Hutt South

Hutt South electorate boundaries used since the 2014 election

Hutt South is a parliamentary electorate in the lower Hutt Valley of New Zealand. It is held by Trevor Mallard of the Labour Party, who announced in July 2016 that he will not contest the seat, but will run as a list-only candidate with the intention of becoming Speaker of the House.^[1]

Population centres

The electorate is based on the southern part of the city of Lower Hutt. It was formed in 1996 from the old electorates of Pencarrow and Eastern Hutt. Hutt South consists of the southern suburbs of Lower Hutt, Petone, Wainuiomata, and Eastbourne.^[2]

Following the 2014 boundary review, Hutt South lost Naenae and a small part of Epuni to Rimutaka, in exchange for the suburbs of Kelson and Belmont. It also gained the suburbs of Tirohanga, Harbour View, Normandale, Maungaraki and Korokoro from Ōhariu, meaning the entire Hutt Valley was now covered by just two electorates (Rimutaka and Hutt South).

Since 2014, the following suburbs of Lower Hutt fall within Hutt South.^[3]

History

At the first MMP election in 1996, Hutt South replaced the earlier electorate of Pencarrow, which was then held by Trevor Mallard. Mallard has been returned at every general election since.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Key

  Labour     National     United Future  

List MPs

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

Election results

2014 election

General election 2014: Hutt South[5]
Notes: Green 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Trevor Mallard		16,836	43.48	-5.9	10,903	27.84	-7.86
	National	Chris Bishop		16,127	41.65	+7.32	17,648	45.07	+4.02
	Green	Holly Walker		3,207	8.28	-3.24	4,966	12.68	+0.71
	NZ First	Mataroa Paroro		1,005	2.59	+2.59	2,913	7.44	+1.44
	Conservative	Gordon Copeland		858	2.21	-0.96	1,391	3.55	+1.52
	ACT	Grae O'Sullivan		172	0.54	-1.40	249	0.76	-2.00
	Independent	Jan Pajak		117	0.30
	United Future	Dave Stonyer		107	0.27	-0.80	136	0.34	-0.54
	Māori						207	0.60	-0.25
	Legalise Cannabis						160	0.48	+0.11
	Internet Mana						281	0.37	+0.37
	Democrats						11	0.04	+0.02
	Democrats						11	0.04	+0.02
	Civilian						19	0.04
	Ban 1080						58	0.03
	Independent Coalition						7	0.02
Informal votes				276			199
Total Valid votes				38,713			39,161
	Labour hold		Majority	709	1.83	-13.22

2011 election

General election 2011: Hutt South[6]
Notes: Green 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Trevor Mallard		15,828	49.38	+0.10	11,751	35.70	-7.09
	National	Paul Quinn		11,003	34.33	-2.89	13,510	41.05	+3.21
	Green	Holly Walker		3,693	11.52	+3.74	3,940	11.97	+4.28
	Conservative	Gordon Copeland		1,015	3.17	+3.17	667	2.03	+2.03
	United Future	Rob Eaddy		342	1.07	-1.33	294	0.89	-0.53
	ACT	Alex Speirs		172	0.54	-1.40	249	0.76	-2.00
	NZ First						1,974	6.00	+2.50
	Māori						196	0.60	-0.25
	Legalise Cannabis						157	0.48	+0.11
	Mana						123	0.37	+0.37
	Libertarianz						23	0.07	-0.03
	Alliance						18	0.05	-0.08
	Democrats						12	0.04	+0.02
Informal votes				728			266
Total Valid votes				32,053			32,914
	Labour hold		Majority	4,825	15.05	+2.99

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 43,215^[7]

2008 election

General election 2008: Hutt South[8]
Notes: Green 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. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Trevor Mallard		16,690	49.28		14,769	42.79
	National	Paul Quinn		12,604	37.21		13,057	37.83
	Green	Virginia Horrocks		2,635	7.78		2,655	7.69
	United Future	Murray Smith		812	2.40		490	1.42
	ACT	Lindsay Mitchell		655	1.93		950	2.75
	Kiwi	Camilia Chin		380	1.12		203	0.59
	Libertarianz	Phil Howison		93	0.27		36	0.10
	NZ First						1,208	3.50	-
	Progressive						305	0.88
	Māori						293	0.85
	Bill and Ben						197	0.57
	Legalise Cannabis						128	0.37
	Family Party						83	0.24
	Pacific						63	0.18
	Alliance						45	0.13
	Workers Party						12	0.03
	RAM						8	0.02
	Democrats						7	0.02
	RONZ						3	0.01
Informal votes				414			157
Total Valid votes				33,869			34,512
	Labour hold		Majority	4,086

Note: lines coloured beige denote the winner of the electorate vote. Lines coloured pink denote a candidate elected to Parliament from their party list.

2005 election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Party Votes	%
Labour	Y Trevor Mallard	16,125	50.02	15,534	47.54
National	Rosemarie Thomas	10,385	32.21	11,464	35.09
United	Murray Smith	1,905	5.91	974	2.85
Green	Paul Bruce	1,719	5.33	1,831	5.60
NZ First	Howard Levarko	698	2.17	1,262	3.86
ACT	Lindsay Mitchell	579	1.80	420	1.29
Destiny	David Knight	335	1.04	181	0.55
Māori Party	Maraea Ropata	322	1.00	193	0.59
IND	Jack McSeveny	106	0.33	-	-
Libertarianz	Phil Howison	64	0.2	21	0.06
Progressive	-	-	-	337	1.03
ALCP	-	-	-	77	0.24
Alliance	-	-	-	27	0.08
Christian Heritage	-	-	-	21	0.06
Family Rights PP	-	-	-	11	0.03
Democrats	-	-	-	9	0.03
99 MP	-	-	-	7	0.02
Direct Democracy	-	-	-	4	0.01
One NZ	-	-	-	4	0.01
Republic of NZ	-	-	-	3	0.01
informal votes		307		144
total valid votes		32,238		32,673
Labour hold	Majority	5,740

sourced from electionresults.govt.nz

1996 election

References