Whangaparāoa (New Zealand electorate)

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Whangaparāoa is an electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was first created for the 2020 New Zealand general election and is represented by Mark Mitchell of the National Party; Mitchell had previously been the representative for the now abolished Rodney electorate.

Population centres[]

The electorate is located on the northern fringe of the Auckland metropolitan area, in the former Rodney District. It is centred on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, and more broadly the Hibiscus Coast. It also extends south to include Dairy Flat, Coatesville, Paremoremo and some of the suburb of Albany, reaching the northern coast of the Waitematā Harbour.[1]

History[]

Whangaparāoa was created in the 2019/20 electoral redistribution. Rapid population growth in the area necessitated the splitting of the former Rodney electorate, with the northern section around Warkworth being incorporated into the new Kaipara ki Mahurangi electorate, and the rest of the electorate becoming Whangaparāoa.[2][3] A section around Coatesville and Dairy Flat was added from the former electorate of Helensville to bring the new electorate into quota tolerance.[3]

The electorate is reasonably safe for National, with the final MP for Rodney Mark Mitchell transferring to the seat upon its creation.

Members of Parliament[]

  National  

Election Winner
2020 election Mark Mitchell

As of 2020 no candidates who have contested the Whangaparāoa electorate have been returned as list MPs.

Election results[]

2020 election[]

2020 general election: Whangaparāoa[4]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
National Mark Mitchell 23,822 52.43 — 16,696 36.55 —
Labour Lorayne Ferguson 15,999 35.21 — 18,217 40.00 —
ACT Paul Grace 1,757 3.87 — 4,872 10.67 —
New Conservative Fiona Mackenzie 1,486 3.27 — 1,028 2.25 —
Advance NZ Kathryn Flay 659 1.45 — 525 1.15 —
Sustainable NZ John Davies 605 1.33 — 65 0.14 —
Outdoors Tricia Cheel 400 0.88 — 48 0.11 —
Green   2,227 4.88 —
NZ First   979 2.14 —
Opportunities   554 1.21 —
Legalise Cannabis   124 0.27 —
Māori Party   91 0.20 —
Sustainable NZ   20 0.05 —
ONE   55 0.12 —
TEA   39 0.09 —
Social Credit   11 0.024 —
Vision New Zealand   9 0.019 —
Heartland   3 0.006 —
Informal votes 705 180
Total Valid votes 45,433 45,678
Turnout 45,678
National win new seat Majority 7,823 17.22

References[]

  1. ^ "Map of electorates for the 2020 and 2023 electorates". 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ Whyte, Anna (17 April 2020). "New electorate revealed, as raft of boundary changes announced prior to election 2020". Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Report of the Representation Commission 2020" (PDF). 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Whangaparāoa – Official Result". Electoral Commission. n.d. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
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