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Auckland Central
Single-member general constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Auckland CBD
Formation	1887, 1905
Region	Auckland Region
Character	Urban
Term	3 years
Member for Auckland Central
Chlöe Swarbrick since 17 October 2020
Party	Green
Previous MP	Nikki Kaye (National)
Party vote distribution

Auckland Central is a New Zealand electoral division returning one member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate is currently represented by Chlöe Swarbrick, a member of the Green Party; she has represented the seat since 2020.

Population centres

In the 1887 electoral redistribution, although the Representation Commission was required through the Representation Act 1887 to maintain existing electorates "as far as possible", rapid population growth in the North Island required the transfer of three seats from the South Island to the north. Ten new electorates were created, including Auckland Central, and one former electorate was recreated.

Auckland Central contains Auckland city centre, the suburbs of Ponsonby, Westmere, Arch Hill, Herne Bay, Freemans Bay, St Mary's Bay, Newton and Eden Terrace at the west side of the city. Because of the location of the main Auckland ferry terminal, Auckland Central also contains the islands of the Hauraki Gulf. At the 2008 election, Grafton became part of Epsom, and Point Chevalier moved into Mount Albert. To offset these changes, the suburb of Newton was drafted in from Mount Albert. Further population growth ahead of the 2014 election resulted in Westmere and Grey Lynn transferring to Mount Albert.

History

Auckland Central was created ahead of the 1887 election; it was carved from parts of the electorates of Auckland North and the Auckland West and focused around upper Queen Street, Grafton, and Newton. It lasted only until the 1890 elections, when a reduction in the number of electorates meant Auckland Central was re-incorporated into a larger City of Auckland electorate. At the 1905 elections, the Auckland seat was split into three seats, including a recreated Auckland Central.

The seat has been held by the Labour Party for most of its existence: between 1919 and 2008, the seat had spent only three years in the hands of another party (the left-wing Alliance, from 1993 to 1996). However, the 2008 election saw Nikki Kaye win the seat for the National Party for the first time. Kaye retained the seat in 2011, 2014 and 2017, although with a reduced majority making Auckland Central one of the most marginal electorates in the country. She retired at the 2020 election, which saw Green Party candidate Chlöe Swarbrick win the seat in a tight three-way contest and become only the second Green electorate MP.

Members of Parliament

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

Key

  Independent   Liberal   Labour   Alliance   National   Green

List MPs

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

Key

  ACT   Alliance   Green   National   Labour

Election results

2023 election

2023 general election: Auckland Central
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Green	Y Chlöe Swarbrick		16,624	47.84	+12.74	8,503	23.97	+4.91
	National	Mahesh Muralidhar		12,728	36.63	+9.47	11,751	33.13	+12.03
	Labour	Oscar Sims		2,608	7.50	–24.63	8,028	22.63	–23.39
	ACT	Felix Poole		1,235	3.55	+1.92	3,301	9.30	+1.82
	Opportunities	Damian Sycamore		462	1.33	+0.44	1,250	3.52	+1.39
	Legalise Cannabis	Christopher Coker		365	1.05	—	142	0.40	+0.13
	Animal Justice	Madeleine Kane		135	0.38	—	50	0.14	—
	Independent	Andi Shen Liu		110	0.31	—
	Rock The Vote NZ	Paul Davie		91	0.26	—
	New Nation	Guy Dennis Slocum		89	0.25	—	26	0.07	—
	NZ First						1,351	3.80	+2.09
	Te Pāti Māori						563	1.58	+1.28
	NZ Loyal						217	0.61	—
	Freedoms NZ						48	0.13	—
	Women's Rights						45	0.12	—
	NewZeal						38	0.10	+0.05
	DemocracyNZ						32	0.09	—
	New Conservatives						30	0.08	–0.46
	Leighton Baker Party						3	0.00	—
Informal votes				299			85
Total valid votes				34,746			35,463
	Green hold		Majority	3,896	11.21	+8.24

