Botany (New Zealand electorate)
Botany | |
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Single-member constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives | |
Region | Auckland |
Current constituency | |
Current MP | Christopher Luxon |
Party | National |
Botany is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was contested for the first time at the 2008 general election, and won by Pansy Wong for the National Party. Following Wong's resignation in late 2010, a by-election returned Jami-Lee Ross, who was confirmed by the voters in the 2011 general election. Ross left the National Party in October 2018 and became an independent. Ross did not contest the seat at the 2020 general election, and was succeeded by the new National candidate, Christopher Luxon, who became the party's leader in November 2021 and has served as prime minister since November 2023.
Background
The
- The southern end of Port Waikato was lanced and combined with the area around Clevedon township to form Hunua.
- The resultant change pulled the Clevedon electorate tighter around the city of Papakura for which the electorate is now named.
- In the north, Botany Downs, which combined with fragments of the Clevedon and Pakurangaelectorates to form Botany.
Demographics
Demographically, Botany is older than the rest of New Zealand, with over half of its population aged over 30; It has three times as many
A 2005 academic survey assessing the voting behaviour of Asian New Zealanders[1] showed a strong preference for the Labour Party, with a sizeable proportion prepared to vote for the National Party (47 to 40); it also showed that among Asian New Zealanders, the most important issues were the economy and law and order. This was demonstrated by a large anti-crime march (a crowd of 15,000 was estimated, with a significant number of these being Asian New Zealanders) was held in Auckland (on the streets of Botany) in July 2008 amidst claims of increasing violent crime in New Zealand targeted against its Asian population.[2] The march's organiser Peter Low used his website to clarify his position, calling for harsher sentencing, victims' rights and zero "criminal rights".[3]
History
Botany was first created for the 2008 general election, and won by Pansy Wong for the National Party.[citation needed]
Both National and the
On 14 December 2010 it was announced that a by-election was to be held on 5 March 2011 due to the resignation of incumbent MP Pansy Wong.[6] The electorate was won by Jami-Lee Ross from the New Zealand National Party.
In October 2018, Jami-Lee Ross resigned from the National Party and accused party leader Simon Bridges of breaching electoral law. Ross announced his intention to resign from parliament and run as an independent in the resulting by-election,[7] however he later decided against resigning. Christopher Luxon won the National Party selection in November 2019.[8]
On 15 September 2020 Ross announced he was no longer intending to contest the electorate, but will instead contest the upcoming election as a list only candidate for his newly formed party,
Members of Parliament
Key
Election | Winner | |
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2008 election | Pansy Wong | |
2011 by-election | Jami-Lee Ross | |
2011 election | ||
2014 election | ||
2017 election | ||
2020 election | Christopher Luxon | |
2023 election |
List MPs
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Botany electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at general elections.
Key
Election | Winner | |
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2020 election | Naisi Chen | |
Damien Smith |
Election results
2023 election
2023 general election: Botany[10] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Christopher Luxon | 24,769 | 66.57 | +14.11 | 22,239 | 58.74 | +21.69 | ||
Labour | Kharag Singh | 8,432 | 22.66 | -18.77 | 7,708 | 22.27 | -25.21 | ||
ACT | Bo Burns | 1,959 | 5.26 | +1.85 | 2,788 | 7.36 | +0.56 | ||
New Zealand Loyal | John Armstrong | 624 | 1.67 | — | 280 | 0.73 | — | ||
Animal Justice | Robert McNeil | 428 | 1.15 | — | 98 | 0.25 | – | ||
New Conservative
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Dieuwe de Boer | 300 | 0.80 | -0.92 | 86 | 0.22 | -1.44 | ||
Green | 2,212 | 5.84 | +2.56 | ||||||
NZ First | 1,136 | 3.00 | +1.57 | ||||||
Opportunities | 439 | 1.15 | +0.33 | ||||||
Te Pāti Māori | 188 | 0.49 | +0.30 | ||||||
NewZeal | 156 | 0.41 | +0.18 | ||||||
Freedoms NZ | 127 | 0.33 | – | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 106 | 0.28 | +0.08 | ||||||
New Nation | 37 | 0.09 | – | ||||||
DemocracyNZ | 29 | 0.07 | – | ||||||
Women's Rights
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27 | 0.07 | – | ||||||
Leighton Baker Party
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12 | 0.03 | – | ||||||
Informal votes | 692 | 189 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 37,204 | 37,857 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 16,337 | 43.91 | +33.38 |
2020 election
