Candidates in the 2020 New Zealand general election by electorate

This page lists candidates contesting electorates in the 2020 New Zealand general election.

New Zealand political candidates
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General electorates

Auckland Central
2020 general election: Auckland Central
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Opportunities Tuariki Delamere NZ First/Te Tawharau MP for Te Tai Rawhiti, 1996–1999   [1]
Outdoors Steve Hart   [2]
Independent Joshua Love Originally selected as the Opportunities Party candidate [3]
NZ First Jenny Marcroft Contested Tāmaki in 2017   [4]
National Emma Mellow 66   [5]
Green Chlöe Swarbrick Contested Maungakiekie in 2017 3   [6][7]
Sustainable NZ Vernon Tava Contested Northcote for Greens in 2011;
unsuccessfully sought National nomination
to contest Northcote in 2018 by-election		 1   [8]
Labour Helen White Contested electorate in 2017; is next
on the Labour list should a vacancy occur		 48   [9]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
ACT Kartini Clarke   [10]
National Nikki Kaye Was re-selected, but later chose to retire [11]

Banks Peninsula
2020 general election: Banks Peninsula[12][13]
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Opportunities Ben Atkinson   [14]
National Catherine Chu 46   [15]
ACT David Fox Contested Port Hills in 2017   [10]
New Conservative Caleb Honiss   [16]
Labour Tracey McLellan 53   [17]
NZ First Denis O'Rourke List MP, 2011–2017; contested Port Hills in 2017   [18]
Green Eugenie Sage Contested Port Hills in 2017 6   [7]
Advance NZ Tiamara Williams   [19]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
Labour Ruth Dyson [20]

Bay of Plenty
2020 general election: Bay of Plenty
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
ACT Bruce Carley Contested electorate in 2017 15   [10]
Legalise Cannabis Christopher Coker   [21]
New Conservative Margaret Colmore   [16]
ONE Sharon Devery   [22]
Opportunities Chris Jenkins   [14]
NZ First Tricia Lawrence   [23]
National Todd Muller 8   [24]
Labour Angie Warren-Clark Contested electorate in 2017 35   [25]

Botany
2020 general election: Botany
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Labour Naisi Chen Contested East Coast Bays in 2017 38   [26]
New Conservative Dieuwe de Boer   [16]
National Christopher Luxon 61   [27]
Advance NZ Jami-Lee Ross National MP from 2011 by-election
until leaving the party in 2018		 2   [28]
ACT Damien Smith 11   [10]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
New Conservative Elliot Ikilei Contesting Takanini instead.   [16]

Christchurch Central
2020 general election: Christchurch Central
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
NZ First Mark Arneil   [18]
Legalise Cannabis Michael Britnell   [21]
Advance NZ Carole Church   [19]
Green Chrys Horn Contested Selwyn in 2017   [29]
ACT Abigail Johnson   [10]
New Conservative Benjamin Price Contested Waimakariri in 2017   [16]
National Dale Stephens Contested Ohariu-Belmont in 2002 29   [30]
Labour Duncan Webb 43   [31]
ONE Ken Webb   [22]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
ONE Paula Eason Contesting Christchurch East instead   [22][32]

Christchurch East
2020 general election: Christchurch East
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Green Nikki Berry Contested Waimakariri in 2017   [33]
ONE Paula Eason   [22]
New Conservative Helen Houghton   [16]
Legalise Cannabis Paula Lambert Contested electorate in 2017   [21]
National Lincoln Platt 53   [34]
ACT Toni Severin Contested electorate in 2017 10   [10]
Outdoors Charlotte Staples   [35]
Labour Poto Williams 21   [36]

Coromandel
2020 general election: Coromandel
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Labour Nathaniel Blomfield Contested electorate in 2017 76   [37]
New Conservative Michael Egleton   [16]
Green Pamela Grealey   [38]
Opportunities Rob Hunter   [14]
National Scott Simpson 10   [39]
Outdoors Georgia Todd   [2]

