Party lists in the 2020 New Zealand general election
The 2020 New Zealand general election is scheduled to be held on Saturday, 17 October 2020, to determine the membership of the 53rd New Zealand Parliament.[1] It was previously scheduled for 19 September,[2] before being delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Parliament has 120 seats,[4] and 72 will be filled by electorate MPs, with the remaining 48 from ranked party lists.[5] Writ day, i.e. the day when the Governor-General issues a formal direction to the Electoral Commission to hold the election, has been set for Sunday, 13 September 2020. As stipulated in section 127 of the Electoral Act 1993, the writ will set a date by which registered parties must submit a "list of candidates for election to the seats reserved for those members of Parliament elected from lists". That date has already been published, though, and party lists must be submitted by 17 September.[6][1] Confirmed party lists can be expected to be released by the Electoral Commission later in September; some parties will publish their lists earlier than that. This page lists candidates by party, including their ranking on a list.
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Incumbent parliamentary parties
ACT Party
ACT New Zealand released its list on 28 June 2020.[7] On 6 July, Stephen Berry, contesting Pakuranga and ranked ninth on the list, withdrew his candidacy for health reasons.[8]
Rank | Name | Incumbency | Contesting electorate | Previous rank | Change | Initial results | Later changes |
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1 | David Seymour | Electorate | Epsom | 1 | 0 | ||
2 | Brooke van Velden | Wellington Central | 3 | +1 | |||
3 | Nicole McKee | Rongotai | — | ||||
4 | Chris Baillie | Nelson | — | ||||
5 | Simon Court | Te Atatū | — | ||||
6 | James McDowall | Waikato | 13 | +7 | |||
7 | Karen Chhour | Upper Harbour | — | ||||
8 | Mark Cameron | Northland | — | ||||
9 | Toni Severin | Christchurch East | 10 | +1 | |||
10 | Damien Smith | Botany | — | ||||
11 | Miles McConway | Wigram | — | ||||
12 | Beth Houlbrooke | Kaipara ki Mahurangi | 2 | -10 | |||
13 | Carmel Claridge | Tamaki | — | ||||
14 | Bruce Carley | Bay of Plenty | 18 | +4 | |||
15 | Cameron Luxton | Tauranga | — | ||||
16 | Grae O’Sullivan | Remutaka | 11 | -5 | |||
17 | Myah Deedman | Hamilton East | — | ||||
18 | David Seymour | Whangārei | — | ||||
19 | David King | Manurewa | — | ||||
20 | Andy Parkins | Hutt South | 17 | -3 |
Green Party
The Green Party has a two-stage process to determine its party list, a process that they claim is "the most democratic list selection process in the country". The initial list is determined by attendees of the annual Green Party conference, which was held during February 2020. In a departure from previous practice, the initial list was not publicly released, but media company Stuff published a partial list on 9 April 2020.[9]
Rank | Name | Incumbency | Contesting electorate | Previous rank | Change | Initial results | Later changes |
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1 | Marama Davidson | List | Tāmaki Makaurau | 2 | +1 | ||
2 | James Shaw | List | Wellington Central | 1 | -1 | ||
3 | Jan Logie | List | 6 | +3 | |||
4 | Eugenie Sage | List | 4 | 0 | |||
