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New Lynn
Single-member constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of New Lynn within Auckland
Region	Auckland
Current constituency
Current MP	Paulo Garcia
Party	National

New Lynn is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. Deborah Russell of the Labour Party represented the electorate from the 2017 general election before being defeated by National's Paulo Garcia in the 2023 election.

Population centres

New Lynn is based in West Auckland, straddling the borders of the former Auckland City and areas of Waitakere City. It contains the areas of New Lynn, Titirangi and Waitākere Ranges to cover all the beach-side towns on the north coast of the Manukau Harbour and then up the West Coast till Bethell's Beach.

History

New Lynn was first formed for the 1963 election. It has always been held by members of the Labour Party. The electorate's first representative was Rex Mason, who had been an MP since 1926 and who retired at the end of the term. Mason was succeeded by Jonathan Hunt, who held the electorate for the next 30 years until he contested the Tamaki electorate in the 1996 election instead. Phil Goff became the representative in New Lynn in 1996.

The electorate was abolished in 1999 and Goff successfully stood in Mount Roskill. Titirangi replaced New Lynn in 1999 when population changes in Auckland lead to the creation of Mount Roskill, and Titirangi was won by David Cunliffe. Three years later, population growth in north Auckland led to the creation of the Helensville electorate. The flow-on effect of this was to pull Titirangi eastwards, resulting in the reclamation of its former name for the 2002 election. Cunliffe represented the New Lynn electorate until 2017.

In November 2016, Labour leader Andrew Little announced that Cunliffe would not seek re-election at the 2017 general election, and the seat was won in the election by Deborah Russell, retaining it for the Labour Party.

Members of Parliament

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

Key

  Labour   National

List MPs

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

Election results

2023 election

2023 general election: New Lynn
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	Paulo Garcia		15,886	39.22	+14.25	15,287	37.11	+15.23
	Labour	N Deborah Russell		14,873	36.72	-20.34	11,020	26.75	-26.58
	Green	Steve Abel		5,376	13.27	+4.23	6,859	16.65	+5.20
	ACT	Juan Alvarez De Lugo		2,301	5.68	+2.14	3,183	7.73	+1.42
	NZ Loyal	Steve Oliver		1,148	2.83	—	454	1.10	—
	Independent	Phineas Mann		216	0.53	—
	NZ First						2,020	4.90	+2.57
	Opportunities						903	2.19	+0.89
	Te Pāti Māori						502	1.22	+0.76
	NewZeal						221	0.54	—
	Legalise Cannabis						152	0.37	+0.12
	Freedoms NZ						104	0.25	—
	DemocracyNZ						72	0.17	—
	Animal Justice Party						69	0.17	—
	New Conservatives						60	0.15	-1.01
	Women's Rights						40	0.10	—
	New Nation						15	0.04	—
	Leighton Baker Party						7	0.02	—
Informal votes				707			230
Total valid votes				40,507			41,198
	National gain from Labour		Majority	1,013	2.50

2020 election

2017 election

2014 election

2014 general election: New Lynn
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 David Cunliffe		16,534	50.08	−2.04	12,085	35.90	−1.10
	National	Tim Groser		11,977	36.28	+0.06	13,136	39.02	−0.20
	Green	Daniel Rogers		2,579	7.81	+0.56	3,365	10.00	−2.15
	Conservative	Steve Taylor		1,269	3.84	+1.32	1,233	3.66	+1.07
	Democrats	Andrew Leitch		128	0.39	+0.39	33	0.10	+0.07
	NZ First						2,403	7.14	+0.96
	ACT						542	1.61	+0.62
	Internet Mana						367	1.09	+0.64
	Māori Party						119	0.35	−0.09
	Legalise Cannabis						101	0.30	−0.14
	United Future						56	0.17	−0.21
	Civilian						17	0.05	+0.05
	Ban 1080						16	0.05	+0.05
	Independent Coalition						8	0.02	+0.02
	Focus						3	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				530			177
Total valid votes				33,017			33,661
Turnout				33,661	74.92	+1.91
	Labour hold		Majority	4,557	13.80	−2.12

2011 election

2011 general election: New Lynn
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 David Cunliffe		16,999	52.14	+1.80	12,462	37.00	-3.27
	National	Tim Groser		11,809	36.22	-2.43	13,211	39.22	-0.88
	Green	Saffron Toms		2,364	7.25	+0.86	4,094	12.15	+4.52
	Conservative	Ivan Bailey		820	2.52	+2.52	871	2.59	+2.59
	Legalise Cannabis	Sean Davidson		343	1.05	+1.05	149	0.44	+0.10
	ACT	Barbara Steinijans		265	0.81	-2.12	334	0.99	-2.72
	NZ First						2,081	6.18	+2.62
	Mana						151	0.45	+0.45
	Māori Party						148	0.44	-0.26
	United Future						129	0.38	-0.46
	Libertarianz						29	0.09	+0.05
	Alliance						16	0.05	-0.02
	Democrats						10	0.03	+0.01
Informal votes				844			295
Total valid votes				32,600			33,685
	Labour hold		Majority	5,190	15.92	+4.23