Dunedin
2020 general election: Dunedin
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Social Credit Zariah Anjaiya-Winder   [40]
Green Jack Brazil 20   [41] [7]
Labour David Clark 16   [41]
NZ First Robert Griffith   [23]
Outdoors Carol Moulin  
Opportunities Benjamin Peters   [14]
ACT Callum Steele-Macintosh   [10]
National Michael Woodhouse Contested Dunedin North in 2017 12   [41]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
ONE Stan Smith Contesting Taieri instead   [22][32]

East Coast
2020 general election: East Coast
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Green Meredith Akuhata-Brown   [42]
Labour Kiri Allan Contested electorate in 2017 25   [43]
Advance NZ Jennie Brown Initially selected as Outdoors Party candidate[44]   [19]
ONE Veronica King   [22]
New Conservative Helena Nickerson   [16]
National Tania Tapsell 64   [45]
ACT Blake Webb   [10]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
National Anne Tolley Was planning on contesting list only,
later retired completely		 [46][47]

East Coast Bays
2020 general election: East Coast Bays
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Labour Monina Hernandez 73   [48]
Green Daniel Jones   [49]
Outdoors Marius Koekemoer   [2]
National Erica Stanford 39   [50]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
New Conservative Dennis Knox Initially announced but later withdrew   [16]

Epsom
2020 general election: Epsom
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Labour Camilla Belich 30   [51]
Opportunities Adriana Christie   [14]
National Paul Goldsmith Contested electorate in 2017 3   [52]
Not A Party Finn Harris [53]
Green Kyle MacDonald 14   [54][7]
Outdoors Maia Prochazka   [2]
ACT David Seymour 1   [10]

Hamilton East
2020 general election: Hamilton East
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
National David Bennett 11   [55]
Green Rimu Bhooi   [56]
ACT Myah Deedman 17   [10]
Public Siggi Henry   [57]
NZ First Stu Husband Contested Waikato in 2017   [58]
New Conservative Julie Manders   [16]
Vision NZ Destry Murphy   [59]
Opportunities Naomi Pocock   [14]
Social Credit Mischele Rhodes Intended to contest electorate in 2017   [40]
Labour Jamie Strange Contested electorate in 2017 40   [60][55]

Hamilton West
2020 general election: Hamilton West
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Opportunities Hayden Cargo   [14]
New Conservative Rudi Du Plooy   [16]
ONE Te Rongopai Heta   [22]
National Tim Macindoe 23   [55]
Labour Gaurav Sharma Contested electorate in 2017 63   [61]
ACT Roger Weldon   [10]

Hutt South
2020 general election: Hutt South
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Labour Ginny Andersen Contested electorate in 2017 45   [62]
Outdoors Wilf Bearman-Reidel Contested electorate in 2017   [2]
NZ First Mahesh Bindra List MP, 2014–2017; contested Mount Roskill in 2017   [23]
National Chris Bishop 7   [63]
New Conservative Roger Earp   [16]
Green Richard McIntosh 23   [7]
ACT Andy Parkins Contested electorate in 2017 20   [10]
Vision NZ Paris Winiata   [64]
Opportunities Ben Wylie-van Eerd   [14]

Ilam
2020 general election: Ilam
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Legalise Cannabis Blair Anderson   [21]
Green David Bennett   [49]
National Gerry Brownlee 2   [65]
ACT Paul Gilbert Contested electorate in 2017   [10]
Opportunities Doug Hill Contested Christchurch Central in 2017   [14]
Outdoors Heidi Jensen-Warren   [35]
Labour Sarah Pallett 62   [66]
Advance NZ Toni Pengelly   [19]
New Conservative Simon Walmisley   [16]

