Candidates in the 2017 New Zealand general election by electorate

New Zealand political candidates in the MMP era

Year	Party list	Candidates
1996	party lists	by electorate
1999	party lists	by electorate
2002	party lists	by electorate
2005	party lists	by electorate
2008	party lists	by electorate
2011	party lists	by electorate
2014	party lists	by electorate
2017	party lists	by electorate
2020	party lists	by electorate
2023	party lists	by electorate

Seventy-one members of the New Zealand House of Representatives were elected from electorates in the general election on 23 September 2017.

General electorates

Auckland Central

2017 general election: Auckland Central[1]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Frank Edwards		48	[2]
	Conservative	Stephen Greenfield		none
	Opportunities	Mika Haka		10	[3]
	Climate First	Leslie Jones
	National	Nikki Kaye		13	[4]
	Green	Denise Roche	Contested electorate in 2014	13	[5]
	ACT	Brooke van Velden		3	[6]
	Labour	Helen White		40	[7]

Bay of Plenty

2017 general election: Bay of Plenty[8]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Māori Party	Raewyn Bennett
	ACT	Bruce Carley		18	[6]
	NZ First	Lester Gray		27	[9]
	National	Todd Muller		43	[4]
	Labour	Angie Warren-Clark		39	[10]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Democrats	Tracy Livingston	Announced, but not on final candidate list; contested electorate in 2014	19	[11]

Botany

2017 general election: Botany[12]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Māori Party	Wetex Kang		13	[13]
	United Future	Damian Light	Contested Northcote in 2014	1	[14]
	Labour	Tofik Mamedov	Contested electorate in 2014	67	[15]
	National	Jami-Lee Ross		27	[4]
	ACT	Sam Singh		34
	Green	Julie Zhu		22	[16]

Christchurch Central

2017 general election: Christchurch Central[17]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	United Future	Ian Gaskin		9
	Opportunities	Doug Hill		7	[18]
	Green	Peter Richardson		52	[19]
	NZ First	Phil Robinson		none	[20]
	Legalise Cannabis	Janine Shufflebotham		9
	National	Nicky Wagner		22	[4]
	Labour	Duncan Webb		43	[15]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Green	Dora Langsbury	Withdrew candidacy due to work commitments		[21]

Christchurch East

2017 general election: Christchurch East[22]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Conservative	Chris Brosnan	Contested Port Hills in 2014	none	[23]
	National	Jo Hayes	Contested electorate in 2014	36	[4]
	Legalise Cannabis	Paula Lambert		3
	NZ First	Melanie Mark-Shadbolt		19	[20]
	ACT	Toni Severin	Contested Christchurch Central in 2014	10	[6]
	Green	Cathy Sweet		59
	Labour	Poto Williams		25	[15]

Clutha-Southland

2017 general election: Clutha-Southland[24]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Ban 1080	Brian Adams		4
	Conservative	Lachlan Ashton	Contested electorate in 2014	6	[23]
	Labour	Cherie Chapman		62	[25]
	Green	Rachael Goldsmith	Contested electorate in 2014	39	[26]
	NZ First	Mark Patterson		7	[27][28]
	Independent	Joe Stringer
	National	Hamish Walker	Contested Dunedin South in 2014	68	[29]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Todd Barclay	Was re-selected, but later resigned		[30][31]

Coromandel

2017 general election: Coromandel[32]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Anne-Marie Andrews		41	[9]
	Labour	Nathaniel Blomfield		69	[33]
	Ban 1080	Clyde Graf		1
	National	Scott Simpson		26	[4]
	Green	Scott Summerfield		34	[34]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ACT	Vineet Shiriwastow	Announced, but not on candidate list	37	[6]

Dunedin North

2017 general election: Dunedin North[35]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Niki Bould		32	[36]
	Labour	David Clark		9	[15]
	Independent	Adrian Graamans	Contested electorate in 2014
	Opportunities	Abe Gray	Contested electorate in 2014 for Legalise Cannabis	14
	Independent	Stan Lusby	Contested electorate in 2014
	ACT	Sam Purchas		9	[6]
	NZ First	Warren Voight	Contested Dunedin South in 2014 for Democrats	46	[37]
	National	Michael Woodhouse	Contested electorate in 2014 election	10	[4]

