Electoral history of Phil Goff
This is a summary of the electoral history of Phil Goff, Mayor of Auckland (2016–present), Leader of the Labour Party (2008–2011). He was a Member of Parliament for three electorates during his career: Roskill, New Lynn and Mount Roskill.
Parliamentary elections[edit]
1981 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Phil Goff | 9,778 | 47.60 | ||
| National | Cheryl Parsons | 7,253 | 35.31 | ||
| Social Credit | Chris Lynch | 3,508 | 17.07 | ||
| Majority | 2,525 | 12.29 | |||
| Turnout | 20,539 | 87.34 | +18.23 | ||
| Registered electors | 23,515 | ||||
1984 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Phil Goff | 11,043 | 53.80 | +6.20 | |
| National | Chris Knowles | 6,835 | 33.30 | ||
| NZ Party | Ben Matthews | 2,217 | 10.80 | ||
| Social Credit | Edward James Lye | 789 | 3.84 | ||
| Independent | Anthony Peter Devicich | 57 | 0.27 | ||
| Values | Johan Ofman | 34 | 0.16 | ||
| Majority | 4,208 | 20.50 | +8.21 | ||
| Turnout | 20,525 | 88.41 | +1.07 | ||
| Registered electors | 23,214 | ||||
1987 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Phil Goff | 10,487 | 54.27 | +0.47 | |
| National | Bob Foulkes | 8,050 | 41.66 | ||
| Democrats | Douglas McGee | 598 | 3.09 | ||
| NZ Party | B A Murray | 97 | 0.50 | ||
| Independent | Anthony Peter Devicich | 91 | 0.47 | +0.20 | |
| Majority | 2,437 | 12.61 | -7.89 | ||
| Turnout | 19,323 | 85.37 | -3.04 | ||
| Registered electors | 22,633 | ||||
1990 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Gilbert Myles | 9,132 | 44.72 | ||
| Labour | Phil Goff | 8,488 | 41.57 | -12.23 | |
| Green | Ian Graham Douglas | 1,287 | 6.30 | ||
| NewLabour | Ella Henry | 952 | 4.66 | ||
| Democrats | Douglas McGee | 185 | 0.90 | -2.19 | |
| Social Credit | John Ferdinand | 153 | 0.74 | ||
| Independent | Walter Christie | 111 | 0.54 | ||
| McGillicuddy Serious | Richard Alexander Foster | 96 | 0.47 | ||
| Communist League | Anthony David Drumm | 12 | 0.05 | ||
| Majority | 644 | 3.15 | |||
| Turnout | 20,416 | 85.32 | -0.05 | ||
| Registered electors | 23,926 | ||||
1993 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Phil Goff | 7,664 | 39.60 | -1.97 | |
| National | Allan Spence | 5,459 | 28.21 | ||
| NZ First | Gilbert Myles | 3,530 | 18.24 | -26.48 | |
| Alliance | Jenny-Kaye Potaka | 2,260 | 11.67 | ||
| Christian Heritage | Rowan Dunbar | 355 | 1.83 | ||
| McGillicuddy Serious | Julian Price | 82 | 0.42 | ||
| Majority | 2,205 | 11.39 | |||
| Turnout | 19,350 | 84.90 | +0.42 | ||
| Registered electors | 22,789 | ||||
1996 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Phil Goff | 15,392 | 50.29 | ||
| National | Richard Gardner | 8,254 | 26.97 | ||
| Alliance | Cliff Robinson | 3,554 | 11.61 | -18.34 | |
| NZ First | Dawn Mullins | 2,616 | 8.55 | +0.34 | |
| Progressive Green | Mark Darin | 301 | 0.98 | ||
| McGillicuddy Serious | Richard Foster | 203 | 0.66 | ||
| United NZ | John Hubscher | 128 | 0.42 | ||
| Advance NZ | James Prescott | 91 | 0.30 | ||
| Natural Law | Les McGrath | 68 | 0.12 | ||
| Informal votes | 317 | 1.03 | |||
| Majority | 7,138 | 23.32 | |||
| Turnout | 30,607 | ||||
1999 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Phil Goff | 18,475 | 58.27 | ||
| National | Phil Raffills | 8,768 | 8,768 | ||