Invercargill
2020 general election: Invercargill
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Social Credit Winsome-Aroha   [40]
Labour Liz Craig Contested electorate in 2017 41   [67]
Green Rochelle Francis Contested electorate in 2017   [68]
NZ First Joshua Gunn   [58]
New Conservative Josh Honiss   [16]
National Penny Simmonds 63   [69]
Independent Basil Walker Initially selected as ACT candidate for Southland [70]
ONE Jackie West   [22]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
National Sarah Dowie Was re-selected, but later chose to retire [71]

Kaikōura
2020 general election: Kaikōura
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
NZ First Jamie Arbuckle Contested electorate in 2017   [18]
ACT Richard Evans Contested electorate in 2017   [10]
Labour Matt Flight 78   [72]
New Conservative David Greenslade Contested electorate in 2017   [16]
Social Credit John McCaskey Contested electorate in 2017   [40]
Green Richard McCubbin Contested electorate in 2017   [73]
ONE Don Moore   [22]
Outdoors Darlene Morgan   [35]
National Stuart Smith 32   [50]

Kaipara ki Mahurangi
2020 general election: Kaipara ki Mahurangi
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Green Zephyr Brown   [49]
ACT Beth Houlbrooke Contested Rodney in 2014 13   [10]
Labour Marja Lubeck Contested Rodney in 2017 34   [74]
Outdoors Dave McDonald   [2]
Social Credit Callan Neylon   [40]
National Chris Penk 41   [75]
ONE Richard Reeves   [22]
NZ First Brenda Steele   [58]

Kelston
2020 general election: Kelston
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
National Bala Beeram Contested electorate in 2017 52   [76]
Advance NZ Joann Byles   [19]
NZ First Anne Degia-Pala Contested electorate in 2017   [58]
Green Jessamine Fraser   [49]
Social Credit Jason Jobsis Contested Tauranga in 2017   [40]
ONE Faye Lavaka Tangipa   [22]
ACT Matthew Percival   [10]
Labour Carmel Sepuloni 8   [77]
New Conservative Leao Tildsley   [16]

Mana
2020 general election: Mana
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Integrity Helen Cartwright [78]
Labour Barbara Edmonds 49   [79]
Not A Party Richard Goode Contested Mount Roskill in 2016 by-election [80]
National Jo Hayes Contested Christchurch East in 2017 44   [81]
Green Jan Logie Contested electorate in 2017 5   [7]
Outdoors Calli Veludos  
Progressive Aotearoa Michael Walker [82]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
Labour Kris Faafoi Contesting list only [83]

Māngere
2020 general election: Māngere
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
New Conservative Fuiavailili Ala'ilima   [16]
Advance NZ Juricz Blackman   [19]
Outdoors Grant Crowther   [2]
National Agnes Loheni Contested electorate in 2017 28   [84]
Labour Aupito William Sio 20   [85]
Green Peter Sykes   [86]

Manurewa
2020 general election: Manurewa
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
NZ First John Hall Contested electorate in 2017   [18]
ONE Stephanie Harawira   [22]
ACT Dave King 20   [10]
New Conservative Mote Pahulu   [16]
National Nuwanthie Samarakone Following selection, unsuccessfully sought to be selected in Auckland Central instead[87] 55   [84]
Green Lourdes Vano 15   [88][7]
Communist League Annalucia Vermunt   [89]
Vision NZ Sonny Wilcox   [90]
Labour Arena Williams 58   [79]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
Labour Louisa Wall Contesting list only after withdrawing from selection process [91]

Maungakiekie
2020 general election: Maungakiekie
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
ACT Tommy Fergusson   [10]
National Denise Lee 34   [92]
Green Ricardo Menéndez March Contested Mount Roskill in 2017 10   [93][7]
Labour Priyanca Radhakrishnan Contested electorate in 2017 31   [94]

Mount Albert
2020 general election: Mount Albert
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Labour Jacinda Ardern 1   [95]
National Melissa Lee Contested electorate in 2017 16   [50]
Opportunities Cameron Lord   [14]
Green Luke Wijohn 18   [96][7]

