Electoral history of Andrew Little

This is a summary of the electoral history of Andrew Little, Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party (2014–2017), President of the New Zealand Labour Party (2009–2011), and a List MP (2011–present).

Parliamentary elections

General election 2011: New Plymouth^[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 Jonathan Young		17,644	53.31	+5.13	18,073	53.26	+2.79
	Labour	Andrew Little		13,374	40.41	-7.47	8,761	25.82	-5.60
	Green	Geoff Steedman		1,277	3.86	+3.86	3,276	9.65	+3.23
	Legalise Cannabis	Jamie Dombroski		439	1.33	+1.33	178	0.52	+0.05
	Independent	Rusty Kane		361	1.09	-1.11
	NZ First						2,137	6.30	+2.25
	Conservative Party of New Zealand						667	1.97	+1.97
	ACT						347	1.02	-2.16
	Māori Party						207	0.61	-0.14
	United Future						154	0.45	-0.20
	Mana						72	0.21	+0.21
	Libertarianz						30	0.09	+0.01
	Democrats						19	0.06	-0.07
	Alliance						11	0.03	-0.06
Informal votes				808			235
Total valid votes				33,095			33,932
	National hold		Majority	4,270	12.90	+12.60

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,973^[2]

General election 2014: New Plymouth^[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	%	±%
	National	Y Jonathan Young		21,566	57.75	+4.14	20,969	55.65	+2.39
	Labour	Andrew Little		11,788	31.56	−8.85	7,947	21.10	−4.72
	Green	Sarah Roberts		2,025	5.42	+1.56	3,005	7.97	−1.68
	Legalise Cannabis	Jamie Dombroski		701	1.88	+0.55	218	0.58	+0.06
	Conservative Party of New Zealand	Angela Storr		633	1.69	+1.69	1,201	3.19	+1.22
	ACT	James Gray		205	0.55	+0.55	172	0.46	−0.56
	NZ First						3,395	9.00	+2.70
	Internet Mana						263	0.70	+0.49^[a]
	Māori Party						199	0.53	−0.08
	United Future						66	0.18	−0.27
	Ban 1080						57	0.15	+0.15
	Civilian						57	0.15	+0.15
	Democrats						28	0.07	+0.01
	Independent Coalition						10	0.03	+0.03
	Focus						10	0.03	+0.03
Informal votes				429			128
Total valid votes				37,347			37,681
Turnout				37,681	77.51	+2.06
	National hold		Majority	9,778	26.18	+13.28

On 2 March 2009 it was announced that Little was elected unopposed as President of the New Zealand Labour Party.^[4]

Labour leadership election results^[5]
Section (% weighting)	Candidate	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
Caucus (40%)	Little	15.63%	34.38%	43.75%
	Robertson	43.75%	43.75%	56.25%
	Parker	21.88%	21.88%	–
	Mahuta	18.75%	–	–
Party (40%)	Little	25.71%	34.11%	44.77%
	Robertson	38.25%	40.92%	55.23%
	Parker	22.41%	24.97%	–
	Mahuta	13.62%	–	–
Union affiliates (20%)	Little	64.12%	70.62%	75.66%
	Robertson	18.91%	20.20%	24.44%
	Parker	7.28%	9.18%	–
	Mahuta	9.70%	–	–
Final result	Little	29.36%	42.52%	50.52%
	Robertson	36.58%	37.91%	49.48%
	Parker	19.17%	20.58%	–
	Mahuta	14.89%	–	–

^ 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.

^ 2011 election results
^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
^ "2014 election results". Electoral Commission. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
^ "Andrew Little elected Labour Party president". The New Zealand Herald. NZPA. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
^ Trevett, Claire (18 November 2014). "'He has the vision to win the trust of New Zealanders' – Andrew Little elected Labour leader". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 12 January 2017.