Northcote (New Zealand electorate)
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Northcote is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one member of parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. Currently, the Member for Northcote is Shanan Halbert of the Labour Party, who won the seat at the 2020 election.
Population centres
Northcote is based around the suburbs of Auckland's North Shore that are closest to the northern end of the Auckland Harbour Bridge. In addition to the eponymous Northcote, there are Birkenhead, Birkdale, Beach Haven and the southern end of Glenfield. It was created ahead of the change to mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting in 1996 by merging the seat of Birkenhead with most of the old Glenfield electorate. A small boundary adjustment was done prior to the 1999 election, but no further boundary adjustments were undertaken in the subsequent redistributions in 2002,[1] 2007,[2] and 2013/14.[3]
Northcote continues the electoral habits of its predecessor seats; Birkenhead was a reasonably safe seat for the National Party, supplying it with Jim McLay, who led the party from 1984 to 1986. In 1987, the seat was won by Labour, before swinging back into the blue column when Labour's fortunes thinned out at the 1990 election. Glenfield also followed this boom and bust model, being held by Labour Party MP Judy Keall through the duration of the fourth Labour government before the National Party landslide in 1990 claimed Keall as one of its victims.
Members
The first member for Northcote was Ian Revell from the National Party, who would rise to become the Deputy Speaker. Revell was caught up in a scandal for misuse of official letterhead and was defeated by Labour's Ann Hartley in 1999 New Zealand general election. Hartley herself was ousted by the seat's former representative, Jonathan Coleman, when National consolidated the centre-right vote in 2005. In the 2008 election Coleman was re-elected in Northcote with a majority of 9,360 votes.[4] He was again successful in the 2011 election, winning by a majority of 9,379 votes.[5] He had a slightly increased majority in the 2014 election[6] and was re-elected in the 2017 election. On 22 March 2018, Coleman announced he would resign within weeks, triggering the 2018 Northcote by-election.
Members for Northcote
Key
List members
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Northcote electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all members’ terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Winner | |
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1996 election | Grant Gillon | |
1999 election | ||
2005 election | Ann Hartley[a] |
Election results
2020 election
2020 general election: Northcote[7] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Shanan Halbert | 19,086 | 47.74 | +12.49 | 19,860 | 49.30 | +15.14 | ||
National | ![]() |
16,552 | 41.40 | -10.87 | 11,086 | 27.52 | -21.15 | ||
Green | Natasha Fairley | 1,905 | 4.76 | -1.97 | 3,482 | 8.64 | +1.89 | ||
ACT | Tim Kronfeld | 806 | 2.01 | +1.20 | 2,935 | 7.28 | +6.57 | ||
New Conservative | Bill Dyet | 601 | 1.50 | — | 536 | 1.33 | +1.11 | ||
Sustainable NZ | Bevan Read | 156 | 0.39 | — | 53 | 0.13 | — | ||
Outdoors | Lynn Usmani | 114 | 0.28 | — | 26 | 0.06 | +0.01 | ||
NZ First | 774 | 1.92 | -1.81 | ||||||
Opportunities | 741 | 1.83 | -0.45 | ||||||
Advance NZ | 231 | 0.57 | — | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 95 | 0.24 | -0.01 | ||||||
Māori Party | 93 | 0.23 | -0.14 | ||||||
TEA | 89 | 0.22 | — | ||||||
ONE | 44 | 0.10 | — | ||||||
Vision NZ | 13 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
Social Credit | 10 | 0.02 | -0.12 | ||||||
Heartland | 2 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 756 | 212 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 39,976 | 40,282 | |||||||
Turnout | 40,282 | ||||||||
Labour gain from National | Majority | 2,534 | 6.34 | -10.68 |
2018 by-election
The following table shows final by-election results:[8][9]
2018 Northcote by-election | |||||
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Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the by-election. | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