Mount Roskill
2020 general election: Mount Roskill
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Green Golriz Ghahraman Contested Te Atatū in 2017 7   [7]
Social Credit Cliff Hall   [40]
New Conservative Alister Hood   [16]
ACT Chris Johnston   [10]
National Parmjeet Parmar Contested electorate in 2017 27   [50]
ONE Charlene Pehi   [22]
Labour Michael Wood 23   [97]

Napier

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2020 general election: Napier
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
New Conservative Deborah Burnside Sought National nomination in 2017   [16]
Green James Crow 21   [98][7]
ACT Judy Kendall   [10]
Labour Stuart Nash 12   [98]
National Katie Nimon 45   [99]
Independent John Smith [100]

Nelson
2020 general election: Nelson
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
ACT Chris Baillie 4   [10]
Labour Rachel Boyack Contested electorate in 2017 57   [101]
ONE Deon Claassens   [22]
Progressive Aotearoa Bruce Dyer [82]
Outdoors Sue Grey   [102]
New Conservative Simon Gutschlag Contested electorate in 2017   [16]
Advance NZ Ben Harris   [19]
Opportunities Mathew Pottinger   [14]
National Nick Smith 18   [103]
Green Aaron Stallard   [104]

New Lynn
2020 general election: New Lynn
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Green Steve Abel Contested Māngere in 2002 11   [105][7]
ACT Shawn Blanchfield   [10]
Social Credit Lisa Er   [40]
NZ First Robert Gore   [23]
ONE Khurran Malik   [22]
New Conservative Victoria O'Brien   [16]
Labour Deborah Russell 33   [106]
National Lisa Whyte 49   [107]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
ONE Carolyn Shanly   [22][32]

New Plymouth
2020 general election: New Plymouth
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Labour Glen Bennett 72   [108]
New Conservative Murray Chong Contested electorate for NZ First in 2017   [109]
Independent Rusty Kane Contested Tauranga in 2017 [110]
Social Credit Kath Lauderdale   [40]
Opportunities Dan Thurston-Crow   [14]
ACT Ada Xiao   [10]
National Jonathan Young 22   [111]

North Shore
2020 general election: North Shore
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
New Conservative Mike Brewer   [16]
Outdoors Sue Dick   [2]
Opportunities Shai Navot 2   [14]
Green Elizabeth Rawlings   [49]
ONE Edward Shanly   [22]
Labour Romy Udanga Contested electorate in 2017 70   [112]
National Simon Watts 65   [113]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
National Maggie Barry [114]

Northcote
2020 general election: Northcote
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
National Dan Bidois 43   [50]
New Conservative Bill Dyet   [16]
Green Natasha Fairley   [49]
Labour Shanan Halbert Contested electorate in 2017
and 2018 by-election		 51   [92]
ACT Tim Kronfeld Contested electorate in 2017   [10]
Outdoors Lynn Usmani   [2]

Northland
2020 general election: Northland
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
ACT Mark Cameron 8   [10]
Opportunities Helen Jeremiah   [14]
NZ First Shane Jones Contested Whangārei in 2017   [115]
National Matt King 40   [116]
Outdoors Brad Flutey   [2]
Labour Willow-Jean Prime Contested electorate in 2017 36   [117]
Independent Mike Shaw [118]
Green Darleen Tana Hoff-Nielsen   [119]
New Conservative Melanie Taylor   [16]

Ōhāriu
2020 general election: Ōhāriu
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
ONE Allan Cawood   [22]
Opportunities Jessica Hammond Contested electorate in 2017   [14]
National Brett Hudson Contested electorate in 2017 36   [120]
NZ First Tracey Martin Contested Rodney in 2017   [121]
Labour Greg O'Connor none   [122]
Green John Ranta 16   [7]
Not A Party Liam Walsh Contested Northcote in 2018 by-election [123]

