Auckland Central (New Zealand electorate)

Auckland Central electorate boundaries used since the 2014 election

Auckland Central is a New Zealand electoral division returning one member to the House of Representatives of New Zealand. Its current representative is Nikki Kaye, a member of the National Party; she has represented the seat since 2008.

Population centres

In the 1887 electoral redistribution, although the Representation Commission was required through the Representation Act 1887 to maintain existing electorates "as far as possible", rapid population growth in the North Island required the transfer of three seats from the South Island to the north. Ten new electorates were created, including Auckland Central, and one former electorate was recreated.^[1]

Auckland Central contains downtown Auckland, the suburbs of Ponsonby, Grey Lynn, Westmere, Arch Hill, Herne Bay, Freemans Bay, St Mary's Bay, Newton and Eden Terrace at the west side of the city. Because of the location of the main Auckland ferry terminal, Auckland Central also contains the islands of the Hauraki Gulf. At the 2008 election, Grafton became part of Epsom, and Point Chevalier moved into Mount Albert. To offset these changes, the suburb of Newton was drafted in from Mount Albert.

History

Auckland Central was created ahead of the 1887 election; it was carved from parts of the electorates of Auckland North and the Auckland West and focused around upper Queen Street, Grafton, and Newton. It lasted only until the 1890 elections, when a reduction in the number of electorates meant Auckland Central was re-incorporated into single larger Auckland electorate. At the 1905 elections, the Auckland seat was split into three seats, including a recreated Auckland Central.

The seat has been held by the Labour Party for most of its existence — between 1919 and 2008, the seat had spent only three years in the hands of another party (the left-wing Alliance, from 1993 to 1996). However, the 2008 election saw the National Party win the electorate for the first time. National retained the seat in 2011 and 2014, although with a reduced majority making Auckland Central one of the most marginal electorates in the country.

Members of Parliament

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Key

  Independent     Liberal     Labour     Alliance     National  

Election	Winner
1887 election		George Grey
(Electorate abolished 1890–1905, see Auckland)
1905 election		Alfred Kidd
1908 election		Albert Glover
1911 election
1914 election
1919 election		Bill Parry
1922 election
1925 election
1928 election
1931 election
1935 election
1938 election
1943 election
1946 election		Bill Anderton
1949 election
1951 election
1954 election
1957 election
1960 election		Norman Douglas
1963 election
1966 election
1969 election
1972 election
1975 election		Richard Prebble
1978 election
1981 election
1984 election
1987 election
1990 election
1993 election		Sandra Lee-Vercoe
1996 election		Judith Tizard
1999 election
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election		Nikki Kaye
2011 election
2014 election

List MPs

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

Key

  ACT     Alliance     Green     National     Labour  

Election	Winner
1996 election		Rodney Hide
		Sandra Lee-Vercoe
1999 election		Donna Awatere Huata
		Sandra Lee-Vercoe
		Nándor Tánczos
2002 election		Nándor Tánczos
		Pansy Wong
2005 election		Nándor Tánczos
		Pansy Wong
2008 election		Jacinda Ardern
2011 election		Jacinda Ardern
		Denise Roche
2014 election		Jacinda Ardern
		Denise Roche

Election results

2014 election

General election 2014: Auckland Central[2]
Notes: Green 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. A or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	National	Nikki Kaye		12,494	45.84	+0.44	12,652	44.93	+2.70
	Labour	Jacinda Ardern		11,894	43.63	+0.41	6,101	21.67	-3.44
	Green	Denise Roche		2,080	7.63	-1.13	6,242	22.17	-0.63
	Internet	Miriam Pierard		270	0.99	+0.99
	Conservative	Regan Monahan		258	0.95	+0.23	486	1.73	+0.91
	ACT	Dasha Kovalenko		193	0.71	+0.26	329	1.17	-0.01
	Climate	Peter Whitmore		50	0.18	+0.18
	Money Free	Jordan Osmaston		19	0.07	+0.07
	NZ First						1,459	5.18	+1.08
	Internet Mana						553	1.96	+1.27[lower-alpha 1]
	Māori						158	0.56	-1.08
	Legalise Cannabis						85	0.30	-0.12
	United Future						53	0.19	-0.03
	Civilian						17	0.06	+0.06
	Ban 1080						10	0.04	+0.04
	Independent Coalition						7	0.02	+0.02
	Democrats						3	0.01	-0.58
	Focus						2	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				195			99
Total Valid votes				27,453			28,256
Turnout				28,040	76.76[3]	+1.47
	National hold		Majority	600	2.20	+0.04