Dunedin South

2017 general election: Dunedin South[38]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Clare Curran		23	[39]
	ACT	Dan Doughty		22	[6]
	Green	Shane Gallagher	Contested electorate in 2014	33	[40]
	National	Matt Gregory		53	[4]
	Legalise Cannabis	Adrian McDermott		8
	NZ First	Kerry Rushton		51	[37]
	Opportunities	Lindsay Smith		26

East Coast

2017 general election: East Coast[41]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Kiri Allan		21	[15][42]
	Green	Gareth Hughes	Contested Ōhariu in 2008 and 2011	5	[43]
	Opportunities	Lesley Immink		17	[44]
	Independent	Tekawe Ratu
	NZ First	Julian Tilley		42	[9]
	National	Anne Tolley		11	[4][43]
	Māori Party	Rihi Vercoe

East Coast Bays

2017 general election: East Coast Bays[45]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Stephen Berry	Contested Upper Harbour in 2014	5	[6]
	Labour	Naisi Chen		50	[46]
	Green	Nicholas Mayne		49
	Opportunities	Teresa Moore	Initially announced as Green Party candidate	3	[18][47]
	NZ First	Ilja Ruppeldt		49	[2]
	National	Erica Stanford		65	[4]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Rohan Lord	Withdrew due to low list placing	72	[48][49]
	National	Murray McCully			[4]

Epsom

2017 general election: Epsom[50]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Conservative	Leighton Baker	Contested Christchurch East in 2014	1	[51]
	Green	Barry Coates	Contested Mount Roskill in 2014	10	[52]
	National	Paul Goldsmith	Contested electorate in 2014	18	[4]
	Labour	David Parker	Contested electorate in 2011	10	[15]
	NZ First	Julian Paul		33	[2]
	ACT	David Seymour		1	[6]

Hamilton East

2017 general election: Hamilton East[53]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	David Bennett		24	[4]
	RONZ	Jack Gielen	Contested electorate in 2008
	ACT	James McDowall		13	[6]
	NZ First	Pita Paraone	Contested Whangarei in 2014	11	[54]
	Labour	Jamie Strange	Contested Taupō in 2014	36	[15]
	Green	Sam Taylor		25	[55]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Democrats	Mischele Rhodes	Announced, but not on final candidate list; contested electorate in 2014		[11]

Hamilton West

2017 general election: Hamilton West[56]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Tim Macindoe		25	[4]
	Opportunities	Donna Pokere-Phillips	Contested Port Waikato for Alliance in 1999	6	[18]
	Māori Party	Boris Samujh		none
	Labour	Gaurav Sharma		70	[57]
	Independent	Roger Stratford
	United Future	Quentin Todd		6	[14]
	Independent	Vin Tomar
	NZ First	Shayne Wihongi		34
	Green	Jo Wrigley		28	[58]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Sue Moroney	Won nomination before choosing to retire.		[59]

Helensville

2017 general election: Helensville[60]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Alex Evans		23	[6]
	Green	Hayley Holt		14	[61]
	National	Chris Penk	Contested Kelston in 2014	64	[4]
	NZ First	Helen Peterson		20	[62]
	Labour	Kurt Taogaga		59	[25]
	Conservative	Brendan Whyte		none	[23]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	John Key	Retired before election.		[63]

Hunua

2017 general election: Hunua[64]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Andrew Bayly		39	[4]
	Independent	Ian Cummings	Contested electorate for ACT in 2014		[65]
	Labour	Baljit Kaur		64	[66]
	Green	Phil McCabe		none
	NZ First	Jon Reeves	Contested electorate in 2014	16	[2]
	ACT	Anthony Smith		35	[6]

