Electoral history of David Shearer

This is a summary of the electoral history of David Shearer, Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party (2011–13) and Member of Parliament for Mount Albert (2009–2016).

Parliamentary elections

General election, 2002: Whangarei^[1]
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Phil Heatley		13,829	43.03		7,493	23.17
	Labour	David Shearer		10,615	33.03		11,374	35.17
	NZ First	Brian Donnelly		3,774	11.74		5,008	15.48
	ACT	Muriel Newman		1,297	4.03		2,623	8.11
	Green	Calvin Green		1,180	3.60		2,111	6.52
	Christian Heritage	Rod Harris		521	1.62		807	2.49
	United Future	Gary Phillips		268	0.83		1,483	4.58
	Alliance	Ticia Cutforth		239	0.74		351	1.08
	Progressive	David Wilson		156	0.48		394	1.21
	Libertarianz	Helen Hughes		97	0.30
	ORNZ						383	1.18
	Legalise Cannabis						143	0.44
	One NZ						23	0.07
	Mana Māori						11	0.03
	NMP						3	0.009
Informal votes				159			125
Total valid votes				32,135			32,332
	National hold		Majority	3,214	10.00

2009 Mount Albert 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Shearer	13,260	63.49	+4.20
	National	Melissa Lee^a	3,542	16.96	-11.88
	Green	Russel Norman^a	2,567	12.29	+6.35
	ACT	John Boscawen^a	968	4.63	+0.54
	Bill and Ben	Ben Boyce	158	0.76
	Legalise Cannabis	Dakta Green	92	0.44
	Kiwi	Simonne Dyer	91	0.44
	United Future	Judy Turner	89	0.43
	Libertarianz	Julian Pistorius	39	0.19
	Independent	Jim Bagnell	24	0.11
	Independent	Ari Baker	15	0.07
	Human Rights Party	Anthony Van den Heuvel	13	0.06
	People Before Profit	Malcom France	13	0.06
	Independent	Jackson James Wood	9	0.04
	People's Choice	Rusty Kane	5	0.02
Informal votes			58
Total Valid votes			20,885
	Labour hold	Majority	9,718	46.40	+4.02

^a Three candidates were list MPs elected at the 2008 election.

General election, 2011: Mount Albert^[2]
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y David Shearer		18,716	59.19	-0.10	12,238	37.09	-5.51
	National	Melissa Lee		8,695	27.50	-1.35	12,102	36.67	+1.01
	Green	David Clendon		3,000	9.49	+3.55	5,660	17.15	+6.15
	Conservative Party of New Zealand	Frank Poching		786	2.49	+2.49	532	1.61	+1.61
	ACT	Stephen Boyle		425	1.34	-2.75	306	0.93	-2.58
	NZ First						1,494	4.53	+1.85
	Mana						191	0.58	-+0.58
	Māori Party						172	0.52	-0.26
	Legalise Cannabis						135	0.41	+0.12
	United Future New Zealand						114	0.35	-0.32
	Libertarianz						29	0.09	+0.04
	Alliance						21	0.06	+0.01
	Democrats						5	0.02	-0.005
Informal votes				969			272
Total valid votes				31,622			32,999
	Labour hold		Majority	10,021	31.69	+1.24

General election, 2014: Mount Albert^[3]
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y David Shearer		20,970	58.17	−1.02	10,823	29.31	−7.78
	National	Melissa Lee		10,314	28.61	+1.11	14,359	38.89	+2.22
	Green	Jeanette Elley		3,152	8.74	−0.75	8,005	21.68	+4.53
	Conservative Party of New Zealand	Jeffrey Johnson		525	1.46	−1.03	719	1.95	+0.34
	ACT	Tommy Fergusson		321	0.89	−0.45	356	0.96	+0.03
	Mana	Joe Carolan		290	0.80	+0.80
	Human Rights	Anthony van den Heuvel		76	0.21	+0.21
	Independent	Michael Wackrow		68	0.19	+0.19
	NZ First						1,512	4.10	−0.43
	Internet Mana						603	1.63	+1.05
	Māori Party						178	0.48	−0.04
	Legalise Cannabis						93	0.25	−0.16
	United Future						57	0.15	−0.20
	Ban 1080						12	0.03	+0.03
	Civilian						11	0.03	+0.03
	Democrats						7	0.02	±0.00
	Focus						6	0.02	+0.02
	Independent Coalition						5	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				336			176
Total valid votes				36,052			36,922
Turnout				36,922	79.41	+6.42
	Labour hold		Majority	10,656	29.56	−2.13