This is a summary of the electoral history of Grant Robertson, Deputy Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party (2011–13), Minister of Finance (since 2017) and Member of Parliament for Wellington Central (2008–2023).
Parliamentary elections
edit2008 election
editGeneral election 2008: Wellington Central[1] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Grant Robertson | 17,046 | 42.18 | 14,244 | 34.57 | ||||
National | Stephen Franks | 15,142 | 37.47 | 14,589 | 35.41 | ||||
Green | Sue Kedgley | 5,971 | 14.78 | 8,494 | 20.62 | ||||
ACT | Heather Roy | 922 | 2.28 | 1,628 | 3.95 | ||||
Legalise Cannabis | Michael Appleby | 407 | 1.01 | 108 | 0.26 | ||||
United Future New Zealand | Vaughan Smith | 226 | 0.56 | 412 | 1.00 | ||||
Workers Party | Don Franks | 171 | 0.42 | 38 | 0.09 | ||||
Progressive | David Somerset | 141 | 0.35 | 272 | 0.66 | ||||
Kiwi | Rebekah Clement | 106 | 0.26 | 84 | 0.20 | ||||
Libertarianz | Bernard Darnton | 75 | 0.19 | 48 | 0.12 | ||||
RAM | Grant Brookes | 61 | 0.15 | 13 | 0.03 | ||||
Independent | Al Mansell | 58 | 0.14 | - | |||||
RONZ | Justin Harnish | 46 | 0.11 | 5 | 0.01 | ||||
Alliance | Richard Wallis | 39 | 0.10 | 20 | 0.05 | ||||
NZ First | 629 | 1.53 | |||||||
Te Pāti Māori | 351 | 0.85 | |||||||
Bill and Ben | 215 | 0.52 | |||||||
Family Party | 38 | 0.09 | |||||||
Pacific | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
Democrats | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 229 | 86 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 40,411 | 41,200 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 1,904 |
2011 election
editGeneral election 2011: Wellington Central[2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Grant Robertson | 18,836 | 49.15 | +6.97 | 10,459 | 26.56 | -8.01 | ||
National | Paul Foster-Bell | 12,460 | 32.51 | -4.96 | 15,128 | 38.42 | +3.01 | ||
Green | James Shaw | 5,225 | 13.63 | -1.14 | 10,903 | 27.69 | +7.08 | ||
ACT | Stephen Whittington | 412 | 1.07 | -1.21 | 462 | 1.17 | -2.78 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | Michael Appleby | 404 | 1.05 | +0.05 | 161 | 0.41 | +0.15 | ||
NZ First | Ben Craven | 279 | 0.73 | +0.73 | 1,132 | 2.88 | +1.35 | ||
Pirate | Gynn Rickerby | 277 | 0.72 | +0.72 | |||||
Conservative Party of New Zealand | Paul Stipkovits | 236 | 0.62 | +0.62 | 270 | 0.69 | +0.69 | ||
Libertarianz | Reagan Cutting | 69 | 0.18 | -0.01 | 40 | 0.10 | -0.01 | ||
Alliance | Kelly Buchanan | 52 | 0.14 | +0.14 | 18 | 0.05 | -0.003 | ||
New Economics | Laurence Boomert | 44 | 0.11 | +0.11 | |||||
Independent | Puhi Karena | 32 | 0.08 | +0.08 | |||||
Te Pāti Māori | 278 | 0.71 | -0.15 | ||||||
United Future New Zealand | 256 | 0.65 | -0.35 | ||||||
Mana | 250 | 0.63 | +0.63 | ||||||
Democrats | 15 | 0.04 | +0.03 | ||||||
Informal votes | 411 | 153 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 38,326 | 39,372 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 6,376 | 16.64 | +11.92 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 48,316[3]
2014 election
editGeneral election 2014: Wellington Central[4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Grant Robertson | 19,807 | 51.64 | +2.49 | 9,306 | 23.78 | −2.78 | ||
National | Paul Foster-Bell | 11,540 | 30.09 | −2.42 | 14,689 | 37.54 | −0.88 | ||
Green | James Shaw | 5,077 | 13.24 | −0.39 | 11,545 | 29.50 | +1.81 | ||
NZ First | Hugh Barr | 580 | 1.51 | +0.78 | 1,399 | 3.58 | +0.70 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | Alistair Gregory | 353 | 0.92 | −0.13 | 127 | 0.32 | −0.09 | ||
Conservative Party of New Zealand | Brian Hooper | 307 | 0.80 | +0.18 | 590 | 1.51 | +0.82 | ||
Internet | Callum Valentine | 217 | 0.57 | +0.57 | |||||
Independent | Peter Robinson | 90 | 0.23 | +0.23 | |||||
Democrats | James Knuckey | 57 | 0.15 | +0.15 | 26 | 0.07 | +0.03 | ||
Independent | Puhi Karena | 52 | 0.14 | +0.06 | |||||
Internet Mana | 578 | 1.48 | +0.85[a] | ||||||
Te Pāti Māori | 300 | 0.77 | +0.06 | ||||||
ACT | 274 | 0.70 | −0.47 | ||||||
United Future New Zealand | 117 | 0.30 | −0.35 | ||||||
Civilian | 49 | 0.13 | +0.13 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 20 | 0.05 | +0.05 | ||||||
Focus | 5 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 5 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 273 | 101 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 38,353 | 39,131 | |||||||
Turnout | 39,232 | 84.14 | +2.33 | ||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 8,267 | 21.56 | +4.92 |
2017 election
edit2017 general election: Wellington Central[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Grant Robertson | 20,873 | 49.26 | −2.38 | 16,500 | 38.29 | +14.51 | ||
National | Nicola Willis | 10,910 | 25.75 | −4.34 | 13,156 | 30.53 | −7.01 | ||
Green | James Shaw | 6,520 | 15.39 | +2.15 | 9,198 | 21.34 | −8.16 | ||
Opportunities | Geoff Simmons | 2,892 | 6.82 | — | 2,538 | 5.89 | — | ||
NZ First | Andy Foster | 797 | 1.88 | +0.37 | 972 | 2.26 | −1.32 | ||
