Mount Roskill (New Zealand electorate)

Mount Roskill is a parliamentary electorate in Auckland, New Zealand, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) to the New Zealand House of Representatives. Phil Goff[1] of the Labour Party held the seat from the 1999 election until he resigned from Parliament on 12 October 2016[2] after contesting and being elected Mayor of Auckland on 8 October 2016 in the 2016 mayoral election. His resignation necessitated a byelection in this electorate which was won by Michael Wood.[3]

Mount Roskill
Single-member constituency
for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Outline map
Location of Mount Roskill
Area20.70 km2 (7.99 sq mi)
Current constituency
Current MPCarlos Cheung
PartyNational

Carlos Cheung of the New Zealand National Party currently holds the seat after defeating Wood in the 2023 New Zealand general election.

Mount Roskill is located on the western side of the Auckland isthmus, bordering the Manukau Harbour. It is anchored around the suburbs of Mount Roskill, Three Kings, Hillsborough and a large section of Balmoral. The 2008 election boundaries added in Lynfield and New Windsor at the expense of Onehunga, which returned to the Maungakiekie electorate after being cut out in 1999. The Mount Roskill electorate is working class and multi-ethnic, with a high Pacific Island and Asian population, and has the highest number of overseas-born residents of any New Zealand electorate, nearly 40 per cent (as of 2001).

History

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The 1996 New Zealand census showed population growth in the north and west of Auckland, necessitating the redistribution of electorates for the 1999 election. The existing New Lynn seat was renamed Titirangi, with its boundaries shifted to fall in between Auckland and Waitakere cities. The eastern side of the New Lynn residential area was amalgamated with the population excess of Epsom, the southern half of Owairaka seat (which was itself renamed Mount Albert) and the western end of Maungakiekie to form a new seat. Named Mount Roskill, it was the first new seat drawn since the introduction of Mixed Member Proportional voting three years previous.[citation needed] At the 2020 redistribution it gained New Windsor from New Lynn at the expense of Royal Oak, which moved to Maungakiekie.[4]

So far there have been three MPs for Mount Roskill, two from the Labour Party, and one from the National Party. Labour's Phil Goff was the first representative, having previously held New Lynn, another electorate in Auckland, and Roskill, an electorate covering much of the same area as Mount Roskill. After Goff was elected Mayor of Auckland in October 2016, a by-election date was set for 3 December 2016.[5] Labour candidate Michael Wood won the by-election with more than half the votes.[citation needed]

Carlos Cheung won the seat for the first time for the National Party in the 2023 New Zealand general election, defeating former Minister and incumbent MP Michael Wood with a 22-point swing.[citation needed]

Members of Parliament

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Key

  Labour   National

Election Winner
1999 election Phil Goff
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election
2011 election
2014 election
2016 by-election Michael Wood
2017 election
2020 election
2023 election Carlos Cheung

List MPs

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Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Mount Roskill electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Key

  United Future   National   Green   NZ First

Election Winner
2002 election Bernie Ogilvy
2004 Kenneth Wang1
2005 election Jackie Blue2
2008 election
2011 election
Julie Anne Genter
2014 election Mahesh Bindra
Parmjeet Parmar
2016 Barry Coates3
2017 election Parmjeet Parmar
2020 election Golriz Ghahraman

1Wang was elected from the party list in November 2004 following the expulsion of Donna Awatere Huata.
2Blue resigned from Parliament on 20 May 2013.
3Coates was elected from the party list in October 2016 following the resignation of Kevin Hague.

