Kaipara ki Mahurangi
Kaipara ki Mahurangi is an electorate to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was created for the 2020 election.
Population centres
The electorate consists of a large northern section of the Auckland Region. It stretches from the border with Northland to the northwestern end of Waitematā Harbour, and consists mostly of various satellite towns north of Auckland. Population centres within the electorate include:[1]
History
The electorate was created after rapid population growth in the former Rodney electorate caused the northern section to be carved off and incorporated into Helensville, which in turn lost the Waitakere Ranges to New Lynn and an area around Coatesville and Dairy Flat to Whangaparāoa.[2][3] Initially, it was proposed to keep the name Helensville, but after opposition from residents in the Kowhai Coast area, that name was scrapped and it was named Kaipara ki Mahurangi instead.[2][4] The electorate draws its name from two areas of geographic importance, the Kaipara Harbour, in the west of the electorate, and the Mahurangi River, which is located on the eastern end of the constituency. Translated, the name essentially means Kaipara to Mahurangi, or Kaipara-Mahurangi.
Members of Parliament
Key National
| Election | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 election | Chris Penk | |
List MPs
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Kaipara ki Mahurangi electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at general elections.
Key Labour
| Election | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2020 election | Marja Lubeck | |
Election results
2020 election
| 2020 general election: Kaipara ki Mahurangi[5] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| National | Chris Penk | 20,402 | 44.79 | — | 15,547 | 33.83 | — | ||
| Labour | Marja Lubeck | 15,967 | 35.05 | — | 18,451 | 40.15 | — | ||
| ACT | Beth Houlbrooke | 2,989 | 6.56 | — | 5,158 | 11.22 | — | ||
| Green | Zephyr Brown | 2,904 | 6.38 | — | 2,887 | 6.28 | — | ||
| NZ First | Brenda Steele | 1,220 | 2.68 | — | 1,181 | 2.57 | — | ||
| New Conservative | Pauline Berry | 686 | 1.51 | — | 682 | 1.48 | — | ||
| Independent | David Ford | 248 | 0.54 | — | |||||
| ONE | Richard Reeves | 208 | 0.46 | — | 142 | 0.31 | — | ||
| Social Credit | Callan Neylon | 198 | 0.43 | — | 41 | 0.09 | — | ||
| Advance NZ | 671 | 1.46 | — | ||||||
| Opportunities | 591 | 1.29 | — | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 146 | 0.32 | — | ||||||
| Māori Party | 126 | 0.27 | — | ||||||
| Outdoors | 59 | 0.13 | — | ||||||
| Sustainable NZ | 54 | 0.12 | — | ||||||
| TEA | 16 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
| Vision New Zealand | 10 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
| Heartland | 7 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
| Informal votes | 730 | 191 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 45,552 | 45,960 | |||||||
| Turnout | 46,094[6] | 86.82 | — | ||||||
| National win new seat | Majority | 4,435 | 9.74 | ||||||
References
- ^ "Map of electorates for the 2020 and 2023 electorates". 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Report of the Representation Commission 2020" (PDF). 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ Whyte, Anna (17 April 2020). "New electorate revealed, as raft of boundary changes announced prior to election 2020". Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Boundary Review 2019/20: View submissions". Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ "Kaipara ki Mahurangi – Official Result (2020)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate (2020)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 January 2021.