Hutt South

2017 general election: Hutt South[67]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Ginny Andersen	Contested Ōhariu in 2014	28	[15]
	Outdoors	Wilf Bearman-Reidel		4	[68]
	National	Chris Bishop	Contested electorate in 2014	40	[4]
	Independent	Dorothy Fox
	NZ First	Alok Gupta		52	[69]
	Green	Virginia Horrocks			[70]
	ACT	Andy Parkins		17	[6]
	Opportunities	Richard Warwick		12	[71]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Trevor Mallard	Contesting list only		[72]
	Green	Susanne Ruthven	Withdrew citing work commitments	25	[73][74]

Ilam

2017 general election: Ilam[75]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Gerry Brownlee		5	[4]
	Independent	Martin Francis
	Conservative	Martin Frauenstein		5	[23]
	ACT	Paul Gilbert	Contested Selwyn in 2014	24	[6]
	Green	David Lee		48	[76]
	Independent	Raf Manji			[77]
	Labour	Anthony Rimell		71	[78]

Invercargill

2017 general election: Invercargill[79]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Ria Bond	Contested electorate in 2014	12	[80]
	Labour	Liz Craig	Contested Clutha-Southland in 2014	31	[15]
	National	Sarah Dowie		41	[4][80]
	Green	Rochelle Surendran		35	[81]

Kaikōura

2017 general election: Kaikōura[82]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Jamie Arbuckle		23	[83]
	ACT	Richard Evans	Contested electorate in 2014	12	[6]
	United Future	John Foster		8	[14]
	Conservative	David Greenslade		none	[23]
	Democrats	John McCaskey	Contested electorate in 2014	23	[11]
	Green	Richard McCubbin		none
	National	Stuart Smith		47	[4]
	Labour	Janette Walker	Contested electorate in 2014	45	[15]

Kelston

2017 general election: Kelston[84]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Bala Beeram		57	[4]
	NZ First	Anne Degia-Pala	Contested electorate in 2014	28	[85]
	Conservative	Warren Knott		none	[23]
	Legalise Cannabis	Jeff Lye	Contested electorate in 2014	2
	Green	Nicola Smith		57
	Labour	Carmel Sepuloni		8	[15]
	Māori Party	Cinnamon Whitlock		18

Mana

2017 general election: Mana[86]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Kris Faafoi		20	[87]
	Not A Party	Richard Goode	Contested electorate for ALCP in 2014
	Green	Jan Logie	Contested electorate in 2011 and 2014	6	[88]
	Independent	Gordon Marshall
	National	Euon Murrell		59	[4]
	ACT	Shan Ng		8	[6]
	United Future New Zealand	Kelleigh Sheffield-Cranstoun		2

Māngere

2017 general election: Māngere[89]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Communist League	Felicity Coggan	Contested Maungakiekie in 2014		[90]
	Green	Elaine Dyett		42
	National	Agnes Loheni		49	[4][91]
	Mana	James Papali'i	Contested electorate in 2014	3
	NZ First	Mataroa Paroro	Contested Hutt South in 2014	50	[2]
	Labour	William Sio		16	[15]
	Conservative	Kevin Stitt	Contested Papakura in 2014	4	[23]
	Māori Party	Esther Tofilau-Tevaga		15	[92]

Manukau East

2017 general election: Manukau East[93]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi	Contested electorate in 2014	32	[4]
	Māori Party	Tuilagi Saipele Esera		8	[92]
	NZ First	William Flesher		43	[2]
	Opportunities	Ted Faleauto Johnston		13	[18]
	Independent	Tamatoa Richmond
	Labour	Jenny Salesa		19	[15]
	ACT	Bhupinder Singh		4	[6]
	Green	Raj Singh		56	[94]

Manurewa

2017 general election: Manurewa[95]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Katrina Bungard		56	[91][4]
	NZ First	John Hall	Contested electorate in 2014	45	[2]
	Māori Party	Tasha Hohaia		14	[96]
	Conservative	Elliot Ikilei	Contested electorate in 2014	2	[97]
	Green	Teanau Tuiono		16	[98]
	Labour	Louisa Wall		26	[15]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ACT	Sam Singh	Contesting Botany instead.	34	[6]

