Wigram (New Zealand electorate)

Wigram
Wigram
Single-member constituency; for the New Zealand House of Representatives
	Location of Wigram within Canterbury
Region	Canterbury
Area	46.11 km2 (17.80 sq mi)
Current constituency
Current MP	Megan Woods
Party	Labour

Wigram is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Wigram is Megan Woods of the Labour Party. She took over this position from Jim Anderton, who had held this position from 1996 until 2011.

Population centres

Through an amendment in the Electoral Act in 1965, the number of electorates in the South Island was fixed at 25, an increase of one since the 1962 electoral redistribution.^[1] It was accepted that through the more rapid population growth in the North Island, the number of its electorates would continue to increase, and to keep proportionality, three new electorates were allowed for in the 1967 electoral redistribution for the next election.^[2] In the North Island, five electorates were newly created and one electorate was reconstituted while three electorates were abolished.^[3] In the South Island, three electorates were newly created (including Wigram) and one electorate was reconstituted while three electorates were abolished.^[4] The overall effect of the required changes was highly disruptive to existing electorates, with all but three electorates having their boundaries altered.^[5] These changes came into effect with the 1969 election.^[2]

Wigram is based around south-western Christchurch. The main suburbs in the seat are Spreydon, Addington, Hillmorton, Riccarton, Hornby and Sockburn. Following the 2013/2014 boundary review, it lost the suburb of Somerfield and parts of Hoon Hay to Port Hills.^[6] The electorate's name comes from the suburb of Wigram, and by extension the former Wigram Aerodrome, itself named after colonial businessman Sir Henry Wigram. The electorate shifted southwards at the 2020 redistribution, gaining Aidanfield and parts of Hornby South from Port Hills and Selwyn, but losing Avonhead to Ilam.^[7]

History

The electorate had previously existed from 1969 to 1978, when it was held by Mick Connelly for Labour.

Wigram was one of the original sixty-five Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) electorates created ahead of the 1996 election, when the number of South Island seats was reduced to sixteen. The formerly safe Labour seat of Sydenham lies at Wigram's core, and Labour's strong showing in the party vote in both 2002 and 2005, where the party won nearly half of all party votes cast, indicates that Wigram's political inclinations are left-leaning in nature. Its most well-known MP Jim Anderton was himself the Labour MP for Sydenham between 1984 and 1989, before he split from the party over its political directions and formed the NewLabour Party, which later merged into the Alliance; the Alliance disintegrated in 2002, but Anderton, by then the leader of the Progressive Party held off all challengers to easily hold the seat. In the 2011 election, the seat reverted to Labour candidate Megan Woods after his retirement, but the National Party comfortably won the party vote.^[8] The chairman of the Canterbury-Westland branch of the National Party, Roger Bridge, stated in April 2014 that Woods had a low profile and the Wigram electorate was now "winnable".^[9] Woods won re-election in the 2014 election with a more than a doubled majority.^[10]

Members of Parliament

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and started at general elections.

Key Labour Alliance Progressive

Election	Winner
1969 election		Mick Connelly
1972 election
1975 election
(Electorate abolished 1978–1996)
1996 election		Jim Anderton
1999 election
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election
2011 election		Megan Woods
2014 election
2017 election
2020 election
2023 election

Election results

2023 election

2023 general election: Wigram^[11]
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 Megan Woods		15,590	41.43	-20.65	11,249	29.55	-25.05
	National	Tracy Summerfield		14,411	38.30	+14.13	13,401	35.20	+13.85
	Green	Richard Wesley		3,780	10.05	+4.86	5,634	14.80	+5.79
	ACT	Ankita Lynn		1,520	4.04	+1.29	2,465	6.48	+0.76
	Legalise Cannabis	Blair Anderson		696	1.85		201	0.52	+0.10
	NZ Loyal	Christine Van Duivenboden		392	1.04		253	0.66
	Leighton Baker Party	Debra Marie Cullimore		284	0.75		66	0.17
	Independent	Wiremu Thomson		125	0.33
	Independent	Geoff McTague		110	0.29	+0.08
	Economic Euthenics	Tubby Hansen		74	0.20	+0.01
	NZ First						1,922	5.05	+3.04
	Opportunities						1,783	4.68	+2.24
	Te Pāti Māori						316	0.83	+0.51
	NewZeal						189	0.50
	Conservative						104	0.27	-0.02
	Animal Justice						95	0.25
	DemocracyNZ						65	0.17
	Freedoms NZ						59	0.15
	Women's Rights						37	0.09
	New Nation						29	0.08
Informal votes				647			196
Total valid votes				37,629			38,064
Turnout
	Labour hold		Majority	1,179	3.13	-32.26