2011 election

General election 2011: Auckland Central[4]
Notes: Green 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. A or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	National	Nikki Kaye		15,038	45.39	+2.48	14,447	42.24	+2.15
	Labour	Jacinda Ardern		14,321	43.23	+4.69	8,590	25.11	-9.44
	Green	Denise Roche		2,903	8.76	-4.66	7,797	22.79	+7.33
	NZ First	Allen Davies		412	1.24	+1.24	1,403	4.10	+1.81
	Conservative	Stephen Greenfield		238	0.72	+0.72	280	0.82	+0.82
	ACT	David Seymour		149	0.45	-1.25	404	1.18	-2.95
	Human Rights	Anthony van den Heuval		68	0.21	+0.01
	Māori						562	1.64	+0.71
	Mana						237	0.69	+0.69
	Democrats						202	0.59	+0.56
	Legalise Cannabis						146	0.43	+0.14
	United Future						75	0.22	-0.46
	Libertarianz						53	0.15	+0.08
	Alliance						10	0.03	-0.002
Informal votes				352			164
Total Valid votes				33,129			34,206
	National hold		Majority	717	2.16	-2.21

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 45,649^[5]

2008 election

General election 2008: Auckland Central[6]
Notes: Green 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. A or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	National	Nikki Kaye		14,677	42.91	+9.81	14,112	40.08	+6.36
	Labour	N Judith Tizard		13,180	38.53	-5.36	12,166	34.55	-10.68
	Green	Denise Roche		4,592	13.43	-1.38	5,446	15.47	+2.49
	ACT	Scott Uren		581	1.70	+0.15	1,456	4.14	+2.35
	Legalise Cannabis	Kevin O'Connell		349	1.02	-	101	0.29	+0.12
	Progressive	Justin Robson		274	0.80	+0.06	226	0.64	-0.17
	RAM	Oliver Woods		132	0.39	-	16	0.05	-
	United Future	Aaron Galey-Young		128	0.37	-0.91	168	0.48	-0.82
	Independent	Thomas Forde		84	0.25	-0.01
	Independent	Stephen Greenfield		68	0.20	-
	Human Rights	Anthony Ravlich		67	0.20	-
	Alliance	Sarita Divis		39	0.11	-	11	0.03	-0.02
	RONZ	Kerry Bevin		32	0.09	+0.00	10	0.03	+0.02
	NZ First						806	2.29	-0.55
	Māori						328	0.93	+0.33
	Bill and Ben						132	0.37	-
	Pacific						73	0.21	-
	Kiwi						70	0.20	-
	Family Party						38	0.11	-
	Libertarianz						27	0.08	+0.01
	Workers Party						12	0.03	-
	Democrats						10	0.03	+0.00
Informal votes				290			101
Total Valid votes				34,203			35,208
	National gain from Labour		Majority	1,497	4.38	-6.42

