Mana (New Zealand electorate)

Mana
Single-member general constituency for the New ZealandHouse of Representatives
Formation	1996
Region	Wellington
Character	Urban and suburban
Term	3 years
Member for Mana
Barbara Edmonds since 17 October 2020
Party	Labour
List MPs	Andy Foster (NZ First)
Previous MP	Kris Faafoi (Labour)
Party vote distribution

Mana is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate in the Wellington metropolitan area. It has been held by Barbara Edmonds of the Labour Party since the 2020 election.

Population centres

The electorate includes the following population centres:

• Paraparaumu (south of the airport, and east of the railway)
• Raumati Beach
• Raumati South
• Paekākāriki
• Pukerua Bay
• Karehana Bay
• Plimmerton
• Mana
• Camborne
• Paremata
• Whitby
• Pāuatahanui
• Porirua
• Linden

In the 2007 boundary redistribution, parts of Paraparaumu located east of State Highway 1 were added to the electorate's area. The 2013/14 redistribution did not change the boundaries further. ^{[1] [2]}

History

The electorate was created for the introduction of mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation in 1996 from the Porirua electorate, and from the southern part of the Kapiti electorate, consisting of Paraparaumu south of the airport, Raumati South and Raumati Beach. The 1996 election was won by Labour's Graham Kelly, who was member for the former Porirua electorate. He retired ahead of the 2002 election, Luamanuvao Winnie Laban became the new MP.

After the resignation of Laban 10 August 2010, ^[3] Faafoi won the resulting by-election with 10,980 votes (46.4%), becoming the first MP of Tokelauan descent. ^[4] Hekia Parata from the National Party was placed second and received 9,574 (41.6%), giving Faafoi a margin of 1,080 votes (4.82%). ^[5] This was a significant decrease of Laban's majority of 6,155 (17.7%) at the 2008 general election. ^[6] Faafoi more than doubled that margin in 2011, ^[5] and had a 7,953 vote margin in 2014. ^[7] Faafoi would not contest the seat in the 2020 general election. ^[8] Barbara Edmonds would subsequently win the seat.

The electorate would be discontinued for the 2026 general election to accommodate the loss of one North Island electorate, with its population centers divided between Kapiti and Kenepuru electorates. ^[9]

Members of Parliament

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at a general election.

Key

  Labour   National   Green

Election	Winner
1996 election		Graham Kelly
1999 election
2002 election		Winnie Laban
2005 election
2008 election
2010 by-election		Kris Faafoi
2011 election
2014 election
2017 election
2020 election		Barbara Edmonds
2023 election

List MPs

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

Election	Winner
2005 election		Chris Finlayson
2008 election		Hekia Parata 1
2011 election		Jan Logie 1
		Hekia Parata
2014 election		Jan Logie
		Hekia Parata
2017 election		Jan Logie
2020 election
2023 election		Andy Foster

¹ Also contested 2010 by-election

Election results

2023 election

2023 general election: Mana [10]
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 Barbara Edmonds		20,197	48.56	-12.01	16,016	38.05	-20.12
	National	Frances Hughes		12,825	30.83	+7.93	12,084	28.70	+10.34
	Green	Gina Dao-McLay		4,200	10.09	+0.50	6,297	14.96	+5.32
	NZ First	Andy Foster		1,849	4.44	—	2,215	5.26	+3.06
	ACT	Lily Brown		1,195	2.87	—	2,250	5.34	-0.19
	NZ Loyal	Lisa Temperton		586	1.40	—	300	0.71	—
	Independent	Kush Bhargava		188	0.45	—
	Not A Party	Richard Goode		105	0.25	-0.09
	Opportunities						1,158	2.75	+0.78
	Te Pāti Māori						792	1.88	+1.32
	NewZeal						275	0.65	-0.11
	Legalise Cannabis						161	0.38	+0.04
	Freedoms NZ						110	0.26	—
	Animal Justice						86	0.20	—
	DemocracyNZ						52	0.12	—
	New Conservative						46	0.10	-0.88
	Women's Rights						46	0.10	—
	New Nation						17	0.04	—
	Leighton Baker Party						13	0.03	—
Informal votes				446			173
Total valid votes				41,591			42,091
	Labour hold		Majority	7,372	17.72	+19.95

