Rongotai (New Zealand electorate)

Rongotai is a New Zealand electorate, returning a single member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Rongotai is Paul Eagle of the Labour Party. He has held this position since the 2017 general election.

Rongotai electorate boundaries used since the 2008 election

Population centres

The Rongotai electorate is centred on the southern and eastern suburbs of Wellington City. It stretches from Miramar in the east to take in the suburbs of Rongotai, Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay and Hataitai and runs from the south coast at Island Bay up through the southern section of the Brooklyn Hill to an east–west border next to Wellington Hospital in Newtown. Because Wellington Airport is within Rongotai's boundaries, the constituency also contains the Chatham Islands. It is named after the suburb of Rongotai which is roughly in its centre. Other suburbs included Berhampore, Ōwhiro Bay, Seatoun, and Roseneath.

A revision after 1996 pulled the boundary southwards, moving the suburbs around the Basin Reserve and the Massey University campus into the Wellington Central electorate. In the 2002 redistribution, the area covered by the Rongotai electorate did not change.[1] Changes to boundaries were done in the 2007 redistribution,[2][3] but no further changes were done in the 2013/14[4] or 2019/20 redistributions.[5]

History

Rongotai was one of the original 65 mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation electorates drawn in 1994 ahead of the 1996 election. It is the successor to the old Island Bay and Miramar electorates, though the areas in these seats in the orbit of the central city were incorporated into a redrawn Wellington Central electorate.

Labour's Annette King was elected and re-elected as the member of parliament for Rongotai at all seven elections from 1996 to 2014.[6] In five out of the seven elections, Labour also won the party vote; the exception being in 1996 when National out-polled Labour by just 68 votes,[7] and in 2014, when National's majority was 852 votes.[8] Chris Finlayson of the National Party opposed King, his distant cousin, since the 2008 election. After the 2014 election, he told his supporters that on current trends, he should be able to win the electorate by 2038.[9]

King announced in March 2017 that she was stepping down from her role as Labour's deputy leader and would retire from politics at the 2017 general election.[10] The electorate of Rongotai was won in the election by Paul Eagle, retaining it for Labour.

Members of Parliament

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

Key

  Labour     ACT     United Future  
  Green     National  
Election Winner
1996 election Annette King
1999 election
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election
2011 election
2014 election
2017 election Paul Eagle

List MPs

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

Election Winner
1999 election Stephen Franks
2002 election Gordon Copeland
2005 election
July 2008[lower-alpha 1] Russel Norman
2008 election Chris Finlayson
2011 election Chris Finlayson
Russel Norman
2014 election Chris Finlayson
Russel Norman
2017 election[lower-alpha 2] Chris Finlayson

Election results

2017 election
2017 general election: Rongotai[11]
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Paul Eagle 21,146 51.72 +2.29 18,323 44.26 +12.39
National Chris Finlayson 10,246 25.06 +0.86 11,598 28.01 −6.17
Green Teall Crossen 6,115 14.95 −5.66 7,353 17.76 −9.83
Opportunities Paddy Plunket 1,676 4.09 — 1,915 4.62 —
NZ First Geoffrey John Mills 851 2.08 ±0.00 1,509 3.64 −2.07
New Conservative Bruce Welsh 225 0.55 −0.96 58 0.14 −1.56
ACT Chris Sole 114 0.27 — 142 0.34 +0.01
Independent Simon Smythe 31 0.07 —
Māori   208 0.50 −0.14
Legalise Cannabis   70 0.16 −0.20
United Future   23 0.05 −0.33
Ban 1080   14 0.03 −0.02
Outdoors   14 0.03 —
Mana   12 0.02 −1.52[lower-alpha 3]
Internet   8 0.01 −1.53[lower-alpha 4]
People's Party   8 0.01 —
Democrats   5 0.01 −0.01
Informal votes 480 140
Total Valid votes 40,884 41,400
Turnout 41,746 85.41[12] +2.66
Labour hold Majority 10,900 26.66 +1.43

2014 election
2014 general election: Rongotai[13]
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Y Annette King 18,840 49.43 −1.09 11,754 31.87 −2.31
National Chris Finlayson 9,223 24.20 −1.18 12,606 34.18 +1.19
Green Russel Norman 7,856 20.61 +0.43 10,176 27.59 +3.40
NZ First Brent Pierson 793 2.08 +0.72 2,097 5.71 +1.26
New Conservative Bruce Welsh 576 1.51 +0.30 623 1.70 +0.59
Mana Ariana Paretutanganui-Tamati 225 0.59 +0.59
United Future Sultan Eusoff 95 0.24 +0.24 143 0.38 −0.21
Independent Don Richards 89 0.23 −0.19
Climate Aaron Carter 66 0.17 +0.17
Patriotic Revolutionary Front Johnny Overton 48 0.12 +0.12
Internet Mana   568 1.54 +1.00[lower-alpha 5]
Māori   237 0.64 −0.04
Legalise Cannabis   131 0.36 −0.09
ACT   120 0.33 −0.32
Civilian   21 0.06 +0.06
Ban 1080   19 0.05 +0.05
Democrats   9 0.02 −0.01
Independent Coalition   7 0.02 +0.02
Focus   3 0.01 +0.01
Informal votes 304 217
Total Valid votes 38,115 38,731
Turnout 38,731 82.75 +2.84
Labour hold Majority 9,617 25.23 +0.09

