Papakura is an electorate for the New Zealand House of Representatives, based in the south Auckland town of Papakura. Historically, the name refers to an electorate that existed between 1978 and 1996, which with the advent of Mixed Member Proportional voting and resulting reduction in the number of constituencies was folded into a new Hunua seat. In 2002 Hunua was modified, pulled northwards and renamed Clevedon.
Papakura | |
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Single-member constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives | |
![]() Location of Papakurawithin Auckland | |
Region | Auckland |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2008 (recreated) |
Current MP | Judith Collins |
Party | National |
In a modern sense, the name refers to a constituency which was fought for the first time at the 2008 election. This new Papakura seat is the successor to the old Clevedon seat. It also contains a set of towns to the west of Papakura, namely Drury, Karaka and Kingseat. Until 2014 it also included Waiau Pa and Clarks Beach. The current MP is Judith Collins, of the National Party.
Population centres
editThe 1977 electoral redistribution was the most overtly political since the Representation Commission had been established through an amendment to the Representation Act in 1886, initiated by Muldoon's National Government.[1] As part of the 1976 census, a large number of people failed to fill out an electoral re-registration card, and census staff had not been given the authority to insist on the card being completed. This had little practical effect on people on the general roll, but it transferred Māori to the general roll if the card was not handed in. Together with a northward shift of New Zealand's population, this resulted in five new electorates having to be created in the upper part of the North Island.[2] The electoral redistribution was very disruptive, and 22 electorates were abolished, while 27 electorates were newly created (including Papakura) or re-established. These changes came into effect for the 1978 election.[3]
History
editIn the 1978 election, the Papakura electorate was won by National's Merv Wellington, who had been MP for the Manurewa electorate since 1975.[4] When he retired at the 1990 election, he was succeeded by John Robertson.
Members of Parliament
editKey
Elections | Winner | |
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1978 election | Merv Wellington | |
1981 election | ||
1984 election | ||
1987 election | ||
1990 election | John Robertson1 | |
1993 election | ||
(Electorate abolished 1996–2008) | ||
2008 election | Judith Collins | |
2011 election | ||
2014 election | ||
2017 election | ||
2020 election | ||
2023 election |
1Robertson defected to the United party in 1995.
List MPs
editMembers of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Papakura electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at general elections.
Key Labour
Election | Winner | |
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2020 election | Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki |
Election results
edit2023 election
edit2023 general election: Papakura[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Judith Collins | 24,109 | 57.79 | +5.34 | 22,042 | 51.67 | +14.76 | ||
Labour | Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki | 10,590 | 25.38 | -9.53 | 8,893 | 20.84 | -21.67 | ||
ACT | Mike McCormick | 3,121 | 7.48 | — | 4,264 | 10 | +1.24 | ||
NZ First | Robert Monds | 1,728 | 4.14 | +1.96 | 2,238 | 5.25 | +2.49 | ||
New Zealand Loyal | Donna Kouka | 636 | 1.52 | — | 418 | 0.98 | — | ||
Vision New Zealand | Kathy Harvey | 444 | 1.06 | — | |||||
Independent | Karin Kerr | 427 | 1.02 | — | |||||
Animal Justice Party | 61 | 0.14 | — | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 162 | 0.38 | +0.01 | ||||||
