Electoral history of Chris Hipkins

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Leader of the Labour Party

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General elections

This is a summary of the electoral history of Chris Hipkins, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Leader of the Labour Party (2023–present), and Member of Parliament for Remutaka (2008–present).

Parliamentary elections

2008 election

2008 general election: Rimutaka[1]
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 % ±%
Labour Chris Hipkins 13,735 39.27 14,685 41.31
National Richard Whiteside 12,982 37.12 14,452 40.65
NZ First Ron Mark 5,257 15.03 1,453 4.09
Green Lynette Vigrass 1,755 5.02 2,107 5.93
United Future Jenni Hurn 522 1.49 499 1.40
ACT Nigel Kearney 453 1.30 909 2.56
Progressive
 John Maurice 272 0.78 345 0.97
Māori Party
   260 0.73
Bill and Ben   255 0.72
Kiwi   242 0.68
Legalise Cannabis   122 0.34
Family Party   85 0.24
Pacific   57 0.16
Alliance   28 0.08
Workers Party   18 0.05
Libertarianz   13 0.04
Democrats
   8 0.02
RONZ   7 0.02
RAM   4 0.01
Informal votes 297 126
Total valid votes 34,976 35,549
Labour hold Majority 753 2.15

2011 election

2011 general election: Rimutaka[2]
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 % ±%
Labour Green tickY Chris Hipkins 17,171 51.58 12.31 11,375 33.13 -8.18
National Jonathan Fletcher 13,885 41.71 +4.60 15,364 44.75 +4.10
Green Tane Woodley 1,990 5.98 +0.96 3,422 9.97 +4.04
ACT Alwyn Courtenay 241 0.72 -0.57 235 0.68 -1.87
NZ First   2,148 6.26 +2.17
Conservative
   955 2.78 +2.78
United Future   340 0.99 -0.41
Māori Party
   190 0.55 -0.18
Legalise Cannabis   164 0.48 +0.13
Mana
   80 0.23 +0.23
Libertarianz   28 0.08 +0.04
Alliance   20 0.06 -0.02
Democrats
   12 0.03 +0.01
Informal votes 879 240
Total valid votes 33,287 34,333
Labour hold Majority 3,286 9.87 +7.72

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,403[3]

2014 election

2014 general election: Rimutaka[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 % ±%
Labour Green tickY Chris Hipkins 19,286 52.51 +2.25 12,176 32.73 −0.16
National Lewis Holden 12,622 34.36 −6.27 15,352 41.28 −3.16
NZ First Aaron Hunt 1,785 4.86 +4.86 3,806 10.23 +6.21
Green Susanne Ruthven 1,727 4.70 −1.12 3,422 9.90 −1.41
Conservative
 Philip Michael Lynch 973 2.65 +2.65 955 4.01 +1.25
Internet Mana
   324 0.87 +0.64[a]
Legalise Cannabis   194 0.52 +0.05
Māori Party
   149 0.40 −0.15
ACT   126 0.34 −0.34
United Future   122 0.33 −0.66
Ban 1080   84 0.23 +0.23
Civilian   19 0.05 +0.05
Independent Coalition   19 0.05 +0.05
Democrats
   14 0.04 +0.00
Focus
   4 0.01 +0.01
Informal votes 241 159
Total valid votes 36,393 37,194
Labour hold Majority 6,664 18.14 +8.52

Electorate (as at 20 September 2014): 46,526[5]

2017 election

2017 general election: Rimutaka[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Green tickY Chris Hipkins 21,725 55.48 +2.97 17,180 43.3 +10.57
National Carolyn O'Fallon 13,116 33.49 -0.87 15,433 38.9 -2.38
Green Stefan Grand-Meyer 1,815 4.63 -0.07 2,156 5.43 -4.47
NZ First Talani Meikle 1,604 4.09 -0.77 2,938 7.40 -2.83
Conservative
 Philip Lynch 356 0.91 -1.74 169 0.43 -3.58
ACT Grae O'Sullivan 190 0.49 — 147 0.37 +0.03
Opportunities   1,095 2.76 —
Māori Party
   181 0.46 +0.6
Legalise Cannabis   96 0.24 -0.28
Ban 1080
   33 0.08 -0.15
United Future   32 0.08 -0.25
People's Party   22 0.06 —
Outdoors
   16 0.04 —
Internet   12 0.03 -0.84[b]
Democrats
   10 0.03 -0.01
Mana
   10 0.03 -0.84[c]
Informal votes 347 148
Total valid votes 39,153 39,678
Labour hold Majority 8,609 21.99 +3.85

2020 election

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

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Green tickY Chris Hipkins 29,217 68.57 +13.08 25,347 58.37 +15.07
National Mark Crofskey 8,720 20.46 −13.04 8,274 19.05 −19.84
Green Chris Norton 1,610 3.78 −0.86 3,105 7.15 +1.72
ACT Grae O'Sullivan 952 2.23 +1.75 2,607 6.00 +5.63
NZ First Talani Meikle 635 1.49 −2.61 1,296 2.98 −4.42
New Conservative
 Hank Optland 618 1.45 +0.54 822 1.89 +1.47
ONE
 Frank Eijgenraam 602 1.41 — 462 1.06 —
Advance NZ Michael Alexander Stace 257 0.60 — 245 0.56 —
Opportunities   822 1.89 −0.87
Māori Party
   171 0.39 −0.06
Legalise Cannabis   132 0.30 +0.06
Vision NZ   70 0.16 —
Outdoors
   27 0.06 +0.02
Sustainable NZ   24 0.06 —
Social Credit   16 0.04 −0.00
TEA
   6 0.01 —
Heartland   2 0.00 —
Informal votes 726 283
Total valid votes 42,611 43,428
Labour hold Majority 20,497 48.10 +26.11

2023 election

2023 general election: Remutaka[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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Green tickY Chris Hipkins 22,344 53.58 -14.99 16,000 36.84 -21.53
National Emma Chatterton 13,485 32.34 +11.88 12,726 29.30 +10.25
Green Chris Norton 2,794 6.70 +2.92 5,068 11.66 +4.51
ACT Michael Hurle 1,261 3.02 +0.79 2,476 5.70 +0.30
NewZeal Tony Pitiroi 899 2.15 +0.74 500 1.15 +0.09
Vision New Zealand
 Heker Robertson 409 0.98 —
NZ First   2,441 5.62 +2.64
Opportunities   1,147 2.64 +0.75
Te Pāti Māori   511 1.17 +0.78
New Zealand Loyal   261 0.60 —
Legalise Cannabis   177 0.40 +.010
Freedoms NZ   147 0.33 —
Animal Justice   96 0.22 —
New Conservative
   71 0.16 -1.73
DemocracyNZ   55 0.12 —
Women's Rights
   35 0.08 —
Leighton Baker Party
   13 0.02 —
New Nation   12 0.02 —
Informal votes 504 410
Total valid votes 41,696 42,146
Labour hold Majority 8,859 21.24

Leadership elections

Hipkins was elected leader of the Labour Party unopposed on 21 January 2023 shortly after nominations closed.[9]

Notes

  1. Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet
    in the 2014 election.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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

References

  1. ^ 2008 election results
  2. ^ 2011 election results
  3. ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Official Count Results -Rimutaka". electionresults.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Official Count Results – Rimutaka". Wellington: New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Remutaka - Official Result". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Remutaka - Official Result". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  9. ^ Whyte, Luke Malpass and Anna (20 January 2023). "Chris Hipkins set to become New Zealand's next prime minister". Stuff. Archived from the original on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
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