New Lynn was first formed for the 1963 election.[2] It has always been held by members of the Labour Party. The electorate's first representative was Rex Mason, who had been an MP since 1926 and who retired at the end of the term.[3] Mason was succeeded by Jonathan Hunt, who held the electorate for the next 30 years until he contested the Tamaki electorate in the 1996 election instead.[4]Phil Goff became the representative in New Lynn in 1996.[5]
The electorate was abolished in 1999 and Goff successfully stood in Mount Roskill. Titirangi replaced New Lynn in 1999 when population changes in Auckland lead to the creation of Mount Roskill, and Titirangi was won by David Cunliffe.[6] Three years later, population growth in north Auckland led to the creation of the Helensville electorate. The flow-on effect of this was to pull Titirangi eastwards, resulting in the reclamation of its former name for the 2002 election. Cunliffe represented the New Lynn electorate until 2017.[6]
In November 2016, Labour leader Andrew Little announced that Cunliffe would not seek re-election at the 2017 general election,[7] and the seat was won in the election by Deborah Russell, retaining it for the Labour Party.
Members of Parliament
Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at general elections.
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested New Lynn. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election results
2023 election
2020 election
2017 election
2014 election
2011 election
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 46,139[13]
2008 election
2005 election
2002 election
1996 election
1993 election
1990 election
1987 election
1984 election
1981 election
1978 election
1975 election
1972 election
1969 election
1966 election
1963 election
Table footnotes
^Groser resigned from Parliament on 19 December 2015.
^Garcia was declared elected as a list MP on 16 May 2019, following the resignation of Nuk Korako.
^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
^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
^2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.
References
^"Map of electorates for the 2020 and 2023 general elections". 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
^Wilson 1985, p. 268.
^Wilson 1985, p. 218.
^"Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – Tamaki, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 25 July 2013.
^ a b"Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – New Lynn, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 20 July 2013.
^"Official Count Results – New Lynn (2020)". Electoral Commission. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
^"Official Count Results – New Lynn(2017)". Electoral Commission. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
^"Official Count Results – New Lynn (2014)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
^"Official Count Results – New Lynn (2011)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^"Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
^"Official Count Results – New Lynn (2008)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^"Official Count Results – New Lynn (2005)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^"Official Count Results – New Lynn (2002)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
^"Part III – Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
^"Part III – Party Lists of unsuccessful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
^Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993.
^Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990.
^ a b cNorton 1988, pp. 288.
^ a b c d e fNorton 1988, pp. 287.
Bibliography
Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.