| Phil Twyford | |
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Labour party list |
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| Assumed office 2008 |
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| Political party | Labour |
| Website | twyford.org.nz |
Philip Stoner Twyford (known as Phil Twyford) is a politician from New Zealand and a member of the Labour Party. He has been a member of parliament since 2008. He is the Labour Party candidate for Te Atatū.
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Twyford is the founder director of Oxfam New Zealand.[1]
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| Years | Term | Electorate | List | Party |
| 2008–2011 | 49th | List | 26 | Labour |
| 2011–present | 50th | Te Atatū | 33 | Labour |
Twyford stood for election in the North Shore electorate at the 2005 and 2008 elections. He placed second both times but in 2008 he was elected as a list MP.
Twyford was appointed Labour's spokesperson for Disarmament and Arms Control, Auckland Issues, and associate spokesperson for Foreign Affairs - Development Assistance by Labour leader Phil Goff.
In 2009, Twyford's Local Government (Protection of Auckland Assets) Amendment Bill was drawn from the member's ballot, but failed to pass its first reading.[2] Twyford promoted the bill because of concerns that the reorganisation of Auckland's local governance by National and Act into a "Supercity" unity was partially to allow the sell-off of public assets, a claim his opponents claimed was "scaremongering".[3] Twyford continues to be involved in the matter of Auckland's local government reorganisation, and is a Labour representative on the select committee on the associated Auckland Law Reform bill.[4]
In September 2010, his Depleted Uranium (Prohibition) Bill, which would ban depleted uranium weapons and armour from New Zealand,[5][6] was drawn from the member's ballot.[7] It is currently waiting for its first reading.
Phil Twyford has been ranked at 33 on Labour's list for the 2011 election.
In his maiden speech to Parliament, Twyford expressed support for a New Zealand republic.[8]