Ōtaki
2020 general election: Ōtaki
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
National Tim Costley 59   [124]
Public Michael Feyen   [125]
New Conservative Martin Frauenstein Contested Ilam in 2017   [16]
ACT Wayne Grattan Contested electorate in 2017   [10]
Outdoors Michael Kay   [2]
Green Bernard Long   [126]
Labour Terisa Ngobi 65   [127]
Social Credit Amanda Vickers   [40]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
National Nathan Guy [128]

Pakuranga
2020 general election: Pakuranga
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
National Simeon Brown 37   [129]
Labour Nerissa Henry 77   [130]
Green Lawrence Xu-Nan 17   [7]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
ACT Stephen Berry Contested East Coast Bays in 2017; withdrew for health reasons 9   [10][131]

Palmerston North
2020 general election: Palmerston North
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
NZ First Darroch Ball Contested electorate in 2017   [132]
ACT Jack Phillips   [10]
New Conservative David Poppelwell   [16]
Green Teanau Tuiono Contested Manurewa in 2017 8   [133][7]
Labour Tangi Utikere Unsuccessfully sought Labour nomination for electorate in 2008 none   [134]
National William Wood 54   [135]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
Labour Iain Lees-Galloway Initially re-selected but later chose to retire after losing his ministerial status

Panmure-Ōtāhuhu
2020 general election: Panmure-Ōtāhuhu
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
National Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi Contested Manukau East in 2017 24   [136]
Outdoors Phil Bridge   [2]
Communist League Patrick Brown   [137]
New Conservative Ted Johnston Contested Manukau East in 2017 for The Opportunities Party   [16]
Labour Jenny Salesa 13   [138]
Green Mark Simiona   [139]

Papakura
2020 general election: Papakura
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
New Conservative David Arvidson   [16]
National Judith Collins 1   [50]
Labour Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki 44   [140]
NZ First Robert Monds   [58]
ONE Lawrence Sami   [22]
Outdoors Teena Smith   [2]
ACT Bruce Whitehead   [10]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
Outdoors Mark Ford   [141]

Port Waikato
2020 general election: Port Waikato
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Heartland Mark Ball Former Franklin District mayor 1   [142]
National Andrew Bayly 17   [143]
Independent Ian Cummings [144]
ONE Ian Johnson   [22]
Labour Baljit Kaur Contested Hunua in 2017 none   [145]
ACT Niko Kloeten   [10]
Outdoors Lucie Rutherfurd   [2]
New Conservative Steven Senn   [16]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
Outdoors Steve Hart Contesting Auckland Central instead.   [146]

Rangitata
2020 general election: Rangitata
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
New Conservative Lachie Ashton   [16]
Social Credit Brannon Favel   [40]
National Megan Hands 67   [147]
ACT Hamish Hutton   [148]
Outdoors Grant Kelynack   [35]
Green Gerrie Ligtenberg 24   [7]
Labour Jo Luxton Contested electorate in 2017 39   [149]
Not A Party James Rae [150]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
National Andrew Falloon Was re-selected, but later resigned from Parliament [151][152]

Rangitīkei
2020 general election: Rangitīkei
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Advance NZ Ricky Cribb   [19]
Green Ali Hale Tilley   [153]
New Conservative Reuben Leung Wai   [16]
National Ian McKelvie 38   [153]
Labour Soraya Peke-Mason Contested Te Tai Hauāuru in 2011 60   [154]
ACT Neil Wilson Contested electorate in 2017   [10]
NZ First Antony Woollams   [23]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
New Conservative Cedric Backhouse Initially announced, but later withdrew   [16]
Green Joe Boon Withdrew candidacy due to illness   [133][155]

Remutaka
2020 general election: Remutaka
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
National Mark Crofskey 56   [156]
ONE Frank Eijgenraam   [22]
Labour Chris Hipkins 6   [157]
NZ First Talani Meikle Contested electorate in 2017   [58]
Green Chris Norton   [158]
New Conservative Hank Optland   [16]
ACT Grae O'Sullivan Contested electorate in 2017 17   [10]