2020 general election: Botany[11] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Christopher Luxon | 19,017 | 52.46 | –9.17 | 13,970 | 37.05 | −23.78 | ||
Labour | Naisi Chen | 15,018 | 41.43 | +16.81 | 17,900 | 47.48 | +18.30 | ||
ACT | Damien Smith | 1,236 | 3.41 | +2.46 | 2,563 | 6.80 | +6.20 | ||
New Conservative
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Dieuwe De Boer | 624 | 1.72 | — | 624 | 1.66 | +1.40 | ||
Sustainable NZ | Peter Fleming | 358 | 0.99 | — | 26 | 0.07 | – | ||
Green | 1,236 | 3.28 | +0.89 | ||||||
NZ First | 541 | 1.43 | −3.14 | ||||||
Opportunities | 237 | 0.63 | −0.19 | ||||||
Advance NZ | 159 | 0.42 | – | ||||||
TEA
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152 | 0.40 | – | ||||||
ONE
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85 | 0.23 | – | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 76 | 0.20 | +0.05 | ||||||
Māori Party
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70 | 0.19 | −0.37 | ||||||
Vision NZ | 40 | 0.11 | – | ||||||
Outdoors
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15 | 0.04 | ±0.00 | ||||||
Heartland | 5 | 0.01 | – | ||||||
Social Credit | 4 | 0.01 | ±0.00 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,264 | 261 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 36,253 | 37,703 | |||||||
Turnout | 37,964 | 73.83[12] | +1.20 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 3,999 | 10.53 | −26.48 |
2017 election
2017 general election: Botany[13] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Jami-Lee Ross | 21,378 | 61.63 | −2.21 | 21,428 | 60.83 | +1.41 | ||
Labour | Tofik Mamedov | 8,539 | 24.62 | +1.72 | 10,279 | 29.18 | +6.99 | ||
Green | Julie Zhu | 2,103 | 6.06 | — | 841 | 2.39 | −1.95 | ||
Māori Party
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Wetex Kang | 1,165 | 3.36 | — | 195 | 0.55 | +0.34 | ||
United Future | Damian Light | 500 | 1.44 | — | 33 | 0.09 | −0.06 | ||
ACT | Sam Singh | 330 | 0.95 | — | 209 | 0.59 | −1.81 | ||
NZ First | 1,612 | 4.58 | −0.84 | ||||||
Opportunities | 288 | 0.82 | — | ||||||
Conservative
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91 | 0.26 | −4.25 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 54 | 1.53 | +1.26 | ||||||
People's Party | 44 | 0.12 | — | ||||||
Outdoors
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14 | 0.04 | — | ||||||
Mana Party
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12 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
Internet | 9 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 6 | 0.02 | −0.02 | ||||||
Democrats
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2 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 673 | 110 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 34,688 | 35,227 | |||||||
Turnout | 35,658 | 72.63[14] | +0.78 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 12,839 | 37.01 | −3.93 |
2014 election
2014 general election: Botany[15] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Jami-Lee Ross | 21,044 | 63.84 | −0.19 | 20,016 | 59.42 | −1.71 | ||
Labour | Tofik Mamedov | 7,549 | 22.90 | −2.45 | 7,473 | 22.19 | −1.59 | ||
Conservative
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Paul Young | 3,053 | 9.26 | +1.57 | 1,519 | 4.51 | +1.83 | ||
Independent | David McCormick | 668 | 2.03 | +2.03 | |||||
NZ First | 1,825 | 5.42 | +1.02 | ||||||
Green | 1,461 | 4.34 | −0.06 | ||||||
ACT | 808 | 2.40 | +0.75 | ||||||
Internet Mana | 204 | 0.61 | +0.36[a] | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 90 | 0.27 | −0.02 | ||||||
Māori Party
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71 | 0.21 | −0.08 | ||||||
United Future | 49 | 0.15 | −0.17 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 12 | 0.04 | +0.04 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 9 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
Civilian | 8 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Focus
|
6 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Democrats
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5 | 0.01 | −0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 648 | 128 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 32,962 | 33,684 | |||||||
Turnout | 33,812 | 71.00 | +3.25 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 13,495 | 40.94 | +2.26 |
2011 election
2011 general election: Botany[16] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Jami-Lee Ross | 17,780 | 64.03 | +7.81 | 17,749 | 61.13 | -0.11 | ||
Labour | Chao-Fu Wu | 7,039 | 25.35 | +4.29 | 7,111 | 24.49 | -0.69 | ||
Conservative
|
Paul Young | 2,135 | 7.69 | +7.69 | 777 | 2.68 | +2.68 | ||
ACT | Lyn Murphy | 631 | 2.27 | -12.98 | 478 | 1.65 | -3.19 | ||
United Future | Ram Parkash | 185 | 0.67 | -0.72 | 94 | 0.32 | -0.37 | ||
NZ First | 1,278 | 4.40 | +2.26 | ||||||
Green | 1,277 | 4.40 | +2.01 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 85 | 0.29 | +0.10 | ||||||
Māori Party
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84 | 0.29 | -0.02 | ||||||
