Electoral history of Jim McLay

This is a summary of the electoral history of Jim McLay, Leader of the National Party (1984–86), and Member of Parliament for Birkenhead (1975–87).

Parliamentary elections

General election, 1975: Birkenhead^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Jim McLay	10,871	51.5
	Labour	Norman King	8,055	38.2	-11.6
	Values	Ray Tomes	1,253	5.9
	Social Credit	G Thew	907	4.3	-1.2
	Independent	N J Hardie	14	0.1
Majority			2,816	13.3
Turnout			24,753	85.5	-5.4

General election, 1978: Birkenhead^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Jim McLay	9,350	48.6	-2.9
	Labour	Rex Stanton	6,816	35.4
	Social Credit	Des Long	2,583	13.4
	Values	E K Wargeant	480	2.4
Majority			2,534	13.1
Turnout			26,882	71.8	-13.7

General election, 1981: Birkenhead^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Jim McLay	9,672	41.9	-6.7
	Labour	Bill Smith	7,568	32.7
	Social Credit	Mervyn Adair	3,552	15.3
Majority			2,104	9.1
Turnout			23,082	90.4	+18.6

General election, 1984: Birkenhead^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Jim McLay	9,547	40.8	-1.1
	Labour	John Course	7,830	33.5
	NZ Party	Janie Pearce	3,761	16.0
	Social Credit	B R Sheppard	648	2.7
Majority			1,717	7.3	-1.8
Turnout			23,370	94.9	+4.5

	Name	Votes	Percentage
	Jim Bolger	25	65.78%
	Jim McLay	13	34.22%

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.

Electoral histories of New Zealand National Party leaders
Adam Hamilton Sidney Holland Keith Holyoake Jack Marshall Robert Muldoon Jim McLay Jim Bolger Jenny Shipley Bill English Don Brash John Key

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