2005 election

General election 2005: Auckland Central[7]
Notes: Green 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. A or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Tizard		15,794	43.89	+0.56	16,639	45.24
	National	Pansy Wong		11,910	33.10	+6.73	12,403	33.72
	Green	Nandor Tanczos		5327	14.80		4775	12.98
	NZ First	Susan Baragwanath		996	2.77		1044	2.84
	ACT	Helen Simpson		559	1.55		658	1.79
	United Future	Steve Taylor		461	1.28		477	1.30
	Māori	Bronwyn Yates		330	0.92		223	0.61
	Progressive	Petronella Townsend		266	0.74		297	0.81
	Destiny	Maureen Vincent		150	0.42		80	0.22
	Independent	Thomas Forde		91	0.25
	Direct Democracy	Dilip Rupa		69	0.19		15	0.04
	RONZ	Alan Candy		32	0.09		3	0.01
	Legalise Cannabis						61	0.17
	Christian Heritage						29	0.08
	Libertarianz						25	0.07
	Alliance						19	0.05
	Family Rights						13	0.04
	Democrats						10	0.03
	99 MP						5	0.01
	One NZ						5	0.01
Informal votes				292			115
Total Valid votes				35,985			36,781
	Labour hold		Majority	3,884	10.79	-6.17

2002 election

General election 2002: Auckland Central[8]
Notes: Green 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. A or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Tizard		13,298	43.33		13,929	44.10
	National	Pansy Wong		8093	26.37		4748	15.03
	Green	Nandor Tanczos		6212	20.24		4990	15.80
	ACT	Lech Beltowski		1223	3.98		3358	10.63
	United Future	Steve Taylor		770	2.51		1266	4.01
	Alliance	Mike Treen		365	1.19		513	1.62
	Progressive	Vivienne Shepherd		333	1.08		468	1.48
	Christian Heritage	Sean Michael Reynolds		235	0.77		163	0.52
	Independent	Neil Head		97	0.32
	Independent	Anthony Van Den Heuvel		66	0.22
	NZ First						1809	5.73
	Legalise Cannabis						164	0.52
	ORNZ						137	0.43
	Mana Māori						20	0.06
	One NZ						15	0.05
	NMP						3	0.01
Informal votes				357			89
Total Valid votes				30,692			31,583
	Labour hold		Majority	5205	16.96

1999 election

General election 1999: Auckland Central[9][10]
Notes: Green 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. A or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Tizard		12,645	38.74		13,647	41.50
	National	Martin Poulsen		7,360	22.55		7,747	23.56
	Alliance	Sandra Lee-Vercoe		6,129	18.78		2,321	7.06
	Green	Nándor Tánczos		3,057	9.37		4,235	12.88
	ACT	Donna Awatere Huata		2,301	7.05		2,929	8.91
	Christian Heritage	Dick Holland		435	1.33		332	1.01
	NZ First	Dilip Rupa		380	1.16		671	2.04
	Blokes Liberation Front	Pieter de Jonge		169	0.52
	Mana Māori	Tame Iti		83	0.25		19	0.06
	South Island	Gerry Campbell		43	0.13		7	0.02
	Communist League	Terence Coggan		38	0.12
	Legalise Cannabis						296	0.90
	Future NZ						150	0.46
	United NZ						130	0.40
	Libertarianz						124	0.38
	Mauri Pacific						108	0.33
	Animals First						58	0.18
	McGillicuddy Serious						52	0.16
	Natural Law						27	0.08
	One NZ						17	0.05
	NMP						9	0.03
	People's Choice Party						4	0.01
	Freedom Movement						1	0.00
	Republican						1	0.00
Informal votes
Total Valid votes				32,640			32,885
	Labour hold		Majority	5,285	16.19

