Scottish independence: results live

Results summary - 32 out of 32 councils reporting Votes % Yes 1,617,989 44.68 No 2,001,926 55.28 Total 3,621,107 Turnout 84.49% 3:14pm - With the declaration of the result in Fife, it is now mathematically impossible for...

Seat #15: East Coast Bays

East Coast Bays is a National Party electorate in the northern suburbs of Auckland. East Coast Bays covers a very conservative area, and on paper...

Seat #14: Te Tai Tonga

Te Tai Tonga is a Māori electorate covering all of the South Island and most of the Wellington region. The electorate was won by the Māori...

Seat #13: Te Atatū

Te Atatū is a marginal Labour seat in the western suburbs of Auckland, covering the Te Atatu Peninsula and the suburbs of Glendene Henderson, Lincoln, Ranui, Swanson...

Seat #12: West Coast-Tasman

West Coast-Tasman is a large marginal Labour seat covering most of the western coast of the South Island, including Greymouth, Westport, Murchison, Takaka and Motueka. West...

Seat #11: Mana

Mana is a marginal Labour electorate covering suburbs north of Wellington, which is held by Labour MP Kris Faafoi by a 6.6% margin. Faafoi won...

Victorian local government election review – the rest of the story

Earlier this week, I wrote a blog post about the Independent Local Government Electoral Review Panel in Victoria, chaired by former federal Liberal MP...

Seat #10: Wigram

Wigram is a marginal Labour seat in the western suburbs of Christchurch. The electorate was held since 1996 by Jim Anderton, a former Labour MP...

Seat #9: Maungakiekie

Maungakiekie is a marginal National seat in the inner south-east of Auckland. The electorate has been held by National MP Sam Lotu-Iiga since 2008, and...

Scottish independence takes the lead

A week from tomorrow, voters in Scotland will be voting in a historic referendum to decide if the country should become independent from the...