DemocracyNZ | 62 | 0.15 | — | ||||||
Freedoms NZ | 210 | 0.49 | — | ||||||
Green | 2,710 | 6.35 | +2.33 | ||||||
Leighton Baker Party | 11 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
New Conservatives | 55 | 0.13 | -1.44 | ||||||
New Nation | 19 | 0.04 | — | ||||||
NewZeal | 260 | 0.61 | — | ||||||
Te Pāti Māori | 451 | 1.06 | +0.74 | ||||||
Opportunities | 542 | 1.27 | — | ||||||
Women's Rights | 33 | 0.08 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 666 | 225 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 41,721 | 42,656 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 13,519 | 32.40 | +18.32 |
2020 election
edit2020 general election: Papakura[6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Judith Collins | 19,420 | 52.45 | −2.28 | 14,854 | 36.91 | −14.09 | ||
Labour | Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki | 13,837 | 34.91 | +0.40 | 17,106 | 42.51 | +9.16 | ||
Green | Sue Cowie | 1,953 | 4.93 | — | 1,618 | 4.02 | +1.21 | ||
ACT | Bruce Whitehead | 1,464 | 3.69 | — | 3,525 | 8.76 | +8.20 | ||
NZ First | Robert Monds | 828 | 2.09 | −5.41 | 1,112 | 2.76 | −6.00 | ||
Conservative | David Arvidson | 792 | 2.00 | — | 631 | 1.57 | +1.26 | ||
Advance NZ | Vikki-Lee Pomare | 328 | 0.83 | — | 277 | 0.69 | — | ||
Outdoors | Teena Smith | 234 | 0.59 | — | 36 | 0.09 | +0.03 | ||
Opportunities | 328 | 0.82 | −0.37 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 149 | 0.37 | +0.07 | ||||||
Māori Party | 127 | 0.32 | −0.31 | ||||||
Vision New Zealand | 108 | 0.27 | — | ||||||
ONE | 56 | 0.14 | — | ||||||
TEA | 38 | 0.09 | — | ||||||
Heartland | 25 | 0.06 | — | ||||||
Sustainable NZ | 24 | 0.06 | — | ||||||
Social Credit | 12 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 785 | 214 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 39,641 | 40,240 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 5,583 | 14.08 | −6.14 |
2017 election
edit2017 general election: Papakura[7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Judith Collins | 20,266 | 54.73 | +8.66 | 19,464 | 51.00 | −0.01 | ||
Labour | Jesse Pabla | 12,780 | 34.51 | +3.57 | 12,730 | 33.35 | +7.55 | ||
NZ First | Toa Greening | 2,778 | 7.50 | −2.47 | 3,338 | 8.74 | −2.01 | ||
Māori Party | Raewyn Teresa Bhana | 607 | 1.63 | +0.92 | 242 | 0.63 | +0.14 | ||
Green | 1,074 | 2.81 | −2.66 | ||||||
Opportunities | 455 | 1.19 | — | ||||||
ACT | 215 | 0.56 | −0.07 | ||||||
Conservative | 119 | 0.31 | −3.81 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 116 | 0.30 | −0.06 | ||||||
People's Party | 111 | 0.29 | — | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 24 | 0.06 | −0.01 | ||||||
Outdoors | 24 | 0.06 | — | ||||||
United Future | 19 | 0.04 | −0.13 | ||||||
Mana | 17 | 0.04 | −0.75[a] | ||||||
Democrats | 8 | 0.02 | −0.01 | ||||||
Internet | 8 | 0.02 | −0.77[b] | ||||||
Informal votes | 597 | 198 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 37,028 | 38,162 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 7,486 | 20.22 | +5.09 |
2014 election
edit2014 general election: Papakura[8] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Judith Collins | 15,588 | 46.07 | −13.52 | 17,733 | 51.01 | −1.61 | ||
Labour | Jerome Mika | 10,469 | 30.94 | +3.92 | 8,967 | 25.80 | −1.41 | ||
NZ First | Brent Catchpole | 3,374 | 9.97 | +4.31 | 3,737 | 10.75 | +2.26 | ||
Green | Caroline Conroy | 1,790 | 5.29 | +0.29 | 1,801 | 5.47 | −0.29 | ||
Conservative | Kevin Stitt | 1,292 | 3.82 | +1.78 | 1,431 | 4.12 | +1.06 | ||
ACT | John Thompson | 412 | 1.22 | +0.52 | 331 | 0.63 | −0.42 | ||
Māori Party | Ann Kendall | 239 | 0.71 | +0.71 | 172 | 0.49 | −0.14 | ||
Mana | Roger Fowler | 174 | 0.51 | +0.51 | |||||
Internet Mana | 275 | 0.79 | +0.29[c] | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 124 | 0.36 | −0.12 | ||||||
