Electoral history of John Key
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This is a summary of the electoral history of John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand (2008–2016), Leader of the National Party (2006–2016), and Member of Parliament for Helensville (2002–2017).
History
Key had first decided to stand for National at the 2002 election in late 2001. He was then working at
The 2005 election showed close results heading in with Don Brash as its leader, with Labour winning 48-50 seatwise, while also having large political party support. Brash later revealed in his autobiography that he never intended to spend a full term as prime minister, and would give the position over to Key. Key later deposed Brash from leader position after the 2005 election, in 2006.[2][3][4]
Parliamentary elections
2002 election
General election, 2002: Helensville[5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | John Key | 9,775 | 34.18 | 7,524 | 25.81 | ||||
Labour | Gary Russell | 8,070 | 28.21 | 8,988 | 30.83 | ||||
Independent | Brian Neeson | 5,644 | 19.73 | ||||||
NZ First | Dail Jones | 2,725 | 9.53 | 3,481 | 11.94 | ||||
United Future New Zealand
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Andrea Deeth | 1,184 | 4.14 | 2,416 | 8.29 | ||||
Alliance | Helen MacKinlay | 581 | 2.03 | 299 | 1.03 | ||||
Christian Heritage | David Simpkin | 350 | 1.22 | 288 | 0.99 | ||||
Progressive
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Clare Dickson | 273 | 0.95 | 272 | 0.93 | ||||
ACT | 3,676 | 12.61 | |||||||
Green | 1,755 | 6.02 | |||||||
ORNZ | 313 | 1.07 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 118 | 0.40 | |||||||
One NZ | 15 | 0.05 | |||||||
Mana Māori | 10 | 0.03 | |||||||
NMP | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 327 | 78 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 28,602 | 29,157 | |||||||
Turnout | 29,428 | 79.64 | |||||||
National win new seat | Majority | 1,705 | 5.96 |
2005 election
General election, 2005: Helensville[6][7][8] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | John Key | 22,008 | 64.10 | +29.92 | 19,224 | 55.09 | +29.28 | ||
Labour | Judy Lawley | 9,230 | 26.88 | -0.24 | 9,761 | 27.97 | -2.86 | ||
NZ First | Dail Jones | 1,400 | 4.08 | -5.45 | 2,051 | 5.88 | -6.06 | ||
United Future New Zealand
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Andrea Deeth | 573 | 1.67 | -2.47 | 863 | 2.47 | -5.82 | ||
ACT | Stephen Langford-Tebby | 389 | 1.13 | 821 | 2.35 | -10.26 | |||
Māori Party
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Awa Hudson | 359 | 1.05 | 142 | 0.41 | ||||
Progressive
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Julian Aaron | 318 | 0.93 | -0.02 | 218 | 0.81 | -0.08 | ||
Green | Helen Koster | 58 | 0.17 | 1,407 | 4.03 | -1.99 | |||
Destiny | 151 | 0.43 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 66 | 0.19 | -0.21 | ||||||
Christian Heritage | 48 | 0.14 | -0.85 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 16 | 0.05 | |||||||
Direct Democracy | 11 | 0.03 | |||||||
Alliance | 9 | 0.03 | -1.00 | ||||||
Democrats
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8 | 0.02 | |||||||
Family Rights | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
99 MP | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
RONZ | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
One NZ | 4 | 0.01 | -0.04 | ||||||
Informal votes | 253 | 110 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 34,335 | 34,896 | |||||||
Turnout | 35,222 | 82.85 | +3.21 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 12,778 | 37.22 | +31.26 |
2008 election
General election, 2008: Helensville[9][6] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | John Key | 26,771 | 73.61 | +9.51 | 23,559 | 63.69 | +8.60 | ||
Labour | Darien Fenton | 6,224 | 17.11 | -9.77 | 6,826 | 18.45 | -9.52 | ||
Green | David Clendon | 2,166 | 5.96 | +5.79 | 1,814 | 4.90 | +0.87 | ||
ACT | David Garrett | 811 | 2.23 | +1.10 | 2,481 | 6.71 | +4.36 | ||
United Future New Zealand
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Angela Lovelock | 309 | 0.85 | -0.82 | 289 | 0.78 | -1.69 | ||
Libertarianz | Peter Osborne | 89 | 0.24 | 21 | 0.06 | +0.01 | |||
NZ First | 940 | 2.54 | -3.34 | ||||||
Progressive
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195 | 0.53 | -0.28 | ||||||
Family Party | 182 | 0.49 | |||||||
Māori Party
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182 | 0.49 | +0.08 | ||||||
Bill and Ben | 170 | 0.46 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 131 | 0.35 | +0.16 | ||||||
