North Island regional summary – NZ 2014

Electorate Margin Electorate Margin Bay of Plenty NAT 49.69% vs LAB Rangitīkei NAT 29.55% vs LAB Coromandel NAT 37.86% vs LAB Rotorua NAT 29.06% vs LAB East Coast NAT 16.65% vs LAB Taranaki-King Country NAT 50.82% vs LAB Hamilton East NAT 24.37% vs LAB Taupō NAT 42.92% vs...

Māori electorate summary – NZ 2014

Electorate Margin Electorate Margin Hauraki-Waikato LAB 35.53% vs MANA Te Tai Tokerau MANA 6.21% vs LAB Ikaroa-Rāwhiti LAB 37.61% vs MAORI Te Tai Tonga LAB 8.83% vs MAORI Tāmaki Makaurau MAORI 5.31% vs LAB Waiariki MAORI 10.59% vs MANA Te Tai Hauāuru MAORI 18.45% vs LAB Local electorates There are seven Māori electorates covering the entirety of New Zealand. Three...

Christchurch regional summary – NZ 2014

Electorate Margin Electorate Margin Christchurch Central NAT 1.33% vs LAB Port Hills NAT 2.50% vs LAB Christchurch East LAB 18.82% vs NAT Wigram LAB 4.46% vs NAT Ilam NAT 40.07% vs LAB Local electorates There are five electorates in the Christchurch urban area. Two electorates are held by the National...

Auckland Surrounds regional summary – NZ 2014

Electorate Margin Electorate Margin Helensville NAT 45.97% vs LAB Papakura NAT 31.59% vs LAB Hunua NAT 50.86% vs LAB Rodney NAT 31.01% vs CON Northland NAT 35.95% vs LAB Whangarei NAT 36.74% vs LAB Local electorates "Auckland Surrounds" covers the rural parts of Auckland Regional Council (both north and...

Auckland regional summary – NZ 2014

Electorate Margin Electorate Margin Auckland Central NAT 10.60% vs LAB Mount Albert LAB 24.10% vs NAT Botany NAT 37.81% vs LAB Mount Roskill LAB 10.59% vs NAT East Coast Bays NAT 52.49% vs LAB New Lynn LAB 22.58% vs NAT Epsom ACT 6.68% vs NAT North Shore NAT 41.87% vs...

New Zealand election guide launched

After a few months of work, I've completed the Tally Room guide to the upcoming New Zealand general election. New Zealand will be electing a new Parliament on 20 September. The guide includes profiles of all 71 electorates, including open comment threads for each electorate. In addition, pages...

ACT redistribution – 17 to 25

While I was away in the US, the ACT Legislative Assembly officially voted to increase the number of seats in the Assembly from 17 to 25. The Assembly is currently elected from three electorates: one electing seven MLAs, and the other two electing five MLAs...

Jeff McCloy resigns – yet another by-election

The Lord Mayor of Newcastle, Jeff McCloy, resigned his position this morning, after recent ICAC revelations that he had donated money to a number of Hunter-based Liberal MPs despite being a property developer and thus not being permitted to donate money. Two of the...

City of Sydney business voting – bill revealed

Following on from the announcement earlier this week that the NSW state government will support a bill from the Shooters and Fishers that will radically expand business voting for the City of Sydney, today the bill was introduced in the Legislative Council, after previously...

Two NSW by-elections after MPs resign over ICAC donations scandal

Voters in two electorates in the Hunter region of New South Wales will be voting in by-elections in coming months, less than a year out from the next New South Wales election. These by-elections were triggered yesterday by the resignations of Tim Owen, Member for...