National | Dan Bidois | 10,566 | 50.67 | ||
Labour | Shanan Halbert | 9,256 | 44.39 | +9.14 | |
Green | Rebekah Jaung | 615 | 2.94 | −3.79 | |
ACT | Stephen Berry | 166 | 0.79 | ||
Independent | Kym Koloni | 97 | 0.46 | −3.27 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Jeff Lye | 89 | 0.42 | ||
Democrats | Tricia Cheel | 31 | 0.14 | −0.11 | |
Not A Party | Liam Walsh | 5 | 0.02 | ||
Informal votes | 25 | 0.11 | |||
Majority | 1,310 | 6.28 | |||
Turnout | 20,850 | 43.59 | −33.98 |
2017 election
2017 general election: Northcote[10] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
19,072 | 52.27 | −4.75 | 18,005 | 48.67 | −2.04 | ||
Labour | Shanan Halbert | 12,862 | 35.25 | +6.21 | 12,639 | 34.16 | +12.05 | ||
Green | Rebekah Jaung | 2,457 | 6.73 | −2.04 | 2,496 | 6.75 | −4.86 | ||
NZ First | Kym Koloni | 1,362 | 3.73 | — | 2,221 | 6.00 | −1.32 | ||
ACT | Tim Kronfeld | 296 | 0.81 | −0.30 | 261 | 0.71 | −0.91 | ||
Democrats | Tricia Cheel | 92 | 0.25 | — | 50 | 0.14 | +0.08 | ||
Opportunities | 845 | 2.28 | — | ||||||
Māori Party | 136 | 0.37 | −0.09 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 93 | 0.25 | −0.10 | ||||||
Conservative | 82 | 0.22 | −4.09 | ||||||
United Future | 24 | 0.06 | −0.28 | ||||||
People's Party | 23 | 0.06 | — | ||||||
Outdoors | 17 | 0.05 | — | ||||||
Mana | 11 | 0.03 | −0.92 | ||||||
Internet | 9 | 0.02 | −0.93 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 8 | 0.02 | −0.03 | ||||||
Informal votes | 343 | 75 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 36,484 | 36,995 | |||||||
Turnout | 37,311 | 77.57[11] | +0.98 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 6,210 | 17.02 | −10.96 |
2014 election
2014 general election: Northcote[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
19,696 | 57.02 | −1.44 | 17,900 | 50.71 | −1.55 | ||
Labour | Richard Hills | 10,032 | 29.04 | −0.42 | 7,803 | 22.11 | −2.91 | ||
Green | Anne-Elise Smithson | 3,030 | 8.77 | +2.93 | 4,099 | 11.61 | +0.07 | ||
Conservative | Matthew James Webster | 974 | 2.82 | +1.93 | 1,522 | 4.31 | +1.82 | ||
ACT | Tim Kronfeld | 383 | 1.11 | +0.54 | 573 | 1.62 | +0.15 | ||
United Future | Damian Light | 159 | 0.46 | +0.46 | 121 | 0.34 | −0.24 | ||
Internet | Gil Ho | 270 | 0.78 | +0.78 | |||||
NZ First | 2,584 | 7.32 | +1.67 | ||||||
Internet Mana | 336 | 0.95 | +0.64[b] | ||||||
Māori Party | 162 | 0.46 | −0.09 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 122 | 0.35 | −0.20 | ||||||
Civilian | 26 | 0.07 | +0.07 | ||||||
Democrats | 20 | 0.06 | +0.03 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 17 | 0.05 | +0.05 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 10 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
Focus | 4 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 306 | 117 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 34,850 | 35,416 | |||||||
Turnout | 35,416 | 75.76 | +3.45 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 9,664 | 27.98 | −1.02 |
2011 election
2011 general election: Northcote[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
18,908 | 58.46 | +0.59 | 17,263 | 52.26 | +1.85 | ||
Labour | Paula Gillon | 9,529 | 29.46 | -1.51 | 8,264 | 25.02 | -4.72 | ||
Green | Vernon Tava | 1,890 | 5.84 | -0.04 | 3,614 | 10.94 | +4.25 | ||
NZ First | Dion Clifford Jelley | 732 | 2.26 | +2.26 | 1,865 | 5.65 | +2.48 | ||
Conservative | Matthew James Webster | 593 | 1.83 | +1.83 | 824 | 2.49 | +2.49 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | Leo Biggs | 289 | 0.89 | +0.89 | 181 | 0.55 | +0.16 | ||
ACT | Tim Kronfeld | 185 | 0.57 | -1.34 | 484 | 1.47 | -3.84 | ||
United Future | Steven Dromgool | 113 | 0.35 | -0.06 | 193 | 0.58 | -0.40 | ||
Libertarianz | Peter Linton | 105 | 0.32 | +0.10 | 37 | 0.11 | +0.01 | ||
Māori Party | 182 | 0.55 | -0.09 | ||||||
Mana | 103 | 0.31 | +0.31 | ||||||
Alliance | 10 | 0.03 | +0.01 | ||||||
Democrats | 10 | 0.03 | -0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 480 | 173 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 32,344 | 33,030 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 9,379 | 29.00 | +2.09 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 45,675[12]
2008 election
