Taupō (New Zealand electorate)

Taupō electorate boundaries used since the 2008 election

Taupō (before 2008 styled as Taupo with no macron) is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate returning one Member of Parliament to the House of Representatives. Taupo first existed between 1963 and 1981, and was recreated for the introduction of MMP in 1996. The current MP for Taupō is Louise Upston of the National Party. She has held this position since 2008.

Population centres

The Taupo electorate was first created for the 1963 election and it existed until 1981. The former electorate was much smaller than the current one, since it did not contain the western side of Lake Taupō, nor Cambridge, nor the Ruapehu towns. It was a marginal seat and frequently changed between National and Labour.

The current Taupō electorate was created ahead of the introduction to mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting in 1996. It is a merger of the old marginal seat of Tongariro with the western half of the safe National seat of Waikaremoana. The current electorate is centred around Taupō district and its main towns of Taupo, Turangi and Mangakino, with the South Waikato District towns of Tokoroa, Tirau and Putaruru. Prior to the 2008 election, the electorate pulled south to take in the northern and western parts of Ruapehu District.

In the 2007 redistribution conducted after the 2006 census, the northern and western parts of Ruapehu District containing Taumarunui, Raetihi and Ohakune were assigned to Rangitīkei. At the same time, low population growth in the south-central North Island coupled with high population growth in and around Auckland has meant Cambridge moved out of the now defunct Piako electorate and into Taupō.^[1] No boundary adjustments were undertaken in the subsequent 2013/14 redistribution.^[2]

History

Taupō has twice returned Mark Burton with a majority of around a thousand - in 1996, when Labour's post-1990 fortunes were at their lowest and New Zealand First went on to take a large bite out of their vote; and again in 2005, when National consolidated the centre-right vote, and at the same time won 2,000 more party votes than Burton's Labour party. At the intermediate two MMP elections, Burton was safely returned, thanks in part to a heavy disenchantment with the National Party among its formerly loyal voters. In the political climate in 2008, with the dominance of the National Party in Cambridge, which contributed over ten thousand new voters to the seat, Louise Upston won the seat with a majority of over 6,000.^[3]^[4] In the 2011 election, Upston more than doubled her majority to 14,115 votes.^[5] Her majority increased to 15,046 votes in the 2014 election.^[6]

Members of Parliament

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

Key National Labour

Election	Winner
1963 election		Rona Stevenson
1966 election
1969 election
1972 election		Jack Ridley
1975 election		Ray La Varis
1978 election		Jack Ridley
1981 election		Roger McClay
(Electorate abolished 1984–1996; see Tongariro and Waikaremoana)
1996 election		Mark Burton
1999 election
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election		Louise Upston
2011 election
2014 election

As of 2014 no candidates that have contested the Taupō electorate have been returned as list MPs.

Election results

2011 election

General election 2011: Taupō^[5]
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	National	Y Louise Upston		20,934	63.65	+5.74	19,003	56.31	+2.74
	Labour	Frances Campbell		6,819	20.73	-18.71	6,844	20.28	-8.92
	Green	Zane McCarthy		2,056	6.25	+6.25	2,549	7.55	+3.05
	NZ First	Edwin Perry		1,508	4.59	+4.59	2,833	8.39	+3.25
	Conservative	Mark Breetvelt		900	2.74	+2.74	1,236	3.66	+3.66
	Mana	Keriana Reedy		266	0.81	+0.81	140	0.41	+0.41
	United Future	Alan Simmons		216	0.66	-0.42	311	0.92	+0.12
	ACT	Rosanne Jollands		190	0.58	+0.58	394	1.17	-2.34
	Māori						226	0.67	-0.25
	Legalise Cannabis						157	0.47	+0.13
	Libertarianz						22	0.07	+0.03
	Democrats						20	0.06	-0.01
	Alliance						12	0.04	-0.02
Informal votes				721			239
Total Valid votes				32,889			33,747
	National hold		Majority	14115	42.92	+24.45

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 45,800^[7]

2008 election

General election 2008: Taupō^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	National	Louise Upston		20,211	57.91	+16.84	19,001	53.57	+9.32
	Labour	N Mark Burton		13,766	39.44	-6.06	10,359	29.20	-8.10
	United Future	Max Edwards		377	1.08	-0.98	284	0.80	-1.81
	Independent	Robbie Mac		313	0.90
	Independent	Martin Bloxham		236	0.68
	NZ First						1,824	5.14	-2.61
	Green						1,599	4.51	+0.80
	ACT						1,245	3.51	+2.29
	Māori						325	0.92	-0.23
	Progressive						236	0.67	-0.30
	Bill and Ben						199	0.56
	Kiwi						133	0.37
	Legalise Cannabis						119	0.34	+0.06
	Family Party						61	0.17
	Democrats						23	0.06	+0.01
	Pacific						22	0.06
	Alliance						20	0.06	+0.01
	Libertarianz						13	0.04
	Workers Party						6	0.02
	RONZ						3	0.01
	RAM						0	0.00
Informal votes				424			201
Total Valid votes				34,903			35,472
Turnout				35,937	80.15	-0.09
	National gain from Labour		Majority	6,445	18.47	+22.90