2020 election

2017 election

2017 general election: Auckland Central
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Nikki Kaye		13,198	45.24	−0.59	11,773	39.15	−5.78
	Labour	Helen White		11,617	39.82	−3.80	11,340	37.71	+16.04
	Green	Denise Roche		2,838	9.72	+2.10	4,170	13.87	−8.30
	Opportunities	Mika Haka		681	2.33	—	944	3.14	—
	NZ First	Frank Edwards		578	1.98	—	1,165	3.87	−1.31
	ACT	Brooke van Velden		151	0.52	−0.19	317	1.05	−0.12
	Climate First	Leslie Jones		55	0.19	—
	Conservative	Stephen Greenfield		52	0.18	−0.77	29	0.10	−0.81
	Māori Party						123	0.41	−0.15
	Legalise Cannabis						71	0.24	−0.06
	United Future						19	0.06	−0.13
	Ban 1080						12	0.04	0.00
	Mana Party						12	0.04	−1.92
	Internet						10	0.03	−1.93
	People's Party						10	0.03	—
	Outdoors						8	0.03	—
	Democrats						4	0.01	0.00
Informal votes				206			63
Total valid votes				29,170			30,007
Turnout				30,070	79.94	+1.39
	National hold		Majority	1,519	5.21	+3.01

2014 election

2014 general election: Auckland Central
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Nikki Kaye		12,494	45.84	+0.44	12,652	44.93	+2.70
	Labour	Jacinda Ardern		11,894	43.63	+0.41	6,101	21.67	–3.44
	Green	Denise Roche		2,080	7.63	–1.13	6,242	22.17	–0.63
	Internet	Miriam Pierard		270	0.99	+0.99
	Conservative	Regan Monahan		258	0.95	+0.23	486	1.73	+0.91
	ACT	Dasha Kovalenko		193	0.71	+0.26	329	1.17	–0.01
	Climate	Peter Whitmore		50	0.18	+0.18
	Money Free	Jordan Osmaston		19	0.07	+0.07
	NZ First						1,459	5.18	+1.08
	Internet Mana						553	1.96	+1.27
	Māori Party						158	0.56	–1.08
	Legalise Cannabis						85	0.30	–0.12
	United Future						53	0.19	–0.03
	Civilian						17	0.06	+0.06
	Ban 1080						10	0.04	+0.04
	Independent Coalition						7	0.02	+0.02
	Democrats						3	0.01	–0.58
	Focus						2	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				195			99
Total valid votes				27,453			28,256
Turnout				28,040	76.76	+1.47
	National hold		Majority	600	2.20	+0.04

2011 election

2011 general election: Auckland Central
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Nikki Kaye		15,038	45.39	+2.48	14,447	42.24	+2.15
	Labour	Jacinda Ardern		14,321	43.23	+4.69	8,590	25.11	–9.44
	Green	Denise Roche		2,903	8.76	–4.66	7,797	22.79	+7.33
	NZ First	Allen Davies		412	1.24	+1.24	1,403	4.10	+1.81
	Conservative	Stephen Greenfield		238	0.72	+0.72	280	0.82	+0.82
	ACT	David Seymour		149	0.45	–1.25	404	1.18	–2.95
	Human Rights	Anthony van den Heuval		68	0.21	+0.01
	Māori Party						562	1.64	+0.71
	Mana						237	0.69	+0.69
	Democrats						202	0.59	+0.56
	Legalise Cannabis						146	0.43	+0.14
	United Future						75	0.22	–0.46
	Libertarianz						53	0.15	+0.08
	Alliance						10	0.03	–0.002
Informal votes				352			164
Total valid votes				33,129			34,206
	National hold		Majority	717	2.16	–2.21

