Mount Roskill (New Zealand electorate)

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Mount Roskill
Single-member general constituency for the New ZealandHouse of Representatives
Mt Roskill 2025 electorate boundaries.svg
Formation1999
Region Auckland
CharacterUrban and suburban
Term3 years
Member for Mount Roskill
Cheung, Carlos - Mt Roskill (cropped).png
Carlos Cheung [1]
since 14 October 2023
Party National
Previous MP Michael Wood (Labour)
Party vote distribution




Mount Roskill is a parliamentary electorate in Auckland, New Zealand, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) to the New Zealand House of Representatives. Phil Goff [2] of the Labour Party held the seat from the 1999 election until he resigned from Parliament on 12 October 2016 [3] after contesting and being elected Mayor of Auckland on 8 October 2016 in the 2016 mayoral election. His resignation necessitated a byelection in this electorate which was won by Michael Wood. [4]

Contents

Carlos Cheung of the New Zealand National Party currently holds the seat after defeating Wood in the 2023 New Zealand general election.

Mount Roskill is located on the western side of the Auckland isthmus, bordering the Manukau Harbour. It is anchored around the suburbs of Mount Roskill, Three Kings, Hillsborough and a large section of Balmoral. The 2008 election boundaries added in Lynfield and New Windsor at the expense of Onehunga, which returned to the Maungakiekie electorate after being cut out in 1999. The Mount Roskill electorate is working class and multi-ethnic, with a high Pacific Island and Asian population, and has the highest number of overseas-born residents of any New Zealand electorate, nearly 40 per cent (as of 2001).

History

The 1996 New Zealand census showed population growth in the north and west of Auckland, necessitating the redistribution of electorates for the 1999 election. The existing New Lynn seat was renamed Titirangi, with its boundaries shifted to fall in between Auckland and Waitakere cities. The eastern side of the New Lynn residential area was amalgamated with the population excess of Epsom, the southern half of Owairaka seat (which was itself renamed Mount Albert) and the western end of Maungakiekie to form a new seat. Named Mount Roskill, it was the first new seat drawn since the introduction of Mixed Member Proportional voting three years previous.[ citation needed ] At the 2020 redistribution it gained New Windsor from New Lynn at the expense of Royal Oak, which moved to Maungakiekie. [5]

So far there have been three MPs for Mount Roskill, two from the Labour Party, and one from the National Party. Labour's Phil Goff was the first representative, having previously held New Lynn, another electorate in Auckland, and Roskill, an electorate covering much of the same area as Mount Roskill. After Goff was elected Mayor of Auckland in October 2016, a by-election date was set for 3 December 2016. [6] Labour candidate Michael Wood won the by-election with more than half the votes.[ citation needed ]

Carlos Cheung won the seat for the first time for the National Party in the 2023 New Zealand general election, defeating former Minister and incumbent MP Michael Wood with a 22-point swing.[ citation needed ]

Members of Parliament

Key

  Labour   National

ElectionWinner
1999 election Phil Goff
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election
2011 election
2014 election
2016 by-election Michael Wood
2017 election
2020 election
2023 election Carlos Cheung

List MPs

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

Key

  United Future   National   Green   NZ First

ElectionWinner
2002 election Bernie Ogilvy
2004 Kenneth Wang 1
2005 election Jackie Blue 2
2008 election
2011 election
Julie Anne Genter
2014 election Mahesh Bindra
Parmjeet Parmar
2016 Barry Coates 3
2017 election Parmjeet Parmar
2020 election Golriz Ghahraman

1Wang was elected from the party list in November 2004 following the expulsion of Donna Awatere Huata.
2Blue resigned from Parliament on 20 May 2013.
3Coates was elected from the party list in October 2016 following the resignation of Kevin Hague.

Election results

2023 election

2023 general election: Mount Roskill [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
National Carlos Cheung 15,65943.30+19.2215,82843.09+18.86
Labour Red x.svgN Michael Wood 14,09538.97-21.3910,95929.83-25.87
Green Suveen Sanis Walgampola 3,3799.34+3.424,42212.04+4.09
ACT Rahul Chopra2,1796.03+2.442,2276.06+1.12
NZ First  1,2943.52+1.63
Opportunities  7652.08+0.79
Te Pāti Māori  2890.79+0.43
NewZeal  1960.53
NZ Loyal  1310.37
Legalise Cannabis  970.26+0.09
Freedoms NZ  930.25
New Conservatives  670.18-1.01
Animal Justice  490.13
Women's Rights  240.07
DemocracyNZ  200.05
New Nation  90.02
Leighton Baker Party  40.01
Informal votes856256
Total valid votes36,16836,730
National gain from Labour Majority1,5644.33

