Rongotai
Single-member constituency
for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Outline map
Location of Rongotaiwithin Chatham Islands and Wellington
RegionChatham Islands and Wellington
Current constituency
Current MPJulie Anne Genter
PartyGreen
List MPNicole McKee (ACT)

Rongotai is a New Zealand electorate, returning a single member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Rongotai is Julie Anne Genter of the Green Party. She has held this position since the 2023 general 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 include 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.[citation needed] 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.[11]

During the 2020 general election, Eagle retained Rongotai for Labour based on preliminary results.[12] Eagle announced in June 2022 that he would contest the 2022 Wellington City mayoral election and should he be successful, he would resign from Parliament and trigger a by-election.[13]

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
2020 election
2023 election Julie Anne Genter

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
2008 election Chris Finlayson
Russel Norman
2011 election Chris Finlayson
Russel Norman
2014 election Chris Finlayson
Russel Norman[a]
2017 election Chris Finlayson[b]
2020 election Nicole McKee
2023 election

Election results

2023 election

2023 general election results: Rongotai[14]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Green Julie Anne Genter 16,586 39.03 +24.23 13,664 32.06 +8.48
Labour Fleur Fitzsimons 13,869 32.64 –24.65 13,361 31.35 –20.96
National Kāruna Muthu 8,794 20.70 +6.5 9,088 21.33 +8.16
ACT Nicole McKee 1,179 2.77 +0.64 1,680 4.55 +0.62
NZ First Geoff Mills 860 2.02 +0.98 1,411 2.21 +0.28
New Conservative Bruce Welsh 275 0.64 –0.31 35 0.08 –0.43
Animal Justice Atom Emet 216 0.5 85 0.20
Independent Don Newt McDonald 130 0.31 +0.07
Vision New Zealand Merania Roa 96 0.23
Opportunities   1,792 5.32 +2.53
Māori Party   1,006 2.27 +1.83
Legalise Cannabis   153 0.36 +0.21
New Zealand Loyal   126 0.15
NewZeal   67 0.02
Freedoms NZ   61 0.01 +0.06
Women's Rights   46 0.01
DemocracyNZ   21 0.01
New Nation   13 0.003
Leighton Baker Party   6 0.001
Informal votes 488 206
Total valid votes 42,493 42,821
Turnout
Green gain from Labour Majority 2,717 6.39 +17.84

2020 election

2020 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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Green tickY Paul Eagle 25,926 57.11 +5.39 23,878 52.31 +8.05
Green Teall Crossen 6,719 14.80 -0.15 10,765 23.58 +5.82
National David Patterson 6,447 14.20 −10.86 6,013 13.17 −14.84
Opportunities Geoff Simmons 3,387 7.46 +3.37 1,272 2.79 -1.83
ACT Nicole McKee 965 2.13 +1.86 1,795 3.93 +3.59
NZ First Taylor Arneil 472 1.04 -1.04 883 1.93 -1.71
New Conservative Bruce Welsh 431 0.95 +0.40 232 0.51 -0.37
Integrity Troy Mihaka 162 0.36 —
Independent Don Newt McDonald 110 0.24 —
Māori Party   201 0.44 -0.06
Advance NZ   184 0.40 —
Legalise Cannabis   70 0.15 -0.01
ONE   45 0.1 —
Sustainable NZ   27 0.06 —
Outdoors   21 0.04 +0.01
Vision NZ   21 0.04 —
Social Credit   10 0.02 +0.01
TEA   7 0.015 —
Heartland   7 0.015 —
Informal votes 779 259
Total valid votes 45,398 45,649
Turnout 45,649 ? ?
Labour hold Majority 19,207 42.31 +15.65

2017 election

2017 general election: Rongotai[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 Green tickY or Red XN 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
Conservative Bruce Welsh 225 0.55 −0.96 58 0.14 −1.56
ACT Chris Sole 114 0.27 — 142 0.34 +0.01
Not A Party Simon Smythe 31 0.07 —
Māori Party   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[c]
Internet   8 0.01 −1.53[d]
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[17] +2.66
Labour hold Majority 10,900 26.66 +1.43

2014 election

2014 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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Green tickY 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
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[e]
Māori Party   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[19]

2011 election

2011 general election: Rongotai[20]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Green tickY 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
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 Party 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[21]

2008 election

2008 general election: Rongotai[22]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Green tickY 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 Party   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[23]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Green tickY 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 Party 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 resigned as a list MP effective 30 October 2015.
  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.

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. ^ "Rongotai - Preliminary Count". Electoral Commission. 23 September 2017. Archived from the original on 17 January 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Rongotai - Preliminary Count". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  13. ^ Campbell, Georgina (27 June 2022). "Rongotai MP Paul Eagle announces Wellington mayoral bid". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Rongotai -". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Rongotai - Official Results". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  16. ^ "Official Count Results – Rongotai". Wellington: New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  17. ^ "Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  18. ^ "Official Count Results – Rongotai (2014)". Electoral Commission. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  19. ^ "Enrolment statistics by Electorate". Electoral Commission. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  20. ^ 2011 election results
  21. ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  22. ^ "Official Count Results – Rongotai". Chief Electoral Office. 22 November 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  23. ^ election result Rongotai 2005

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