53rd New Zealand Parliament
53rd Parliament of New Zealand | |||
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Overview | |||
Legislative body | New Zealand Parliament | ||
Term | 25 November 2020 – | ||
Election | 2020 general election | ||
Government | Sixth Labour Government | ||
Website | www.parliament.nz | ||
House of Representatives | |||
Members | 120 | ||
Speaker of the House | Trevor Mallard | ||
Leader of the House | Chris Hipkins | ||
Prime Minister | Jacinda Ardern | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Judith Collins | ||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch | Elizabeth II | ||
Governor-General | Patsy Reddy |
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The 53rd New Zealand Parliament is the current session of Parliament in New Zealand. It opened on 25 November 2020[1] following the 17 October 2020 general election, and will expire on or before 20 November 2023 to trigger the next election. It consists of 120 members of Parliament (MPs)[2] with five parties represented: the Labour and Green parties, in government, and the National, Māori and ACT parties, in opposition. The Sixth Labour Government has a majority in this Parliament, with Jacinda Ardern as prime minister.
The Parliament was elected using a mixed-member proportional representation (MMP) voting system. MPs represented 72 geographical electorates: 16 in the South Island, 49 in the North Island and 7 Māori electorates. This was an increase of one electorate seat from the previous election, as a result of population growth in the North Island. The remaining MPs were elected from party lists using the Webster/Sainte-Laguë method to realise proportionality.[3]
Background[]
Electorate changes[]
To achieve proportionality across electorates, there were a number of changes required to electorates based on population data determined through the 2018 census and projected population growth.[4] As such, the number of geographical electorates increased by one compared to the 2017 election to account for the North Island's higher population growth, creating Takanini, and 30 general electorates and five Māori electorates had their boundaries adjusted so that each electorate contains roughly the same number of people.[5][6]
2020 general election[]
The 2020 general election was held on 17 October, after being delayed from 19 September due to a resurgence of COVID-19 cases during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.[7][8] The dissolution of the 52nd Parliament was originally set for 12 August,[9] and was delayed first to 17 August[10] and finally to 6 September 2020.[11]
The 2020 election resulted in a majority for the Labour Party, winning 65 seats, allowing them to continue the Sixth Labour Government unrestricted. Their coalition partner from the 52nd Parliament, New Zealand First, did not receive enough votes to pass the five percent threshold or win in an electorate, kicking them out of Parliament. Confidence and supply partner the Green Party received 10 seats, up two, becoming the first minor party ever to increase their share of the vote following their being in government. In the opposition, the National Party lost 23 seats, giving them a total of 33, and ACT New Zealand went from one seat to ten. The Māori Party won a Māori electorate and gained an additional list seat after losing representation in the 2017 general election.[12]
Formation[]
Labour achieved a majority in the 2020 election, allowing them to form a government without any coalition agreements having to be made. However, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern entered talks with the Green Party about "potential areas of co-operation" in the formation of the new government.[13] After two weeks of discussions, the Green Party reached an agreement with Labour on 31 October to become part of the next Government, with co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson receiving ministerial positions outside of cabinet. Shaw will remain Minister of Climate Change and become Associate Minister of the Environment, while Davidson will be Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence and the Associate Minister of Housing.[14] The new government was sworn in on 6 November 2020.
Parliamentary term[]
The writ for the 2020 election was returned on 20 November 2020[15] after being delayed from its original set date of 12 November due to election recounts. Under section 19 of Constitution Act 1986, Parliament must meet no later than six weeks after this date; on 6 November 2020, following the new government's first Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed that the Commission Opening and State Opening of Parliament would take place on 25 and 26 November 2020, respectively.
The 53rd Parliament is the first parliament since the 44th New Zealand Parliament (and the introduction of an MMP electoral system) to have a single party hold an outright majority of seats. The Labour Party holds 65 seats, 4 more than the required 61 seats needed for a majority.[16]
Timeline[]
- 1 November 2020 – The Green Party enter into a "cooperation agreement" with Labour
- 6 November 2020 –
- Jacinda Ardern is sworn in for a second term as Prime Minister. Other ministers are also sworn in.