2020 election

2020 general election: Mount Roskill [8]
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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
Labour Green check.svgY Michael Wood 23,05060.36+6.0121,43655.70+13.27
National Parmjeet Parmar 9,19724.08-10.639,32824.23-18.52
Green Golriz Ghahraman 2,2615.92+2.362,2057.95+1.77
ACT Chris Johnston1,3713.591,9044.94+4.36
New Conservative Alister Hood6101.59+0.854591.19+0.94
Advance NZ Anil Sharma2570.671980.51
TEA Vishal Choksi2540.661630.42
ONE Charlene Roxanne Pehi1430.371030.26
Social Credit Cliff Hall870.22180.04
Voice of the PeopleWarwick Frederikson450.11
NZ First  7311.89-2.51
Opportunities  4991.29-0.44
Māori Party  1420.36-0.10
Legalise Cannabis  680.17
Vision NZ  190.04
Sustainable NZ  180.04
Outdoors  130.03-0.01
Heartland  30.01
Informal votes912321
Total valid votes38,18738,483
Turnout 38,74976.51+1.94
Labour holdMajority13,85336.37+16.64

2017 election

2017 general election: Mount Roskill [9]
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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
Labour Green check.svgY Michael Wood 19,09454.35-12.1615,13542.43+6.98
National Parmjeet Parmar 12,19634.71+7.4115,24842.75-0.88
Green Ricardo Menéndez March 1,2543.562,2056.18-3.44
NZ First Mahesh Bindra 8462.401,5724.40-0.89
Opportunities Clint Ulyatt5641.606181.73
Conservative Kathryn Davie2630.74900.25-3.41
Māori Party John Kiria2450.691670.46+0.07
Democrats Andrew Leitch560.15-0.57130.03±0.00
Independent Bishrul Hafi Ameer Izadeen350.09
ACT  2070.58-1.21
People's Party  800.22
Legalise Cannabis  620.17-0.05
United Future  240.06-0.14
Outdoors  160.04
Mana  90.02
Ban 1080  40.01-0.04
Internet  40.01
Informal votes575213
Total valid votes35,12835,667
Turnout 35,66774.57
Labour holdMajority6,89819.63

2016 by-election

The following table shows final by-election results: [10]

2016 Mount Roskill 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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Wood 11,62366.51+10.69
National Parmjeet Parmar 4,77127.30-4.28
People's Party Roshan Nauhria7394.23+4.23
Democrats Andrew Leitch1260.72+0.72
Legalise Cannabis Brandon Stronge840.48+0.48
Not A Party Richard Goode430.25+0.25
Independent Tua Schuster400.23+0.23
Informal votes50
Majority 6,85239.20+14.97
Turnout 17,476

2014 election

2014 general election: Mount Roskill [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
Labour Green check.svgY Phil Goff 18,63755.81−1.3412,08635.45−8.16
National Parmjeet Parmar 10,54631.58−2.3614,27541.87+2.33
Green Barry Coates 1,6825.04+1.033,2799.62+2.35
Conservative Paul Davie1,0943.28+1.521,2403.64+1.22
NZ First Mahesh Bindra 7172.15+0.661,8055.29+0.61
Mana John Minto 3000.90+0.90
ACT  6101.79+0.71
Internet Mana  3040.89+0.69 [a]
Māori Party  1320.39+0.01
Legalise Cannabis  740.22−0.11
United Future  690.20−0.19
Ban 1080  170.05+0.05
Democrats  100.03±0.00
Civilian  80.02+0.02
Focus  60.02+0.02
Independent Coalition  60.02+0.02
Informal votes416176
Total valid votes33,39234,097
Turnout 34,09773.69+3.91
Labour holdMajority8,09124.23+1.02

2011 election

2011 general election: Mount Roskill [12]
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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
Labour Green check.svgY Phil Goff 17,90657.15+1.3514,09843.61+0.97
National Jackie Blue 10,63533.94-2.6212,78139.54-2.56
Green Julie Anne Genter 1,2584.01+0.762,3517.27+2.99
Conservative Feleti Key5501.76+1.767832.42+2.42
NZ First Mahesh Bindra 4681.49+1.491,5134.68+1.88
ACT Pratima Nand2400.77-1.393501.08-2.34
Legalise Cannabis Jasmin Hewlett1670.53+0.531080.33+0.07
United Future Bryan Mockridge770.25-0.391250.39-0.48
Communist League Patrick Brown320.10+0.10
Māori Party  1240.38-0.09
Mana  650.20+0.20
Democrats  110.03+0.01
Libertarianz  110.03+0.01
Alliance  100.03-0.04
Informal votes766389
Total valid votes31,33332,330
Labour holdMajority7,27123.21+3.97

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 46,332 [13]

