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Clutha-Southland electorate boundaries used since the 2008 election

Clutha-Southland is a parliamentary constituency returning one member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Clutha Southland is Hamish Walker of the National Party. He has held the seat since the 2017 general election.

Population centres

Clutha-Southland was promulgated as one of the original 65 MMP electorates, centred on Southland district and covering an area stretching from Fiordland across the far south of the South Island to the south Otago coast. Its largest population centres are Gore and Balclutha. In 2008, the seat of Otago was abolished and split between the Waitaki and Clutha-Southland electorates, and parts of Central Otago, primarily around Arrowtown, Queenstown and Roxburgh were also transferred to Clutha-Southland.

Clutha-Southland is the successor to the old Wallace, Clutha and Awarua constituencies. Its boundaries had changed at all three redistributions undertaken since its creation, as dwindling populations in both the old Clutha-Southland electorate and in the neighbouring Invercargill electorate have forced both seats northwards to ensure every electorate population stays within certain limits. This trend stopped in the 2013 redistribution, however, with both the Clutha-Southland and Invercargill electorates remaining unchanged in area.[1]

History

Because of its largely rural nature, Clutha-Southland is one of the National Party's safest seats. Bill English, who is the current Prime Minister, held the seat from 1996 to 2014. English announced in January 2014 that he would retire as the electorate MP at the 2014 general election, becoming a list MP only.[2][3]

Todd Barclay won the 2014 election by a significant margin over Labour's Liz Craig,[4] obtaining nearly 64% of the candidate votes.[5] Barclay became at that time the youngest MP in the House of Representatives.[6] In 2017, he announced he would not stand for re-election at the 2017 election, after revealing he had secretly recorded staff in his office without their consent.[7] The seat was won at the election by Hamish Walker, retaining it for the National Party.

Members of Parliament for Clutha-Southland

The electorate has been represented by two Members of Parliament so far.

Key   National   NZ First

Election Winner
1996 election rowspan=6 width=5 bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color| Bill English
1999 election
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election
2011 election
2014 election bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color| Todd Barclay
2017 election bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color| Hamish Walker

List MPs

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

Election Winner
2017 election width=5 bgcolor=Template:New Zealand First/meta/color| Mark Patterson

Election results

2014 election

General election, 2014: Clutha-Southland[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 tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Todd Barclay 21,561 63.37 −5.46 21,694 63.18 +0.29
Labour Liz Craig 6,675 19.62 +2.85 5,036 14.67 −1.54
Green Rachael Goldsmith 2,398 7.05 −1.43 2,647 7.71 −0.93
Conservative Party of New Zealand Lachie Ashton 1,403 4.12 +1.59 1,726 5.03 +1.91
Ban 1080 James Veint 915 2.69 +2.69 268 0.78 +0.78
ACT Don Nicolson 447 1.31 −1.25 122 0.36 −1.47
Independent Coalition Karl Barkley 168 0.49 +0.49 32 0.09 +0.09
Democrats Jason Jobsis 88 0.26 −0.15 36 0.10 −0.14
NZ First   2,135 6.22 +1.33
Legalise Cannabis   184 0.54 −0.12
Internet Mana   158 0.46 +0.31[a]
Māori Party   113 0.33 −0.10
United Future New Zealand   68 0.20 −0.61
Civilian   10 0.03 +0.03
Informal votes 370 107
Total valid votes 34,025 34,336
Turnout 34,443 78.51 +4.68
National hold Majority 14,886 43.75 −8.31

2011 election

General election, 2011: Clutha-Southland[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 tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Green tickY Bill English 21,375 68.83 +0.96 20,020 62.89 +3.03
Labour Tat Loo 5,207 16.77 -4.69 5,160 16.21 -7.73
Green Rachael Goldsmith 2,633 8.48 +1.57 2,751 8.64 +3.54
ACT Don Nicolson 796 2.56 +0.79 583 1.83 -2.06
Conservative Party of New Zealand Ross Calverley 787 2.53 +2.53 992 3.12 +3.12
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:New Zealand Sovereignty Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | Sovereignty Party Tony Corbett 130 0.42 +0.42
Democrats Robert Mills 128 0.41 +0.41 75 0.24 +0.18
NZ First   1,556 4.89 +2.02
United Future New Zealand   259 0.81 +0.06
Legalise Cannabis   210 0.66 +0.27
Māori Party   136 0.43 +0.01
Mana   48 0.15 +0.15
Libertarianz   24 0.08 +0.03
Alliance   17 0.05 -0.13
Informal votes 810 209
Total valid votes 31,056 31,831
National hold Majority 16,168 52.06 +5.65

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 43,395[10]

