North_Shore_(New_Zealand_electorate)

North Shore (New Zealand electorate)

Electoral district in Auckland, New Zealand

North Shore is a parliamentary electorate that returns one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for North Shore is Simon Watts of the National Party,^[1] who at the 2020 election was elected to succeed the retiring Maggie Barry, also of National.^[2]

This article is about the New Zealand electorate. For the New South Wales state electorate, see Electoral district of North Shore.

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North Shore
Single-member constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of North Shorewithin Auckland
Region	Auckland
Current constituency
Current MP	Simon Watts
Party	National

Population centres

The 1941 New Zealand census had been postponed due to World War II, so the 1946 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth and movements into account. The North Island gained a further two electorates from the South Island due to faster population growth. The abolition of the country quota through the Electoral Amendment Act, 1945 reduced the number and increased the size of rural electorates. None of the existing electorates remained unchanged, 27 electorates were abolished, eight former electorates were re-established, and 19 electorates were created for the first time, including North Shore.^[3]

The boundaries of the North Shore electorate were last adjusted for the first election held using the mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system in 1996, when the number of general electorates decreased from 95 (1993) to 60 (1996), and the electorate expanded to the north into an area previously belonging to East Coast Bays. No boundary adjustments were undertaken in the subsequent redistributions in 2002,^[4] 2007,^[5] and 2013/14.^[6]

North Shore stretches up the eastern coast of North Shore City in Auckland, starting in the south at Devonport and moving northwards to take in Lake Pupuke and the suburbs of Takapuna and Campbells Bay. North Shore is predominantly New Zealand European, and has an average income high above the national average, boasting some of the most expensive real estate in the country.

History

The seat has been contested at every election in New Zealand since 1946, and except for a single victory by future Labour Attorney-General Martyn Finlay in its first contest, has been safely held by the National Party ever since.

Wayne Mapp held the electorate from 1996 until his retirement in 2011.^[7] He was succeeded by Maggie Barry, who won the 2011 and 2014 elections.^[8]^[9]

Members of Parliament

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

Key

Labour National United NZ NZ First Mauri Pacific ACT

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Election	Winner
1946 election		Martyn Finlay
1949 election		Dean Eyre
1951 election
1954 election
1957 election
1960 election
1963 election
1966 election		George Gair
1969 election
1972 election
1975 election
1978 election
1981 election
1984 election
1987 election
1990 election		Bruce Cliffe
1993 election
1993 election
1996 election		Wayne Mapp
1999 election
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election
2011 election		Maggie Barry
2014 election
2017 election
2020 election		Simon Watts
2023 election		Simon Watts

List MPs

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

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Election	Winner
1996 election		Ann Batten
		Ann Batten
		Derek Quigley
1999 election		Helen Duncan
2002 election		Helen Duncan
		Deborah Coddington
		Barbara Stewart
2008 election		John Boscawen
2008 election		Phil Twyford
2011 election		Andrew Williams

Election results

This article needs to be updated. (March 2024)

2020 election

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2020 general election: North Shore^[10]
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	%	±%
	National	Simon Watts		19,202	46.19	-13.55	14,411	34.05	-23.65
	Labour	Romy Udanga		15,468	37.21	+9.71	17,498	41.35	+15.33
	Green	Liz Rawlings		2,595	6.24		3,530	8.34	+1.73
	ACT	Nick Kearney		1,596	3.84	+2.27	4,172	9.86	+8.92
	Opportunities	Shai Navot		1,493	3.59	-0.56	806	1.90	-0.49
	New Conservative	Mike Brewer		791	1.90		511	1.21	+0.99
	Advance NZ	Megan Elspeth Osborn		201	0.48		230	0.54	+0.50
	Outdoors	Sue Dick		138	0.33		26	0.06	+0.02
	Sustainable NZ	Mari Huusko		87	0.21		38	0.09
	NZ First						802	1.90	−3.35
	Māori Party						104	0.25	−0.01
	TEA						80	0.19
	Legalise Cannabis						66	0.16	−0.02
	ONE						32	0.08
	Vision NZ						7	0.02
	Social Credit						5	0.01	−0.02
	Heartland						1	0.00
Informal votes				663			178
Total valid votes				41,571			42,319
Turnout				42,617	83.01^[11]	+2.50
	National hold		Majority	3,734	8.98	−23.26