2008 election

2008 general election: Mount Roskill [14]
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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
Labour Green check.svgY Phil Goff 18,61555.80-4.1414,53342.64-7.06
National Jackie Blue 12,19736.56+7.0714,34642.09+7.32
Green Lisa Er1,0863.26+3.261,4594.28+0.11
ACT Shawn Tan7182.15-3.641,1653.42+0.94
Kiwi Joseph Rebello3100.93+0.931980.58+0.58
United Future Neville Wilson2110.63-2.022960.87-1.62
Progressive Suki Amirapu1550.46-0.332810.82-0.36
RAM Daphne Lawless670.20+0.20160.05+0.05
NZ First  9552.80-1.37
Pacific  3020.89+0.89
Māori Party  1630.48+0.12
Family Party  1190.35+0.35
Bill and Ben  1040.31+0.31
Legalise Cannabis  900.26+0.15
Alliance  230.070.00
Workers Party  120.04+0.04
Libertarianz  80.02-0.03
RONZ  80.020.00
Democrats  70.020.00
Informal votes362188
Total valid votes33,35934,085
Labour holdMajority6,418

2005 election

2005 general election: Mount Roskill [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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
Labour Green check.svgY Phil Goff 19,47659.9416,50149.70
National Jackie Blue 9,58129.4911,54334.77
ACT Kenneth Wang 1,8825.798252.48
United Future Richard Barter8602.658262.49
Destiny Brian Ane3381.041910.58
Progressive Suki Amirapu2570.793911.18
Direct Democracy Barry Scott980.30180.05
Green  1,3834.17
NZ First  1,1733.53
Māori Party  1210.36
Family Rights  640.19
Christian Heritage  600.18
Legalise Cannabis  360.11
Alliance  220.07
Libertarianz  180.05
99 MP  90.03
RONZ  70.02
One NZ  50.02
Informal votes439193
Total valid votes32,49233,200
Labour holdMajority9,895

2002 election

2002 general election: Mount Roskill
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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
Labour Green check.svgY Phil Goff 18,70264.40+6.1314,86649.73+3.98
National Brent Trewheela4,98717.175,12617.15-10.50
ACT Kenneth Wang 1,4945.142,3517.86+1.17
NZ First Dawn Mullins1,3014.482,3297.79+4.49
United Future Bernie Ogilvy 1,2534.312,1627.23
Christian Heritage Ewen McQueen 5822.004251.42-2.19
Alliance Brendon Lane3371.163571.19-5.11
Progressive Trevor Barnard2290.794461.49
Independent Stephen Berry 1570.54
Green  1,5775.28+1.53
ORNZ  1210.40
Legalise Cannabis  1090.36-0.12
One NZ  120.04+0.01
Mana Māori  100.03-0.04
NMP  40.01-0.01
Informal votes354124
Total valid votes29,04229,895
Labour holdMajority13,71547.23+16.61

1999 election

1999 general election: Mount Roskill
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 Green check.svgY or Red x.svgN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

PartyCandidateVotes%±%Party votes%±%
Labour Phil Goff 18,47558.2714,70245.75
National Phil Raffills8,76827.658,88427.65
Alliance Sarah Martin1,1903.752,0246.30
ACT Max Whitehead8942.822,1506.69
Green Chris Hay8902.811,2053.75
Christian Heritage Barrie Paterson6772.141,1593.61
NZ First Chris Comeskey5851.851,0593.30
United NZ Yousuf Qureshi1550.492090.65
Natural Law Linda Ellen Davy710.22570.18
Christian Democrats  3080.96
Legalise Cannabis  1550.48
Libertarianz  730.23
Animals First  470.15
McGillicuddy Serious  310.10
Mana Māori  240.07
The People's Choice  110.03
One NZ  100.03
Mauri Pacific  80.02
South Island  80.02
NMP  50.02
Republican  30.01
Freedom Movement  10.00
Informal votes790362
Total valid votes31,70532,133
Labour win new seatMajority9,70730.62

Table footnotes

  1. 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.

References

  1. "Mt Roskill - Official Result". Electoral Commission. 27 February 2025.
  2. New Zealand Parliament – Phil Goff MP
  3. "Notice of vacancy in seat in House of Representatives". New Zealand Gazette. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  4. "Phil Goff elected Mayor of Auckland". The New Zealand Herald. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  5. "Report of the Representation Commission 2020" (PDF). 17 April 2020.
  6. Demelza Leslie (11 October 2016). "Mt Roskill becomes National-Labour battleground". Radio NZ. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  7. "Mt Roskill - Official Result". Electoral Commission. 16 November 2023.
  8. "Official Count Results (2020) – Mount Roskill". Electoral Commission. 6 November 2020.
  9. "Official Count Results (2017) – Mount Roskill". Electoral Commission. 7 October 2017.
  10. "Mt Roskill - Official Result". Electoral Commission . Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  11. "Official Count Results – Mt Roskill (2014)". Electoral Commission . Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  12. Mount Roskill results, 2011
  13. "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 21 October 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  14. 2008 election results Archived 11 December 2008 at archive.today
  15. "Official Count Results – Mt Roskill (2005)". Electoral Commission . Retrieved 3 September 2017.