Rongotai
2020 general election: Rongotai
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
NZ First Taylor Arneil   [58]
Green Teall Crossen Contested electorate in 2017 12   [7]
Labour Paul Eagle 47   [159]
ACT Nicole McKee 3   [10]
Integrity Troy Mihaka [160]
National David Patterson 48   [161]
Opportunities Geoff Simmons Contested Wellington Central in 2017 1   [162]
New Conservative Bruce Welsh Contested electorate in 2017   [16]

Rotorua
2020 general election: Rotorua
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
ACT Pete Kirkwood   [163]
Labour Claire Mahon 74   [164]
National Todd McClay 6   [163]
New Conservative Alan Tāne Solomon   [16]
Green Kaya Sparke 19   [7]
NZ First Fletcher Tabuteau Contested electorate in 2017   [165]
ONE Karri-Ann Vercoe-Black   [22]

Selwyn
2020 general election: Selwyn
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
ACT Stu Armstrong   [10]
Labour Reuben Davidson 67   [166]
National Nicola Grigg 60   [167]
New Conservative Bronnie Lyell   [16]
Green Abe O'Donnell   [168]
ONE Deborah Solomon   [22]
Independent Calvin Payne   [169]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
National Amy Adams Cancelled planned retirement from Parliament
to seek place on party list;
later returned to original plan		 [170]

Southland
2020 general election: Southland
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Outdoors Victoria Hoskins-Bonham  
Green David Kennedy Contested Invercargill in 2014   [68]
Sustainable NZ David Lee   [171]
Labour Jon Mitchell 75   [172]
National Joseph Mooney 62   [173]
Opportunities Joel Rowlands   [14]
ONE Judith Terrill   [22]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
ACT Basil Walker Contesting Invercargill as an independent instead   [70]
National Hamish Walker Was re-selected, but later resigned [174]

Taieri
2020 general election: Taieri
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
ACT Robert Andrews   [10]
National Liam Kernaghan 51   [175]
Labour Ingrid Leary 59   [176]
NZ First Mark Patterson Contested Clutha-Southland in 2017   [177]
ONE Stan Smith   [22]
Green Scott Willis 13   [41] [7]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
Labour Clare Curran [178]
ONE Alex McLaughlin   [22][32]

Takanini
2020 general election: Takanini
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
New Conservative Elliot Ikilei Contested Manurewa in 2017   [179]
Labour Neru Leavasa 52   [180]
ACT Mike McCormick   [10]
National Rima Nakhle 50   [181]
Vision NZ George Ngatai Contested Tāmaki Makaurau for National in 2002   [182]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
ONE Edward Shanly Contesting New Lynn instead   [22][32]

Tāmaki
2020 general election: Tāmaki
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Green Sylvia Boys   [49]
Labour Shirin Brown 79   [183]
ACT Carmel Claridge 14   [10]
National Simon O'Connor 35   [50]
New Conservative Harsha Thanthriwatte   [16]

Taranaki-King Country
2020 general election: Taranaki-King Country
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
National Barbara Kuriger 20   [50]
ACT Brent Miles   [10]
Labour Angela Roberts 50   [184]
New Conservative Lee Smith   [16]

Taupō
2020 general election: Taupō
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Labour Ala' Al-Bustanji Contested electorate in 2017 71   [185]
ONE Gary Coffin   [22]
Outdoors Michael Downard   [2]
ACT David Freeman   [10]
Green Danna Glendining   [49]
New Conservative Jan-Marie Quinn   [16]
National Louise Upston 9   [186]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
Outdoors Alan Simmons Contested electorate in 2017   [187]

Tauranga
2020 general election: Tauranga
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
National Simon Bridges 4   [188]
Opportunities Andrew Caie   [14]
Green Josh Cole   [49]
NZ First Erika Harvey   [18]
New Conservative Paul Hignett   [16]
Outdoors Tracy Livingston   [2]
ACT Cameron Luxton 16   [10]
Labour Jan Tinetti Contested electorate in 2017 32   [189]