2008 election

General election, 2008: Clutha-Southland[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 tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Green tickY Bill English 22,631 67.87 +1.39 20,235 59.87 +2.73
Labour Don Pryde 7,156 21.46 -1.74 8,091 23.94 -4.76
Green Tim Gow 2,304 6.91 +4.23 1,726 5.11 +2.74
ACT Roly Henderson 590 1.77 +0.18 1,315 3.89 +1.98
Family Party Paul Tankard 515 1.54 +1.54 193 0.57 +0.57
Alliance Marvin Hubbard 149 0.45 +0.45 63 0.19 +0.11
NZ First   968 2.86 -1.70
Bill and Ben   259 0.77 +0.77
United Future New Zealand   254 0.75 -2.64
Progressive   226 0.67 -0.09
Māori Party   141 0.42 -0.21
Legalise Cannabis   131 0.39 +0.13
Kiwi   131 0.39 +0.39
Democrats   18 0.05 -0.03
Workers Party   18 0.05 +0.05
Libertarianz   16 0.05 -0.02
Pacific   8 0.02 +0.02
RAM   4 0.01 +0.01
RONZ   2 0.01 -0.004
Informal votes 354 142
Total valid votes 33,345 33,799
National hold Majority 15,475 46.41 +3.14

Note: lines coloured beige denote the winner of the electorate vote. Lines coloured pink denote a candidate elected to Parliament from their party's list.

2005 election

Party Candidate Votes % Party Votes %
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color|National Green tickY Bill English 20,020 66.70 17,334 57.14
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color|Labour David Talbot 6,988 23.28 8,705 28.70
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand First/meta/color|NZ First Dave Mackie 999 3.33 1,386 4.57
bgcolor=Template:Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand/meta/color|Green Robert Guyton 808 2.69 719 2.37
bgcolor=Template:United Future New Zealand/meta/color|United Joy Leitze 701 2.34 1,028 3.39
bgcolor=Template:ACT New Zealand/meta/color|ACT John Cameron Fraser 479 1.60 579 1.91
IND David Webber 121 0.40 - -
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand Progressive Party/meta/color|Progressive - - - 230 0.76
Destiny - - - 99 0.33
bgcolor=Template:Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party/meta/color|ALCP - - - 79 0.26
bgcolor=Template:Māori Party/meta/color|Māori Party - - - 63 0.21
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand Democratic Party/meta/color|Democrats - - - 26 0.09
bgcolor=Template:Christian Heritage New Zealand/meta/color|Christian Heritage - - - 24 0.08
bgcolor=Template:Alliance (New Zealand political party)/meta/color|Alliance - - - 23 0.08
99 MP - - - 13 0.04
Family Rights PP - - - 9 0.03
bgcolor=Template:Libertarianz/meta/color|Libertarianz - - - 7 0.02
One NZ - - - 6 0.02
bgcolor=Template:The Republic of New Zealand Party/meta/color|Republic of NZ - - - 3 0.01
bgcolor=Template:Direct Democracy Party of New Zealand/meta/color|Direct Democracy - - - 2 0.01
informal votes 211 150
total valid votes 30,116 30,335
bgcolor=Template:New Zealand National Party/meta/color|National hold Majority 13,032

sourced from electionresults.govt.nz

1999 election

Refer to Candidates in the New Zealand general election 1999 by electorate#Clutha-Southland for a list of candidates.

1996 election

General election, 1996: Clutha-Southland[12][13][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 tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Bill English 14,764 47.09 13,449 42.74
Labour Lesley Soper 5,721 18.25 6,058 19.25
NZ First Alan Wise 5,075 16.19 4,709 14.97
Alliance Tracey Hicks 2,326 7.42 2,345 7.45
ACT Peter Snow 2,049 6.54 1,901 6.04
Christian Coalition Russell Zwies 1,060 3.38 2,147 6.82
McGillicuddy Serious Robyn West 306 0.98 133 0.42
Natural Law Gilbert Urquhart 50 0.16 24 0.08
Legalise Cannabis   390 1.24
United NZ   181 0.58
Animals First   37 0.12
Progressive Green   33 0.10
Green Society 15 0.05
Conservatives 14 0.04
Superannuitants & Youth 11 0.03
Libertarianz   10 0.03
Advance New Zealand 2 0.01
Asia Pacific United 2 0.01
Ethnic Minority Party 2 0.01
Mana Māori   2 0.01
Te Tawharau 0 0.00
Informal votes 202 88
Total valid votes 31,351 31,465
National win new seat Majority 9,043 28.84

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. ^ Report of the Representation Commission 2014 (PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  2. ^ Bennett, Adam (1 November 2013). "English to give up Clutha-Southland seat". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Life after Bill". The Southland Times. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Election 2014: Southland decides". The Southland Times. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  5. ^ Hayes, Lauren; Railton, Bridget; Jamieson, Debbie (20 September 2014). "Landslide win for Barclay". The Southland Times. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  6. ^ Rutherford, Hamish (29 April 2014). "Who is National's Todd Barclay?". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Todd Barclay tapes contained 'sex and drugs' matters – report". Newshub – newshub.co.nz. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  8. ^ Electoral Commission (22 January 2016). "Official Count Results – Clutha-Southland". Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  9. ^ 2011 election results
  10. ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  11. ^ Official Count Results -- Clutha-Southland, 2008 General Election. Chief Electoral Office, Wellington. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  12. ^ "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place - Clutha-Southland, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  13. ^ "Part III - Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "Part III - Party Lists of unsuccessful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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