1996 election

General election 1996: Auckland Central[11][12][13]
Notes: Green 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. A or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Tizard		12,219	36.57		12,465	37.14
	Alliance	N Sandra Lee-Vercoe		8,866	26.53		3,855	11.49
	National	Shane Frith		7,462	22.33		8,945	26.65
	ACT	Rodney Hide		1,848	5.53		3,393	10.11
	NZ First	Richard Whittaker		1,565	4.68		2,307	6.87
	Christian Coalition	Barrie Patterson		398	1.19		598	1.78
	Progressive Green	Laurence Boomert		326	0.98		229	0.68
	McGillicuddy Serious	Alistair Ramsden		226	0.68		129	0.38
	Green Society	Simon Reeves		175	0.52		110	0.33
	Blokes Liberation Front	Chris Brady		139	0.42
	Natural Law	Mark Watts		108	0.32		70	0.21
	Independent	Peter de Jonge		27	0.08
	Citizens Party	Wayne Young		18	0.05
	Independent	Lynne Robertson		13	0.04
	Independent	Adam Le Lievre		10	0.03
	Independent	Victor Bryers		7	0.02
	Republican	Duane Sutton		7	0.02
	Legalise Cannabis						1,003	2.99
	United NZ						199	0.59
	Animals First						90	0.27
	Libertarianz						41	0.12
	Ethnic Minority Party						40	0.12
	Mana Māori						32	0.10
	Asia Pacific United						21	0.06
	Advance New Zealand						14	0.04
	Superannuitants & Youth						14	0.04
	Conservatives						5	0.01
	Te Tawharau						3	0.01
Informal votes				286			137
Total Valid votes				33,414			33,563
	Labour gain from Alliance		Majority	3,353	9.99

1935 election

General election, 1935: Auckland Central[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Parry	6,871	74.92
	Democrat	Clifford Reid Dodd	1,573	17.15
	Liberal-Labour	J R Lundon	284	3.09
	United/Reform	G V Mullenger	264	2.87
	Communist	T Stanley	179	1.95
Majority			5,298	57.76
Turnout			9,171

1931 election

General election, 1931: Auckland Central[15][16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Parry	5,382	72.47
	United	Harold Penfound Congdon	1,589	21.39
	Communist	Jim Edwards[17]	456	6.14
Majority			3,793	51.07
Informal votes			78	1.04
Turnout			7,505	70.11
Registered electors			10,705

1925 election

General election, 1925: Auckland Central[18][19][20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Parry	5,672	64.20
	Reform	Charles Augustus Wilson	2,172	24.58
	Liberal	Frederick Stanley Morton	991	11.22
Majority			3,500	39.62
Informal votes			91	1.02
Turnout			8,926	86.84
Registered electors			10,279

1914 election

General election, 1914: Auckland Central[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albert Glover	4,053	56.93	+3.73
	Social Democrat	Michael Joseph Savage	1,751	24.59	+1.01
	Reform	William Richardson	1,315	18.47	+10.60
Informal votes			100	1.40
Majority			2,302	32.33
Turnout			7,119

1911 election

General election, 1911: Auckland Central[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albert Glover	4,061	53.20
	Socialist	Michael Joseph Savage	1,800	23.58
	Independent	James Gleeson	1,171	15.34
	Reform	William Richardson	601	7.87
Informal votes			99	1.29
Majority			2,261	29.62
Turnout			7,633

Table footnotes

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

1. McRobie 1989, pp. 50–53.
2. "Official Count Results – Auckland Central". Electoral Commission. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
3. "2014 General Election Voter Turnout Statistics – Auckland Central". Electoral Commission. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
4. 2011 election results
5. "Enrolment statistics - Auckland Central". Electoral Commission. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
6. 2008 election results
7. 2005 election results
8. 2002 election results
9. "Candidate vote details - Auckland Central 1999". October 2005.
10. "Votes for registered parties by electorate, 1999". October 2005.
11. "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place - Auckland Central, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 24 December 2011.
12. "Part III - Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
13. "Part III - Party Lists of unsuccessful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
14. The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1936. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
15. The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 1. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
16. "Electoral". The New Zealand Herald. LXVIII (21036). 21 November 1931. p. 16. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
17. Simpson, Tony. "James Henry Edwards". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011.
18. The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 1. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
19. "Electoral". The New Zealand Herald LXII (19162). 30 October 1925. p. 4. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
20. "Recount of Votes". The Evening Post 116 (116). 12 November 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
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Bibliography

• 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.

External links

• Parliament of New Zealand - Auckland Central Electorate Profile