2020 election

2020 general election: Mana [11]
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	Barbara Edmonds		26,122	60.57	+1.21	25,271	58.17	+12.64
	National	Jo Hayes		9,878	22.90	−7.76	7,976	18.36	−18.25
	Green	Jan Logie		4,135	9.59	+1.72	4,187	9.64	+1.77
	New Conservative	Roy Barry		522	1.21	—	425	0.98	+0.84
	ONE	Stephanie Harawira		378	0.88	—	233	0.54	—
	Advance NZ	Edward Ponder		369	0.86	—	349	0.80	—
	Integrity	Helen Cartwright		360	0.83	—
	Progressive Aotearoa	Michael Walker		120	0.28	—
	Independent	Gordon Marshall		119	0.28	−0.28
	Not A Party	Richard Goode		69	0.16	−0.13
	Attica	Mike Iles		64	0.15	—
	ACT						2,403	5.53	+5.21
	NZ First						954	2.20	−2.75
	Opportunities						857	1.97	−1.39
	Māori Party						242	0.56	+0.12
	Legalise Cannabis						148	0.34	+0.07
	Vision New Zealand						55	0.13	—
	Outdoors						22	0.05	+0.01
	Sustainable NZ						20	0.05	—
	Social Credit						12	0.03	+0.01
	TEA						6	0.01	—
	Heartland						4	0.01	—
Informal votes				991			278
Total valid votes				43,127			43,442
Turnout				43,644 [12]	84.26	+1.27
	Labour hold		Majority	16,244	37.67	+8.97

2017 election

2017 general election: Mana [13]
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 Kris Faafoi		22,709	59.36	+5.14	17,831	45.53	+11.38
	National	Euon Murrell		11,729	30.66	−1.62	14,305	36.61	−3.75
	Green	Jan Logie		3,011	7.87	−0.47	3,076	7.87	−4.88
	ACT	Shan Ng		264	0.69	—	125	0.32	+0.11
	United Future	Kelleigh Sheffield-Cranstoun		219	0.57	—	41	0.10	−0.21
	Independent	Gordon Marshall		214	0.56	—
	Not A Party	Richard Goode		112	0.29	−0.81 [a]
	NZ First						1,936	4.95	−1.82
	Opportunities						1,311	3.36	—
	Māori Party						173	0.44	−0.17
	Legalise Cannabis						107	0.27	−0.20
	Conservative						54	0.14	−2.52
	Mana Party						47	0.12	−0.83 [b]
	People's Party						24	0.06	—
	Ban 1080						19	0.05	−0.01
	Outdoors						16	0.04	—
	Democrats						7	0.02	−0.05
	Internet						4	0.01	−0.94 [c]
Informal votes				484			188
Total valid votes				38,258			39,076
Turnout				39,310
	Labour hold		Majority	10,980	28.70	+6.75

2014 election

2014 general election: Mana [7]
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 Kris Faafoi		19,651	54.81	+6.20	12,601	34.39	-3.37
	National	Hekia Parata		11,698	32.27	-9.34	14,850	40.53	+0.58
	Green	Jan Logie		3,024	8.43	+0.54	4,691	12.80	+0.03
	Conservative	Roy Barry		980	2.73	—	977	2.66	+0.91
	Legalise Cannabis	Richard Goode		403	1.11	+0.14	173	0.47	-0.02
	Democrats	Ron England		96	0.27	—	24	0.07	+0.04
	NZ First						2,493	6.80	+1.96
	Internet Mana						351	0.96	+0.48 [d]
	Māori Party						226	0.62	-0.04
	United Future						116	0.32	-0.36
	ACT						79	0.22	-0.26
	Civilian						28	0.07	—
	Ban 1080						21	0.05	—
	Independent Coalition						5	0.01	—
	Focus						3	0.01	—
Informal votes				393			155
Total valid votes				36,245			36,793
Turnout				36,793	80.92	+3.37
	Labour hold		Majority	7,953	22.18	+15.54

2011 election

2011 general election: Mana [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	Y Kris Faafoi		16,323	48.61	-4.45	12,999	37.76	-6.15
	National	Hekia Parata		14,093	41.97	+6.98	13,754	39.95	+3.28
	Green	Jan Logie		2,652	7.90	+1.18	4,398	12.78	+4.39
	Legalise Cannabis	Richard Goode		332	0.99	+0.80 [e]	168	0.49	+0.10
	ACT	Michael Warren		182	0.54	-1.30	163	0.47	-1.89
	NZ First						1,667	4.84	+1.87
	Conservative						604	1.75	—
	United Future						234	0.68	-0.64
	Māori Party						227	0.66	-0.37
	Mana						165	0.48	—
	Libertarianz						20	0.06	+0.01
	Alliance						16	0.05	0.00
	Democrats						10	0.03	+0.01
Informal votes				740			375
Total valid votes				33,582			34,425
	Labour hold		Majority	2,230	6.64	-11.43