- Final results of the 2020 election are released. Three electorates flip to Labour, and National lose two seats on the party vote, with Labour and the Māori Party picking up one each.[17]
- Gerry Brownlee resigns as Deputy Leader of the National Party.
- 10 November 2020 – Shane Reti is elected Deputy Leader of the National Party.
- 20 November 2020 – The writ of the election is returned (having been delayed from 12 November due to a judicial recount).[18]
- 25 November 2020 – Commission Opening of Parliament
- 26 November 2020 – State Opening of Parliament
- 20 May 2021 – Budget 2021 was delivered to Parliament.
Major legislation[]
On 1 March 2021, the Local Electoral (Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Act 2021 received royal assent after being introduced by Nanaia Mahuta on 9 February. This Act eliminates mechanisms for holding public referendums on the establishment of Māori wards and constituencies on local bodies, which allowed the public to veto a council's decision to introduce a Māori ward.[19]
Dissolution[]
Under section 17 of the Constitution Act 1986, Parliament expires a maximum of three years "from the day fixed for the return of the writs issued for the last preceding general election of members of the House of Representatives, and no longer".[20] The writs were issued on 13 September 2020 and were returned on 20 November 2020,[21][18] meaning that the 53rd Parliament must dissolve on or before 20 November 2023.
Officeholders[]
Presiding officers[]
- Speaker of the House: Rt. Hon. Trevor Mallard (Labour)
- Deputy Speaker of the House: Adrian Rurawhe (Labour)
- Assistant Speaker of the House: Hon. Jenny Salesa (Labour)
- Assistant Speaker of the House: Hon. Jacqui Dean (National)
Other parliamentary officers[]
- Clerk: David Martin Wilson
- Deputy Clerk: Suze Jones[22]
- Serjeant-at-Arms: Steve Streefkerk[23]
Party leaders[]
- Prime Minister of New Zealand: Rt. Hon. Jacinda Ardern (Labour)
- Deputy Leader of the Labour Party: Hon. Kelvin Davis
- Leader of the Opposition (National): Hon. Judith Collins
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition (National): Shane Reti
- Co-leaders of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand:
- Female Co-leader: Hon. Marama Davidson
- Male Co-leader: Hon. James Shaw
- Leader of ACT New Zealand: David Seymour
- Deputy Leader of ACT New Zealand: Brooke van Velden
- Co-leaders of the Māori Party:
- Female Co-leader: Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
- Male Co-leader: Rawiri Waititi
Floor leaders[]
- Leader of the House: Hon. Chris Hipkins
- Deputy Leader of the House: Hon. Michael Wood
- Shadow Leader of the House: Chris Bishop
- Deputy Shadow Leader of the House: Hon. Michael Woodhouse
Whips[]
- Senior Government (Labour) Whip: Kieran McAnulty
- Junior Labour Whip: Duncan Webb
- Assistant Labour Whip: Willow-Jean Prime
- Associate Labour Whip: Barbara Edmonds
- Senior Opposition (National) Whip: Matt Doocey
- Junior Opposition Whip: Maureen Pugh
- Green Party Whip (Musterer): Jan Logie
- Green Party Deputy Musterer: Elizabeth Kerekere
- ACT New Zealand Whip: Brooke van Velden
- Māori Party Whip (Matarau): Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
Shadow cabinets[]
- Opposition Cabinet of Judith Collins during the 53rd Parliament from 11 November 2020
Members[]
The table below shows the members of the 53rd Parliament based on the results of the 2020 general election. Ministerial roles were officially announced on 2 November 2020. Based on preliminary results, there were 40 new MPs.[24] When final results were announced on 6 November, this rose to 42 new members.[17]
Overview[]
This table shows the number of MPs in each party:
Affiliation | Members | ||
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At 2020 election[25] | |||
Labour | 65 | ||
Government total | 65 | ||
Green C | 10 | ||
Government with Cooperation total | 75 | ||
National | 33 | ||
ACT | 10 | ||
Māori | 2 | ||
Opposition total | 45 | ||
Total MPs in Parliament | 120 | ||
Working Government majority | 20 | ||
Working Government with Cooperation majority | 30 |
Notes
- ^C The Green Party entered into a cooperation agreement with the Labour Party on 1 November 2020 in which they agreed not to oppose confidence and supply. This differs from a confidence and supply agreement that has been a feature of New Zealand governments, in which minor political parties agree to explicitly support confidence and supply.