Te Atatū
2020 general election: Te Atatū
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
ACT Simon Court 5   [10]
Green Scott Hindman   [49]
Opportunities Brendon Monk   [14]
National Alfred Ngaro Contested electorate in 2017 30   [50]
New Conservative Okusitino Paseka   [16]
Labour Phil Twyford 4   [190]

Tukituki
2020 general election: Tukituki
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
ACT Jan Daffern   [191]
Labour Anna Lorck Contested electorate in 2017 none   [192]
Legalise Cannabis Romana Manning   [21]
New Conservative Nick McMinn-Collard   [16]
Green Chris Perley Contested electorate in 2017   [98]
ONE Melanie Petrowski   [22]
National Lawrence Yule 33   [98]

Upper Harbour
2020 general election: Upper Harbour
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
National Jake Bezzant 57   [193]
ACT Karen Chhour 7   [10]
Outdoors Catherine Giorza   [2]
Green Ryan Nicholls   [49]
New Conservative Bernadette Soares   [194]
Labour Vanushi Walters 22   [195]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
National Paula Bennett Was planning on contesting list only, later retired completely [196][197]

Waikato
2020 general election: Waikato
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
New Conservative Caleb Ansell   [16]
Labour Kerrin Leoni 66   [198]
ACT James McDowall Contested Hamilton East in 2017 6   [10]
National Tim van de Molen 42   [199]

Waimakariri
2020 general election: Waimakariri
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
New Conservative Leighton Baker Contested Epsom in 2017 1   [200]
ACT James Davies   [10]
National Matthew Doocey 31   [50]
ONE Nikita McCausland   [22]
Social Credit Lawrence McIsaac   [40]
Labour Dan Rosewarne Contested electorate in 2017 56   [66]

Wairarapa
2020 general election: Wairarapa
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
National Mike Butterick 58   [201]
New Conservative Warren Butterworth   [16]
ACT Roger Greenslade Contested electorate in 2017   [10]
NZ First Ron Mark Contested electorate in 2017   [202]
Labour Kieran McAnulty Contested electorate in 2017 26   [203]
Green Celia Wade-Brown Former Wellington mayor; contested Rongotai in 2002   [204]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
National Alastair Scott [205]

Waitaki
2020 general election: Waitaki
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
New Conservative Troy Allen   [16]
ACT Sean Beamish   [10]
National Jacqui Dean 14   [41]
Green Sampsa Kiuru   [70]
NZ First Anthony Odering   [23]
Advance NZ Heather Meri Pennycook   [19]
Independent Daniel Shand [206]
Labour Liam Wairepo 80   [207]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
New Conservative Sue Baker Initially announced, but later withdrew   [16]

Wellington Central
2020 general election: Wellington Central
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Legalise Cannabis Michael Appleby Contested electorate in 2011   [21]
Outdoors Mishaela Daken   [2]
Opportunities Abe Gray Contested Dunedin North in 2017   [14]
Independent Jesse Richardson [208]
Labour Grant Robertson 3   [209]
Green James Shaw Contested electorate in 2017 2   [209] [7]
ACT Brooke van Velden Contested Auckland Central in 2017 2   [10]
National Nicola Willis Contested electorate in 2017 13   [209]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
New Conservative Liam Richfield Initially announced, but later withdrew   [16]

West Coast-Tasman
2020 general election: West Coast-Tasman
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Independent Cory Aitken [210]
New Conservative Karl Barkley   [16]
Social Credit Jack Collin   [40]
NZ First Jackie Farrelly Contested electorate in 2017   [18]
Labour Damien O'Connor 14   [211]
National Maureen Pugh Contested electorate in 2017 19   [212]
Green Steve Richards   [213]