Mana
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72 | 0.25 | +0.25 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 13 | 0.04 | +0.01 | ||||||
Alliance | 9 | 0.03 | +0.01 | ||||||
Democrats
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7 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Informal votes | 1,069 | 238 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 27,770 | 29,034 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 10,741 | 38.68 | +3.52 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 43,204[17]
2011 by-election
Official results of the 5 March by-election.[18]
2011 Botany by-election | |||||
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Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the by-election. | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
National | Jami-Lee Ross | 8,352 | 54.25 | -1.97 | |
Labour | Michael Wood | 4,380 | 28.45 | +7.39 | |
New Citizen | Paul Young | 1,626 | 10.56 | ||
ACT | Lyn Murphy | 687 | 4.46 | -10.80 | |
Independent | Penny Bright | 128 | 0.83 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | Leo Biggs | 61 | 0.40 | ||
Independent | Wayne Young | 54 | 0.35 | ||
Join Australia | Robin Caithness | 45 | 0.29 | ||
Pirate | Hussain Al-saady | 32 | 0.21 | ||
Independent | Robert Goh | 31 | 0.20 | ||
Informal votes | 25 | 0.16 | |||
Total Valid votes | 15,396 | 35.84 | |||
National hold | Majority | 3,972 | 25.76 | -9.40 |
2008 election
2008 general election: Botany[19] | |||||||||
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Notes: |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Pansy Wong | 17,382 | 56.22 | 19,355 | 61.25 | ||||
Labour | Koro Tawa | 6,510 | 21.06 | 7,958 | 25.18 | ||||
ACT | Kenneth Wang
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4,717 | 15.26 | 1,528 | 4.84 | ||||
Green | Peter Cooper | 1,226 | 3.97 | 756 | 2.39 | ||||
United Future | Judy Carter | 428 | 1.38 | 220 | 0.70 | ||||
Progressive
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Racheal Cheam | 304 | 0.98 | 217 | 0.69 | ||||
Kiwi | Simon Kan | 212 | 0.69 | 125 | 0.40 | ||||
Independent | Raj Subramanian | 140 | 0.45 | ||||||
NZ First | 678 | 2.15 | |||||||
Pacific | 295 | 0.93 | |||||||
Family Party | 166 | 0.53 | |||||||
Bill and Ben | 98 | 0.31 | |||||||
Māori Party
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98 | 0.31 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 62 | 0.20 | |||||||
Workers Party | 13 | 0.04 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 10 | 0.03 | |||||||
Alliance | 8 | 0.03 | |||||||
RONZ | 7 | 0.02 | |||||||
RAM | 6 | 0.02 | |||||||
Democrats
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2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 386 | 131 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 30,919 | 31,602 | |||||||
National win new seat | Majority | 10,872 | 35.16 |
Table footnotes
- Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internetin the 2014 election.
References
- ^ "Asian Vote". New Zealand Listener. 20 August 2004.
- ^ "Huge turnout for anti-crime march". TVNZ News. 5 July 2004.
- ^ "ASIAN ANTI-CRIME GROUP (AAG) TRUST NEW ZEALAND". Asian Anti-Crime Group Trust. 5 August 2004. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008.
- ^ Tan, Lincoln (20 June 2008). "Botany a hot Asian battleground". The New Zealand Herald.
- ^ Blockley, Louise (22 August 2008). "Raymond Huo on Labour list". Te Waha Nui. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
- ^ Cheng, Derek (14 December 2010). "Pansy Wong resigns as MP". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- ^ Morning Report (17 October 2018). "Jami-Lee Ross vows to fight for Botany seat". RNZ.
- ^ Wilson, Simon (5 November 2019). "National selects Christopher Luxon as its new candidate for Botany". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ Kirkness, Luke (15 September 2020). "Election 2020: Advance NZ's Jami-Lee Ross abandons attempt to retain Botany seat". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Botany - Official Result". www.electionresults.govt.nz. Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ "Botany - Official Result". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate (2020)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ New Zealand Electoral Commission. "Botany - Official Result". Electionresults.govt.nz. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ Electoral Commission (21 January 2016). "Official Count Results – Botany". Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Botany results, 2011".
- ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 21 October 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "By-Election Results -- Botany". electionresults.govt.nz. 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ^ Election result: Botany, 2008 Archived 11 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Electorate Profile Archived 22 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Parliamentary Library