2008 election

2008 general election: Auckland Central
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Nikki Kaye		14,677	42.91	+9.81	14,112	40.08	+6.36
	Labour	N Judith Tizard		13,180	38.53	–5.36	12,166	34.55	–10.68
	Green	Denise Roche		4,592	13.43	–1.38	5,446	15.47	+2.49
	ACT	Scott Uren		581	1.70	+0.15	1,456	4.14	+2.35
	Legalise Cannabis	Kevin O'Connell		349	1.02	–	101	0.29	+0.12
	Progressive	Justin Robson		274	0.80	+0.06	226	0.64	–0.17
	RAM	Oliver Woods		132	0.39	–	16	0.05	–
	United Future	Aaron Galey-Young		128	0.37	–0.91	168	0.48	–0.82
	Independent	Thomas Forde		84	0.25	–0.01
	Independent	Stephen Greenfield		68	0.20	–
	Human Rights	Anthony Ravlich		67	0.20	–
	Alliance	Sarita Divis		39	0.11	–	11	0.03	–0.02
	RONZ	Kerry Bevin		32	0.09	+0.00	10	0.03	+0.02
	NZ First						806	2.29	–0.55
	Māori Party						328	0.93	+0.33
	Bill and Ben						132	0.37	–
	Pacific						73	0.21	–
	Kiwi						70	0.20	–
	Family Party						38	0.11	–
	Libertarianz						27	0.08	+0.01
	Workers Party						12	0.03	–
	Democrats						10	0.03	+0.00
Informal votes				290			101
Total valid votes				34,203			35,208
	National gain from Labour		Majority	1,497	4.38	–6.42

2005 election

2005 general election: Auckland Central
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Judith Tizard		15,794	43.89	+0.56	16,639	45.24
	National	Pansy Wong		11,910	33.10	+6.73	12,403	33.72
	Green	Nándor Tánczos		5,327	14.80		4,775	12.98
	NZ First	Susan Baragwanath		996	2.77		1,044	2.84
	ACT	Helen Simpson		559	1.55		658	1.79
	United Future	Steve Taylor		461	1.28		477	1.30
	Māori Party	Bronwyn Yates		330	0.92		223	0.61
	Progressive	Petronella Townsend		266	0.74		297	0.81
	Destiny	Maureen Vincent		150	0.42		80	0.22
	Independent	Thomas Forde		91	0.25
	Direct Democracy	Dilip Rupa		69	0.19		15	0.04
	RONZ	Alan Candy		32	0.09		3	0.01
	Legalise Cannabis						61	0.17
	Christian Heritage						29	0.08
	Libertarianz						25	0.07
	Alliance						19	0.05
	Family Rights						13	0.04
	Democrats						10	0.03
	99 MP						5	0.01
	One NZ						5	0.01
Informal votes				292			115
Total valid votes				35,985			36,781
	Labour hold		Majority	3,884	10.79	–6.17

2002 election

2002 general election: Auckland Central
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Judith Tizard		13,298	43.33		13,929	44.10
	National	Pansy Wong		8,093	26.37		4,748	15.03
	Green	Nándor Tánczos		6,212	20.24		4,990	15.80
	ACT	Lech Beltowski		1,223	3.98		3,358	10.63
	United Future	Steve Taylor		770	2.51		1,266	4.01
	Alliance	Mike Treen		365	1.19		513	1.62
	Progressive	Vivienne Shepherd		333	1.08		468	1.48
	Christian Heritage	Sean Michael Reynolds		235	0.77		163	0.52
	Independent	Neil Head		97	0.32
	Independent	Anthony Van Den Heuvel		66	0.22
	NZ First						1,809	5.73
	Legalise Cannabis						164	0.52
	ORNZ						137	0.43
	Mana Māori						20	0.06
	One NZ						15	0.05
	NMP						3	0.01
Informal votes				357			89
Total valid votes				30,692			31,583
	Labour hold		Majority	5,205	16.96

