Electoral history of David Shearer
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This is a summary of the electoral history of David Shearer, Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party (2011–13) and Member of Parliament for Mount Albert (2009–2016).
Parliamentary elections[]
2002 election[]
General election, 2002: Whangarei[1] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | ![]() |
13,829 | 43.03 | 7,493 | 23.17 | ||||
Labour | David Shearer | 10,615 | 33.03 | 11,374 | 35.17 | ||||
NZ First | Brian Donnelly | 3,774 | 11.74 | 5,008 | 15.48 | ||||
ACT | Muriel Newman | 1,297 | 4.03 | 2,623 | 8.11 | ||||
Green | Calvin Green | 1,180 | 3.60 | 2,111 | 6.52 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Rod Harris | 521 | 1.62 | 807 | 2.49 | ||||
United Future | Gary Phillips | 268 | 0.83 | 1,483 | 4.58 | ||||
Alliance | Ticia Cutforth | 239 | 0.74 | 351 | 1.08 | ||||
Progressive | David Wilson | 156 | 0.48 | 394 | 1.21 | ||||
Libertarianz | Helen Hughes | 97 | 0.30 | ||||||
ORNZ | 383 | 1.18 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 143 | 0.44 | |||||||
One NZ | 23 | 0.07 | |||||||
Mana Māori Movement | 11 | 0.03 | |||||||
NMP | 3 | 0.009 | |||||||
Informal votes | 159 | 125 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 32,135 | 32,332 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 3,214 | 10.00 |
2009 by-election[]
2009 Mount Albert by-election | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | David Shearer | 13,260 | 63.49 | +4.20 | |
National | Melissa Leea | 3,542 | 16.96 | -11.88 | |
Green | Russel Normana | 2,567 | 12.29 | +6.35 | |
ACT | John Boscawena | 968 | 4.63 | +0.54 | |
Bill and Ben | Ben Boyce | 158 | 0.76 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | Dakta Green | 92 | 0.44 | ||
Kiwi | Simonne Dyer | 91 | 0.44 | ||
United Future | Judy Turner | 89 | 0.43 | ||
Libertarianz | Julian Pistorius | 39 | 0.19 | ||
Independent | Jim Bagnell | 24 | 0.11 | ||
Independent | Ari Baker | 15 | 0.07 | ||
Human Rights | Anthony Van den Heuvel | 13 | 0.06 | ||
People Before Profit | Malcom France | 13 | 0.06 | ||
Independent | Jackson James Wood | 9 | 0.04 | ||
People's Choice | Rusty Kane | 5 | 0.02 | ||
Informal votes | 58 | ||||
Total Valid votes | 20,885 | ||||
Labour hold | Majority | 9,718 | 46.40 | +4.02 |
a Three candidates were list MPs elected at the 2008 election.
2011 election[]
General election, 2011: Mount Albert[2] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | ![]() |
18,716 | 59.19 | -0.10 | 12,238 | 37.09 | -5.51 | ||
National | Melissa Lee | 8,695 | 27.50 | -1.35 | 12,102 | 36.67 | +1.01 | ||
Green | David Clendon | 3,000 | 9.49 | +3.55 | 5,660 | 17.15 | +6.15 | ||
New Conservative | Frank Poching | 786 | 2.49 | +2.49 | 532 | 1.61 | +1.61 | ||
ACT | Stephen Boyle | 425 | 1.34 | -2.75 | 306 | 0.93 | -2.58 | ||
NZ First | 1,494 | 4.53 | +1.85 | ||||||
Mana | 191 | 0.58 | -+0.58 | ||||||
Māori Party | 172 | 0.52 | -0.26 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 135 | 0.41 | +0.12 | ||||||
United Future | 114 | 0.35 | -0.32 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 29 | 0.09 | +0.04 | ||||||
Alliance | 21 | 0.06 | +0.01 | ||||||
Democrats | 5 | 0.02 | -0.005 | ||||||
Informal votes | 969 | 272 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 31,622 | 32,999 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 10,021 | 31.69 | +1.24 |
2014 election[]
General election, 2014: Mount Albert[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | ![]() |
20,970 | 58.17 | −1.02 | 10,823 | 29.31 | −7.78 | ||
National | Melissa Lee | 10,314 | 28.61 | +1.11 | 14,359 | 38.89 | +2.22 | ||
Green | Jeanette Elley | 3,152 | 8.74 | −0.75 | 8,005 | 21.68 | +4.53 | ||
New Conservative | Jeffrey Johnson | 525 | 1.46 | −1.03 | 719 | 1.95 | +0.34 | ||
ACT | Tommy Fergusson | 321 | 0.89 | −0.45 | 356 | 0.96 | +0.03 | ||
Mana | Joe Carolan | 290 | 0.80 | +0.80 | |||||
Human Rights | Anthony van den Heuvel | 76 | 0.21 | +0.21 | |||||
Independent | Michael Wackrow | 68 | 0.19 | +0.19 | |||||
NZ First | 1,512 | 4.10 | −0.43 | ||||||
Internet Mana | 603 | 1.63 | +1.05 | ||||||
Māori Party | 178 | 0.48 | −0.04 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 93 | 0.25 | −0.16 | ||||||
United Future | 57 | 0.15 | −0.20 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 12 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
Civilian | 11 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
Democrats | 7 | 0.02 | ±0.00 | ||||||
Focus | 6 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 5 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 336 | 176 | |||||||
Total Valid votes | 36,052 | 36,922 | |||||||
Turnout | 36,922 | 79.41 | +6.42 | ||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 10,656 | 29.56 | −2.13 |
References[]
- ^ election result Whangarei 2002
- ^ 2011 election results
- ^ "Official Count Results -- Mt Albert (2014)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- Electoral histories of New Zealand politicians