5 | Teanau Tuiono | Palmerston North | 16 | +11 | |||
6 | Julie Anne Genter | List | 3 | -3 | |||
7 | Chlöe Swarbrick | List | Auckland Central | 7 | 0 | ||
8 | Golriz Ghahraman | List | 8 | 0 | |||
9 | Elizabeth Kerekere | 19 | +10 | ||||
10 | Ricardo Menéndez March | Maungakiekie | 21 | +11 | |||
12 | Lourdes Vano | Manurewa | — | — | |||
19 | Luke Wijohn | Mount Albert | — | — |
The initial list was finalised through voting by all party members and was to be expected in early June.[9] The first 24 positions of the final list were reported by The New Zealand Herald on 24 May.[10]
Rank | Name | Incumbency | Contesting electorate | Previous rank | Change | Initial results | Later changes |
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1 | Marama Davidson | List | Tāmaki Makaurau | 2 | +1 | ||
2 | James Shaw | List | Wellington Central | 1 | -1 | ||
3 | Chlöe Swarbrick | List | Auckland Central | 7 | +4 | ||
4 | Julie Anne Genter | List | 3 | -1 | |||
5 | Jan Logie | List | Mana | 6 | +1 | ||
6 | Eugenie Sage | List | Banks Peninsula | 4 | -2 | ||
7 | Golriz Ghahraman | List | Mount Roskill | 8 | +1 | ||
8 | Teanau Tuiono | Palmerston North | 16 | +8 | |||
9 | Elizabeth Kerekere | Ikaroa Rawhiti | 19 | +10 | |||
10 | Ricardo Menéndez March | Maungakiekie | 21 | +11 | |||
11 | Steve Abel | New Lynn | — | — | |||
12 | Teall Crossen | Rongotai | 15 | +3 | |||
13 | Scott Willis | Taieri | — | — | |||
14 | Kyle MacDonald | Epsom | — | — | |||
15 | Lourdes Vano | Manurewa | — | — | |||
16 | John Ranta | Ōhāriu | — | — | |||
17 | Lawrence Xu-Nan | Pakuranga | — | — | |||
18 | Luke Wijohn | Mount Albert | — | — | |||
19 | Kaya Sparke | Rotorua | — | — | |||
20 | Jack Brazil | Dunedin | — | — | |||
21 | James Crow | Napier | — | — | |||
22 | Elliot Blyth | — | — | ||||
23 | Richard McIntosh | Hutt South | — | — | |||
24 | Gerrie Ligtenberg | Rangitata | — | — |
Labour Party
The Labour Party released its list on 15 June 2020.[11] On 4 July, Kurt Taogaga was removed from his position at 68th on the list after past tweets were resurfaced in which he praised an Islamophobic column written by NZ First MP Richard Prosser.[12] On 21 July, incumbent list MP Raymond Huo, who had been placed at 26th on the list, announced that he would not contest the election.[13] On 22 July, Iain Lees-Galloway, 13th on the list, announced he would retire after being demoted from cabinet for inappropriate workplace relations.
Rank | Name | Incumbency | Contesting electorate | Previous rank | Change | Initial results | Later changes |
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1 | Jacinda Ardern | Electorate | Mount Albert | 1 | 0 | ||
2 | Kelvin Davis | Electorate | Te Tai Tokerau | 2 | 0 | ||
3 | Grant Robertson | Electorate | Wellington Central | 4 | +1 | ||
4 | Phil Twyford | Electorate | Te Atatū | 5 | +1 | ||
5 | Megan Woods | Electorate | Wigram | 6 | +1 | ||
6 | Chris Hipkins | Electorate | Remutaka | 7 | +1 | ||
7 | Andrew Little | List | 3 | -4 | |||
8 | Carmel Sepuloni | Electorate | Kelston | 8 | 0 | ||
9 | David Parker | List | 10 | +1 | |||
10 | Nanaia Mahuta | Electorate | Hauraki-Waikato | — | |||
11 | Trevor Mallard | List | 33 | +22 | |||
12 | Stuart Nash | Electorate | Napier | 11 | -1 | ||