Maungakiekie

2017 general election: Maungakiekie[99]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Denise Lee	Contested electorate for United Future in 2008	63	[4]
	Māori Party	Manase Lua		12	[92]
	NZ First	Ken Mahon		55	[2]
	Outdoors	Derrick Paull		3	[100]
	Labour	Priyanca Radhakrishnan		12	[101]
	Green	Chlöe Swarbrick		7	[102]
	Communist League	Michael Tucker			[90]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Sam Lotu-Iiga			[103]

Mount Albert

2017 general election: Mount Albert[104]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Jacinda Ardern		1	[15]
	Green	Julie Anne Genter	Contested electorate in 2017 by-election	3	[105]
	Conservative	Jeffrey Johnson	Contested electorate in 2014	11	[23]
	National	Melissa Lee	Contested electorate in 2014	31	[4]
	NZ First	Andrew Littlejohn		53	[2]
	Independent	Bruce Stockman
	Opportunities	Dan Thurston		16	[18]
	Human Rights Party	Anthony van den Heuvel

Mount Roskill

2017 general election: Mount Roskill[106]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Mahesh Bindra	Contested electorate in 2014	10	[2]
	Conservative	Kathryn Davie		7	[23]
	Independent	Bishrul Izadeen
	Māori Party	John Kiria		9	[92]
	Democrats	Andrew Leitch	Contested electorate in 2016 by-election	6	[11]
	Green	Ricardo Menéndez March		21	[107]
	National	Parmjeet Parmar	Contested electorate in 2016 by-election	34	[4]
	Opportunities	Clint Ulyatt		15
	Labour	Michael Wood		27	[15]

Napier

2017 general election: Napier[108]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Conservative	Laurence Day		none
	National	David Elliott		55	[4]
	Māori Party	Maryanne Marsters		22	[92]
	Democrats	Karl Matthys		10
	Labour	Stuart Nash		11	[109]
	Green	Damon Rusden		54	[110]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Democrats	Barry Pulford	Announced, but not on final candidate list	21	[109]

Nelson

2017 general election: Nelson[111]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Rachel Boyack		48	[112]
	Conservative	Simon Gutschlag			[23]
	Outdoors	David Haynes		2	[113]
	ACT	Paul Hufflett	Contested electorate in 2014	28	[6]
	Green	Matt Lawrey		18	[114]
	Money Free Party	Richard Osmaston	Contested electorate in 2014
	NZ First	Susan Sara		54
	National	Nick Smith		15	[4]

New Lynn

2017 general election: New Lynn[115]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Peter Chan		26	[116]
	Conservative	Paul Davie	Contested Mount Roskill in 2014	9	[23]
	National	Paulo Garcia		50	[4]
	United Future	John Hubscher		7	[14]
	Democrats	Scott Macarthur		4	[117]
	Labour	Deborah Russell	Contested Rangitīkei in 2014	30	[118]
	Green	Leilani Tamu		17	[119]
	ACT	Richard Wells		14	[6]
	Māori Party	Karen Williams		23	[92]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	David Cunliffe	Retired before election		[120]

New Plymouth

2017 general election: New Plymouth[121]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Stuart Bramhall		none
	ACT	Anneka Carlson		7	[6]
	NZ First	Murray Chong		30
	Labour	Corie Haddock	Contested Helensville in 2014	75	[122]
	Independent	Basil Lawrence
	National	Jonathan Young		35	[4]

North Shore

2017 general election: North Shore[123]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Maggie Barry		17	[4]
	Logic Party	Miriam Clements
	NZ First	Joshua Hubbard		24	[2]
	Opportunities	Matt Isbister		21
	ACT	Nick Kearney	Contested electorate in 2014	31	[6]
	Labour	Romy Udanga		47	[124]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Green	Kennedy Graham	Announced, but not on final candidate list		[47]