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,393 ^[14]

2010 by-election

2010 Mana by-election
Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the by-election. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list prior to the by-election. Yellow background denotes the winner of the by-election, who was a list MP prior to the by-election. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kris Faafoi	10,980	47.17	-5.89
	National	Hekia Parata	9,574	41.13	+6.14
	Green	Jan Logie	1,543	6.62	−0.09
	Independent	Matt McCarten	849	3.65	−
	ACT	Colin du Plessis	136	0.58	−1.26
	Legalise Cannabis	Julian Crawford	112	0.48	−
	Libertarianz	Sean Fitzpatrick	46	0.20	+0.01
	Alliance	Kelly Buchanan	37	0.16	−
Informal votes			37
Total Valid votes			23,277
	Labour hold	Majority	1,406	6.04	-12.03

2008 election

2008 general election: Mana [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 Luamanuvao Winnie Laban		18,070	53.06	-0.16	15,209	43.91	-6.07
	National	Hekia Parata		11,915	34.99	+3.14	12,701	36.67	+5.13
	Green	Michael Gilchrist		2,288	6.72	+1.47	2,903	8.38	+2.15
	ACT	Mike Collins		628	1.84	+0.59	819	2.36	+1.36
	United Future	Robin Gunston		472	1.39	-2.45	458	1.32	-2.88
	Kiwi	Renton MacLachlan		337	0.99	—	206	0.59	—
	Pacific	Tim Salele'a Manu		282	0.83	—	189	0.55	—
	Libertarianz	Richard Goode		64	0.19	—	17	0.05	+0.02
	NZ First						1,029	2.97	-0.91
	Māori Party						356	1.03	-0.04
	Progressive						274	0.79	-0.21
	Bill and Ben						213	0.61	—
	Legalise Cannabis						133	0.38	+0.12
	Family Party						85	0.25	—
	Alliance						17	0.05	-0.10
	Workers Party						15	0.04	—
	Democrats						5	0.01	-0.01
	RAM						5	0.01	—
	RONZ						2	0.01	0.00
Informal votes				277			123
Total valid votes				34,056			34,636
Turnout				34,759
	Labour hold		Majority	6,155	18.07	-3.31

2005 election

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2005 general election: Mana [15]
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 Luamanuvao Winnie Laban		16,763	53.22	+2.76	16,016	49.98	+2.46
	National	Chris Finlayson		10,029	31.84	+3.45	10,108	31.54	+14.27
	Green	Nicola Harvey		1,654	5.25	-1.97	1,995	6.23	-1,19
	United Future	Robin Gunston		1,207	3.83	-1.92	1,346	4.20	-4.70
	Destiny	Tala Leiasamaivao		518	1.64	—	224	0.70	—
	Māori Party	Sonny Hosking		403	1.28	—	248	0.77	—
	ACT	Michael Collins		395	1.25	-1.52	322	1.00	-5.18
	Progressive	Fale Leleisiuao		291	0.92	-0.46	345	1.08	-0.83
	Alliance	Kelly Buchanan		100	0.32	-1.10	49	0.15	-1.57
	Direct Democracy	Jason Anderson		56	0.18	—	7	0.02	—
	NZ First						1,244	3.88	-1.57
	Legalise Cannabis						83	0.26	-0.36
	Christian Heritage						22	0.07	-1.15
	Libertarianz						9	0.03	—
	99 MP						8	0.02	—
	Democrats						7	0.02	—
	Family Rights						5	0.02	—
	One NZ						5	0.02	-0.14
	RONZ						3	0.01
Informal votes				346			117
Total valid votes				31,495			32,046
Turnout				32,163
	Labour hold		Majority	6,734	21.38	-0.70