2005 election

General election 2005: Taupo^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Mark Burton		13,211	45.50	-10.12	10,977	37.30	-2.30
	National	Weston Kirton		11,926	41.07	+12.15	13,020	44.25	+22.34
	NZ First	Kristin Campbell Smith		1337	4.60		2281	7.75	-5.59
	Green	John Davis		751	2.59	-2.50	1093	3.71	-1.68
	United Future	Paul Check		598	2.06	-1.20	769	2.61	-2.99
	Māori	Billy Maea		501	1.73		338	1.15
	ACT	Andrew Jollands		275	0.75	-3.23	358	1.22	-5.03
	Destiny	Charles Te Kowhai		260	0.90		142	0.48
	Progressive	David Reeks		167	0.58	-0.40	285	0.97	-0.58
	RONZ	Debra Potroz		11	0.04		2	0.01
	Legalise Cannabis						82	0.28	-0.22
	Christian Heritage						24	0.08
	Alliance						15	0.05	-5.49
	Democrats						15	0.05
	Libertarianz						12	0.04
	Family Rights						5	0.02
	Direct Democracy						4	0.01
	99 MP						2	0.01
	One NZ						2	0.01	-0.04
Informal votes				207			95
Total Valid votes				29,037			29,426
Turnout				29,722	80.24	+4.48
	Labour hold		Majority	1285	4.43	-22.27

2002 election

General election 2002: Taupo^[9]
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Mark Burton		14,851	55.62	+6.20	10,775	39.60	+0.74
	National	Weston Kirton		7,723	28.92	-7.61	5,961	21.91	-11.67
	Green	Nicholas Fisher		1,359	5.09	+1.50	1,467	5.39	+0.37
	ACT	Diane Mulcock		1,062	3.98	+0.82	1,700	6.25	-0.81
	United Future	Denis Gilmore		871	3.26		1,523	5.60	+3.99^a
	Christian Heritage	Donald Wishart		360	1.35	-0.74	292	1.07	-0.80
	Progressive	Victor Bradley		261	0.98		426	1.55
	Alliance	John Harré		214	0.80	-1.52	193	0.73	-4.81
	NZ First						3,629	13.34	+8.81
	ORNZ						1,072	3.94
	Legalise Cannabis						137	0.50	-0.45
	Mana Māori						19	0.07	+0.01
	One NZ						13	0.05	-0.01
	NMP						1	0.00	-0.03
Informal votes				371			85
Total Valid votes				26,701			27,210
Turnout				27,538	75.76
	Labour hold		Majority	7,128	26.70	+13.81

^a United Future swing is compared to the 1999 results of United NZ and Future NZ, who merged in 2000.

1999 election

General election 1999: Taupo^[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Mark Burton		13,721	49.42		10,876	38.86
	National	Davd Steele		10,143	36.53		9,399	33.58
	Green	Nick Fisher		997	3.59		1,405	5.02
	ACT	Richard Steele		877	3.16		1,976	7.06
	NZ First	Ross Honeyfield		718	2.59		1,269	4.53
	Alliance	Wayne Morris		644	2.32		1,550	5.54
	Christian Heritage	John van der Zee		580	2.09		524	1.87
	Mauri Pacific	Rovina Anderson		51	0.18		20	0.71
	Mana Wahine	Makere Rangitoheriri		34	0.12
	Future NZ						341	1.22
	Legalise Cannabis						265	0.95
	Libertarianz						111	0.40
	United NZ						110	0.39
	McGillicuddy Serious						41	0.15
	Animals First						36	0.13
	One NZ						17	0.06
	Mana Māori						16	0.06
	Natural Law						8	0.03
	NMP						8	0.03
	Freedom Movement						6	0.02
	People's Choice						5	0.02
	Republican						3	0.01
	South Island						0	0.00
Informal votes				514			293
Total Valid votes				27,765			27,986
	Labour hold		Majority	3,578	12.89

References

↑ Report of the Representation Commission 2007 (PDF). Representation Commission. 14 September 2007. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ Report of the Representation Commission 2014 (PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
↑ "MP keen to get cracking". Waikato Times. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
1 2 "Official Count Results -- Taupō". Chief Electoral Office. 22 November 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
1 2 "Official Count Results -- Taupō". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
↑ "Official Count Results -- Taupō". Electoral Commission. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
↑ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
↑ 2005 election results
↑ 2002 election results
↑ http://electionresults.org.nz/electionresults_1999/e9/html/e9_partIV.html

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