Election results

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2023 election

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2023 general election: Mount Roskill[6]
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 % ±%
National Carlos Cheung 15,659 43.30 +19.22 15,828 43.09 +18.86
Labour  N Michael Wood 14,095 38.97 -21.39 10,959 29.83 -25.87
Green Suveen Sanis Walgampola 3,379 9.34 +3.42 4,422 12.04 +4.09
ACT Rahul Chopra 2,179 6.03 +2.44 2,227 6.06 +1.12
NZ First   1,294 3.52 +1.63
Opportunities   765 2.08 +0.79
Te Pāti Māori   289 0.79 +0.43
NewZeal   196 0.53
NZ Loyal   131 0.37
Legalise Cannabis   97 0.26 +0.09
Freedoms NZ   93 0.25
New Conservatives   67 0.18 -1.01
Animal Justice Party   49 0.13
Women's Rights   24 0.07
DemocracyNZ   20 0.05
New Nation   9 0.02
Leighton Baker Party   4 0.01
Informal votes 856 256
Total valid votes 36,168 36,730
National gain from Labour Majority 1,564 4.33

2020 election

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2020 general election: Mount Roskill[7]
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 Michael Wood 23,050 60.36 +6.01 21,436 55.70 +13.27
National Parmjeet Parmar 9,197 24.08 -10.63 9,328 24.23 -18.52
Green Golriz Ghahraman 2,261 5.92 +2.36 2,205 7.95 +1.77
ACT Chris Johnston 1,371 3.59 1,904 4.94 +4.36
New Conservative Alister Hood 610 1.59 +0.85 459 1.19 +0.94
Advance NZ Anil Sharma 257 0.67 198 0.51
TEA Vishal Choksi 254 0.66 163 0.42
ONE Charlene Roxanne Pehi 143 0.37 103 0.26
Social Credit Cliff Hall 87 0.22 18 0.04
Voice of the People Warwick Frederikson 45 0.11
NZ First   731 1.89 -2.51
Opportunities   499 1.29 -0.44
Māori Party   142 0.36 -0.10
Legalise Cannabis   68 0.17
Vision NZ   19 0.04
Sustainable NZ   18 0.04
Outdoors   13 0.03 -0.01
Heartland   3 0.01
Informal votes 912 321
Total valid votes 38,187 38,483
Turnout 38,749 76.51 +1.94
Labour hold Majority 13,853 36.37 +16.64

2017 election

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2017 general election: Mount Roskill[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  Y Michael Wood 19,094 54.35 -12.16 15,135 42.43 +6.98
National Parmjeet Parmar 12,196 34.71 +7.41 15,248 42.75 -0.88
Green Ricardo Menéndez March 1,254 3.56 2,205 6.18 -3.44
NZ First Mahesh Bindra 846 2.40 1,572 4.40 -0.89
Opportunities Clint Ulyatt 564 1.60 618 1.73
Conservative Kathryn Davie 263 0.74 90 0.25 -3.41
Māori Party John Kiria 245 0.69 167 0.46 +0.07
Democrats Andrew Leitch 56 0.15 -0.57 13 0.03 ±0.00
Independent Bishrul Hafi Ameer Izadeen 35 0.09
ACT   207 0.58 -1.21
People's Party   80 0.22
Legalise Cannabis   62 0.17 -0.05
United Future   24 0.06 -0.14
Outdoors   16 0.04
Mana   9 0.02
Ban 1080   4 0.01 -0.04
Internet   4 0.01
Informal votes 575 213
Total valid votes 35,128 35,667
Turnout 35,667 74.57
Labour hold Majority 6,898 19.63

2016 by-election

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The following table shows final by-election results:[9]

2016 Mount Roskill by-election

Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the by-election.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list prior to the by-election.
Yellow background denotes the winner of the by-election, who was a list MP prior to the by-election.
A  Y or  N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Wood 11,623 66.51 +10.69
National Parmjeet Parmar 4,771 27.30 -4.28
People's Party Roshan Nauhria 739 4.23 +4.23
Democrats Andrew Leitch 126 0.72 +0.72
Legalise Cannabis Brandon Stronge 84 0.48 +0.48
Not A Party Richard Goode 43 0.25 +0.25
Independent Tua Schuster 40 0.23 +0.23
Informal votes 50
Majority 6,852 39.20 +14.97
Turnout 17,476

