North Shore (New Zealand electorate)
North Shore is a parliamentary electorate that returns one Member of Parliament to the House of Representatives of New Zealand. The current MP for North Shore is Maggie Barry of the National Party.
Population centres
The 1941 census had been postponed due to World War II, so the 1946 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth and movements into account. The North Island gained a further two electorates from the South Island due to faster population growth. The abolition of the country quota through the Electoral Amendment Act, 1945 reduced the number and increased the size of rural electorates. None of the existing electorates remained unchanged, 27 electorates were abolished, eight former electorates were re-established, and 19 electorates were created for the first time, including North Shore.[1]
The boundaries of the North Shore electorate were last adjusted for the first election held using the mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system in 1996, when the number of general electorates decreased from 95 (1993) to 60 (1996), and the electorate expanded to the north into an area previously belonging to East Coast Bays. No boundary adjustments were undertaken in the subsequent redistributions in 2002,[2] 2007,[3] and 2013/14.[4]
North Shore stretches up the eastern coast of North Shore City in Auckland, starting in the south at Devonport and moving northwards to take in Lake Pupuke and the suburbs of Takapuna, Westlake and Campbells Bay. North Shore is predominately New Zealand European, and has an average income high above the national average, boasting some of the most expensive real estate in the country.
History
The seat has been contested at every election in New Zealand since 1946, and except for a single victory by future Labour Attorney-General Martyn Finlay in its first contest, has been safely held by the National Party ever since.
Wayne Mapp held the electorate from 1996 until his retirement in 2011.[5] He was succeeded by Maggie Barry, who won the 2011 and 2014 elections.[6][7]
Members of Parliament
Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and started at general elections.
Key
Labour National United NZ NZ First Mauri Pacific ACT
List MPs
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the North Shore electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election results
2014 election
General election 2014: North Shore[7] | |||||||||
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Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party Votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Maggie Barry | 23,783 | 62.47 | +0.03 | 23,762 | 61.58 | −0.58 | ||
Labour | Claire Szabó | 7,280 | 19.12 | −1.45 | 5,473 | 14.18 | −2.05 | ||
Green | Brett Stansfield | 3,728 | 9.79 | +2.09 | 4,118 | 10.67 | −0.18 | ||
Conservative | Melissa Perkin | 2,199 | 5.78 | +3.29 | 1,673 | 4.34 | +2.11 | ||
ACT | Nick Kearney | 575 | 1.51 | −2.05 | 545 | 1.41 | −0.51 | ||
Democrats | Tim Leitch | 97 | 0.25 | +0.25 | 34 | 0.09 | +0.06 | ||
NZ First | 2,246 | 5.82 | +0.96 | ||||||
Internet Mana | 250 | 0.65 | +0.48[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||
Māori | 174 | 0.45 | −0.15 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 103 | 0.27 | −0.06 | ||||||
United Future | 98 | 0.25 | −0.23 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 13 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
Civilian | 12 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 4 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Focus | 2 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 412 | 78 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 38,074 | 38,585 | |||||||
Turnout | 38,585 | 78.49 | +3.00 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 16,503 | 43.34 | +1.47 |
2011 election
General election 2011: North Shore[6] | |||||||||
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Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party Votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Maggie Barry | 22,709 | 62.44 | +0.59 | 23,113 | 62.16 | +4.10 | ||
Labour | Ben Clark | 7,481 | 20.57 | -3.44 | 6,036 | 16.23 | -5.17 | ||
Green | Pieter Watson | 2,802 | 7.70 | +1.50 | 4,035 | 10.85 | +4.24 | ||
ACT | Don Brash | 1,293 | 3.56 | -0.41 | 714 | 1.92 | -5.55 | ||
Conservative | Craig Jensen | 904 | 2.49 | +2.49 | 829 | 2.23 | +2.23 | ||
NZ First | Andrew Williams | 900 | 2.47 | +0.89 | 1,806 | 4.86 | +1.92 | ||
United Future | Damien Light | 173 | 0.48 | -0.20 | 179 | 0.48 | -0.46 | ||
Libertarianz | Michael Murphy | 108 | 0.30 | +0.05 | 41 | 0.11 | +0.03 | ||
Māori | 223 | 0.60 | +0.002 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 123 | 0.33 | +0.07 | ||||||
Mana | 62 | 0.17 | +0.17 | ||||||
Democrats | 12 | 0.03 | +0.01 | ||||||
Alliance | 8 | 0.02 | -0.04 | ||||||
Informal votes | 592 | 174 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 36,370 | 36,962 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 15,228 | 41.87 | +4.03 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 48,963[8]
2008 election
General election 2008: North Shore[9] | |||||||||
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Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party Votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Wayne Mapp | 23,824 | 61.85 | 22,738 | 58.06 | ||||