- The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all opposition parties. It excludes the Green Party which can either support or abstain from confidence and supply. The Working Government with Cooperation majority includes the Green Party.
Members[]
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Changes[]
The following changes in Members of Parliament occurred during the term of the 53rd Parliament:
# | Seat | Incumbent | Replacement | ||||||||
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Party | Name | Date vacated | Reason | Party | Name | Date elected | Change | ||||
1. | List | National | Nick Smith | 10 June 2021[26] | Resigned | National | Harete Hipango[27] | 11 June 2021[28] | List |
Seating plan[]
Start of term[]
The chamber is in a horseshoe-shape.[29]
Watts | Severin | D. Smith | G. Bennett | |||||||||||||||||||
Dean | S. Smith | Muller | Brown | N. Smith | Penk | S. O'Connor | Stanford | McKelvie | van de Molen | Grigg | Luxon | Mooney | Simmonds | Chhour | March | Ngobi | ||||||
Brownlee | Willis | Pugh | Doocey | Simpson | D. Bennett | Goldsmith | Mitchell | Kuriger | Ngarewa-Packer | McKee | Baillie | Court | McDowall | Cameron | Kerekere | |||||||
Lee | Bishop | Reti | Collins | Bayly | Woodhouse | Upston | McClay | Bridges | Waititi | Seymour | Van Velden | Shaw | Genter | Ghahraman | Tuiono | Henderson | ||||||
Davidson | Swarbrick | Sage | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mallard | Logie | |||||||||||||||||||||
White | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Radhakrishnan | Strange | Brooking | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mahuta | Parker | Robertson | ARDERN | Davis | Woods | Hipkins | Sepuloni | Little | P. Williams | Sio | Whaitiri | Twyford | Luxton | Omer | Boyack | Sharma | ||||||
D. O'Connor | Nash | Webb | McAnulty | Faafoi | Henare | Jackson | Tinetti | Wood | Wall | Lubeck | Warren-Clark | G. O'Connor | Coffey | Chen | Lewis | Pallett | ||||||
Rurawhe | Salesa | Edmonds | Prime | Allan | Clark | Verrall | Tirikatene | Russell | Kanongata'a-Suisuiki | Craig | Andersen | Eagle | Walters | Belich | Leavasa | McLellan | Leary | |||||
Roberts | Halbert | Lorck | Utikere | A. Williams |
Current seating plan[]
As of 22 June 2021.[29]
Watts | Severin | D. Smith | G. Bennett | |||||||||||||||||||
Dean | S. Smith | Muller | Brown | Hipango | Penk | S. O'Connor | Stanford | McKelvie | van de Molen | Grigg | Luxon | Mooney | Simmonds | Chhour | March | Sharma | ||||||
Brownlee | Willis | Pugh | Doocey | Simpson | D. Bennett | Goldsmith | Mitchell | Kuriger | Ngarewa-Packer | McKee | Baillie | Court | McDowall | Cameron | Kerekere | |||||||
Lee | McClay | Reti | Collins | Bayly | Woodhouse | Upston | Bishop | Bridges | Waititi | Seymour | Van Velden | Shaw | Genter | Ghahraman | Tuiono | Henderson | ||||||
Davidson | Swarbrick | Sage | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mallard | Logie | |||||||||||||||||||||
White | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Radhakrishnan | Strange | Brooking | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mahuta | Parker | Robertson | ARDERN | Davis | Woods | Hipkins | Sepuloni | Little | P. Williams | Sio | Whaitiri | Twyford | Luxton | Omer | Boyack | Ngobi | ||||||
D. O'Connor | Nash | Webb | McAnulty | Faafoi | Henare | Jackson | Tinetti | Wood | Wall | Lubeck | Warren-Clark | G. O'Connor | Coffey | Chen | Lewis | Pallett | ||||||
Rurawhe | Salesa | Edmonds | Prime | Allan | Clark | Verrall | Tirikatene | Russell | Kanongata'a-Suisuiki | Craig | Andersen | Eagle | Walters | Belich | Leavasa | McLellan | Leary | |||||