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 46,139

2008 election

2008 general election: New Lynn
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 David Cunliffe		17,331	50.35		14,165	40.27
	National	Tim Groser		13,306	38.66		14,105	40.09
	Green	Kath Dewar		2,200	6.39		2,684	7.63
	ACT	Michael Tasker		1,011	2.94		1,306	3.71
	United Future	Kerryanne Dalgleish		330	0.96		296	0.84
	Progressive	Mohammad Kazemi Yazdi		244	0.71		318	0.90
	NZ First						1,253	3.56
	Māori Party						246	0.70
	Pacific						226	0.64
	Bill and Ben						154	0.44
	Kiwi						146	0.42
	Legalise Cannabis						121	0.34
	Family Party						91	0.26
	Alliance						23	0.07
	Libertarianz						14	0.04
	Workers Party						13	0.04
	RAM						8	0.02
	Democrats						7	0.02
	RONZ						3	0.01
Informal votes				451			203
Total valid votes				34,422			35,179
	Labour hold		Majority	4,025	11.69

2005 election

2005 general election: New Lynn
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 David Cunliffe		18,087	56.12		16,208	49.19
	National	Mita Harris		10,009	31.05		10,916	33.06
	Green	Richard Green		1,644	5.10		1,850	5.60
	United Future	Anne Drake		943	2.93		818	2.48
	ACT	Barbara Steinijans		701	2.07		747	2.26
	Destiny	Karen Penney		468	1.45		158	0.58
	Progressive	Mohammad Kazemi Yazdi		282	0.87		407	1.23
	Direct Democracy	Gary Burch		98	0.30		98	0.12
	NZ First						1,580	4.79
	Māori Party						128	0.39
	Christian Heritage						56	0.17
	Legalise Cannabis						41	0.15
	Alliance						21	0.06
	Libertarianz						11	0.03
	99 MP						7	0.02
	One NZ						7	0.02
	Family Rights						7	0.02
	Democrats						5	0.02
	RONZ						4	0.01
Informal votes				549			183
Total valid votes				33,232			33,019
	Labour hold		Majority	8,078

2002 election

1996 election

1996 general election: New Lynn
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 Phil Goff		15,392	50.29		10,953	35.55
	National	Richard Gardner		8,254	26.97		9,266	30.07
	Alliance	Cliff Robinson		3,554	11.61		2,916	9.46
	NZ First	Dawn Mullins		2,616	8.55		3,300	10.71
	Progressive Green	Mark Darin		301	0.98		101	0.33
	McGillicuddy Serious	Richard Foster		203	0.66		73	0.24
	United NZ	John Hubscher		128	0.42		172	0.56
	Advance New Zealand	James Prescott		91	0.30		38	0.12
	Natural Law	Les McGrath		68	0.12		36	0.12
	Christian Coalition						1,674	5.43
	ACT						1,506	4.89
	Legalise Cannabis						423	1.37
	Ethnic Minority Party						232	0.75
	Animals First						52	0.17
	Superannuitants & Youth						26	0.08
	Green Society						18	0.06
	Libertarianz						8	0.03
	Mana Māori						7	0.02
	Asia Pacific United						6	0.02
	Conservatives						5	0.02
	Te Tawharau						0	0.00
Informal votes				317			112
Total valid votes				30,607			30,812
	Labour hold		Majority	7,138	23.32

1993 election

1990 election

1987 election

1984 election

1981 election

1978 election

1975 election

1972 election

1969 election

1966 election

1963 election

Table footnotes

1. Groser resigned from Parliament on 19 December 2015.
2. Garcia was declared elected as a list MP on 16 May 2019, following the resignation of Nuk Korako.
3. 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
4. 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
5. 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.

References

1. "Map of electorates for the 2020 and 2023 general elections". 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
2. Wilson 1985, p. 268.
3. Wilson 1985, p. 218.
4. "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – Tamaki, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 25 July 2013.
5. ^ "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – New Lynn, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 20 July 2013.
6. ^ "Hon David Cunliffe". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
7. "Former Labour leader David Cunliffe to stand down at 2017 election". Stuff.co.nz. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
8. "New Lynn - Official Result". Electoral Commission. 11 December 2023.
9. "Official Count Results – New Lynn (2020)". Electoral Commission. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
10. "Official Count Results – New Lynn(2017)". Electoral Commission. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
11. "Official Count Results – New Lynn (2014)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
12. "Official Count Results – New Lynn (2011)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
13. "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
14. "Official Count Results – New Lynn (2008)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
15. "Official Count Results – New Lynn (2005)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
16. "Official Count Results – New Lynn (2002)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
17. "Part III – Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
18. "Part III – Party Lists of unsuccessful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
19. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993.
20. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990.
21. ^ Norton 1988, pp. 288.
22. ^ Norton 1988, pp. 287.

Bibliography

• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) . New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
• 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

• Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library

• New Zealand electorates in the Auckland Region
• Politics of the Auckland Region
• 1963 establishments in New Zealand
• 1999 disestablishments in New Zealand
• 2002 establishments in New Zealand
• West Auckland, New Zealand