Northcote

2017 general election: Northcote[125]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Democrats	Tricia Cheel	Contested East Coast Bays for Ban 1080 in 2014	22
	National	Jonathan Coleman		8	[4]
	Labour	Shanan Halbert	Contested List in 2014	51	[126]
	Green	Rebekah Jaung		47
	NZ First	Kym Koloni		38	[2]
	ACT	Tim Kronfeld	Contested electorate in 2014	30
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ACT	Bruce Haycock	Contested Upper Harbour instead.	29	[6]

Northland

2017 general election: Northland[127]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Peter Hughes		none
	National	Matt King		51	[4]
	ACT	Craig Nelson	Contested electorate in 2014	32	[6]
	NZ First	Winston Peters		1	[128]
	Labour	Willow-Jean Prime	Contested electorate in 2014 & 2015 by-election	17	[129][15]
	Conservative	Melanie Taylor	Contested electorate in 2014	3	[23]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Green	David Clendon	Announced, but not on final candidate list		[130]
	Legalise Cannabis	Maki Herbert	Announced, but not on final candidate list	1	[128]
	Democrats	David Wilson	Announced, but not on final candidate list	17	[11]

Ōhāriu

2017 general election: Ōhāriu[131]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Lisa Close		22	[69]
	Opportunities	Jessica Hammond Doube		24	[44]
	National	Brett Hudson	Contested electorate in 2014	30	[4]
	ACT	Andie Moore		16	[6]
	United Future	Bale Nadakuitavuki	Previously standing in Wellington Central	4	[132]
	Labour	Greg O'Connor		41	[133]
	Green	Tane Woodley	Contested electorate in 2014	27	[134]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	United Future	Peter Dunne			[135]

Ōtaki

2017 general election: Ōtaki[136]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Sam Ferguson		43
	ACT	Wayne Grattan		39
	National	Nathan Guy		12	[4]
	Independent	Sam Jennings
	Labour	Rob McCann	Contested electorate in 2014	none	[15]
	NZ First	Romuald Rudzki	Contested Rangitikei in 2014	35	[54]
	Opportunities	Piri-Hira Tukapua		8
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	United Future	James Maxwell	Announced, but not on final candidate list

Pakuranga

2017 general election: Pakuranga[137]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Simeon Brown	Contested Manurewa in 2014	60	[4]
	Green	Guy Hunt		41	[138]
	NZ First	Suzanne Kelly		29	[2]
	Labour	Barry Kirker	Contested electorate in 2014	66	[139]
	Māori Party	Carrie Stoddart-Smith		11	[140]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Maurice Williamson			[141]

Palmerston North

2017 general election: Palmerston North[142]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Money Free Party	Andrew Scott
	NZ First	Darroch Ball	Contested electorate in 2014	5
	Labour	Iain Lees-Galloway		14	[15]
	Green	Thomas Nash		24	[143]
	National	Adrienne Pierce		54	[4]

Papakura

2017 general election: Papakura[144]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Māori Party	Raewyn Bhana	Contested Manurewa in 2014	19
	National	Judith Collins		16	[4]
	NZ First	Toa Greening		32	[2]
	Labour	Jesse Pabla		54	[145]

Port Hills

2017 general election: Port Hills[146]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Ruth Dyson		24	[15]
	ACT	David Fox		none
	Democrats	Gary Gribben	Contested electorate in 2014	24	[11]
	National	Nuk Korako	Contested electorate in 2014	42	[4]
	NZ First	Denis O'Rourke	Contested electorate in 2011 and 2014	13	[147]
	Green	Eugenie Sage	Contested electorate in 2014	4	[148]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Conservative	Roger Larkins	Contesting Tukituki instead.	10	[23]

Rangitata

2017 general election: Rangitata[149]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Tom Corbett	Contested electorate in 2014	19	[6]
	National	Andrew Falloon		61	[4]
	Labour	Jo Luxton		29	[15]
	Green	Mojo Mathers	Contested Christchurch East in 2014.	9	[150]
	Opportunities	Olly Wilson		5	[151]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Jo Goodhew			[4]