Roberts | Halbert | Lorck | Utikere | A. Williams |
Committees[]
The 53rd Parliament has 12 select committees and 7 specialist committees.[30] They are listed below, with their chairpersons and deputy chairpersons:
Committee | Chairperson | Deputy chairperson | Government–Opposition divide |
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Select committees | |||
Economic Development, Science and Innovation Committee[31] | Jamie Strange (Labour) | Naisi Chen (Labour) | 3–2 |
Education and Workforce Committee[32] | Marja Lubeck (Labour) | Camilla Belich (Labour) | 6–3 |
Environment Committee[33] | Hon Eugenie Sage (Green Party) | Rachel Brooking (Labour) | 6–3 |
Finance and Expenditure Committee[34] | Duncan Webb (Labour) | Barbara Edmonds (Labour) | 7–4 |
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee[35] | Hon Jenny Salesa (Labour) | Hon Gerry Brownlee (National) | 4–2 |
Governance and Administration Committee[36] | TBD (National) | Rachel Boyack (Labour) | 3–2 |
Health Committee[37] | Liz Craig (Labour) | Tracey McLellan (Labour) | 7–5 |
Justice Committee[38] | Ginny Andersen (Labour) | Vanushi Walters (Labour) | 5–4 |
Māori Affairs Committee[39] | Tamati Coffey (Labour) | Arena Williams (Labour) | 5–3 |
Primary Production Committee[40] | Jo Luxton (Labour) | Steph Lewis (Labour) | 3–3 |
Social Services and Community Committee[41] | Angie Warren-Clark (Labour) | Glen Bennett (Labour) | 6–3 |
Transport and Infrastructure Committee[42] | Greg O'Connor (Labour) | Hon Julie Anne Genter (Green Party) | 6–3 |
Specialist committees | |||
Business Committee[43] | Rt Hon Trevor Mallard (Labour) | none | 6–5 |
Intelligence and Security Committee[44] | Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern (Labour) | none | 4–3 |
Officers of Parliament Committee[45] | Rt Hon Trevor Mallard (Labour) | none | 4–4 |
Petitions Committee[46] | Hon Jacqui Dean (National) | Shanan Halbert (Labour) | 4–3 |
Privileges Committee[47] | Hon David Parker (Labour) | TBD (National) | 5–3 |
Regulations Review Committee[48] | Chris Penk (National) | Rachel Brooking (Labour) | 4–3 |
Standing Orders Committee[49] | Rt Hon Trevor Mallard (Labour) | Hon Michael Woodhouse (National) | 5–5 |
Electorates[]
This section shows the New Zealand electorates as they are represented in the 53rd Parliament.[50]
General electorates[]
Electorate | Region | MP | Party | |
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Auckland Central | Auckland | Chlöe Swarbrick | Green | |
Banks Peninsula (formerly Port Hills) | Canterbury | Tracey McLellan | Labour | |
Bay of Plenty | Bay of Plenty | Todd Muller | National | |
Botany | Auckland | Christopher Luxon | National | |
Christchurch Central | Canterbury | Duncan Webb | Labour | |
Christchurch East | Canterbury | Poto Williams | Labour | |
Coromandel | Waikato | Scott Simpson | National | |
Dunedin (formerly Dunedin North) | Otago | David Clark | Labour | |
East Coast | Gisborne and Bay of Plenty | Kiri Allan | Labour | |
East Coast Bays | Auckland | Erica Stanford | National | |
Epsom | Auckland | David Seymour | ACT | |
Hamilton East | Waikato | Jamie Strange | Labour | |
Hamilton West | Waikato | Gaurav Sharma | Labour | |
Hutt South | Wellington | Ginny Andersen | Labour | |
Ilam | Canterbury | Sarah Pallett | Labour | |
Invercargill | Southland | Penny Simmonds | National | |
Kaikōura | Marlborough and Canterbury | Stuart Smith | National | |
Kaipara ki Mahurangi (formerly Helensville) | Auckland | Chris Penk | National | |
Kelston | Auckland | Carmel Sepuloni | Labour | |