2017 election

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2017 general election: North Shore^[12]
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	%	±%
	National	Y Maggie Barry		23,564	59.74	-2.73	23,009	57.70	-3.88
	Labour	Romy Udanga		10,848	27.50	+8.38	10,375	26.02	+11.84
	NZ First	Josh Hubbard		2,108	5.34	—	2,097	5.25	−0.57
	Opportunities	Matt Isbister		1,639	4.15	—	953	2.39	—
	ACT	Nick Kearney		621	1.57	+0.06	372	0.94	−0.47
	Logic Party	Miriam Clements		166	0.43	—
	Green						2,638	6.61	−4.06
	Māori Party						103	0.26	−0.19
	Conservative						86	0.22	−4.12
	Legalise Cannabis						69	0.18	−0.09
	United Future						22	0.06	−0.19
	Outdoors						14	0.04	—
	People's Party						13	0.04	—
	Ban 1080						11	0.03	±0.00
	Democrats						10	0.03	−0.06
	Internet						9	0.03	−0.62
	Mana						7	0.02	−0.63
Informal votes				493			83
Total valid votes				39,439			39,871
Turnout				40,136	80.51^[13]	+1.46
	National hold		Majority	12,716	32.24	−11.10

2014 election

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2014 general election: North Shore^[9]
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	%	±%
	National	Y Maggie Barry		23,783	62.47	+0.03	23,762	61.58	-0.58
	Labour	Claire Szabó		7,280	19.12	-1.45	5,473	14.18	-2.05
	Green	Brett Stansfield		3,728	9.79	+2.09	4,118	10.67	-0.18
	Conservative	Melissa Perkin		2,199	5.78	+3.29	1,673	4.34	+2.11
	ACT	Nick Kearney		575	1.51	-2.05	545	1.41	-0.51
	Democrats	Tim Leitch		97	0.25	+0.25	34	0.09	+0.06
	NZ First						2,246	5.82	+0.96
	Internet Mana						250	0.65	+0.48^{[lower-alpha 1]}
	Maori Party						174	0.45	-0.15
	Legalise Cannabis						103	0.27	-0.06
	United Future						98	0.25	-0.23
	Ban 1080						13	0.03	+0.03
	Civilian						12	0.03	+0.03
	Independent Coalition						4	0.01	+0.01
	Focus						2	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				412			78
Total valid votes				38,074			38,585
Turnout				38,585	78.49	+3.00
	National hold		Majority	16,503	43.34	+1.47

2011 election

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2011 general election: North Shore^[8]
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	%	±%
	National	Maggie Barry		22,709	62.44	+0.59	23,113	62.16	+4.10
	Labour	Ben Clark		7,481	20.57	-3.44	6,036	16.23	-5.17
	Green	Pieter Watson		2,802	7.70	+1.50	4,035	10.85	+4.24
	ACT	Don Brash		1,293	3.56	-0.41	714	1.92	-5.55
	Conservative	Craig Jensen		904	2.49	+2.49	829	2.23	+2.23
	NZ First	Andrew Williams		900	2.47	+0.89	1,806	4.86	+1.92
	United Future	Damian Light		173	0.48	-0.20	179	0.48	-0.46
	Libertarianz	Michael Murphy		108	0.30	+0.05	41	0.11	+0.03
	Maori Party						223	0.60	+0.002
	Legalise Cannabis						123	0.33	+0.07
	Mana						62	0.17	+0.17
	Democrats						12	0.03	+0.01
	Alliance						8	0.02	-0.04
Informal votes				592			174
Total valid votes				36,370			36,962
	National hold		Majority	15,228	41.87	+4.03