13 | Jenny Salesa | Electorate | Panmure-Ōtāhuhu | 19 | +6 | ||
14 | Damien O'Connor | Electorate | West Coast-Tasman | 18 | +4 | ||
15 | Kris Faafoi | Electorate | 20 | +5 | |||
16 | David Clark | Electorate | Dunedin | 9 | -7 | ||
17 | Ayesha Verrall | — | |||||
18 | Peeni Henare | Electorate | Tāmaki Makaurau | — | |||
19 | Willie Jackson | List | 22 | +3 | |||
20 | William Sio | Electorate | Māngere | 16 | -4 | ||
21 | Poto Williams | Electorate | Christchurch East | 25 | +4 | ||
22 | Vanushi Walters | Upper Harbour | — | ||||
23 | Michael Wood | Electorate | Mount Roskill | 27 | +4 | ||
24 | Adrian Rurawhe | Electorate | Te Tai Hauāuru | — | |||
25 | Kiri Allan | List | East Coast | 21 | -4 | ||
26 | Kieran McAnulty | List | Wairarapa | 38 | +12 | ||
27 | Louisa Wall | Electorate | 26 | -1 | |||
28 | Meka Whaitiri | Electorate | Ikaroa-Rāwhiti | — | |||
29 | Rino Tirikatene | Electorate | Te Tai Tonga | — | |||
30 | Camilla Belich | Epsom | — | ||||
31 | Priyanca Radhakrishnan | List | Maungakiekie | 12 | -19 | ||
32 | Jan Tinetti | List | Tauranga | 15 | -17 | ||
33 | Deborah Russell | Electorate | New Lynn | 30 | -3 | ||
34 | Marja Lubeck | List | Kaipara ki Mahurangi | 32 | -2 | ||
35 | Angie Warren-Clark | List | Bay of Plenty | 39 | +4 | ||
36 | Willow-Jean Prime | List | Northland | 17 | -19 | ||
37 | Tamati Coffey | Electorate | Waiariki | 35 | -2 | ||
38 | Naisi Chen | Botany | 50 | +12 | |||
39 | Jo Luxton | List | Rangitata | 29 | -10 | ||
40 | Jamie Strange | List | Hamilton East | 36 | -4 | ||
41 | Liz Craig | List | Invercargill | 31 | -10 | ||
42 | Ibrahim Omer | — | |||||
43 | Duncan Webb | Electorate | Christchurch Central | 43 | 0 | ||
44 | Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki | List | Papakura | 37 | -7 | ||
45 | Ginny Andersen | List | Hutt South | 28 | -17 | ||
46 | Rachel Brooking | — | |||||
47 | Paul Eagle | Electorate | Rongotai | 34 | -13 | ||
48 | Helen White | Auckland Central | 40 | -8 | |||
49 | Barbara Edmonds | Mana | — | ||||
50 | Angela Roberts | Taranaki-King Country | — | ||||
51 | Shanan Halbert | Northcote | 51 | 0 | |||
52 | Neru Leavasa | Takanini | — | ||||
53 | Tracey McLellan | Banks Peninsula | — | ||||
54 | Lemauga Lydia Sosene | 44 | -10 | ||||
55 | Steph Lewis | Whanganui | 42 | -13 | |||
56 | Dan Rosewarne | Waimakariri | 52 | -4 | |||
57 | Rachel Boyack | Nelson | 48 | -9 | |||
58 | Arena Williams | Manurewa | — | ||||
59 | Ingrid Leary | Taieri | — | ||||
60 | Soraya Peke-Mason | Rangitīkei | — | ||||
61 | Lotu Fuli | — | |||||
62 | Sarah Pallett | Ilam | — | ||||
63 | Gaurav Sharma | Hamilton West | 70 | +7 | |||
64 | Emily Henderson | Whangārei | — | ||||
65 | Terisa Ngobi | Ōtaki | — | ||||
66 | Kerrin Leoni | Waikato | — | ||||
67 | Reuben Davidson | Selwyn | — | ||||
68 | Zahra Hussaini | — | |||||
69 | Janet Holborow | — | |||||
70 | Romy Udanga | North Shore | 47 | -23 | |||
71 | Al'a Al-Bustanji | Taupō | 63 | -8 | |||
72 | Glen Bennett | New Plymouth | — | ||||
73 | Monina Hernandez | East Coast Bays | — | ||||
74 | Claire Mahon | Rotorua | — | ||||
75 | Jon Mitchell | Southland | — | ||||
76 | Nathaniel Blomfield | Coromandel | 69 | -7 | |||
77 | Nerissa Henry | Pakuranga | — | ||||
78 | Mathew Flight | Kaikōura | — | ||||
79 | Shirin Brown | Tāmaki | — | ||||
