52nd New Zealand Parliament

The 52nd New Zealand Parliament is the current legislature that opened on 7 November 2017 following the 2017 general election. The New Zealand Parliament comprises the Sovereign (represented by the governor-general) and the House of Representatives, which consists of 120 members.[1] This Parliament last sat on 6 August 2020[2] and was originally set to be dissolved on 12 August.[3] The dissolution of Parliament was delayed to 17 August after four cases of COVID-19 outside of a quarantine facility were reported in Auckland.[4][5]

52nd Parliament of New Zealand
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Overview
Legislative bodyNew Zealand Parliament
Term7 November 2017 – 17 August 2020
Election2017 New Zealand general election
GovernmentSixth Labour Government
House of Representatives
Members120
Speaker of the HouseTrevor Mallard
Leader of the HouseChris Hipkins
Prime MinisterJacinda Ardern
Leader of the OppositionJudith Collins (2020–present)
Todd Muller (2020)
Simon Bridges (2018–2020)
Bill English (2017–2018)
Sovereign
MonarchElizabeth II
Governor-GeneralPatsy Reddy

The 52nd Parliament was elected using a mixed-member proportional representation (MMP) voting system. Members of Parliament (MPs) represent 71 geographical electorates: 16 in the South Island, 48 in the North Island and 7 Māori electorates. The remaining members were elected from party lists using the Sainte-Laguë method to achieve proportionality. The number of geographical electorates was increased by one at the 2014 election, to account for the North Island's higher population growth.[6]

2017 general election
Main article: 2017 New Zealand general election

The 2017 general election was held on Saturday, 23 September 2017. Voters elected 120 members to the House of Representatives, with 71 electorate members and 49 list members. Official results indicated that the National Party had won a plurality, winning 56 seats; down from 60 in 2014. The Labour Party won 46 seats, up from 32 at the last election. Their partner, the Green Party won 8 seats, down from 14. New Zealand First won 9 seats, down from 11. ACT won the electorate of Epsom, and enough party votes to avoid an overhang, but failed to win any more party votes to entitle it to more seats.[7] New Zealand First was left in the position of Kingmaker between National and the Labour/Green bloc. On 19 October, Winston Peters announced he was forming a coalition agreement with Labour, with the Greens in a confidence-and-supply agreement.[8][9] The Greens' support, plus the coalition, resulting in 63 seats to National's 56—enough to ensure that Ardern maintains the confidence of the House.

Major events

Legislation

On 31 October 2017, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that the government would amend the Overseas Investment Act 2004 by Christmas to categorise existing residential properties as 'sensitive', to restrict its sale to citizens and permanent residents only.[21]

On 8 November 2017, Bill 1-2 extending paid parental leave to 22 weeks from 1 July 2018 and 26 weeks from 1 July 2020, was introduced in the name of Minister of Immigration Iain Lees-Galloway, and given royal assent on 4 December 2017.

On 11 April 2019, royal assent was given to the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Act 2019.[22] It amended the Arms Act 1983 to ban semi-automatic firearms, magazines, and parts that can be used to assemble prohibited firearms.[23]

On 23 March 2020, the Abortion Legislation Act received royal assent, decriminalizing abortion. Under the Abortion Legislation Act, women can seek an abortion without restrictions within the first 20 weeks of their pregnancy.[24][25]

Ministry

The Sixth Labour Government began with the 52nd Parliament, following the announcement of a coalition deal between the Labour Party and New Zealand First, with the Green Party providing confidence and supply, thus giving the government 63 seats, opposite the main opposition party, National, with 56 seats. The government was formally sworn in on 26 October 2017 by Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy.

Jacinda Ardern, as Leader of the Labour Party, serves as Prime Minister. Winston Peters, as Leader of New Zealand First, serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. Prime Minister Ardern appointed Grant Robertson as Minister of Finance, Ron Mark as Minister of Defence, Kelvin Davis as Minister of Corrections, David Parker as Attorney General, Andrew Little as Minister of Justice, Dr David Clark as Minister of Health, and Chris Hipkins as Minister of Education and Leader of the House.

For a period of six weeks beginning 21 June 2018, Winston Peters served as Acting Prime Minister of New Zealand, while Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern took maternity leave. Ardern was only the second head of government to give birth while in office, after Benazir Bhutto, who gave birth while serving as Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Officeholders

The current officers of the 52nd Parliament are listed below:

Speaker

Other parliamentary officers

The following is a list of other parliamentary officers who are non-political:

Party leaders

Floor leaders

Whips

Shadow Cabinets

Members

The table below show the members of the 52nd Parliament based on the official results of the 2017 general election. Ministerial roles were officially announced on 25 October 2017.

Overview

This table shows the number of MPs in each party:

Affiliation Members[7]
At 2017 election Current
Labour 46 46
NZ First Coa 9 9
Green CS 8 8
Government total 63 63
National 56 54
ACT 1 1
Independent 0 1
Opposition total 57 56
Total 120 119
Working Government majority 6 7
Vacant 0 1[19]

Notes

  • ^Coa New Zealand First announced a coalition agreement with the Labour Party on 19 October 2017.
  • ^CS The Green Party entered into confidence-and-supply agreement with the Labour Party on the same day as the coalition was announced.
  • The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.