2002 election

2002 general election: Mana [16]
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	Winnie Laban		14,576	50.47	+3.52	13,997	47.52	+3.10
	National	Sue Wood		8,200	28.39	-0.30	5,088	17.27	-11.43
	Green	Olivia Mitchell		2,086	7.22	+3.92	2,184	7.41	+2.80
	United Future	Graham Butterworth		1,663	5.76	+4.97 [f]	2,623	8.91	6.10
	ACT	Simon Anthony Ewing-Jarvie		801	2.77	0.82	1,821	6.18	+0.85
	Christian Heritage	Renton Maclachlan		520	1.80	-0.03	359	1.22	-0.64
	Alliance	Michael Gilchrist		410	1.42	-3.88	507	1.72	-6.08
	Progressive	Doreen Henderson		399	1.38	—	562	1.91	—
	One NZ	Janet White		152	0.53	—	47	0.16	+0.12
	Anti-Capitalist Alliance	Paul Hopkinson		74	0.26	—
	NZ First						1,857	6.30	+4.00
	ORNZ						212	0.72	—
	Legalise Cannabis						182	0.62	-0.67
	Mana Māori						14	0.05	+0.01
	NMP						1	0.003	-0.03
Informal votes				455			109
Total valid votes				28,881			29,454
Turnout				29,563
	Labour hold		Majority	6,376	22.08	+3.82

1999 election

1999 general election: Mana [17] [18]
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 Graham Kelly		14,078	46.95	+5.63	13,394	44.42	+7.66
	National	Mark Thomas		8,603	28.69		8,653	28.70	-2.73
	Alliance	Moira Ann Lawler		1,590	5.30		2,351	7.80	-3.11
	Mauri Pacific	Api Malu		1,011	3.37		75	0.25
	Green	Robert Shaw		989	3.30		1,390	4.61
	Independent	Bill Bevan		639	2.13
	ACT	Darryl Ward		583	1.94		1,606	5.33	+0.73
	Christian Democrats	Lance Huxford		566	1.89		549	1.82
	Christian Heritage	Renton Maclachlan		549	1.83	-1.44 [g]	559	1.85
	Legalise Cannabis	David Moore		479	1.60		388	1.29	-0.22
	NZ First	Nigel Jones		354	1.18		694	2.30	-6.32
	United NZ	Graham Butterworth		237	0.79		309	1.02	0.00
	Independent	Lance Anderson		171	0.57
	McGillicuddy Serious	John Creser		113	0.38		58	0.19	-0.12
	NMP	David Pattinson		12	0.04		9	0.03
	Asia Pacific	Lutena Mulitalo Mano'o		10	0.03
	Libertarianz						41	0.14	+0.11
	Animals First						35	0.12	-0.06
	Mana Māori						13	0.04	-0.04
	One NZ						13	0.04
	The People's Choice						6	0.02
	Natural Law						5	0.02
	South Island						3	0.01
	Freedom Movement						1	0.00
	Republican						0	0.00
Informal votes				396			228
Total valid votes				29,984			30,152
	Labour hold		Majority	5,475	18.26	+5.14

1996 election

1996 general election: Mana [19] [20] [21]
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	Graham Kelly		11,408	41.32		10,211	36.76
	National	Allan Wells		7,786	28.20		8,728	31.43
	NZ First	Graham Harding		3,128	11.33		2,393	8.62
	Alliance	Vernon Tile		2,472	8.95		3,031	10.91
	Christian Coalition	Renton Maclauchlan		902	3.27		1,098	3.95
	ACT	Neil Wilson		697	2.52		1,277	4.60
	Independent	Marie Iupeli		586	2.12
	Progressive Green	David Green		297	1.08		60	0.22
	McGillicuddy Serious	Grant Prankered		277	1.00		85	0.31
	Natural Law	Wayne Shepherd		53	0.19		25	0.09
	Legalise Cannabis						419	1.51
	United NZ						282	1.02
	Animals First						49	0.18
	Asia Pacific United						35	0.13
	Mana Māori						21	0.08
	Superannuitants & Youth						18	0.06
	Green Society						10	0.04
	Conservatives						9	0.03
	Libertarianz						8	0.03
	Advance New Zealand						6	0.02
	Ethnic Minority Party						5	0.02
	Te Tawharau						4	0.01
Informal votes				303			135
Total valid votes				27,606			27,774
	Labour win new seat		Majority	3,622	13.12

Table footnotes

1. Richard Goode contested the electorate in 2014 as a candidate for the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
2. 2017 Mana Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with the Internet Party in the 2014 election
3. 2017 Internet Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with Mana Party in the 2014 election
4. 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election
5. Richard Goode contested the electorate in 2008 as a candidate for the Libertarianz Party
6. Percentage change calculated as a candidate for the United NZ Party in the 1999 election
7. Percentage change calculated as a candidate for the Christian Coalition Party in the 1996 election

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