Electoral history of Andrew Little

This is a summary of the electoral history of Andrew Little, Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party (2014–2017), President of the New Zealand Labour Party (2009–2011), and a List MP (2011–present).

Parliamentary elections

2011 election

General election 2011: New Plymouth[1]
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 % ±%
National Green tickY Jonathan Young 17,644 53.31 +5.13 18,073 53.26 +2.79
Labour Andrew Little 13,374 40.41 -7.47 8,761 25.82 -5.60
Green Geoff Steedman 1,277 3.86 +3.86 3,276 9.65 +3.23
Legalise Cannabis Jamie Dombroski 439 1.33 +1.33 178 0.52 +0.05
Independent Rusty Kane 361 1.09 -1.11
NZ First   2,137 6.30 +2.25
Conservative Party of New Zealand   667 1.97 +1.97
ACT   347 1.02 -2.16
Māori Party   207 0.61 -0.14
United Future   154 0.45 -0.20
Mana   72 0.21 +0.21
Libertarianz   30 0.09 +0.01
Democrats   19 0.06 -0.07
Alliance   11 0.03 -0.06
Informal votes 808 235
Total valid votes 33,095 33,932
National hold Majority 4,270 12.90 +12.60

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,973[2]

2014 election

General election 2014: New Plymouth[3]
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 % ±%
National Green tickY Jonathan Young 21,566 57.75 +4.14 20,969 55.65 +2.39
Labour Andrew Little 11,788 31.56 −8.85 7,947 21.10 −4.72
Green Sarah Roberts 2,025 5.42 +1.56 3,005 7.97 −1.68
Legalise Cannabis Jamie Dombroski 701 1.88 +0.55 218 0.58 +0.06
Conservative Party of New Zealand Angela Storr 633 1.69 +1.69 1,201 3.19 +1.22
ACT James Gray 205 0.55 +0.55 172 0.46 −0.56
NZ First   3,395 9.00 +2.70
Internet Mana   263 0.70 +0.49[a]
Māori Party   199 0.53 −0.08
United Future   66 0.18 −0.27
Ban 1080   57 0.15 +0.15
Civilian   57 0.15 +0.15
Democrats   28 0.07 +0.01
Independent Coalition   10 0.03 +0.03
Focus   10 0.03 +0.03
Informal votes 429 128
Total valid votes 37,347 37,681
Turnout 37,681 77.51 +2.06
National hold Majority 9,778 26.18 +13.28

Leadership elections

2009 presidential election

On 2 March 2009 it was announced that Little was elected unopposed as President of the New Zealand Labour Party.[4]

2014 leadership election

Main article: New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 2014
Labour leadership election results[5]
Section
(% weighting) 		Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Caucus
(40%) 		Little 15.63% 34.38% 43.75%
Robertson 43.75% 43.75% 56.25%
Parker 21.88% 21.88% –
Mahuta 18.75% – –
Party
(40%) 		Little 25.71% 34.11% 44.77%
Robertson 38.25% 40.92% 55.23%
Parker 22.41% 24.97% –
Mahuta 13.62% – –
Union affiliates
(20%) 		Little 64.12% 70.62% 75.66%
Robertson 18.91% 20.20% 24.44%
Parker 7.28% 9.18% –
Mahuta 9.70% – –
Final result Little 29.36% 42.52% 50.52%
Robertson 36.58% 37.91% 49.48%
Parker 19.17% 20.58% –
Mahuta 14.89% – –

Notes

  1. ^ 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. ^ 2011 election results
  2. ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  3. ^ "2014 election results". Electoral Commission. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Andrew Little elected Labour Party president". The New Zealand Herald. NZPA. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  5. ^ Trevett, Claire (18 November 2014). "'He has the vision to win the trust of New Zealanders' – Andrew Little elected Labour leader". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 12 January 2017.