Members

Changes

The following changes in Members of Parliament occurred during the term of the 52nd Parliament:

# Seat Incumbent Replacement
Party Name Date vacated Reason Party Name Date elected Change
1. List National Bill English 13 March 2018 [28] Resigned National Maureen Pugh 20 March 2018 [29] List
2. List National Steven Joyce 2 April 2018 [30] Resigned National Nicola Willis 3 April 2018 List
3. Northcote National Jonathan Coleman 15 April 2018 [31] Resigned National Dan Bidois 9 June 2018 National hold

(By-election)

4. Botany National Jami-Lee Ross 19 October 2018 [32] Resigned from the National Party Independent Jami-Lee Ross 19 October 2018 Independent gain
5. List National Chris Finlayson 30 January 2019 Resigned National Agnes Loheni[33] 31 January 2019 List
6. List National Nuk Korako 16 May 2019[34] Resigned National Paulo Garcia[35] 16 May 2019 List
7. Rangitata National Andrew Falloon 21 July 2020[19] Resigned N/A[lower-greek 1]
  1. The resignation of Andrew Falloon took place less than six months before the next general election and therefore a by-election to fill the vacancy was not required.[36]

Seating plan

The chamber is in a horseshoe-shape.[37]

Start of term
Hipango King D. Lee Walker
Tolley Carter Dean D. Bennett Macindoe Simpson Doocey Bakshi M. Lee Dowie Hudson Korako Muller Parmar Reti Penk Yule
Barry N. Smith Kuriger Ross Goldsmith Upston Ngaro Mitchell Wagner Young Hayes McKelvie S. O'Connor Yang Scott Stanford
Finlayson Coleman P. Bennett English Joyce Brownlee Bridges Adams Collins Woodhouse Guy Kaye McClay Bayly S. Smith van de Molen Webb
Seymour Bishop Brown
Mallard Falloon
Logie
Davidson Genter Sage
Martin Mark Peters ARDERN Davis Robertson Hipkins Twyford Woods Little Sepuloni Clark Shaw Hughes Luxton Ghahraman G. O'Connor
Tabuteau Jones Mitchell Dyson Rurawhe Parker Mahuta Nash Lees-Galloway Salesa D. O'Connor Curran Wall Huo Andersen Swarbrick Warren-Clark
Marcroft Patterson Ball Faafoi Henare Jackson Sio Whaitiri Wood Williams Tirikatene Radhakrishnan Tinetti Prime Allan Lubeck Eagle McAnulty
Russell Craig Coffey Strange Kanongata'a-Suisuiki

End of term
Guy Wagner Dowie Vacant
Tolley Carter Young Macindoe Bakshi S. Smith S. O'Connor Yule D. Lee van de Molen King Penk Stanford Pugh Bidois Scott Ross
Hipango Ngaro Doocey Kuriger Dean Mitchell M. Lee Bayly N. Smith Parmar Hudson Brown McKelvie Hayes Loheni Yang
Upston Muller Brownlee Collins Goldsmith Bridges Reti McClay Bishop Simpson D. Bennett Woodhouse Willis P. Bennett Garcia Walker Webb
Seymour Kaye Adams
Mallard Barry
Logie
Davidson Sage Hughes
Martin Mark Peters ARDERN Davis Robertson Hipkins Twyford Woods Little Sepuloni Parker Shaw Genter Kanongata'a-Suisuiki Ghahraman G. O'Connor
Tabuteau Jones Mitchell Wood McAnulty Mahuta Nash Lees-Galloway Salesa D. O'Connor Clark Curran Wall Huo Eagle Swarbrick Warren-Clark
Marcroft Patterson Ball Allan Faafoi Henare Jackson Sio Williams Dyson Rurawhe Whaitiri Tirikatene Radhakrishnan Tinetti Luxton Russell Strange
Prime Andersen Craig Lubeck Coffey

Committees
Main article: New Zealand House of Representatives committees

The 52nd Parliament has 12 select committees and 7 specialist committees.[38] They are listed below, with their chairpersons and deputy chairpersons:

Committee Chairperson Deputy chairperson Government–Opposition divide
Select committees
Economic Development, Science and Innovation Committee Jonathan Young (National) Tamati Coffey (Labour) 5–5
Education and Workforce Committee Parmjeet Parmar (National) Jan Tinetti (Labour) 6–5
Environment Committee Duncan Webb (Labour) Scott Simpson (National) 5–4
Finance and Expenditure Committee Deborah Russell (Labour) Fletcher Tabuteau (NZ First) 7–6
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee Simon O'Connor (National) Paulo Garcia (National) 4–4
Governance and Administration Committee Jian Yang (National) Ginny Andersen (Labour) 4–4
Health Committee Louisa Wall (Labour) Shane Reti (National) 4–4
Justice Committee Hon Meka Whaitiri (Labour) Hon Nick Smith (National) 4–4
Māori Affairs Committee Rino Tirikatene (Labour) Marama Davidson (Green Party) 4–4
Primary Production Committee Barbara Kuriger (National) Kiri Allan (Labour) 4–4
Social Services and Community Committee Gareth Hughes (Green Party) Priyanca Radhakrishnan (Labour) 5–4
Transport and Infrastructure Committee Darroch Ball (NZ First) Chris Bishop (National) 5–4
Specialist committees
Abortion Legislation Committee Hon Ruth Dyson (Labour) Hon Amy Adams (National) 4–3
Business Committee Rt Hon Trevor Mallard (Labour) none 7–5
Intelligence and Security Committee Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern (Labour) none 4–3
Officers of Parliament Committee Rt Hon Trevor Mallard (Labour) Hon Anne Tolley (National) 4–2
Privileges Committee Hon David Parker (Labour) Hon Gerry Brownlee (National) 5–5
Regulations Review Committee Alastair Scott (National) Jo Luxton (Labour) 3–3
Standing Orders Committee Rt Hon Trevor Mallard (Labour) none 5–6

See also
Terms of the
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