Pakuranga (New Zealand electorate)
Pakuranga is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It gave the Social Credit Party one of its few MPs when Neil Morrison held the seat from 1984 to 1987, but otherwise the electorate seat has been held by the National Party since 1972. Its current MP is Maurice Williamson who has held the electorate since 1987 but will not seek re-election in 2017.
Population centres
Pakuranga is one of 64 general electorates used in New Zealand general elections. It covers part of eastern Auckland around the eponymous suburb of Pakuranga. Other population centres include Farm Cove, Half Moon Bay, Bucklands Beach, parts of Highland Park and parts of Howick.
The boundaries of the Pakuranga electorate were last adjusted in the 2007 redistribution. Initially, the Representation Commission proposed substantial changes, but after hearing objections mainly about Pakuranga, Manukau East, and Manurewa, the shape of the Pakuranga electorate reverted to almost the boundaries prior to the review.[1] No boundary adjustments were undertaken in the subsequent 2013/14 redistribution.[2]
History
Pakuranga was first contested in at the 1963 election, and won by future Labour Party frontbencher Bob Tizard. It was recaptured by National in 1972, and has stayed with National since, save for a brief interlude - the New Zealand Party's presence on the ballot paper in 1984 split the centre-right vote and handed the seat to Social Credit's Neil Morrison.
With the introduction of mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation in 1996 the seat was expanded to absorb the most of the neighbouring seat of Howick. Its boundaries have remained largely unchanged since; an attempt in 2007 to resurrect a seat around Howick by pulling the Pakuranga boundaries across the Tamaki River and adding Panmure, Point England and Glen Innes from Auckland City was abandoned in the face of strenuous local objection. Instead, Howick was renamed Botany and centred on the rapid-growth areas of Flat Bush, Botany Downs and Dannemora.
Pakuranga is considered a safe National seat, with current MP Maurice Williamson being easily re-elected at every election since ousting Morrison in 1987.[3] In the 2014 election, Williamson had a majority of 12,867 votes over his nearest challenger, Barry Kirker of the Labour Party.[4]
Members of Parliament
Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at a general election.
Key
Labour National Social Credit NZ First
List MPs
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Pakuranga electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Winner | |
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2002 election | rowspan=2 width=5 bgcolor=Template:New Zealand First/meta/color| | Pita Paraone |
2005 election |
Election results
2014 election
General election 2014: Pakuranga[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 | Maurice Williamson | 20,388 | 59.75 | −6.11 | 20,854 | 60.24 | −2.56 | ||
Labour | Barry Kirker | 7,521 | 22.04 | +0.25 | 5,511 | 15.92 | −2.70 | ||
Conservative Party of New Zealand | Andrew Craig | 3,465 | 10.15 | +4.95 | 1,930 | 5.57 | +2.02 | ||
ACT | Jamie Whyte | 2,030 | 5.95 | +3.35 | 1,021 | 2.95 | +1.16 | ||
NZ First | 2,456 | 7.09 | +1.42 | ||||||
Green | 2,192 | 6.33 | +0.12 | ||||||
Internet Mana | 214 | 0.62 | +0.50[a] | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 109 | 0.31 | −0.03 | ||||||
Maori Party | 108 | 0.31 | −0.02 | ||||||
United Future | 78 | 0.23 | −0.23 | ||||||
Civilian | 16 | 0.05 | +0.05 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 11 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
Democrats | 8 | 0.02 | ±0.00 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 8 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Focus | 4 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 721 | 101 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 34,125 | 34,621 | |||||||
Turnout | 34,621 | 74.76 | +4.77 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 12,867 | 37.71 | −6.35 |
2011 election
General election 2011: Pakuranga[6] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Maurice Williamson | 20,694 | 65.86 | +4.28 | 20,471 | 62.80 | +3.10 | ||
Labour | Sunny Kaushal | 6,848 | 21.79 | +0.17 | 6,068 | 18.62 | -3.66 | ||
Conservative Party of New Zealand | Lance Gedge | 1,634 | 5.20 | +5.20 | 1,156 | 3.55 | +3.55 | ||
NZ First | Helen Jane Mulford | 1,430 | 4.55 | +1.26 | 1,847 | 5.67 | +2.18 | ||
ACT | Chris Simmons | 816 | 2.60 | -3.74 | 585 | 1.79 | -5.39 | ||
Green | 2,024 | 6.21 | +2.61 | ||||||
United Future | 149 | 0.46 | -0.50 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 112 | 0.34 | +0.12 | ||||||
Māori Party | 109 | 0.33 | +0.03 | ||||||
Mana | 40 | 0.12 | +0.12 | ||||||
Alliance | 20 | 0.06 | +0.02 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 9 | 0.03 | -0.01 | ||||||