80 | Liam Wairepo | Waitaki | — | ||||
81 | Georgie Dansey | — |
National Party
The National Party released its list on 8 August 2020.[14]
Rank | Name | Incumbency | Contesting electorate | Previous rank | Change | Initial results | Later changes |
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1 | Judith Collins | Electorate | Papakura | 16 | +15 | ||
2 | Gerry Brownlee | Electorate | Ilam | 5 | +3 | ||
3 | Paul Goldsmith | List | Epsom | 18 | +15 | ||
4 | Simon Bridges | Electorate | Tauranga | 6 | +2 | ||
5 | Shane Reti | Electorate | Whangārei | 45 | +40 | ||
6 | Todd McClay | Electorate | Rotorua | 14 | +8 | ||
7 | Chris Bishop | Electorate | Hutt South | 40 | +33 | ||
8 | Todd Muller | Electorate | Bay of Plenty | 43 | +35 | ||
9 | Louise Upston | Electorate | Taupō | 19 | +10 | ||
10 | Scott Simpson | Electorate | Coromandel | 26 | +16 | ||
11 | David Bennett | Electorate | Hamilton East | 24 | +13 | ||
12 | Michael Woodhouse | List | Dunedin | 10 | -2 | ||
13 | Nicola Willis | List | Wellington Central | 48 | +35 | ||
14 | Jacqui Dean | Electorate | Waitaki | 23 | +9 | ||
15 | Mark Mitchell | Electorate | Whangaparāoa | 21 | +6 | ||
16 | Melissa Lee | List | Mount Albert | 31 | +15 | ||
17 | Andrew Bayly | Electorate | Port Waikato | 39 | +22 | ||
18 | Nick Smith | Electorate | Nelson | 15 | -3 | ||
19 | Maureen Pugh | List | West Coast-Tasman | 44 | +25 | ||
20 | Barbara Kuriger | Electorate | Taranaki-King Country | 28 | +8 | ||
21 | Harete Hipango | Electorate | Whanganui | 62 | +41 | ||
22 | Jonathan Young | Electorate | New Plymouth | 35 | +13 | ||
23 | Tim Macindoe | Electorate | Hamilton West | 25 | +2 | ||
24 | Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi | List | Panmure-Ōtāhuhu | 32 | +8 | ||
25 | Paulo Garcia | List | 50 | +25 | |||
26 | Nancy Lu | — | |||||
27 | Parmjeet Parmar | List | Mount Roskill | 34 | +7 | ||
28 | Agnes Loheni | List | Māngere | 49 | +21 | ||
29 | Dale Stephens | Christchurch Central | — | ||||
30 | Alfred Ngaro | List | Te Atatū | 20 | -10 | ||
31 | Matthew Doocey | Electorate | Waimakariri | 29 | -2 | ||
32 | Stuart Smith | Electorate | Kaikōura | 47 | +15 | ||
33 | Lawrence Yule | Electorate | Tukituki | 67 | +34 | ||
34 | Denise Lee | Electorate | Maungakiekie | 63 | +29 | ||
35 | Simon O'Connor | Electorate | Tāmaki | 38 | +3 | ||
36 | Brett Hudson | List | Ōhāriu | 30 | -6 | ||
37 | Simeon Brown | Electorate | Pakuranga | 60 | +23 | ||
38 | Ian McKelvie | Electorate | Rangitīkei | 37 | -1 | ||
39 | Erica Stanford | Electorate | East Coast Bays | 65 | +26 | ||
40 | Matt King | Electorate | Northland | 51 | +11 | ||
41 | Chris Penk | Electorate | Kaipara ki Mahurangi | 64 | +23 | ||
42 | Tim van de Molen | Electorate | Waikato | 66 | +24 | ||
43 | Dan Bidois | Electorate | Northcote | 72 | +29 | ||
44 | Jo Hayes | List | Mana | 36 | -8 | ||
45 | Katie Nimon | Napier | — | ||||
46 | Catherine Chu | Banks Peninsula | — | ||||
47 | Hamish Campbell | Wigram | — | ||||
48 | David Patterson | Rongotai | — | ||||
49 | Lisa Whyte | New Lynn | 70 | +21 | |||
50 | Rima Nakhle | Takanini | — | ||||
51 | Liam Kernaghan | Taieri | — | ||||
52 | Bala Beeram | Kelston | 57 | +5 | |||
53 | Lincoln Platt | Christchurch East | — | ||||
54 | William Wood | Palmerston North | — | ||||
55 | Nuwi Samarakone | Manurewa | — | ||||