2020 election

2020 general election: Wigram^[12]
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 Megan Woods		24,186	62.08	+9.77	21,454	54.60	+13.12
	National	Hamish Campbell		9,416	24.17	–14.00	8,388	21.35	−19.86
	Green	Richard Wesley		2,022	5.19	+0.20	3,541	9.01	+2.31
	ACT	Miles McConway		1072	2.75	+2.37	2247	5.72	+5.29
	New Conservative	Averil Nuttall		638	1.64	—	639	1.63	+1.34
	Advance NZ	Douglas Allington		308	0.75	—	282	0.72	—
	ONE	Linda McLaughlin		244	0.63	—	162	0.41	—
	Independent	Geoff McTague		81	0.21	–0.05
	Social Credit	Deane Landreth		76	0.20	+0.09	31	0.08	+0.03
	Economic Euthenics	Tubby Hansen		75	0.19	+0.06
	Opportunities						957	2.44	–0.43
	NZ First						791	2.01	−3.94
	Legalise Cannabis						165	0.42	+0.06
	Māori Party						124	0.32	−0.08
	TEA						37	0.09	—
	Outdoors						28	0.07	+0.01
	Sustainable NZ						24	0.06	—
	Vision NZ						15	0.04	—
	Heartland						5	0.01	—
Informal votes				842			404
Total valid votes				38,960			39,294
Turnout
	Labour hold		Majority	14,770	37.91	+23.78

2017 election

2017 general election: Wigram^[13]
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 Megan Woods		17,001	52.31	+3.36	13,827	41.39	+12.72
	National	David Hiatt		12,407	38.17	+0.45	13,767	41.21	−1.70
	Green	Richard Wesley		1,623	4.99	−2.84	2,239	6.70	−6.12
	NZ First	Tane Apanui		1,186	3.65	—	1,986	5.95	−2.61
	ACT	Ruth Knights		125	0.38	−0.69	145	0.43	−0.61
	Independent	Geoff McTague		85	0.26	—
	Economic Euthenics	Tubby Hansen		41	0.13	−0.04
	Democrats	John Ring		35	0.11	−0.16	17	0.05	−0.05
	Opportunities						960	2.87	—
	Māori Party						134	0.40	−0.07
	Legalise Cannabis						119	0.36	−0.14
	Conservative						98	0.29	−3.32
	United Future						32	0.10	−0.18
	People's Party						22	0.07	—
	Ban 1080						23	0.07	−0.06
	Outdoors						21	0.06	—
	Internet						9	0.03	−0.73^[a]
	Mana Party						5	0.01	−0.75^[b]
Informal votes				403			146
Total valid votes				32,503			33,404
Turnout				33,550
	Labour hold		Majority	4,594	14.13	+2.90

2014 election

2014 general election: Wigram^[10]
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 Megan Woods		14,519	48.95	+3.84	8,764	28.67	-1.94
	National	Karl Varley		11,189	37.72	-2.59	13,117	42.91	-1.64
	Green	Richard Wesley		2,324	7.83	+0.07	3,919	12.82	-0.34
	Conservative	Mark Peters		847	2.86	+0.34	1,102	3.61	+1.24
	ACT	Shaun Grieve		318	1.07	+1.07	317	1.04	+0.41
	Internet Mana	Lois McClintoch		213	0.72	+0.72	231	0.76	+0.56
	Māori Party	Te Whe Phillips		122	0.41	+0.41	145	0.47	+0.03
	Democrats	John Ring		79	0.27	+0.27	30	0.10	+0.10
	Economic Euthenics	Tubby Hansen		51	0.17	+0.00
	NZ First						2,618	8.56	+2.52
	Legalise Cannabis						154	0.50	-0.08
	United Future						86	0.28	-0.50
	Ban 1080						41	0.13	+0.13
	Civilian						31	0.10	+0.10
	Independent Coalition						7	0.02	+0.02
	Focus						5	0.02	+0.02
Informal votes				401			136
Total valid votes				29,662			30,567
	Labour hold		Majority	3,330	11.23	+6.43