Whanganui
2020 general election: Whanganui
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Green Alan Clay   [153]
National Harete Hipango 21   [214]
Labour Steph Lewis Contested electorate in 2017 55   [215]
New Conservative Jonathan Marshall   [16]
Social Credit Heather Marion Smith Contested electorate in 2014   [40]

Whangaparāoa
2020 general election: Whangaparāoa
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Outdoors Nina Ash  
Labour Lorayne Ferguson none   [216]
ACT Paul Grace   [10]
New Conservative Fiona Mackenzie   [16]
National Mark Mitchell 15   [50]

Whangārei
2020 general election: Whangārei
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Green Moea Armstrong Contested electorate in 2005   [217]
New Conservative Kerry Campbell   [16]
Labour Emily Henderson 64   [218]
Social Credit Chris Leitch Contested electorate in 2017 1   [40]
National Shane Reti 5   [50]
ACT David Seymour Not the ACT leader 19   [219]
Opportunities Ciara Swords   [14]
ONE Daniel Watts   [22]
Advance NZ Chris Wetere   [19]
NZ First David Wilson Contested Te Atatū in 2017   [18]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
New Conservative Jim Taylor Initially announced, but later withdrew   [16]

Wigram
2020 general election: Wigram
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
National Hamish Campbell 47   [220]
Social Credit Deane Landreth   [40]
ACT Miles McConway 12   [10]
ONE Linda McLaughlin   [22]
New Conservative Averil Nuttall   [16]
Green Richard Wesley Contested electorate in 2017   [49]
Labour Megan Woods 5   [221]

Māori electorates

Hauraki-Waikato
2020 general election: Hauraki-Waikato
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Labour Nanaia Mahuta 10   [222]
Māori Donna Pokere-Phillips   [223]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
ONE Te Rongopai Heta Contesting Hamilton West instead   [22][32]

Ikaroa-Rāwhiti
2020 general election: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Green Elizabeth Kerekere Contested electorate in 2017 9   [224][7]
Māori Heather Te Au Skipworth   [225]
Outdoors Kelly Thurston  
Labour Meka Whaitiri 28   [98]

Tāmaki Makaurau
2020 general election: Tāmaki Makaurau
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Green Marama Davidson Contested electorate in 2017 1   [226][7]
Labour Peeni Henare 18   [227]
Māori John Tamihere Represented electorate as Labour MP, 2002–2005   [228]

Te Tai Hauāuru
2020 general election: Te Tai Hauāuru
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Outdoors Kiri McKee   [2]
New Conservative Josh Morgan   [16]
Māori Debbie Ngarewa-Packer   [229]
Labour Adrian Rurawhe 24   [230]
ONE Korrallie Taurua   [22]

Te Tai Tokerau
2020 general election: Te Tai Tokerau
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Labour Kelvin Davis 2   [231]
Legalise Cannabis Maki Herbert Contested electorate in 2017   [21]
Māori Mariameno Kapa-Kingi   [232]
ONE Janice Epiha   [22]
Public Billy Te Kahika 1   [233]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
ONE Stephanie Harawira Contesting Manurewa instead   [22][32]

Te Tai Tonga
2020 general election: Te Tai Tonga
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Māori Tākuta Ferris   [234]
Legalise Cannabis Anituhia McDonald   [21]
Green Ariana Paretutanganui-Tamati Contested Rongotai for Mana Movement in 2014   [235]
Labour Rino Tirikatene 29   [236]
New Conservative Raymond Tuhaka   [16]

Waiariki
2020 general election: Waiariki
Notes:

 Blue background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.

Party Candidate Notes List # Source
New Conservative Riki Broughton   [16]
Labour Tamati Coffey 37   [163]
Vision NZ Hannah Tamaki 1   [237]
Outdoors Rawiri te Kowhai   [2]
Māori Rawiri Waititi Contested electorate for Labour in 2014   [238]
Advance NZ Ema Williams   [19]

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