2008 general election: Northcote[13] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
20,132 | 57.87 | 17,827 | 50.41 | ||||
Labour | Hamish McCracken | 10,772 | 30.97 | 10,517 | 29.74 | ||||
Green | Jeanette Elley | 2,046 | 5.88 | 2,368 | 6.70 | ||||
ACT | Nick Kearney | 664 | 1.91 | 1,877 | 5.31 | ||||
Family Party | Angela Xu | 549 | 1.58 | 148 | 0.42 | ||||
Progressive | Brenda Hill | 199 | 0.57 | 299 | 0.85 | ||||
Kiwi | Barry McDonald | 144 | 0.41 | 182 | 0.51 | ||||
United Future | Steven Dromgool | 143 | 0.41 | 348 | 0.98 | ||||
Libertarianz | Peter Linton | 77 | 0.22 | 37 | 0.10 | ||||
RAM | Benjamin Doherty | 60 | 0.17 | 9 | 0.03 | ||||
NZ First | 1,118 | 3.16 | |||||||
Māori Party | 227 | 0.64 | |||||||
Bill and Ben | 159 | 0.45 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 138 | 0.39 | |||||||
Pacific | 72 | 0.20 | |||||||
Democrats | 13 | 0.04 | |||||||
Workers Party | 9 | 0.03 | |||||||
Alliance | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
RONZ | 6 | 0.02 | |||||||
Informal votes | 246 | 107 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 34,786 | 35,362 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 9,360 | 26.91 |
2005 election
2005 general election: Northcote[14] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Jonathan Coleman | 16,854 | 49.36 | 14,927 | 43.01 | ||||
Labour | ![]() |
14,471 | 42.38 | 13,573 | 39.11 | ||||
NZ First | Paul Manning | 833 | 2.44 | 1,736 | 5.00 | ||||
Progressive | Grant Gillon | 611 | 1.79 | 426 | 1.23 | ||||
ACT | Diane Dawson | 435 | 1.27 | 921 | 2.65 | ||||
United Future | Beth Stone | 389 | 1.14 | 826 | 2.38 | ||||
Destiny | Nigel Heslop | 268 | 0.78 | 195 | 0.56 | ||||
Māori Party | Francis Wāka | 227 | 0.66 | 145 | 0.42 | ||||
Libertarianz | Peter Linton | 55 | 0.16 | 25 | 0.07 | ||||
Green | 1,763 | 5.08 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 73 | 0.21 | |||||||
Christian Heritage | 39 | 0.11 | |||||||
Alliance | 11 | 0.03 | |||||||
99 MP | 10 | 0.03 | |||||||
Democrats | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
Family Rights | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
Direct Democracy | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
One NZ | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
RONZ | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 389 | 826 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 34,143 | 34,707 | |||||||
National gain from Labour | Majority | 2,383 | 6.98 |
2002 election
2002 general election: Northcote[15] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | ![]() |
12,455 | 40.40 | 12,040 | 38.67 | ||||
National | Jeremy Sole | 9,831 | 31.88 | 6,687 | 21.48 | ||||
Progressive | Grant Gillon | 2,530 | 8.20 | 754 | 2.42 | ||||
NZ First | John Riley | 1,528 | 4.95 | 3,069 | 9.85 | ||||
Green | Rachel Mackintosh | 1,294 | 4.19 | 1,983 | 6.36 | ||||
ACT | Dianne Dawson | 1,255 | 4.07 | 3,161 | 10.15 | ||||
United Future New Zealand | Sharee Adams | 1,139 | 3.69 | 2,283 | 7.33 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Dirk Hoek | 313 | 1.01 | 332 | 1.06 | ||||
Alliance | Solly Southwood | 185 | 0.60 | 332 | 1.06 | ||||
ORNZ | 221 | 0.70 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 147 | 0.47 | |||||||
One NZ | 24 | 0.07 | |||||||
Mana Māori | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
NMP | 6 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 298 | 84 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 30,828 | 31,131 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 2,624 | 8.51 |
1999 election
1999 general election: Northcote[16][17] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Ann Hartley | 10,081 | 31.70 | 11,334 | 35.89 | ||||
National | ![]() |
9,803 | 30.83 | 10,502 | 33.25 | ||||
Alliance | Grant Gillon | 6,417 | 20.18 | 2,366 | 7.49 | ||||
ACT | Alex Wong | 2,140 | 6.73 | 3,319 | 10.51 | ||||
Green | Jane Wells | 1,224 | 3.84 | 1,459 | 4.62 | ||||
NZ First | John Bryant | 613 | 1.92 | 1,020 | 3.23 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Mark Munroe | 392 | 1.23 | 484 | 1.53 | ||||
Christian Democrats | Dave Perkin | 320 | 1.00 | 400 | 1.26 | ||||
United NZ | Murray Callister | 174 | 0.54 | 196 | 0.62 | ||||
