Map showing extent of electorate for 2008 and 2011 elections

North Shore is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for North Shore is Wayne Mapp MP of the National Party.^[1] He has held this position since 1996.

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 Lake Pupuke and the suburbs of Takapuna, Westlake and Campbells Bay. North Shore is predominately Pākehā, and has an average income high above the national average, boasting some of the most expensive real estate in the country.

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

[edit] Members of Parliament for North Shore

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

[edit] List MPs from North Shore

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.

¹ Cliffe left the National Party in 1995 and represented the seat for the United Party until his retirement from politics in 1996 ² Batten deserted New Zealand First for Mauri Pacific in 1998

[edit] Election results

[edit] 2008 election

General Election 2008: North Shore[2]
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	National	Y Wayne Mapp		23,824	61.85	-	22,738	58.06
	Labour	Phil Twyford		9,250	24.01	-	8,381	21.40
	Green	Pieter Watson		2,389	6.20	-	2,590	6.61
	ACT	John Boscawen		1,528	3.97	-	2,927	7.47
	NZ First	Joe Gregory		612	1.59	-	1,149	2.93
	Family Party	Louise Cleary		514	1.33	-	176	0.45
	United Future	Damian Light		261	0.68	-	370	0.94
	Libertarianz	Michael Murphy		94	0.24	-	33	0.08
	RAM	Stephen Cooper		47	0.12	-	13	0.03
	Māori	-					234	0.60	-
	Progressive	-					165	0.42	-
	Bill and Ben	-					139	0.35	-
	Legalise Cannabis	-					104	0.27	-
	Kiwi	-					83	0.21	-
	Alliance	-					24	0.06	-
	Pacific	-					13	0.03	-
	Workers Party	-					10	0.03	-
	NZ Democrats	-					9	0.02	-
	RONZ	-					4	0.01	-
Informal votes				268			102
Total Valid votes				38,519			39,162
	National hold		Majority	14,574

[edit] 2005 election

General Election 2005: North Shore[3]
Notes: Green background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	National	Y Wayne Mapp		21,975	59.56	+15.58	20,125	53.49	+26.06
	Labour	Phil Twyford		12,274	33.26	+4.16	11,252	29.91	-1.36
	United Future	Ross Tizard		865	2.34	-1.54	807	2.14	-4.81
	ACT	Nick Kearney		835	2.26	-6.55	1144	3.04	-11.09
	Progressive	Paula Gillon		544	1.47	+0.61	261	0.69	-0.36
	Māori	Raewyn Harrison		265	0.72	-	106	0.28	-
	Libertarianz	Michael Murphy		140	0.38	-	21	0.06	-
	Green	-					1940	5.16	-1.28
	NZ First	-					1683	4.47	-5.70
	Destiny	-					120	0.32	-
	Legalise Cannabis	-					55	0.15	-0.17
	Christian Heritage	-					53	0.14	-0.70
	One NZ	-					13	0.03	-0.02
	99 MP	-					11	0.03	-
	Alliance	-					10	0.03	-0.78
	Direct Democracy	-					10	0.03	-
	Family Rights	-					6	0.02	-
	NZ Democrats	-					5	0.01	-
	RONZ	-					1	0.00	-
Informal votes				430			90
Total Valid votes				36,898			37,623
	National hold		Majority	9701	26.30	+11.42

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library

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