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North Shore (New Zealand electorate)

FieldValue
electorateNorth Shore
mapNorth Shore 2025 electorate boundaries.svg
formation1946
regionAuckland
characterSuburban
member
party
member_image
member_elected
list_mps
previous_mp
previous_mp_party
partyvote_votes_total41440
partyvote_party_1New Zealand National Party
partyvote_votes_121050
partyvote_party_2New Zealand Labour Party
partyvote_votes_27318
partyvote_party_3Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
partyvote_votes_34851
partyvote_party_4ACT New Zealand
partyvote_votes_44540
partyvote_party_5New Zealand First
partyvote_votes_51604
partyvote_date2023

North Shore is a parliamentary electorate that returns one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for North Shore is Simon Watts of the National Party, who at the 2020 election was elected to succeed the retiring Maggie Barry, also of National.

Population centres

The 1941 New Zealand census had been postponed due to World War II, so the 1946 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth and movements into account. The North Island gained a further two electorates from the South Island due to faster population growth. The abolition of the country quota through the Electoral Amendment Act, 1945 reduced the number and increased the size of rural electorates. None of the existing electorates remained unchanged, 27 electorates were abolished, eight former electorates were re-established, and 19 electorates were created for the first time, including North Shore.

The boundaries of the North Shore electorate were last adjusted for the first election held using the mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting system in , when the number of general electorates decreased from 95 (1993) to 60 (1996), and the electorate expanded to the north into an area previously belonging to . No boundary adjustments were undertaken in the subsequent redistributions in 2002, 2007, and 2013/14. The 2025 Boundary Review saw the electorate gain Windsor Park from East Coast Bays.

North Shore stretches up the eastern coast of North Shore City in Auckland, starting in the south at Devonport and moving northwards to take in Stanley Point, Narrow Neck, Bayswater, Belmont, Hauraki, Takapuna, Lake Pupuke, Milford, Castor Bay, Campbells Bay, Sunnynook and Mairangi Bay. North Shore is predominantly European and Asian, and has an average income high above the national average, boasting some of the most expensive real estate in the country.

History

The seat has been contested at every election in New Zealand since 1946, and except for a single victory by future Labour Attorney-General Martyn Finlay in its first contest, has been safely held by the National Party ever since.

Wayne Mapp held the electorate from until his retirement in 2011. He was succeeded by Maggie Barry, who won the and s.

Members of Parliament

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and started at general elections.

Key

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List MPs

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the North Shore electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

ElectionWinner
New Zealand First}}
Mauri Pacific}}
ACT New Zealand}}Derek Quigley
New Zealand Labour Party}}"
New Zealand Labour Party}}"
ACT New Zealand}}Deborah Coddington
New Zealand First}}Barbara Stewart
ACT New Zealand}}
New Zealand Labour Party}}Phil Twyford
New Zealand First}}

Election results

2023 election

2020 election

2017 election

2014 election

2011 election

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 48,963

2008 election

See Template:MMP election box for documentation on these MMP templates

2005 election

2002 election

1999 election

Refer to Candidates in the New Zealand general election 1999 by electorate#North Shore for a list of candidates.

1996 election

1993 election

|reg. electors = 25,778

1990 election

|reg. electors = 25,422

1987 election

|reg. electors = 24,891

1984 election

|reg. electors = 25,553

1981 election

|reg. electors = 24,128

1978 election

|reg. electors = 30,921

1975 election

|reg. electors = 24,568

1972 election

|reg. electors = 20,880

1969 election

|reg. electors = 20,545

1966 election

|reg. electors = 19,494

1963 election

|reg. electors = 18,495

1960 election

|reg. electors = 17,778

1957 election

|reg. electors = 17,434

1954 election

|reg. electors = 15,725

1951 election

|reg. electors = 15,922

1949 election

|reg. electors = 15,068

1946 election

|reg. electors = 14,375

Table footnotes

Notes

References

References

  1. "Simon Watts".
  2. (2019-11-05). "National MP Maggie Barry announces retirement at 2020 election".
  3. (14 September 2007). "Report of the Representation Commission 2007". Representation Commission.
  4. (4 April 2014). "Report of the Representation Commission 2014". Representation Commission.
  5. (8 August 2025). "Report of the Representation Commission 2025". Representation Commission.
  6. (27 April 2021). "North Shore - Electorate Profile". Parliamentary Library.
  7. Willis, Liz. (15 December 2010). "National MP Wayne Mapp to retire". [[Stuff.co.nz]].
  8. "North Shore - Official Result". Electoral Commission.
  9. "North Shore – Official Results". New Zealand Electoral Commission.
  10. "Electorate Candidate Votes and Turnout by Electorate". [[Electoral Commission (New Zealand).
  11. "Official Count Results – North Shore". New Zealand Electoral Commission.
  12. "Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate". [[Electoral Commission (New Zealand).
  13. (10 December 2011). "Official Count Results – North Shore (2014)". [[Electoral Commission (New Zealand).
  14. (10 December 2011). "Official Count Results – North Shore (2011)". [[Electoral Commission (New Zealand).
  15. (26 November 2011). "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission.
  16. [http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2008/electorate-32.html 2008 election results]
  17. [http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2005/electorate-33.html 2005 election results]
  18. "Official Count Results -- North Shore".
  19. "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – North Shore, 1996".
  20. "Part III – Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties". Electoral Commission.
  21. "Part III – Party Lists of unsuccessful Registered Parties". Electoral Commission.
  22. (1993). "Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place". New Zealand Chief Electoral Office.
  23. (1990). "Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place". New Zealand Chief Electoral Office.
  24. "The New Zealand Official Year-Book, 1951–52". [[Statistics New Zealand]].
  25. (1950). "The General Election, 1949". [[National Library of New Zealand.
  26. (1947). "The General Election, 1946". [[National Library of New Zealand.
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