United Future | 60 | 0.17 | −0.19 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 23 | 0.07 | +0.07 | ||||||
Civilian | 20 | 0.06 | +0.06 | ||||||
Democrats | 9 | 0.03 | ±0.00 | ||||||
Focus | 5 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 4 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 499 | 186 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 33,837 | 34,765 | |||||||
Turnout | 34,765 | 73.57 | +1.97 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 5,119 | 15.13 | −17.44 |
Electorate (as at 4 October 2014): 45,992[9]
2011 election
edit2011 general election: Papakura[10] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Judith Collins | 18,096 | 59.59 | −0.10 | 16,640 | 52.62 | +1.14 | ||
Labour | Jerome Mika | 8,206 | 27.02 | −0.07 | 8,603 | 27.21 | −2.11 | ||
NZ First | Brent Catchpole | 1,718 | 5.66 | +0.89 | 2,680 | 8.48 | +3.40 | ||
Green | Caroline Conroy | 1,519 | 5.00 | +0.93 | 1,731 | 5.47 | +2.51 | ||
Conservative | Bob Daw | 619 | 2.04 | +2.04 | 967 | 3.06 | +3.06 | ||
ACT | John Thompson | 212 | 0.70 | −2.65 | 331 | 1.05 | −5.03 | ||
Māori Party | 183 | 0.58 | −0.35 | ||||||
Mana | 159 | 0.50 | +0.50 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 152 | 0.48 | +0.10 | ||||||
United Future | 133 | 0.42 | −0.41 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 22 | 0.07 | +0.04 | ||||||
Democrats | 11 | 0.03 | +0.02 | ||||||
Alliance | 9 | 0.03 | -0.03 | ||||||
Informal votes | 814 | 250 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 30,370 | 31,621 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 9,890 | 32.57 | −0.03 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,164[11]
2008 election
edit2008 general election: Papakura[12] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Judith Collins | 18,816 | 59.68 | 16,672 | 51.48 | ||||
Labour | David Hereora | 8,539 | 27.09 | 9,493 | 29.31 | ||||
NZ First | Brent Catchpole | 1,504 | 4.77 | 1,643 | 5.07 | ||||
Green | Rachel Grimwood | 1,283 | 4.07 | 961 | 2.97 | ||||
ACT | John Thompson | 1,057 | 3.35 | 1,967 | 6.07 | ||||
United Future | Bryan Penquinn Mockridge | 225 | 0.71 | 269 | 0.83 | ||||
RAM | Pat O'Dea | 102 | 0.32 | 14 | 0.04 | ||||
Māori Party | 300 | 0.93 | |||||||
Progressive | 254 | 0.78 | |||||||
Pacific | 247 | 0.76 | |||||||
Bill and Ben | 177 | 0.55 | |||||||
Family Party | 143 | 0.44 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 124 | 0.38 | |||||||
Kiwi | 76 | 0.23 | |||||||
Alliance | 18 | 0.06 | |||||||
Workers Party | 9 | 0.03 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
Democrats | 5 | 0.02 | |||||||
RONZ | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 418 | 188 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 31,526 | 32,383 | |||||||
National win new seat | Majority | 10,277 | 32.60 |
Table footnotes
edit- ^ 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
- ^ 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.
Notes
edit- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 8–9, 51, 119.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 119.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 115–120.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 244.
- ^ "Official Count Results – Papakura". Wellington: New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Official Count Results – Papakura". Wellington: New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ "Official Count Results – Papakura". Wellington: New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Official Count Results – Papakura (2014)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 4 October 2014. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ 2011 election results
- ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- ^ 2008 election results
References
edit- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.