2011 election

2011 general election: Wigram^[8]
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	Megan Woods		14,080	45.11	+29.97	9,866	30.61	-9.58
	National	Sam Collins		12,580	40.31	+9.65	14,357	44.55	+6.63
	Green	Richard Wesley		2,423	7.76	+2.53	4,243	13.16	+6.22
	Alliance	Kevin Campbell		793	2.54	+2.38	158	0.49	+0.30
	Conservative	Mark Peters		785	2.52	+2.52	763	2.37	+2.37
	Legalise Cannabis	Geoffrey McTague		337	1.08	+1.08	186	0.58	+0.15
	United Future	Ian Gaskin		159	0.51	-1.03	251	0.78	-0.23
	Economic Euthenics	Tubby Hansen		53	0.17	+0.09
	NZ First						1,948	6.04	+3.05
	ACT						202	0.63	-1.23
	Māori Party						141	0.44	-0.13
	Mana						66	0.20	+0.20
	Libertarianz						33	0.10	+0.04
	Democrats						16	0.05	+0.01
Informal votes				775			305
Total valid votes				31,210			32,230
	Labour gain from Progressive		Majority	1,500	4.81	+34.16

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 45,427^[14]

2008 election

2008 general election: Wigram^[15]
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	%	±%
	Progressive	Y Jim Anderton		15,320	44.50	-3.12	2,010	5.73	-0.73
	National	Marc Alexander		10,553	30.66	+8.54	13,308	37.91	+8.75
	Labour	Erin Ebborn-Gillespie		5,214	15.15	-3.97	14,108	40.19	-7.76
	Green	Peter Taylor		1,802	5.23	+2.51	2,436	6.94	+2.29
	NZ First	Steve Campbell		471	1.37	-1.58	1,050	2.99	-0.88
	ACT	Matthew Gardiner		355	1.03	+0.42	653	1.86	+1.11
	Kiwi	Lindsay Cameron		321	0.93	—	322	0.92	—
	United Future	Vanessa Roberts		219	0.64	-2.31	355	1.01	-2.86
	Alliance	Tom Dowie		55	0.16	-0.05	68	0.19	+0.03
	Libertarianz	Ben Morgan		55	0.16	—	22	0.06	0.00
	Democrats	John Charles Ring		32	0.09	—	13	0.04	0.00
	Economic Euthenics	Tubby Hansen		28	0.08	-0.01
	Bill and Ben						251	0.72	—
	Māori Party						198	0.56	+0.29
	Legalise Cannabis						151	0.43	+0.17
	Family Party						83	0.24	—
	Pacific						51	0.15	—
	Workers Party						17	0.05	—
	RONZ						5	0.01	-0.01
	RAM						1	0.00	—
Informal votes				440			291
Total valid votes				34,425			35,102
Turnout				35,393
	Progressive hold		Majority	4,767	13.85	-11.65

2005 election

2005 general election: Wigram^[16]
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	%	±%
	Progressive	Y Jim Anderton		15,961	47.62	+11.94	2,191	6.46
	National	Alison Lomax		7,413	22.12	+8.27	9,895	29.16
	Labour	Mike Mora		6,408	19.12	-6.45	16,271	47.95
	Green	Richard Suggate		1,455	4.34		1,967	5.80
	United Future	Vanessa Roberts		988	2.95		1,313	3.87
	NZ First	Brian Roswell		912	2.72		1,577	4.65
	ACT	Tetauru Emile		203	0.61		255	0.75
	Anti-Capitalist Alliance	Sam Kingi		69	0.21
	Alliance	Tom Dowie		61	0.21		55	0.16
	Economic Euthenics	Tubby Hansen		29	0.09
	Direct Democracy	Anton Foljambe		20	0.06		5	0.01
	Destiny						112	0.33
	Māori Party						90	0.27
	Legalise Cannabis						89	0.26
	Christian Heritage						52	0.15
	Libertarianz						22	0.06
	Democrats						15	0.04
	RONZ						8	0.02
	Family Rights						6	0.02
	One NZ						4	0.01
	99 MP						3	0.01
Informal votes				716			728
Total valid votes				33,519			33,930
	Progressive hold		Majority	8,548	25.50	+15.39

1999 election

Refer to Candidates in the New Zealand general election 1999 by electorate#Wigram for a list of candidates.

1996 election

1996 general election: Wigram^[17]
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	%	±%
	Alliance	Y Jim Anderton	17,314	50.09		7,492	21.67
	National	Angus McKay	7,275	21.04		9,527	27.56
	Labour	Mick Ozimek	6,343	18.35		10,843	31.37
	NZ First	Nicci Bergman	1,827	5.28		2,627	7.60
	ACT	Stu Whyte	497	1.43		946	2.73
	United NZ	John Austin	340	0.98		321	0.92
	McGillicuddy Serious	Nick Harper	270	0.78		123	0.35
	Progressive Green	Jules Adams	182	0.52		100	0.28
	Natural Law	Warwick Jones	82	0.23		61	0.17
	Independent	Averil Tunridge	43	0.12
	Economic Euthenics	Tubby Hansen	16	0.04
	Dominion Workers	Clifford Mundy	16	0.04
	Christian Coalition					1,604	4.64
	Legalise Cannabis					636	1.84
	Animals First					77	0.22
	Ethnic Minority					17	0.04
	Green Society					10	0.02
	Superannuitants & Youth					10	0.02
	Mana Māori					8	0.02
	Advance NZ					6	0.01
	Conservatives					4	0.01
	Libertarianz					4	0.01
	Asia Pacific					3	0.01
	Te Tawharau					1	0.00
Informal votes			356			141
Total valid votes			34,561			34,561