1999 election

1999 general election: Auckland Central
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Judith Tizard		12,645	38.74		13,647	41.50
	National	Martin Poulsen		7,360	22.55		7,747	23.56
	Alliance	Sandra Lee		6,129	18.78		2,321	7.06
	Green	Nándor Tánczos		3,057	9.37		4,235	12.88
	ACT	Donna Awatere Huata		2,301	7.05		2,929	8.91
	Christian Heritage	Dick Holland		435	1.33		332	1.01
	NZ First	Dilip Rupa		380	1.16		671	2.04
	Blokes Liberation Front	Pieter de Jonge		169	0.52
	Mana Māori	Tame Iti		83	0.25		19	0.06
	South Island	Gerry Campbell		43	0.13		7	0.02
	Communist League	Terence Coggan		38	0.12
	Legalise Cannabis						296	0.90
	Christian Democrats						150	0.46
	United NZ						130	0.40
	Libertarianz						124	0.38
	Mauri Pacific						108	0.33
	Animals First						58	0.18
	McGillicuddy Serious						52	0.16
	Natural Law						27	0.08
	One NZ						17	0.05
	NMP						9	0.03
	People's Choice Party						4	0.01
	Freedom Movement						1	0.00
	Republican						1	0.00
Informal votes
Total valid votes				32,640			32,885
	Labour hold		Majority	5,285	16.19

1996 election

1996 general election: Auckland Central
Notes:		Blue 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, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Judith Tizard		12,219	36.57		12,465	37.14
	Alliance	N Sandra Lee		8,866	26.53		3,855	11.49
	National	Shane Frith		7,462	22.33		8,945	26.65
	ACT	Rodney Hide		1,848	5.53		3,393	10.11
	NZ First	Richard Whittaker		1,565	4.68		2,307	6.87
	Christian Coalition	Barrie Patterson		398	1.19		598	1.78
	Progressive Green	Laurence Boomert		326	0.98		229	0.68
	McGillicuddy Serious	Alistair Ramsden		226	0.68		129	0.38
	Green Society	Simon Reeves		175	0.52		110	0.33
	Blokes Liberation Front	Chris Brady		139	0.42
	Natural Law	Mark Watts		108	0.32		70	0.21
	Independent	Peter de Jonge		27	0.08
	Citizens Party	Wayne Young		18	0.05
	Independent	Lynne Robertson		13	0.04
	Independent	Adam Le Lievre		10	0.03
	Independent	Victor Bryers		7	0.02
	Republican	Duane Sutton		7	0.02
	Legalise Cannabis						1,003	2.99
	United NZ						199	0.59
	Animals First						90	0.27
	Libertarianz						41	0.12
	Ethnic Minority Party						40	0.12
	Mana Māori						32	0.10
	Asia Pacific United						21	0.06
	Advance New Zealand						14	0.04
	Superannuitants & Youth						14	0.04
	Conservatives						5	0.01
	Te Tawharau						3	0.01
Informal votes				286			137
Total valid votes				33,414			33,563
	Labour gain from Alliance		Majority	3,353	9.99

1993 election

1990 election

1987 election

1984 election

1981 election

1978 election

1975 election

1972 election

1969 election

1966 election

1963 election

1960 election

1957 election

1954 election

1951 election

1949 election

1946 election

1943 election

1938 election

1935 election

Table footnotes:

1. Mullenger ran as an Independent, but was aligned to the Reform Party.

1931 election

1928 election

1925 election

1922 election

1919 election

1914 election

1911 election

1908 election

1905 election

1887 election

Table footnotes

1. Abolished between 1890 and 1905
2. Tanczos was not elected at the 2005 election but as he was next on the party list when Green MP Rod Donald died Tánczos regained his seat in Parliament, on 6 November 2005. He resigned from Parliament on 26 June 2008.
3. Compared to ONE Party
4. 2017 Mana Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with the Internet Party in the 2014 election
5. 2017 Internet Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with Mana Party in the 2014 election
6. 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.

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• Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.

External links

• Parliament of New Zealand – Auckland Central Electorate Profile

• New Zealand electorates in the Auckland Region
• 1887 establishments in New Zealand
• 1905 establishments in New Zealand
• 1890 disestablishments in New Zealand