Rangitīkei

2017 general election: Rangitīkei[152]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Conservative	Cedric Backhouse		none	[23]
	Green	Robin McCandless		31	[143]
	National	Ian McKelvie		37	[4]
	NZ First	Rob Stevenson		21	[28]
	Labour	Heather Warren		60	[153]
	ACT	Neil Wilson	Contested electorate in 2014	37	[6]

Rimutaka

2017 general election: Rimutaka[154]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Stefan Grand-Meyer		30	[73]
	Labour	Chris Hipkins		7	[155]
	Conservative	Philip Lynch	Contested electorate in 2014	none	[23]
	NZ First	Talani Meikle		25	[69][156]
	National	Carolyn O'Fallon		58	[4]
	ACT	Grae O'Sullivan	Contested Hutt South in 2014	11	[6]

Rodney

2017 general election: Rodney[157]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Harrison Burnard
	Labour	Marja Lubeck		32	[158]
	NZ First	Tracey Martin	Contested electorate in 2014	3	[159]
	National	Mark Mitchell		21	[4]
	Opportunities	Brittany Owens		20
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ACT	Beth Houlbrooke	Announced, but not on final candidate list	2	[6]

Rongotai

2017 general election: Rongotai[160]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Teall Crossen		15	[161]
	Labour	Paul Eagle		34	[162]
	National	Chris Finlayson	Contested electorate in 2014	9	[4]
	NZ First	Geoff Mills		39	[69]
	Opportunities	Paddy Plunket		19
	Not a Party	Simon Smythe
	ACT	Chris Sole		36	[6]
	Conservative	Bruce Welsh	Contested electorate in 2014	8	[23]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Labour	Annette King	Initially contesting list only before deciding to retire		[163][164]
	United Future	Sultan Eusoff	Announced, but not on final candidate list		[14]

Rotorua

2017 general election: Rotorua[165]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Māori Party	Wendy Biddle		21	[166]
	Independent	Rachel Clark
	Green	Richard Gillies		44	[167]
	National	Todd McClay		14	[4]
	Conservative	Owen Patterson		none	[23]
	Labour	Ben Sandford		58	[168]
	NZ First	Fletcher Tabuteau	Contested electorate in 2014	4	[9]

Selwyn

2017 general election: Selwyn[169]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	National	Amy Adams		7	[4]
	Labour	Tony Condon		72	[170]
	ACT	Brian Davidson		20	[6]
	Green	Chrys Horn		none
	NZ First	Lindy Palmer		56	[20]
	Opportunities	Nicky Snoyink		11	[151]

Tāmaki

2017 general election: Tāmaki[171]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Independent	Penny Bright	Contested Helensville in 2014
	Green	Richard Leckinger		23	[172]
	Labour	Sam McDonald		61	[173]
	NZ First	Jenny Marcroft		9	[2]
	ACT	Michael Milne	Contested electorate in 2014		[6]
	National	Simon O'Connor		38	[4]
	Māori Party	Mele Pepa		25

Taranaki-King Country

2017 general election: Taranaki-King Country[174]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Hilary Humphrey		55	[175]
	National	Barbara Kuriger		28	[4]
	Green	Robert Moore	Contested electorate in 2011 and 2014	50	[176]
	Conservative	Allan Thomson		none

Taupō

2017 general election: Taupō[177]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Al'a Al-Bustanji		63	[178]
	Green	Julie Sandilands		55	[179]
	Conservative	Denis Shuker		none	[23]
	Outdoors	Alan Simmons	Contested electorate in 2014 for United Future	1	[180]
	National	Louise Upston		19	[4]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	Democrats	John Pemberton	Announced, but not on final candidate list		[11]

Tauranga

2017 general election: Tauranga[181]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Māori Party	Joseph Borell		none
	National	Simon Bridges		6	[182][4]
	Green	Emma-Leigh Hodge		45
	Democrats	Jason Jobsis	Contested Clutha-Southland in 2014	3
	Independent	Rusty Kane	Contested electorate in 2014		[183]
	Independent	Yvette Lamare	Contested electorate in 2014
	NZ First	Clayton Mitchell	Contested electorate in 2014	6	[182]
	ACT	Stuart Pedersen	Contested electorate in 2014	6	[6]
	United Future New Zealand	Ben Rickard	Contested Bay of Plenty in 2014	2
	Independent	Hugh Robb
	Labour	Jan Tinetti		15	[184]