Electorate (as at 30 April 2016): 48,525[14]

2011 election
2011 general election: Rongotai[15]
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Y Annette King 18,179 50.52 -1.93 12,606 34.18 -8.51
National Chris Finlayson 9,132 25.38 -2.95 12,168 32.99 +1.63
Green Russel Norman 7,262 20.18 +4.34 8,920 24.19 +7.22
NZ First Brent Pierson 488 1.36 +1.36 1,640 4.45 +1.93
New Conservative Bruce Welsh 435 1.21 +1.21 409 1.11 +1.11
ACT Joel Latimer 168 0.47 -0.67 238 0.65 -1.34
Māori Aroha Rickus 168 0.47 +0.47 251 0.68 -0.24
Independent Don Richards 152 0.42 +0.42
United Future   217 0.59 -0.27
Mana   198 0.54 +0.54
Legalise Cannabis   167 0.45 +0.04
Libertarianz   31 0.08 -0.01
Alliance   23 0.06 -0.03
Democrats   11 0.03 +0.02
Informal votes 617 302
Total Valid votes 35,984 36,879
Labour hold Majority 9,047 25.14 +1.02

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 46,153[16]

2008 election
2008 general election: Rongotai[17]
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Y Annette King 19,614 52.45 16,263 42.69
National Chris Finlayson 10,594 28.33 11,950 31.37
Green Russel Norman 5,925 15.84 6,464 16.97
Kiwi Gordon Copeland 515 1.38 169 0.44
ACT Michael Bridge 425 1.14 758 1.99
United Future Karuna Muthu 223 0.60 326 0.86
Libertarianz Mitch Lees 100 0.27 34 0.09
NZ First   960 2.52
Māori   351 0.92
Progressive   291 0.76
Bill and Ben   188 0.49
Legalise Cannabis   158 0.41
Family Party   53 0.14
Pacific   48 0.13
Alliance   37 0.10
Workers Party   33 0.09
RONZ   6 0.02
Democrats   4 0.01
RAM   4 0.01
Informal votes 356 167
Total Valid votes 37,396 38,097
Labour hold Majority 9,020 21.12


2005 election
2005 general election: Rongotai[18]
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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Y Annette King 21,376 59.38 +3.23 18,327 49.96
National Nicola Young 8,738 24.27 +3.78 10,210 27.84
Green Luci Highfield 2,921 8.11 4,630 12.71
United Future Gordon Copeland 1,581 2.68 1,069 2.91
Māori Morris Te Whiti Love 499 1.39 232 0.63
ACT Gavin Middleton 425 1.18 379 1.03
Progressive Vladimir Bell 333 0.93 394 1.07
Alliance Jocelyn Brooks 127 0.35 31 0.08
NZ First   1,109 3.02
Destiny   107 0.29
Legalise Cannabis   83 0.23
Christian Heritage   39 0.11
Libertarianz   20 0.05
99 MP   18 0.05
Family Rights   11 0.03
Democrats   10 0.03
One NZ   7 0.02
RONZ   3 0.01
Direct Democracy   1 0.00
Informal votes 431 164
Total Valid votes 36,000 36,680
Labour hold Majority 12,638 35.11 -0.55

1999 election

Refer to Candidates in the New Zealand general election 1999 by electorate#Rongotai for a list of candidates.

Table footnotes
  1. Norman was declared elected as a list MP on 27 June 2008, replacing Nándor Tánczos.
  2. Finlayson resigned as a list MP effective 30 January 2019.
  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
  4. 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
  5. 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.
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References
  1. Report of the Representation Commission 2002 (PDF). Representation Commission. 21 March 2002. p. 9. ISBN 0-478-20169-9. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  2. Report of the Representation Commission 2007 (PDF). Representation Commission. 14 September 2007. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. Farrar, David. "Proposed 2008 Boundaries". Kiwiblog. Retrieved 3 October 2014. Note that what is discussed in this entry was what the Representation Commission put out for public consultation; this does not represent the final decision.
  4. Report of the Representation Commission 2014 (PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  5. "Report of the Representation Commission 2020" (PDF). 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. "Hon Annette King". New Zealand Parliament. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  7. "Part V – Electorate Summary of Votes for Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  8. "Official Count Results – Rongotai". Electoral Commission. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  9. Finlayson, Chris (27 September 2014). "Diary Australia". The Spectator.
  10. "Claire Trevett on Annette King's resignation: 'Labour has lost one of its giants'". The New Zealand Herald. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  11. "Official Count Results – Rongotai". Wellington: New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  12. "Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  13. "Official Count Results – Rongotai (2014)". Electoral Commission. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  14. "Enrolment statistics by Electorate". Electoral Commission. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  15. 2011 election results
  16. "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  17. "Official Count Results – Rongotai". Chief Electoral Office. 22 November 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  18. election result Rongotai 2005
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