Democrats | 5 | 0.02 | +0.004 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,041 | 202 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 31,422 | 32,595 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 13,846 | 44.06 | +4.10 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 45,912[7]
2008 election
General election 2008: Pakuranga[8] | |||||||||
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Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Maurice Williamson | 21,430 | 61.58 | 21,099 | 59.70 | ||||
Labour | Brian Kelly | 7,524 | 21.62 | 7,872 | 22.27 | ||||
ACT | Andrew Jollands | 2,205 | 6.34 | 2,541 | 7.19 | ||||
Green | Zachary Dorner | 1,480 | 4.25 | 1,273 | 3.60 | ||||
NZ First | Pita Paraone | 1,146 | 3.29 | 1,231 | 3.48 | ||||
United Future | Quentin Todd | 409 | 1.18 | 338 | 0.96 | ||||
Progressive | Jeffrey Ly | 354 | 1.02 | 265 | 0.75 | ||||
Kiwi | Brian Hilder | 252 | 0.72 | 123 | 0.35 | ||||
Family Party | 186 | 0.53 | |||||||
Bill and Ben | 137 | 0.39 | |||||||
Māori Party | 106 | 0.30 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 79 | 0.22 | |||||||
Pacific | 38 | 0.11 | |||||||
Alliance | 15 | 0.04 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 13 | 0.04 | |||||||
Workers Party | 12 | 0.03 | |||||||
RAM | 6 | 0.02 | |||||||
Democrats | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
RONZ | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 329 | 80 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 34,800 | 35,342 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 13,906 | 39.96 |
2005 election
General election 2005: Pakuranga[9] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Maurice Williamson | 19,159 | 54.03 | 19,173 | 53.28 | ||||
Labour | Michael Wood | 9,577 | 27.01 | 10,810 | 30.31 | ||||
Independent | Steve Baron | 1,807 | 5.10 | ||||||
NZ First | Pita Paraone | 1,398 | 3.54 | 2105 | 5.85 | ||||
ACT | Bronny Jacobson | 1,216 | 3.43 | 1,354 | 3.76 | ||||
United Future | Ian McInnes | 833 | 2.35 | 878 | 2.44 | ||||
Progressive | Ly Meng | 560 | 1.58 | 297 | 0.83 | ||||
Destiny | David Jesze | 488 | 1.38 | 206 | 0.57 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Ewen McQueen | 373 | 1.05 | 80 | 0.22 | ||||
Direct Democracy | Kevin Moore | 49 | 0.14 | 11 | 0.03 | ||||
Green | 907 | 2.52 | |||||||
Māori Party | 73 | 0.20 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 36 | 0.10 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 14 | 0.04 | |||||||
Alliance | 13 | 0.04 | |||||||
RONZ | 7 | 0.02 | |||||||
99 MP | 6 | 0.02 | |||||||
One NZ | 6 | 0.02 | |||||||
Family Rights | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
Democrats | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 359 | 88 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 35,460 | 35,983 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 9,582 | 27.02 |
2002 election
General election 2002: Pakuranga[10] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Maurice Williamson | 14,010 | 43.42 | 8,470 | 26.02 | ||||
Labour | Michael Wood | 9,454 | 29.30 | 10,375 | 31.87 | ||||
ACT | Andrew Jollands | 2,419 | 7.50 | 4,712 | 14.47 | ||||
NZ First | Pita Paraone | 2,001 | 6.20 | 3,859 | 11.85 | ||||
United Future | Ian McInnes | 1,461 | 4.53 | 2,543 | 7.88 | ||||
Green | David Rose | 1,040 | 3.22 | 1,173 | 3.60 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Jonothan Ko | 876 | 2.71 | 426 | 1.31 | ||||
Progressive | Meng Ly | 478 | 1.48 | 396 | 1.22 | ||||
Alliance | Paul Protheroe | 158 | 0.49 | 192 | 0.58 | ||||
ORNZ | 204 | 0.63 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 93 | 0.28 | |||||||
One NZ | 20 | 0.06 | |||||||
NMP | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Mana Māori | 0.00 | ||||||||
Informal votes | 378 | 84 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 32,266 | 32,553 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 4,556 |
Table footnotes
References
- ^ Report of the Representation Commission 2007 (PDF). Representation Commission. 14 September 2007. pp. 8, 13. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ Report of the Representation Commission 2014 (PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Hon Maurice Williamson". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Official Count Results -- Pakuranga". Electoral Commission. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Official Count Results - Pakuranga (2014)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ "Official Count Results - Pakuranga (2011)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- ^ [1] Archived November 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ "Official Count Results - Pakuranga". Electionresults.govt.nz. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
External links
- Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library