| Alliance | Sarah Martin | 1,190 | 3.75 | ||
| ACT | Max Whitehead | 894 | 2.82 | ||
| Green | Chris Hay | 890 | 2.81 | ||
| Christian Heritage | Barrie Paterson | 677 | 2.14 | ||
| NZ First | Chris Comeskey | 585 | 1.85 | ||
| United NZ | Yousuf Qureshi | 155 | 0.49 | ||
| Natural Law | Linda Ellen Davy | 71 | 0.22 | ||
| Informal votes | 790 | 2.49 | |||
| Majority | 9,707 | 30.62 | |||
| Turnout | 31,705 | ||||
2002 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Phil Goff | 18,702 | 64.40 | +6.13 | |
| National | Brent Trewheela | 4,987 | 17.17 | ||
| ACT | Kenneth Wang | 1,494 | 5.14 | ||
| NZ First | Dawn Mullins | 1,301 | 4.48 | ||
| United Future | Bernie Ogilvy | 1,253 | 4.31 | ||
| Christian Heritage | Ewen McQueen | 582 | 2.00 | ||
| Alliance | Brendon Lane | 337 | 1.16 | ||
| Progressive | Trevor Barnard | 229 | 0.79 | ||
| Independent | Stephen Berry | 157 | 0.54 | ||
| Informal votes | 354 | 1.21 | -1.28 | ||
| Majority | 13,715 | 47.23 | +16.61 | ||
| Turnout | 29,042 | ||||
2005 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Phil Goff | 19,476 | 59.94 | -4.46 | |
| National | Jackie Blue | 9,581 | 29.49 | ||
| ACT | Kenneth Wang | 1,882 | 5.79 | +0.65 | |
| United Future | Richard Barter | 860 | 2.65 | ||
| Destiny | Brian Ane | 338 | 1.04 | ||
| Progressive | Suki Amirapu | 257 | 0.79 | ||
| Direct Democracy | Barry Scott | 98 | 0.30 | ||
| Informal votes | 439 | 1.35 | +0.14 | ||
| Majority | 9,895 | 30.45 | |||
| Turnout | 32,492 | ||||
2008 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Phil Goff | 18,615 | 55.80 | -4.14 | |
| National | Jackie Blue | 12,197 | 36.56 | +7.07 | |
| Green | Lisa Er | 1,086 | 3.26 | ||
| ACT | Shawn Tan | 718 | 2.15 | ||
| Kiwi | Joseph Rebello | 310 | 0.93 | ||
| United Future | Neville Wilson | 211 | 0.63 | ||
| Progressive | Suki Amirapu | 155 | 0.46 | -0.33 | |
| RAM | Daphne Lawless | 67 | 0.20 | ||
| Informal votes | 362 | 1.08 | -0.27 | ||
| Majority | 6,418 | 19.23 | |||
| Turnout | 33,359 | ||||
2011 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Phil Goff | 17,906 | 57.15 | +1.35 | |
| National | Jackie Blue | 10,635 | 33.94 | -2.62 | |
| Green | Julie Anne Genter | 1,258 | 4.01 | +0.76 | |
| Conservative Party of New Zealand | Feleti Key | 550 | 1.76 | ||
| NZ First | Mahesh Bindra | 468 | 1.49 | ||
| ACT | Pratima Nand | 240 | 0.77 | ||
| Legalise Cannabis | Jasmin Hewlett | 167 | 0.53 | ||
| United Future | Bryan Mockridge | 77 | 0.25 | ||
| Communist League | Patrick Brown | 32 | 0.10 | ||
| Informal votes | 766 | 2.44 | +1.36 | ||
| Majority | 7,271 | 23.21 | +3.97 | ||
| Turnout | 31,333 | ||||
2014 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Phil Goff | 18,637 | 55.81 | −1.34 | |
| National | Parmjeet Parmar | 10,546 | 31.58 | ||
| Green | Barry Coates | 1,682 | 5.04 | ||
| Conservative Party of New Zealand | Paul Davie | 1,094 | 3.28 | ||
| NZ First | Mahesh Bindra | 717 | 2.15 | +0.66 | |
| Mana | John Minto | 300 | 0.90 | ||
| Informal votes | 416 | 1.24 | -1.20 | ||
| Majority | 8,091 | 24.23 | +1.02 | ||
| Turnout | 33,392 | ||||
Local elections[edit]
2016 Auckland mayoral election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Phil Goff | 187,622 | 47.29 | ||
| Independent | Victoria Crone | 111,731 | 28.16 | ||
| Independent | Chlöe Swarbrick | 29,098 | 7.33 | ||