Te Atatū

2017 general election: Te Atatū[185]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Stephen Fletcher	Contested electorate in 2014	38
	Green	Golriz Ghahraman		8	[186]
	Conservative	Marilyn Johnson		none	[23]
	National	Alfred Ngaro	Contested electorate in 2014	20	[4]
	Independent	Tua Schuster
	Labour	Phil Twyford		5	[187]
	NZ First	David Wilson		14	[2]

Tukituki

2017 general election: Tukituki[188]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Joe Kairau		37
	Conservative	Roger Larkins		10
	Labour	Anna Lorck	Contested electorate in 2014	46	[15]
	Green	Chris Perley	Contested electorate in 2014	20	[110]
	Democrats	Dick Ryan	Contested electorate in 2014	15	[189]
	Future Youth	Allister Tosh
	National	Lawrence Yule	Incumbent Mayor of Hastings	67	[4]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Craig Foss			[190]

Upper Harbour

2017 general election: Upper Harbour[191]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Jin An		53	[192]
	National	Paula Bennett		2	[4]
	Green	James Goodhue		39	[47]
	ACT	Bruce Haycock		27
	NZ First	Jane Johnston		47	[2]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	ACT	Tim Kronfeld	Contested Northcote instead.	32	[6]

Waikato

2017 general election: Waikato[193]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Stu Husband		17	[28]
	Labour	Brooke Loader		57	[194]
	Green	Philippa Stevenson		58	[195]
	National	Tim van de Molen		66	[4]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Lindsay Tisch			[196]
	Democrats	Carolyn McKenzie	Announced, but not on final candidate list		[11]

Waimakariri

2017 general election: Waimakariri[197]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Democrats	Peter Adcock-White	Contested electorate in 2014	20	[11]
	Green	Nikki Berry		none
	National	Matt Doocey		29	[4]
	Opportunities	Nicola Glenjarman		9
	ACT	Stuart Hawkins		26	[6]
	Conservative	Benjamin Price	Contested electorate in 2014	12	[23]
	NZ First	Richard Prosser	Contested electorate in 2014	15	[20]
	Māori Party	Aroha Reriti-Crofts	Contested electorate in 2014	none
	Labour	Dan Rosewarne		52	[15]
	Independent	Destiny Wiringi

Wairarapa

2017 general election: Wairarapa[198]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Roger Greenslade		25	[6]
	Independent	James Harold
	Green	John Hart	Contested electorate in 2014	12	[199]
	NZ First	Ron Mark	Contested electorate in 2014	2
	Labour	Kieran McAnulty	Contested electorate in 2014	38
	National	Alastair Scott		46	[4]

Waitaki

2017 general election: Waitaki[200]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Zelie Allan		none	[201]
	National	Jacqui Dean		23	[4]
	NZ First	Alexander Familton		40	[202]
	Conservative	Raymond Lum		none	[23]
	Opportunities	Kevin Neill		24	[151]
	Green	Patrick Wall		38	[203]
	Democrats	Hessel Van Wieren	Contested electorate in 2014	5	[11]

Wellington Central

2017 general election: Wellington Central[204]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Andy Foster		18	[69]
	Independent	Gayaal Iddamalgoda			[205]
	Labour	Grant Robertson		4	[206]
	Independent	Peter Robinson	Contested electorate in 2014
	Green	James Shaw	contested electorate in 2011 and 2014	1	[206]
	Opportunities	Geoff Simmons	Contested Mount Albert in 2017 by-election	2	[44]
	ACT	Michael Warren		15	[6]
	Not A Party	Bob Wessex
	National	Nicola Willis		48	[4]
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	United Future	Bale Nadakuitavuki	Moved to Ōhāriu after Peter Dunne retired		[207]