Mana | Wellington | Barbara Edmonds | Labour | |
Māngere | Auckland | William Sio | Labour | |
Manurewa | Auckland | Arena Williams | Labour | |
Maungakiekie | Auckland | Priyanca Radhakrishnan | Labour | |
Mt Albert | Auckland | Jacinda Ardern | Labour | |
Mt Roskill | Auckland | Michael Wood | Labour | |
Napier | Hawke's Bay | Stuart Nash | Labour | |
Nelson | Nelson and Tasman | Rachel Boyack | Labour | |
New Lynn | Auckland | Deborah Russell | Labour | |
New Plymouth | Taranaki | Glen Bennett | Labour | |
North Shore | Auckland | Simon Watts | National | |
Northcote | Auckland | Shanan Halbert | Labour | |
Northland | Northland | Willow-Jean Prime | Labour | |
Ōhāriu | Wellington | Greg O'Connor | Labour | |
Ōtaki | Wellington and Manawatū-Whanganui | Terisa Ngobi | Labour | |
Pakuranga | Auckland | Simeon Brown | National | |
Palmerston North | Manawatū-Whanganui | Tangi Utikere | Labour | |
Panmure-Ōtāhuhu (formerly Manukau East) | Auckland | Jenny Salesa | Labour | |
Papakura | Auckland | Judith Collins | National | |
Port Waikato (formerly Hunua) | Auckland and Waikato | Andrew Bayly | National | |
Rangitata | Canterbury | Jo Luxton | Labour | |
Rangitīkei | Manawatū-Whanganui | Ian McKelvie | National | |
Remutaka (formerly Rimutaka) | Wellington | Chris Hipkins | Labour | |
Rongotai | Wellington and the Chatham Islands | Paul Eagle | Labour | |
Rotorua | Bay of Plenty | Todd McClay | National | |
Selwyn | Canterbury | Nicola Grigg | National | |
Southland (formerly Clutha-Southland) | Southland and Otago | Joseph Mooney | National | |
Taieri (formerly Dunedin South) | Otago | Ingrid Leary | Labour | |
Takanini | Auckland | Neru Leavasa | Labour | |
Tāmaki | Auckland | Simon O'Connor | National | |
Taranaki-King Country | Taranaki and Waikato | Barbara Kuriger | National | |
Taupō | Waikato | Louise Upston | National | |
Tauranga | Bay of Plenty | Simon Bridges | National | |
Te Atatū | Auckland | Phil Twyford | Labour | |
Tukituki | Hawke's Bay | Anna Lorck | Labour | |
Upper Harbour | Auckland | Vanushi Walters | Labour | |
Waikato | Waikato | Tim van de Molen | National | |
Waimakariri | Canterbury | Matthew Doocey | National | |
Wairarapa | Wellington, Manawatū-Whanganui and Hawke's Bay | Kieran McAnulty | Labour | |
Waitaki | Otago and Canterbury | Jacqui Dean | National | |
Wellington Central | Wellington | Grant Robertson | Labour | |
West Coast-Tasman | West Coast and Tasman | Damien O'Connor | Labour | |
Whanganui | Manawatū-Whanganui and Taranaki | Steph Lewis | Labour | |
Whangaparāoa (formerly Rodney) | Auckland | Mark Mitchell | National | |
Whangārei (formerly Whangarei) | Northland | Emily Henderson | Labour | |
Wigram | Canterbury | Megan Woods | Labour |
Māori electorates[]
Electorate | Region | MP | Party | |
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Te Tai Tokerau | Northland and Auckland | Kelvin Davis | Labour | |
Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland | Peeni Henare | Labour | |
Hauraki-Waikato | Auckland and Waikato | Nanaia Mahuta | Labour | |
Waiariki | Bay of Plenty and Waikato | Rawiri Waititi | Māori | |
Ikaroa-Rāwhiti | Hawke's Bay, Gisborne, Manawatū-Whanganui and Wellington | Meka Whaitiri | Labour | |
Te Tai Hauāuru | Taranaki, Waikato, Manawatū-Whanganui and Wellington | Adrian Rurawhe | Labour | |
Te Tai Tonga | The South Island, Wellington and the Chatham Islands | Rino Tirikatene | Labour |
See also[]
- Opinion polling for the 2020 New Zealand general election
- Politics of New Zealand
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