| Independent | John Palino | 22,387 | 5.64 | -26.03 | |
| Independent | Mark Thomas | 9,573 | 2.41 | ||
| Independent | Penny Bright | 7,022 | 1.77 | -1.64 | |
| Independent | David Hay | 2,845 | 0.72 | ||
| Greater Auckland | Tyrone Raumati | 2,387 | 0.60 | ||
| Christians Against Abortion | Phil O'Connor | 2,095 | 0.53 | -0.35 | |
| STOP | Tricia Cheel | 2,024 | 0.51 | +0.14 | |
| Communist League | Patrick Brown | 1,826 | 0.46 | +0.21 | |
| Independent | Mario Alupis | 1,800 | 0.45 | ||
| Legalise Cannabis | Adam John Holland | 1,772 | 0.45 | ||
| Independent | Susanna Kruger | 1,670 | 0.42 | -0.21 | |
| Independent | Wayne Young | 1,629 | 0.41 | -0.62 | |
| Independent | Aileen Austin | 1,577 | 0.40 | ||
| Independent | Binh Thanh Nguyen | 979 | 0.25 | ||
| Independent | Stan Martin | 836 | 0.21 | ||
| Independent | Alezix Heneti | 599 | 0.15 | ||
| Majority | 75,891 | 19.13 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,427 | 0.37 | -0.09 | ||
| Turnout | 390,899 | 37.89 | +3.17 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,031,667 | ||||
2019 Auckland mayoral election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Phil Goff | 180,146 | 48.97 | +1.68 | |
| Independent | John Tamihere | 80,903 | 21.99 | ||
| Independent | Craig Lord | 29,577 | 8.04 | ||
| Independent | John Hong | 16,211 | 4.40 | ||
| Independent | Ted Johnston | 15,637 | 4.25 | ||
| Independent | Peter Vaughan | 6,214 | 1.68 | ||
| Independent | Michael Coote | 5,611 | 1.52 | ||
| STOP Trashing Our Planet | Tricia Cheel | 4,116 | 1.11 | +0.60 | |
| Christians Against Abortion | Phil O'Connor | 3,984 | 1.08 | +0.55 | |
| Independent | Genevieve Forde | 2,923 | 0.79 | ||
| Justice For Families | Susanna Kruger | 2,894 | 0.78 | +0.36 | |
| Independent | Tom Sainsbury | 2,853 | 0.77 | ||
| Old Skool | Glen Snelgar | 2,608 | 0.70 | ||
| The Hemp Foundation | Tadhg Stopford | 2,445 | 0.66 | ||
| Independent | Jannaha Henry | 2,417 | 0.65 | ||
| LiftNZ | David Feist | 2,301 | 0.62 | ||
| Independent | Brendan Maddern | 1,446 | 0.39 | ||
| Virtual Homeless Community | Wayne Young | 1,412 | 0.38 | -0.03 | |
| Communist League | Annalucia Vermunt | 1,055 | 0.28 | ||
| Independent | Thanh Binh Nguyen | 954 | 0.25 | ±0.00 | |
| Independent | Alezix Heneti | 514 | 0.13 | -0.02 | |
| Informal votes | 1,575 | 0.42 | +0.05 | ||
| Majority | 99,243 | 26.98 | +7.85 | ||
| Turnout | 367,796 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c Norton 1988, pp. 338.
- ^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990.
- ^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993.
- ^ "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – New Lynn, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ^ "Official Count Results – Mt Roskill (2002)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ Confirmedlocalelectionresults2016 (PDF), Auckland Council, archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2016
- ^ "Voting Document Returns – 2016 Elections" (PDF). Auckland Council. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "2019 local elections final results – Mayor, local board members, ward councillors" (PDF). Auckland Council. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
References[edit]
- Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.