Independent | Gayaal Iddamalgoda | 161 | 0.38 | — | |||||
ACT | Michael Warren | 131 | 0.31 | — | 330 | 0.77 | +0.07 | ||
Independent | Peter Robinson | 71 | 0.17 | −0.11 | |||||
Independent | Bob Wessex | 19 | 0.04 | — | |||||
Te Pāti Māori | 225 | 0.52 | −0.25 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 55 | 0.13 | −0.19 | ||||||
Conservative Party of New Zealand | 29 | 0.07 | −1.44 | ||||||
United Future New Zealand | 28 | 0.06 | −0.24 | ||||||
Mana | 14 | 0.03 | −1.45[b] | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 13 | 0.03 | −0.02 | ||||||
Outdoors | 11 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
People's Party | 10 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
Internet | 9 | 0.02 | −1.46[c] | ||||||
Democrats | 6 | 0.01 | −0.06 | ||||||
Informal votes | 194 | 72 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 42,374 | 43,094 | |||||||
Turnout | 43,166 | 86.56[6] | +2.42 | ||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 9,963 | 23.51 | +1.95 |
2020 election
edit2020 general election: Wellington Central[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Grant Robertson | 27,366 | 57.26 | +8 | 20,876 | 43.4 | +5.11 | ||
National | Nicola Willis | 8,488 | 17.76 | −7.99 | 6,937 | 14.43 | −16.1 | ||
Green | James Shaw | 8,381 | 17.54 | +2.15 | 14,587 | 30.33 | +8.99 | ||
Opportunities | Abe Gray | 1,031 | 2.16 | −4.66 | 1,790 | 3.72 | −2.17 | ||
ACT | Brooke van Velden | 865 | 1.81 | +1.5 | 2,339 | 4.86 | +4.09 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | Michael George Appleby | 401 | 0.84 | — | 132 | 0.27 | +0.7 | ||
Independent | Jesse Richardson | 385 | 0.81 | ||||||
New Conservative | Liam Richfield | 401 | 0.45 | 204 | 0.42 | +0.35 | |||
Advance NZ | Rose Greally | 108 | 0.23 | 103 | 0.21 | ||||
ONE | Gina Sunderland | 84 | 0.18 | 56 | 0.12 | ||||
Outdoors | Bruce Robert | 76 | 0.16 | 27 | 0.06 | +0.03 | |||
NZ First | 537 | 1.11 | -1.15 | ||||||
Te Pāti Māori | 255 | 0.53 | -0.01 | ||||||
Sustainable NZ | 32 | 0.07 | |||||||
Social Credit | 18 | 0.04 | |||||||
TEA | 12 | 0.02 | |||||||
Vision NZ | 8 | 0.01 | |||||||
Heartland | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 47,401 | 47,914 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 47,787 | 48,090 | |||||||
Turnout | 48,090 | 88.97[8] | +2.41 | ||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 18,878 | 39.5 | +15.99 |
Labour party leadership elections
edit2013 leadership election
editCandidate | Caucus (40%) | Members (40%) | Unions (20%) | Total (%) | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
David Cunliffe | 11 | 32.35 | 3,243 | 60.14 | 70.77 | 51.15 |
Grant Robertson | 16 | 47.06 | 1,440 | 26.71 | 17.30 | 32.97 |
Shane Jones | 7 | 20.59 | 709 | 13.15 | 11.92 | 15.88 |
Total | 34 | 100 | 5,392 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
2014 leadership election
editSection (% weighting) |
Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 |
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Caucus (40%) |
Little | 15.63% | 34.38% | 43.75% |
Robertson | 43.75% | 43.75% | 56.25% | |
Parker | 21.88% | 21.88% | – | |
Mahuta | 18.75% | – | – | |
Party (40%) |
Little | 25.71% | 34.11% | 44.77% |
Robertson | 38.25% | 40.92% | 55.23% | |
Parker | 22.41% | 24.97% | – | |
Mahuta | 13.62% | – | – | |
Union affiliates (20%) |
Little | 64.12% | 70.62% | 75.66% |
Robertson | 18.91% | 20.20% | 24.44% | |
Parker | 7.28% | 9.18% | – | |
Mahuta | 9.70% | – | – | |
Final result | Little | 29.36% | 42.52% | 50.52% |
Robertson | 36.58% | 37.91% | 49.48% | |
Parker | 19.17% | 20.58% | – | |
Mahuta | 14.89% | – | – |
Notes
edit- ^ 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet 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
- ^ 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
References
edit- ^ 2008 election results Archived 11 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Official Count Results -- Wellington Central". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ^ "Official Count Results (2014) -- Wellington Central". Electoral Commission. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ "Official Count Results (2017) – Wellington Central". Electoral Commission. 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Official Count Results (2020) – Wellington Central". Electoral Commission. 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Voter turnout statistics for the 2020 General Election | Elections".
- ^ "New Labour leader is David Cunliffe" (Press release). New Zealand Labour Party. Scoop. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ Rutherford, Hamish (26 September 2014). "Does Grant Robertson have the numbers?". Stuff.co.nz. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ Trevett, Claire (18 November 2014). "'He has the vision to win the trust of New Zealanders' – Andrew Little elected Labour leader". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 20 November 2014.