1975 election

1975 general election: Wigram^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mick Connelly	9,617	49.70	−13.04
	National	Neil Russell	7,650	39.53
	Values	Karen Timpson	1,124	5.80
	Social Credit	Norm Davey	957	4.94	+0.01
Majority			1,967	10.16	−22.67
Turnout			19,348	84.54	−5.20
Registered electors			22,885

1972 election

1972 general election: Wigram^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mick Connelly	10,040	62.74	+6.54
	National	David Cox	4,785	29.90
	Social Credit	Norm Davey	790	4.93
	Values	Bruce Charles Lusher	318	1.98
	New Democratic	Frederick William Stevens	69	0.43
Majority			5,255	32.83	+13.41
Turnout			16,002	89.74	+0.58
Registered electors			17,830

1969 election

1969 general election: Wigram^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mick Connelly	9,258	56.20
	National	Dick Dawson	6,058	36.77
	Social Credit	Maurice McConnell	1,157	7.02
Majority			3,200	19.42
Turnout			16,473	89.16
Registered electors			18,474

Table footnotes

^ 2017 Internet Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with Mana Party in the 2014 election
^ 2017 Mana Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with the Internet Party in the 2014 election

Notes

^ McRobie 1989, pp. 108, 111, 112.
^ ^a ^b McRobie 1989, p. 111.
^ McRobie 1989, pp. 107, 111.
^ McRobie 1989, pp. 108, 112.
^ McRobie 1989, pp. 111f.
^ Report of the Representation Commission 2014 (PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
^ "Report of the Representation Commission 2020" (PDF). 17 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Official Count Results – Wigram (2011)". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
^ Conway, Glenn (26 April 2014). "National sets sights on Wigram". The Press. p. A16. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Official Count Results – Wigram (2014)". Electoral Commission. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
^ "Wigram - Official Results". Electoral Commission. n.d. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ "Wigram - Official Results". Electoral Commission. n.d. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
^ "Official Count Results – Wigram (2017)". Electoral Commission. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
^ "Official Count Results – Wigram (2008)". Electoral Commission. 22 November 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
^ "Official Count Results – Wigram (2005)". Electoral Commission. 1 October 2005. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
^ "6.1 Wigram 60.pdf" (PDF). Electoral Commission.
^ ^a ^b ^c Norton 1988, pp. 393.

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.
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.

External links

Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library

[Internet_Party-14] 2017 Internet Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with Mana Party in the 2014 election

[Mana_Party-15] 2017 Mana Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with the Internet Party in the 2014 election

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989108,_111,_112-1] McRobie 1989, pp. 108, 111, 112.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989111-2] McRobie 1989, p. 111.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989107,_111-3] McRobie 1989, pp. 107, 111.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989108,_112-4] McRobie 1989, pp. 108, 112.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie1989111f-5] McRobie 1989, pp. 111f.

[6] Report of the Representation Commission 2014 (PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 26 September 2014.

[7] "Report of the Representation Commission 2020" (PDF). 17 April 2020.

[2011election-8] "Official Count Results – Wigram (2011)". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2014.

[9] Conway, Glenn (26 April 2014). "National sets sights on Wigram". The Press. p. A16. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

[2014election-10] "Official Count Results – Wigram (2014)". Electoral Commission. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

[2023election-11] "Wigram - Official Results". Electoral Commission. n.d. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

[2020election-12] "Wigram - Official Results". Electoral Commission. n.d. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

[2017election-13] "Official Count Results – Wigram (2017)". Electoral Commission. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.

[enrolment-16] "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2011.

[2008election-17] "Official Count Results – Wigram (2008)". Electoral Commission. 22 November 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

[2005election-18] "Official Count Results – Wigram (2005)". Electoral Commission. 1 October 2005. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

[19] "6.1 Wigram 60.pdf" (PDF). Electoral Commission.

[FOOTNOTENorton1988393-20] Norton 1988, pp. 393.

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