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 48,963^[14]

2008 election

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2008 general election: North Shore^[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	%	±%
	National	Y Wayne Mapp		23,824	61.85		22,738	58.06
	Labour	Phil Twyford		9,250	24.01		8,381	21.40
	Green	Pieter Watson		2,389	6.20		2,590	6.61
	ACT	John Boscawen		1,528	3.97		2,927	7.47
	NZ First	Joe Gregory		612	1.59		1,149	2.93
	Family Party	Louise Cleary		514	1.33		176	0.45
	United Future	Damian Light		261	0.68		370	0.94
	Libertarianz	Michael Murphy		94	0.24		33	0.08
	RAM	Stephen Cooper		47	0.12		13	0.03
	Maori Party						234	0.60
	Progressive						165	0.42
	Bill and Ben						139	0.35
	Legalise Cannabis						104	0.27
	Kiwi						83	0.21
	Alliance						24	0.06
	Pacific						13	0.03
	Workers Party						10	0.03
	Democrats						9	0.02
	RONZ						4	0.01
Informal votes				268			102
Total valid votes				38,519			39,162
	National hold		Majority	14,574	37.84

2005 election

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2005 general election: North Shore^[16]
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	%	±%
	National	Y Wayne Mapp		21,975	59.56	+15.58	20,125	53.49	+26.06
	Labour	Phil Twyford		12,274	33.26	+4.16	11,252	29.91	-1.36
	United Future	Ross Tizard		865	2.34	-1.54	807	2.14	-4.81
	ACT	Nick Kearney		835	2.26	-6.55	1,144	3.04	-11.09
	Progressive	Paula Gillon		544	1.47	+0.61	261	0.69	-0.36
	Maori Party	Raewyn Harrison		265	0.72		106	0.28
	Libertarianz	Michael Murphy		140	0.38		21	0.06
	Green						1,940	5.16	-1.28
	NZ First						1,683	4.47	-5.70
	Destiny						120	0.32
	Legalise Cannabis						55	0.15	-0.17
	Christian Heritage						53	0.14	-0.70
	One NZ						13	0.03	-0.02
	99 MP						11	0.03
	Alliance						10	0.03	-0.78
	Direct Democracy						10	0.03
	Family Rights						6	0.02
	Democrats						5	0.01
	RONZ						1	0.003
Informal votes				430			90
Total valid votes				36,898			37,623
	National hold		Majority	9,701	26.30	+11.42

1999 election

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

1996 election

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1996 general election: North Shore^[17]^[18]^[19]
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	%	±%
	National	Wayne Mapp		15,763	43.48		15,612	42.89
	ACT	Derek Quigley		5,415	14.94		5,015	13.78
	Alliance	Joel Cayford		4,897	13.51	-10.86	2,125	5.84
	Labour	Perry Cameron		4,375	12.07		7,518	20.65
	NZ First	Ann Batten		4,165	11.49		3,547	9.74
	Christian Coalition	Julie Belding		780	2.15		1,181	3.24
	Progressive Green	Cassandra Doherty		313	0.86		103	0.28
	McGillicuddy Serious	Felix Clark		263	0.73		87	0.24
	Green Society	Bradley Heising		109	0.30		50	0.14
	Superannuitants & Youth	Trevor Gilligan		88	0.24		41	0.11
	Natural Law	Gail Pianta		84	0.23		43	0.12
	United NZ						476	1.31
	Legalise Cannabis						456	1.25
	Ethnic Minority Party						71	0.20
	Animals First						50	0.14
	Conservatives						11	0.03
	Libertarianz						11	0.03
	Asia Pacific United						4	0.01
	Mana Māori						3	0.01
	Advance New Zealand						0	0.00
	Te Tawharau						0	0.00
Informal votes				225			73
Total valid votes				36,252			36,404
	National gain from United NZ		Majority	10,348	28.54