West Coast-Tasman

2017 general election: West Coast-Tasman[208]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Money Free Party	Liam Anderson
	Democrats	Jack Collin		11
	NZ First	Jackie Farrelly		31
	Green	Kate Fulton		26	[209]
	GOdsownNZ	Claire Holley	Contested electorate in 2014 for Conservatives		[210]
	ACT	Zeb Markland		none	[211]
	Labour	Damien O'Connor		18	[15]
	National	Maureen Pugh	Contested electorate in 2014 election	44	[4]
	Ban 1080	Peter Salter	Contested electorate in 2014	3
	Independent	Steven Wilkinson	Contested electorate in 2014

Whanganui

2017 general election: Whanganui[212]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Alan Davidson	Contested electorate in 2014	21
	National	Harete Hipango		62	[4]
	Labour	Steph Lewis		42	[213]
	Green	Nicola Patrick		51	[214]
	NZ First	Reginald Skipworth		36
Retiring incumbents and withdrawn candidates
	National	Chester Borrows			[215]
	ACT	Colin Anderson	Announced, but not on final candidate list	18	[6]

Whangarei

2017 general election: Whangarei[216]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	ACT	Robin Grieve	Contested electorate in 2014	none	[6]
	Green	Ash Holwell		29	[217]
	NZ First	Shane Jones	Former Labour MP	8	[218]
	Democrats	Chris Leitch	Contested electorate in 2014	2	[219]
	Independent	Marie Minhinnick
	National	Shane Reti		45	[4]
	Labour	Tony Savage		56	[220]
	Conservative	Jim Taylor		none	[23]

Wigram

2017 general election: Wigram[221]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	NZ First	Tane Apanui		44	[20]
	Economic Euthenics	Tubby Hansen	Contested electorate in 2014
	National	David Hiatt		52	[4]
	ACT	Ruth Knights
	Independent	Geoff McTague
	Democrats	John Ring	Contested electorate in 2014	13	[11]
	Green	Richard Wesley		40	[222]
	Labour	Megan Woods		6	[15]

Māori electorates

Hauraki-Waikato

2017 general election: Hauraki-Waikato[223]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Nanaia Mahuta		none	[224]
	Māori Party	Rahui Papa		3	[225]

Ikaroa-Rāwhiti

2017 general election: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti[226]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Māori Party	Marama Fox	Contested electorate in 2014	1	[227]
	Green	Elizabeth Kerekere		19	[228]
	Labour	Meka Whaitiri		none	[227]

Tāmaki Makaurau

2017 general election: Tāmaki Makaurau[229]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Marama Davidson	Contested electorate in 2014	2	[228]
	Labour	Peeni Henare		none	[15]
	Māori Party	Shane Taurima		4	[230]

Te Tai Hauāuru

2017 general election: Te Tai Hauāuru[231]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Green	Jack McDonald	Contested electorate in 2011 and 2014	11	[232]
	Labour	Adrian Rurawhe		none	[233][234]
	Māori Party	Howie Tamati		6	[235]
	Independent	Wikitoria Waitai-Rapana

Te Tai Tokerau

2017 general election: Te Tai Tokerau[236]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Labour	Kelvin Davis		2	[129]
	Mana	Hone Harawira	MP 2005–14	1	[237]
	Legalise Cannabis	Maki Herbert	Contested electorate in 2011	1
	Green	Godfrey Rudolph		53	[228]

Te Tai Tonga

2017 general election: Te Tai Tonga[238]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Legalise Cannabis	Emma-Jane Mihaere Kingi	Contested electorate in 2014	5
	Māori Party	Mei Reedy-Taare		5	[239]
	Labour	Rino Tirikatene		none	[240]
	Green	Metiria Turei	contested Dunedin North in 2014	none	[240]

Waiariki

2017 general election: Waiariki[241]
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Māori Party	Te Ururoa Flavell		2	[242]
	Labour	Tāmati Coffey	Contested Rotorua in 2014	35	[15]

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