Dunedin (New Zealand electorate)
| Dunedin | |
|---|---|
| Single-member constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives | |
| Region | Otago |
| Area | 703.85 km2 (271.76 sq mi) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2020 |
| Current MP | Rachel Brooking |
| Party | Labour |
| List MP | Francisco Hernandez (Green) |
Dunedin is an electorate to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was created for the 2020 election.
History
[edit]In the 2019–20 electoral boundary review, all five electorates in the Otago and Southland regions had to be adjusted as they exceeded the 5% population quota. Some electorates were over and some were under the quota, but taken together they were almost exactly on quota. Both Dunedin North and Dunedin South were significantly below quota and had to gain population. Otago Peninsula was moved from Dunedin South to Dunedin North; this area has a population of about 8,000 people. A large area from the northern part of the Dunedin North electorate (including Palmerston, Macraes, and Herbert) went to the Waitaki electorate, a loss of 2,500 people.[1] Adding the southern Dunedin area of Otago Peninsula made it necessary for both Dunedin North and Dunedin South to be recreated under new names, with the former Dunedin North plus Otago Peninsula now called the Dunedin electorate. The former Dunedin South electorate extended into the south Otago area and the Taieri electorate was recreated.[2][3]
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Election | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 election | David Clark | |
| 2023 election | Rachel Brooking | |
List MPs
[edit]Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Dunedin electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
| Election | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 election | Michael Woodhouse | |
| 2024 | Francisco Hernandez[i] | |
- ^ Replaced James Shaw as list MP, who resigned on 5 May 2024
Election results
[edit]2023 election
[edit]| 2023 general election: Dunedin[4] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour | Rachel Brooking | 17,111 | 40.61 | 13,160 | 30.86 | -24.30 | |||
| National | Michael Woodhouse | 9,131 | 21.67 | +3.81 | 9,652 | 22.63 | +8.56 | ||
| Green | Francisco Hernandez | 8,031 | 19.06 | 11,449 | 26.85 | +9.11 | |||
| Opportunities | Ben Peters | 1,891 | 4.48 | -0.94 | 1,810 | 4.24 | +1.44 | ||
| ACT | Tim Newman | 1,696 | 4.02 | 2,460 | 5.76 | +0.50 | |||
| NZ First | Keegan Langeveld | 1,304 | 3.09 | 2,396 | 5.61 | +3.49 | |||
| Independent | Jim O'Malley | 1,272 | 3.01 | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | Adrian McDermott | 564 | 1.33 | 159 | 0.37 | +0.13 | |||
| NZ Loyal | Steve Lawton | 540 | 1.28 | 402 | 0.94 | ||||
| New Conservative | Cyndee Elder | 160 | 0.37 | 94 | 0.22 | -0.68 | |||
| Independent | Pamela Taylor | 60 | 0.14 | ||||||
| Te Pāti Māori | 613 | 1.43 | +1.11 | ||||||
| NewZeal | 114 | 0.26 | +0.13 | ||||||
| Animal Justice | 57 | 0.13 | |||||||
| Freedoms NZ | 44 | 0.10 | |||||||
| Women's Rights | 35 | 0.08 | |||||||
| DemocracyNZ | 25 | 0.05 | |||||||
| Leighton Baker Party | 19 | 0.04 | |||||||
| New Nation | 18 | 0.04 | |||||||
| Informal votes | 368 | 129 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 42,128 | 42,636 | |||||||
| Turnout | 42,636 | ||||||||
| Labour hold | Majority | 7,980 | 18.94 | ||||||
2020 election
[edit]| 2020 general election: Dunedin[5] | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| Labour |  David Clark
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24,140 | 52.79 | — | 25,377 | 55.16 | — | ||
| National | Michael Woodhouse | 8,169 | 17.86 | — | 6,477 | 14.07 | — | ||
| Green | Jack Brazil | 6,916 | 15.12 | — | 8,165 | 17.74 | — | ||
| Opportunities | Ben Peters | 2,480 | 5.42 | — | 1,291 | 2.80 | — | ||
| ACT | Callum Steele-MacIntosh | 1,308 | 2.86 | — | 2,423 | 5.26 | — | ||
| NZ First | Robert Griffith | 817 | 1.78 | — | 978 | 2.12 | — | ||
| New Conservative | Solomon King | 506 | 1.10 | — | 415 | 0.90 | — | ||
| Social Credit | Zariah Anjaiya-King | 195 | 0.42 | — | 57 | 0.12 | — | ||
| Advance NZ | 213 | 0.46 | — | ||||||
| Māori Party | 151 | 0.32 | — | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 112 | 0.24 | — | ||||||
| ONE | 61 | 0.13 | — | ||||||
| Sustainable NZ | 42 | 0.09 | — | ||||||
| Outdoors | 35 | 0.07 | — | ||||||
| Vision NZ | 9 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
| TEA | 8 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
| Heartland | 0 | 0.00 | — | ||||||
| Informal votes | 742 | 189 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 45,723 | 46,003 | |||||||
| Turnout | 46,003 | ||||||||
| Labour win new seat | Majority | 15,521 | 33.94 | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Houlahan, Mike (21 November 2019). "'Huge implications' in boundary changes". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ NZ electorate boundary review (PDF). Representation Commission. ISBN 978-0-473-51728-1. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ Houlahan, Mike (17 April 2020). "New electorate boundaries, names revealed". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Dunedin – Official Result". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Dunedin - Official Result". Electoral Commission. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.