Christians Against Abortion | Maria Matthews | 81 | 0.25 | ||||||
Natural Law | Tony Cornelissen | 45 | 0.14 | 42 | 0.13 | ||||
Legalise Cannabis | 235 | 0.74 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 60 | 0.19 | |||||||
McGillicuddy Serious | 47 | 0.14 | |||||||
Animals First | 45 | 0.13 | |||||||
Republican | 14 | 0.04 | |||||||
NMP | 11 | 0.03 | |||||||
One NZ | 9 | 0.02 | |||||||
Mauri Pacific | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
People's Choice Party | 6 | 0.01 | |||||||
Freedom Movement | 3 | 0.00 | |||||||
Mana Māori | 3 | 0.00 | |||||||
South Island | 3 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 504 | 218 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 31,794 | 31,576 | |||||||
Labour gain from National | Majority | 278 | 0.87 |
1996 election
1996 general election: Northcote[18][19][20] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Ian Revell | 13,779 | 41.01 | 12,997 | 38.49 | ||||
Labour | Ann Hartley | 9,216 | 27.43 | 8,267 | 24.48 | ||||
Alliance | Grant Gillon | 3,923 | 11.68 | 3,078 | 9.11 | ||||
NZ First | Janie Phillips | 2,875 | 8.56 | 3,227 | 9.56 | ||||
United NZ | ![]() |
1,955 | 5.82 | 455 | 1.35 | ||||
ACT | Kieran Bird | 1,235 | 3.68 | 3,467 | 10.27 | ||||
McGillicuddy Serious | Bernard Smith | 235 | 0.70 | 83 | 0.25 | ||||
Progressive Green | Peter Lee | 213 | 0.63 | 110 | 0.33 | ||||
Green Society | Merete Molving | 100 | 0.30 | 32 | 0.09 | ||||
Natural Law | Kevin O'Brien | 52 | 0.15 | 49 | 0.15 | ||||
Republican | Pamera Warner | 15 | 0.04 | ||||||
Christian Coalition | 1,318 | 3.90 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 451 | 1.34 | |||||||
Ethnic Minority Party | 119 | 0.35 | |||||||
Animals First | 54 | 0.16 | |||||||
Superannuitants & Youth | 26 | 0.08 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 19 | 0.06 | |||||||
Conservatives | 7 | 0.02 | |||||||
Mana Māori | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
Asia Pacific United | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Advance New Zealand | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Te Tawharau | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 263 | 91 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 33,598 | 33,770 | |||||||
National win new seat | Majority | 4,563 | 13.58 |
Table footnotes
References
- ^ Report of the Representation Commission 2002 (PDF). Representation Commission. 21 March 2002. p. 8. ISBN 0-478-20169-9. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ Report of the Representation Commission 2007 (PDF). Representation Commission. 14 September 2007. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ Report of the Representation Commission 2014 (PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Official Count Results – Northcote". Chief Electoral Office. 22 November 2008. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Official Count Results – Northcote". electionresults.govt.nz. New Zealand Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Official Count Results – Northcote (2014)". Electoral Commission. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Northcote - Official Result". Electoral Commission. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Northcote - Official Result". electionresults.govt.nz. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ "Northcote by-election official results". Electoral Commission. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ "Official Count Results – Northcote". Wellington: New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- ^ 2008 election results
- ^ electionresults.govt.nz
- ^ 2002 election results
- ^ "Official Count Results (1999) – Electoral Votes for registered parties by electorate". NZ Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ "Official Count Results (1999) – Candidate Vote Details". NZ Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ^ "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – Northcote, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ^ "Part III – Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ^ "Part III – Party Lists of unsuccessful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
External links
- Northcote electorate profile, New Zealand Parliament