56 | Mark Crofskey | Remutaka | — | ||||
57 | Jake Bezzant | Upper Harbour | — | ||||
58 | Mike Butterick | Wairarapa | — | ||||
59 | Tim Costley | Otaki | — | ||||
60 | Nicola Grigg | Selwyn | — | ||||
61 | Christopher Luxon | Botany | — | ||||
62 | Joseph Mooney | Southland | — | ||||
63 | Penny Simmonds | Invercargill | — | ||||
64 | Tania Tapsell | East Coast | — | ||||
65 | Simon Watts | North Shore | — | ||||
66 | Emma Mellow | Auckland Central | — | ||||
67 | Megan Hands | Rangitata | — | ||||
68 | Adrienne Pierce | 54 | -14 | ||||
69 | Senthuran Arulanantham | — | |||||
70 | Sang Cho | — | |||||
71 | Rachel Afeaki-Taumoepeau | — | |||||
72 | Trish Collett | — | |||||
73 | Ava Neal | — | |||||
74 | Katrina Bungard | 56 | -18 | ||||
75 | Shelley Pilkington | — |
Parties not currently represented in Parliament
Advance NZ
Advance NZ shares a joint party list with the New Zealand Public Party, only two members are known as of August 2020[15][16].
Rank | Name | Component Party | Incumbency | Contesting electorate | Previous rank | Change | Initial results | Later changes |
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1 | Jami-Lee Ross[lower-alpha 1] | Advance | Electorate | Botany | — | |||
2 | Billy Te Kahika Jr | Public | Te Tai Tokerau | — |
References
- "Election day will be 17 October | Elections". elections.nz. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- Malpass, Luke; Cooke, Henry (28 January 2020). "Jacinda Ardern announces 2020 election will be held on September 19". Stuff. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- "Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern changes election date to 17 October". RNZ. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- "Our system of government". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- "Working out how many electorates there should be". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- "Electoral Act 1993". Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- https://www.act.org.nz/candidates
- "ACT candidate Stephen Berry resigns due to 'exhaustion' from campaign preparation". 6 July 2020.
- Cooke, Henry (9 April 2020). "Green Party initial election list puts newcomer Teanau Tuiono ahead of several sitting MPs". Stuff. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- Wade, Amelia (25 May 2020). "Chloe Swarbrick gets a major promotion in the Green Party". The New Zealand Herald.
- "Health Minister David Clark slips in Labour's ranks, infectious disease expert Ayesha Verrall joins list". 15 June 2020.
- "Labour sacks candidate who praised racist 'Wogistan' column". 4 July 2020.
- Walls, Jason (21 July 2020). "Labour list MP Raymond Huo announces retirement from politics". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- "National releases 2020 Party List". Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/422062/jami-lee-ross-launches-advance-new-zealand-party
- https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2007/S00255/advance-nz-launches-alliance-of-parties-for-election-2020-with-new-zealand-public-party.htm
Notes
- Ross defected from the National Party in 2018 and currently holds his seat as an Independent, although plans to contest the electorate as a member of Advance NZ in 2020.