Hutt South

Hutt South is a parliamentary electorate in the lower Hutt Valley of New Zealand. It is currently held by Trevor Mallard of the Labour Party.

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Population centres

The electorate is based on the southern part of the city of Lower Hutt. It was formed in 1996 from the old electorates of Pencarrow and Eastern Hutt. Hutt South consists of Lower Hutt, Hutt Valley, Naenae, Petone, Wainuiomata, and Eastbourne.[1]

History

At the first MMP election in 1996, Hutt South replaced the earlier electorate of Pencarrow, which was then held by Trevor Mallard. Mallard, currently the shadow leader of the house, has been returned at every general election since.[2]

Members of Parliament for Hutt South

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  Labour     National     United Future  

Election Winner
1996 election Trevor Mallard
1999 election
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election
2011 election

List MPs from Hutt South

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

Name Party First Elected Left Office Contested Hutt South
Joy Quigley National 1990 1999 1996
Murray Smith United Future 2002 2005 2002, 2005
Paul Quinn National 2008 Current MP 2008

Candidates in the 2011 election

General Election 2011: Hutt South
Notes:

 Green background  denotes an incumbent.
 Pink background  denotes a current list MP.
 Yellow background  denotes a retiring incumbent.
Party Candidate Notes List # Source
Conservative Gordon Copeland List MP 2002-2008   [3][4]
United Future Rob Eaddy 3   [3][5]
Labour Trevor Mallard Incumbent since 1996; MP since 1993 and from 1984-90 9   [3][6]
National Paul Quinn List since 2008 55   [3][7]
ACT Alex Speirs 25   [3][8]
Green Holly Walker 12   [3][9]

Electorate (as at 4 November 2011): 42,292[10]

Election results

2011 election

General Election 2011: Hutt South[11]

Notes: Green 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.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
Labour Y Trevor Mallard 15,828 49.38 0.10 11,751 35.70 -7.09
National Paul Quinn 11,003 34.33 -2.89 13,510 41.05 3.21
Green Holly Walker 3,693 11.52 3.74 3,940 11.97 4.28
Conservative Gordon Copeland 1,015 3.17 - 667 2.03 -
United Future Rob Eaddy 342 1.07 -1.33 294 0.89 -0.53
ACT Alex Speirs 172 0.54 -1.40 249 0.76 -2.00
NZ First - 1,974 6.00 -
Māori - 196 0.60 -
Legalise Cannabis - 157 0.48 -
Mana - 123 0.37 -
Libertarianz - 23 0.07 -
Alliance - 18 0.05 -
Democrats - 12 0.04 -
Informal votes 728 266
Total Valid votes 32,053 32,914
Labour hold Majority 4,825 15.05 +2.98

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 42,391[10]

2008 election

General Election 2008: Hutt South[12]

Notes: Green 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.
A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party Votes % ±%
Labour Y Trevor Mallard 16,690 49.28 14,769 42.79
National Paul Quinn 12,604 37.21 13,057 37.83
Green Virginia Horrocks 2,635 7.78 2,655 7.69
United Future Murray Smith 812 2.40 490 1.42
ACT Lindsay Mitchell 655 1.93 950 2.75
Kiwi Camilia Chin 380 1.12 203 0.59
Libertarianz Phil Howison 93 0.27 36 0.10
NZ First   1,208 3.50 -
Progressive   305 0.88
Māori   293 0.85
Bill and Ben   197 0.57
Legalise Cannabis   128 0.37
Family Party   83 0.24
Pacific   63 0.18
Alliance   45 0.13
Workers Party   12 0.03
RAM   8 0.02
Democrats   7 0.02
RONZ   3 0.01
Informal votes 414 157
Total Valid votes 33,869 34,512
Labour hold Majority 4,086

Note: lines coloured beige denote the winner of the electorate vote. Lines coloured pink denote a candidate elected to Parliament from their party list.

2005 election

Party Candidate Votes % Party Votes %
Labour Y Trevor Mallard 16125 50.02 15534 47.54
National Rosemarie Thomas 10385 32.21 11464 35.09
United Murray Smith 1905 5.91 974 2.85
Green Paul Bruce 1719 5.33 1831 5.60
NZ First Howard Levarko 698 2.17 1262 3.86
ACT Lindsay Mitchell 579 1.80 420 1.29
Destiny David Knight 335 1.04 181 0.55
Māori Party Maraea Ropata 322 1.00 193 0.59
IND Jack McSeveny 106 0.33 - -
Libertarianz Phil Howison 64 0.2 21 0.06
Progressive - - - 337 1.03
ALCP - - - 77 0.24
Alliance - - - 27 0.08
Christian Heritage - - - 21 0.06
Family Rights PP - - - 11 0.03
Democrats - - - 9 0.03
99 MP - - - 7 0.02
Direct Democracy - - - 4 0.01
One NZ - - - 4 0.01
Republic of NZ - - - 3 0.01
informal votes 307 144
total valid votes 32,238 32,673
Labour hold Majority 5,740

sourced from electionresults.govt.nz

References

  1. ^ "Electorate Profile Hutt South" (PDF). Parliamentary Library. October 2005. http://www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/A1075329-135E-4698-B5E8-2B2B0BB0E85E/124/Hutt_South1.pdf. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "Hon Trevor Mallard". New Zealand Parliament. http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/c/c/b/50MP1551-Mallard-Trevor.htm. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Information for Voters in Hutt South". Elections New Zealand. 2 November 2011. http://www.elections.org.nz/voting/voting-info/hutt-south.html. 
  4. ^ "Conservative List Released". Press Release: Conservative Party (via Scoop.co.nz). 2011-11-01. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1111/S00014/conservative-list-released.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  5. ^ "United Future: Electorate Candidates". United Future website. http://www.unitedfuture.org.nz/electorate-candidates/. Retrieved 19 September 2011. 
  6. ^ "Candidates 2011 - New Zealand Labour". http://www.labour.org.nz/candidates2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011. 
  7. ^ "201 Election Candidates". kiwiblog.co.nz. http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/201_election_candidates. 
  8. ^ "ACT - Candidates". ACT New Zealand. http://www.act.org.nz/candidates. Retrieved 15 October 2011. 
  9. ^ "Green Party candidate biography". http://www.greens.org.nz/candidates/holly-walker. Retrieved 1 May 2011. 
  10. ^ a b "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 4 November 2011. http://www.elections.org.nz/ages/. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 
  11. ^ 2011 election results
  12. ^ 2008 election results
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