | 3,659 | 18.82 | ||
Values | Rachel Elizabeth Stevenson | 399 | 2.05 | ||
Independent | Peter James Osborne | 38 | 0.19 | ||
Majority | 1,361 | 7.00 | -4.04 | ||
Turnout | 19,439 | 64.80 | -17.56 | ||
Registered electors | 29,994 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Ian Shearer | 10,001 | 49.19 | ||
Labour | Rufus Rogers | 7,765 | 38.19 | -8.63 | |
Social Credit | Charles Wilmot-Stilwell | 1,754 | 8.62 | +1.92 | |
Values | Nick Mulligan | 783 | 3.85 | ||
Socialist Unity | Joan Mary Jones | 17 | 0.08 | ||
Majority | 2,246 | 11.04 | |||
Turnout | 20,330 | 82.36 | -6.90 | ||
Registered electors | 24,684 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rufus Rogers | 7,872 | 46.82 | ||
National | Ross Jansen | 7,475 | 44.46 | ||
Social Credit | Charles Wilmot-Stilwell | 1,128 | 6.70 | ||
Values | Peter Francis Cuttance | 213 | 1.26 | ||
Independent | Henry Brian Bishop | 64 | 0.38 | ||
New Democratic | Allan Stanley Lewin | 42 | 0.24 | ||
Liberal Reform | Allan Robert Wells | 18 | 0.10 | ||
Majority | 397 | 2.36 | |||
Turnout | 16,812 | 89.26 | |||
Registered electors | 18,833 |
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Tāmaki is a parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate is named after the Tamaki River that runs immediately east of the seat. The electorate is represented by Simon O'Connor, who became the National Party candidate after Allan Peachey withdrew from the 2011 election for health reasons; Peachey died before the election.
Te Atatū is a parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Te Atatū is Phil Twyford of the Labour Party.
Wairarapa is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It was first created in 1858 and existed until 1881. It was recreated in 1887 and has since existed continuously. In the early years, the electorate was for a time represented by two members. Wairarapa has been held by Kieran McAnulty since the 2020 election.
Waitakere was a parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate was first formed for the 1946 election and existed until 2014, with breaks from 1969 to 1978 and from 1987 to 1993. The last MP for Waitakere was Paula Bennett of the National Party, who had held this position since the 2008 election.
Wigram is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Wigram is Megan Woods of the Labour Party. She took over this position from Jim Anderton, who had held this position from 1996 until 2011.
Wellington Central is an electorate, represented by a Member of Parliament in the New Zealand House of Representatives. Its MP since November 2008 has been Labour Party's Grant Robertson. In the 2020 election he was opposed by James Shaw (Greens) and Nicola Willis (National), both also entered parliament via their respective party lists.
The Hunua electorate existed three times for the New Zealand House of Representatives beginning in 1978, based at the south end of the Auckland urban area, and named for the Hunua Ranges. It covered different geographical areas over those periods. The electorate was last represented by Andrew Bayly of the National Party before its dissolution in 2020.
Waikato is an electorate in the New Zealand Parliament. A Waikato electorate was first created in 1871 and an electorate by this name has existed from 1871 to 1963, 1969 to 1996, and 2008 to the present, though exact borders have often changed.
Titirangi is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It existed from 1987 to 2002, with a break from 1996 to 1999. It was represented by four members of parliament, with three of them from Labour and one from National.