Labour | Phil Twyford | 9,250 | 24.01 | 8,381 | 21.40 | ||||
Green | Pieter Watson | 2,389 | 6.20 | 2,590 | 6.61 | ||||
ACT | John Boscawen | 1,528 | 3.97 | 2,927 | 7.47 | ||||
NZ First | Joe Gregory | 612 | 1.59 | 1,149 | 2.93 | ||||
Family Party | Louise Cleary | 514 | 1.33 | 176 | 0.45 | ||||
United Future | Damian Light | 261 | 0.68 | 370 | 0.94 | ||||
Libertarianz | Michael Murphy | 94 | 0.24 | 33 | 0.08 | ||||
RAM | Stephen Cooper | 47 | 0.12 | 13 | 0.03 | ||||
Māori | 234 | 0.60 | |||||||
Progressive | 165 | 0.42 | |||||||
Bill and Ben | 139 | 0.35 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 104 | 0.27 | |||||||
Kiwi | 83 | 0.21 | |||||||
Alliance | 24 | 0.06 | |||||||
Pacific | 13 | 0.03 | |||||||
Workers Party | 10 | 0.03 | |||||||
Democrats | 9 | 0.02 | |||||||
RONZ | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 268 | 102 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 38,519 | 39,162 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 14,574 | 37.84 |
2005 election
General election 2005: North Shore[10] | |||||||||
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Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party Votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Wayne Mapp | 21,975 | 59.56 | +15.58 | 20,125 | 53.49 | +26.06 | ||
Labour | Phil Twyford | 12,274 | 33.26 | +4.16 | 11,252 | 29.91 | -1.36 | ||
United Future | Ross Tizard | 865 | 2.34 | -1.54 | 807 | 2.14 | -4.81 | ||
ACT | Nick Kearney | 835 | 2.26 | -6.55 | 1,144 | 3.04 | -11.09 | ||
Progressive | Paula Gillon | 544 | 1.47 | +0.61 | 261 | 0.69 | -0.36 | ||
Māori | Raewyn Harrison | 265 | 0.72 | 106 | 0.28 | ||||
Libertarianz | Michael Murphy | 140 | 0.38 | 21 | 0.06 | ||||
Green | 1,940 | 5.16 | -1.28 | ||||||
NZ First | 1,683 | 4.47 | -5.70 | ||||||
Destiny | 120 | 0.32 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 55 | 0.15 | -0.17 | ||||||
Christian Heritage | 53 | 0.14 | -0.70 | ||||||
One NZ | 13 | 0.03 | -0.02 | ||||||
99 MP | 11 | 0.03 | |||||||
Alliance | 10 | 0.03 | -0.78 | ||||||
Direct Democracy | 10 | 0.03 | |||||||
Family Rights | 6 | 0.02 | |||||||
Democrats | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
RONZ | 1 | 0.003 | |||||||
Informal votes | 430 | 90 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 36,898 | 37,623 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 9,701 | 26.30 | +11.42 |
1996 election
General election 1996: North Shore[11][12][13] | |||||||||
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Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party Votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Wayne Mapp | 15,763 | 43.48 | 15,612 | 42.89 | ||||
ACT | Derek Quigley | 5,415 | 14.94 | 5,015 | 13.78 | ||||
Alliance | Joel Cayford | 4,897 | 13.51 | 2,125 | 5.84 | ||||
Labour | Perry Cameron | 4,375 | 12.07 | 7,518 | 20.65 | ||||
NZ First | Ann Batten | 4,165 | 11.49 | 3,547 | 9.74 | ||||
Christian Coalition | Julie Belding | 780 | 2.15 | 1,181 | 3.24 | ||||
Progressive Green | Cassandra Doherty | 313 | 0.86 | 103 | 0.28 | ||||
McGillicuddy Serious | Felix Clark | 263 | 0.73 | 87 | 0.24 | ||||
Green Society | Bradley Heising | 109 | 0.30 | 50 | 0.14 | ||||
Superannuitants & Youth | Trevor Gilligan | 88 | 0.24 | 41 | 0.11 | ||||
Natural Law | Gail Pianta | 84 | 0.23 | 43 | 0.12 | ||||
United NZ | 476 | 1.31 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 456 | 1.25 | |||||||
Ethnic Minority Party | 71 | 0.20 | |||||||
Animals First | 50 | 0.14 | |||||||
Conservatives | 11 | 0.03 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 11 | 0.03 | |||||||
Asia Pacific United | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Mana Māori | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Advance New Zealand | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
Te Tawharau | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 225 | 73 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 36,252 | 36,404 | |||||||
National gain from Labour | Majority | 10,348 | 28.54 |
Table footnotes
Notes
- ↑ McRobie 1989, pp. 91–96.
- ↑ "Electorate Profile: North Shore" (PDF). New Zealand Parliament. Parliamentary Library. October 2005. p. 3. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ↑ Report of the Representation Commission 2007 (PDF). Representation Commission. 14 September 2007. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ↑ Report of the Representation Commission 2014 (PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ↑ Willis, Liz (15 December 2010). "National MP Wayne Mapp to retire". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- 1 2 "Official Count Results -- North Shore (2011)". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- 1 2 "Official Count Results -- North Shore (2014)". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ↑ 2008 election results
- ↑ 2005 election results
- ↑ "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place - North Shore, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ↑ "Part III - Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- ↑ "Part III - Party Lists of unsuccessful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
References
- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
External links
- Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library