2014 election

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2014 general election: Mount Roskill[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 Phil Goff 18,637 55.81 −1.34 12,086 35.45 −8.16
National Parmjeet Parmar 10,546 31.58 −2.36 14,275 41.87 +2.33
Green Barry Coates 1,682 5.04 +1.03 3,279 9.62 +2.35
Conservative Paul Davie 1,094 3.28 +1.52 1,240 3.64 +1.22
NZ First Mahesh Bindra 717 2.15 +0.66 1,805 5.29 +0.61
Mana John Minto 300 0.90 +0.90
ACT   610 1.79 +0.71
Internet Mana   304 0.89 +0.69[a]
Māori Party   132 0.39 +0.01
Legalise Cannabis   74 0.22 −0.11
United Future   69 0.20 −0.19
Ban 1080   17 0.05 +0.05
Democrats   10 0.03 ±0.00
Civilian   8 0.02 +0.02
Focus   6 0.02 +0.02
Independent Coalition   6 0.02 +0.02
Informal votes 416 176
Total valid votes 33,392 34,097
Turnout 34,097 73.69 +3.91
Labour hold Majority 8,091 24.23 +1.02

2011 election

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2011 general election: Mount Roskill[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 Phil Goff 17,906 57.15 +1.35 14,098 43.61 +0.97
National Jackie Blue 10,635 33.94 -2.62 12,781 39.54 -2.56
Green Julie Anne Genter 1,258 4.01 +0.76 2,351 7.27 +2.99
Conservative Feleti Key 550 1.76 +1.76 783 2.42 +2.42
NZ First Mahesh Bindra 468 1.49 +1.49 1,513 4.68 +1.88
ACT Pratima Nand 240 0.77 -1.39 350 1.08 -2.34
Legalise Cannabis Jasmin Hewlett 167 0.53 +0.53 108 0.33 +0.07
United Future Bryan Mockridge 77 0.25 -0.39 125 0.39 -0.48
Communist League Patrick Brown 32 0.10 +0.10
Māori Party   124 0.38 -0.09
Mana   65 0.20 +0.20
Democrats   11 0.03 +0.01
Libertarianz   11 0.03 +0.01
Alliance   10 0.03 -0.04
Informal votes 766 389
Total valid votes 31,333 32,330
Labour hold Majority 7,271 23.21 +3.97

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 46,332[12]

2008 election

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2008 general election: Mount Roskill[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 Phil Goff 18,615 55.80 -4.14 14,533 42.64 -7.06
National Jackie Blue 12,197 36.56 +7.07 14,346 42.09 +7.32
Green Lisa Er 1,086 3.26 +3.26 1,459 4.28 +0.11
ACT Shawn Tan 718 2.15 -3.64 1,165 3.42 +0.94
Kiwi Joseph Rebello 310 0.93 +0.93 198 0.58 +0.58
United Future Neville Wilson 211 0.63 -2.02 296 0.87 -1.62
Progressive Suki Amirapu 155 0.46 -0.33 281 0.82 -0.36
RAM Daphne Lawless 67 0.20 +0.20 16 0.05 +0.05
NZ First   955 2.80 -1.37
Pacific   302 0.89 +0.89
Māori Party   163 0.48 +0.12
Family Party   119 0.35 +0.35
Bill and Ben   104 0.31 +0.31
Legalise Cannabis   90 0.26 +0.15
Alliance   23 0.07 0.00
Workers Party   12 0.04 +0.04
Libertarianz   8 0.02 -0.03
RONZ   8 0.02 0.00
Democrats   7 0.02 0.00
Informal votes 362 188
Total valid votes 33,359 34,085
Labour hold Majority 6,418