Kiwi | 105 | 0.28 | |||||||
Pacific | 45 | 0.12 | |||||||
Alliance | 19 | 0.05 | +0.02 | ||||||
Workers Party | 9 | 0.02 | |||||||
Democrats
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8 | 0.02 | ±0.00 | ||||||
RAM | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
RONZ | 4 | 0.01 | ±0.00 | ||||||
Informal votes | 251 | 110 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 36,370 | 36,988 | |||||||
Turnout | 37,298 | 82.27 | -0.58 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 20,547 | 56.49 |
2011 election
General election, 2011: Helensville [10] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | John Key | 26,011 | 74.38 | +0.77 | 23,558 | 65.79 | +2.09 | ||
Labour | Jeremy Greenbrook-Held | 4,945 | 14.14 | -2.97 | 5,138 | 14.35 | -4.11 | ||
Green | Jeanette Elley | 2,575 | 7.36 | +1.41 | 3,094 | 8.64 | +3.74 | ||
Conservative Party of New Zealand
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Richard Drayson | 941 | 2.69 | +2.69 | 1,258 | 3.51 | +3.51 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | Adrian McDermott | 319 | 0.91 | +0.91 | 174 | 0.49 | +0.16 | ||
ACT | Nick Kearney | 180 | 0.51 | 0-1.72 | 499 | 1.39 | -5.31 | ||
NZ First | 1,648 | 4.60 | +2.06 | ||||||
Māori Party
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186 | 0.52 | +0.03 | ||||||
United Future New Zealand
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163 | 0.46 | -0.33 | ||||||
Mana
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60 | 0.17 | +0.17 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 19 | 0.05 | -0.004 | ||||||
Democrats
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8 | 0.02 | +0.001 | ||||||
Alliance | 4 | 0.01 | -0.04 | ||||||
Informal votes | 574 | 198 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 34,971 | 35,809 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 21,066 | 60.24 | +3.74 |
2014 election
General election, 2014: Helensville[11] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | John Key | 22,720 | 65.17 | −9.21 | 20,689 | 58.39 | −7.40 | ||
Green | Kennedy Graham | 4,433 | 12.72 | +5.36 | 4,801 | 13.55 | +4.91 | ||
Labour | Corie Haddock | 4,425 | 12.69 | −1.45 | 4,430 | 12.50 | −1.85 | ||
Internet | Laila Harré | 1,315 | 3.77 | +3.77 | |||||
Conservative Party of New Zealand
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Deborah Dougherty | 963 | 2.76 | −0.07 | 1,692 | 4.78 | +1.27 | ||
Independent | Penny Bright | 420 | 1.20 | +1.20 | |||||
ACT | Phelan Pirrie | 302 | 0.87 | +0.36 | 262 | 0.74 | −0.65 | ||
Independent | Brendan Whyte | 74 | 0.21 | +0.21 | |||||
NZ First | 2,608 | 7.36 | +2.76 | ||||||
Internet Mana | 338 | 0.95 | +0.78[a] | ||||||
Māori Party
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192 | 0.54 | +0.02 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 161 | 0.45 | −0.04 | ||||||
United Future New Zealand
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93 | 0.26 | −0.20 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 48 | 0.14 | +0.14 | ||||||
Democrats
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23 | 0.06 | +0.04 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 13 | 0.04 | +0.04 | ||||||
Civilian | 8 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Focus
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3 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 208 | 73 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 34,860 | 35,434 | |||||||
Turnout | 35,507 | 82.29 | +5.65 | ||||||
National hold | Majority | 18,287 | 52.46 | −7.78 |
Notes
- Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internetin the 2014 election.
References
- ^ Bingham, Eugene (26 July 2008). "Ambush in the West". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- stuff.co.nz. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "Official Count Results -- Overall Status". Electoral Commission (New Zealand). 1 October 2005. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ "Election results 2002". Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Helensville:Electoral Profile". New Zealand Parliament. 26 August 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
- ^ "Electorate Profile Helensville" (PDF). New Zealand Parliament. 1 November 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
- ^ Election result 2005[permanent dead link]
- ^ Election results 2008 Archived 11 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Helensville results, 2011
- ^ Electoral Commission (10 October 2014). "Official Count Results – Helensville". Retrieved 31 January 2016.