2005 election

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2005 general election: Mount Roskill[14]
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 Phil Goff 19,476 59.94 16,501 49.70
National Jackie Blue 9,581 29.49 11,543 34.77
ACT Kenneth Wang 1,882 5.79 825 2.48
United Future Richard Barter 860 2.65 826 2.49
Destiny Brian Ane 338 1.04 191 0.58
Progressive Suki Amirapu 257 0.79 391 1.18
Direct Democracy Barry Scott 98 0.30 18 0.05
Green   1,383 4.17
NZ First   1,173 3.53
Māori Party   121 0.36
Family Rights   64 0.19
Christian Heritage   60 0.18
Legalise Cannabis   36 0.11
Alliance   22 0.07
Libertarianz   18 0.05
99 MP   9 0.03
RONZ   7 0.02
One NZ   5 0.02
Informal votes 439 193
Total valid votes 32,492 33,200
Labour hold Majority 9,895

2002 election

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2002 general election: Mount Roskill
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 Phil Goff 18,702 64.40 +6.13 14,866 49.73 +3.98
National Brent Trewheela 4,987 17.17 5,126 17.15 -10.50
ACT Kenneth Wang 1,494 5.14 2,351 7.86 +1.17
NZ First Dawn Mullins 1,301 4.48 2,329 7.79 +4.49
United Future Bernie Ogilvy 1,253 4.31 2,162 7.23
Christian Heritage Ewen McQueen 582 2.00 425 1.42 -2.19
Alliance Brendon Lane 337 1.16 357 1.19 -5.11
Progressive Trevor Barnard 229 0.79 446 1.49
Independent Stephen Berry 157 0.54
Green   1,577 5.28 +1.53
ORNZ   121 0.40
Legalise Cannabis   109 0.36 -0.12
One NZ   12 0.04 +0.01
Mana Māori   10 0.03 -0.04
NMP   4 0.01 -0.01
Informal votes 354 124
Total valid votes 29,042 29,895
Labour hold Majority 13,715 47.23 +16.61

1999 election

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1999 general election: Mount Roskill
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 Phil Goff 18,475 58.27 14,702 45.75
National Phil Raffills 8,768 27.65 8,884 27.65
Alliance Sarah Martin 1,190 3.75 2,024 6.30
ACT Max Whitehead 894 2.82 2,150 6.69
Green Chris Hay 890 2.81 1,205 3.75
Christian Heritage Barrie Paterson 677 2.14 1,159 3.61
NZ First Chris Comeskey 585 1.85 1,059 3.30
United NZ Yousuf Qureshi 155 0.49 209 0.65
Natural Law Linda Ellen Davy 71 0.22 57 0.18
Christian Democrats   308 0.96
Legalise Cannabis   155 0.48
Libertarianz   73 0.23
Animals First   47 0.15
McGillicuddy Serious   31 0.10
Mana Māori   24 0.07
The People's Choice   11 0.03
One NZ   10 0.03
Mauri Pacific   8 0.02
South Island   8 0.02
NMP   5 0.02
Republican   3 0.01
Freedom Movement   1 0.00
Informal votes 790 362
Total valid votes 31,705 32,133
Labour win new seat Majority 9,707 30.62

Table footnotes

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  1. ^ 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.

References

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  1. ^ New Zealand Parliament – Phil Goff MP
  2. ^ "Notice of vacancy in seat in House of Representatives". New Zealand Gazette. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Phil Goff elected Mayor of Auckland". The New Zealand Herald. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Report of the Representation Commission 2020" (PDF). 17 April 2020.
  5. ^ Demelza Leslie (11 October 2016). "Mt Roskill becomes National-Labour battleground". Radio NZ. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Mt Roskill - Official Result". Electoral Commission. 16 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Official Count Results (2020) – Mount Roskill". Electoral Commission. 6 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Official Count Results (2017) – Mount Roskill". Electoral Commission. 7 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Mt Roskill - Official Result". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Official Count Results – Mt Roskill (2014)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  11. ^ Mount Roskill results, 2011
  12. ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 21 October 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  13. ^ 2008 election results Archived 11 December 2008 at archive.today
  14. ^ "Official Count Results – Mt Roskill (2005)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
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