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North Shore
Single-member constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of North Shore within Auckland
Region	Auckland
Current constituency
Current MP	Simon Watts
Party	National

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 1996, 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 East Coast Bays. No boundary adjustments were undertaken in the subsequent redistributions in 2002, 2007, and 2013/14.

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 and Campbells Bay. North Shore is predominantly New Zealand European, 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 1996 until his retirement in 2011. He was succeeded by Maggie Barry, who won the 2011 and 2014 elections.

Members of Parliament

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

Key

  Labour   National   United NZ   NZ First   Mauri Pacific   ACT

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.

Election results

2023 election

2023 general election: North Shore
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 Simon Watts		24,892	60.76	+14.57	21,050	50.79	+16.74
	Labour	George Hampton		8,562	20.90		7,318	17.65	-23.70
	Green	Pat Baskett		3,663	8.94		4,851	11.70	+3.36
	ACT	Anna Yallop		2,061	5.03		4,540	10.95	+1.09
	Opportunities	Abe Gray		1,229	3.00		1,604	3.87	+1.97
	NZ First						1,055	2.54	+0.64
	Te Pāti Māori						209	0.50	+0.25
	NZ Loyal						207	0.49
	NewZeal						133	0.32	+0.24
	Legalise Cannabis						111	0.26	+0.10
	Freedoms NZ						53	0.12
	New Conservatives						53	0.12	-1.09
	Animal Justice						48	0.11
	Women's Rights						42	0.10
	DemocracyNZ						35	0.08
	New Nation						24	0.05
	Leighton Baker Party						7	0.01
Informal votes				559			100
Total valid votes				40,966			41,440
	National hold		Majority	16,330	39.86

2020 election

2017 election

2017 general election: North Shore
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 Maggie Barry		23,564	59.74	-2.73	23,009	57.70	-3.88
	Labour	Romy Udanga		10,848	27.50	+8.38	10,375	26.02	+11.84
	NZ First	Josh Hubbard		2,108	5.34	—	2,097	5.25	−0.57
	Opportunities	Matt Isbister		1,639	4.15	—	953	2.39	—
	ACT	Nick Kearney		621	1.57	+0.06	372	0.94	−0.47
	Logic Party	Miriam Clements		166	0.43	—
	Green						2,638	6.61	−4.06
	Māori Party						103	0.26	−0.19
	Conservative						86	0.22	−4.12
	Legalise Cannabis						69	0.18	−0.09
	United Future						22	0.06	−0.19
	Outdoors						14	0.04	—
	People's Party						13	0.04	—
	Ban 1080						11	0.03	±0.00
	Democrats						10	0.03	−0.06
	Internet						9	0.03	−0.62
	Mana						7	0.02	−0.63
Informal votes				493			83
Total valid votes				39,439			39,871
Turnout				40,136	80.51	+1.46
	National hold		Majority	12,716	32.24	−11.10

2014 election

2014 general election: North Shore
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 Maggie Barry		23,783	62.47	+0.03	23,762	61.58	-0.58
	Labour	Claire Szabó		7,280	19.12	-1.45	5,473	14.18	-2.05
	Green	Brett Stansfield		3,728	9.79	+2.09	4,118	10.67	-0.18
	Conservative	Melissa Perkin		2,199	5.78	+3.29	1,673	4.34	+2.11
	ACT	Nick Kearney		575	1.51	-2.05	545	1.41	-0.51
	Democrats	Tim Leitch		97	0.25	+0.25	34	0.09	+0.06
	NZ First						2,246	5.82	+0.96
	Internet Mana						250	0.65	+0.48
	Maori Party						174	0.45	-0.15
	Legalise Cannabis						103	0.27	-0.06
	United Future						98	0.25	-0.23
	Ban 1080						13	0.03	+0.03
	Civilian						12	0.03	+0.03
	Independent Coalition						4	0.01	+0.01
	Focus						2	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				412			78
Total valid votes				38,074			38,585
Turnout				38,585	78.49	+3.00
	National hold		Majority	16,503	43.34	+1.47

2011 election

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

2008 election

2008 general election: North Shore
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 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
	Maori Party						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
	Democrats						9	0.02
	RONZ						4	0.01
Informal votes				268			102
Total valid votes				38,519			39,162
	National hold		Majority	14,574	37.84

2005 election

2005 general election: North Shore
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 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	1,144	3.04	-11.09
	Progressive	Paula Gillon		544	1.47	+0.61	261	0.69	-0.36
	Maori Party	Raewyn Harrison		265	0.72		106	0.28
	Libertarianz	Michael Murphy		140	0.38		21	0.06
	Green						1,940	5.16	-1.28
	NZ First						1,683	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
	Democrats						5	0.01
	RONZ						1	0.003
Informal votes				430			90
Total valid votes				36,898			37,623
	National hold		Majority	9,701	26.30	+11.42

2002 election

2002 general election: North Shore
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 Wayne Mapp		15,060	43.35		9,507	27.37
	Labour	Helen Duncan		9.970	28.70		10,841	31.21
	United Future	Ross Tizard		1,329	3.83		2,408	6.93
	ACT	Deborah Coddington		3,018	8.69		4,897	14.04
	Jim Anderton's Progressive Coalition	Lyndsay Brock		296	0.08		363	0.10
	Green	Richard A. Green		1,913	5.51		2,234	6.43
	NZ First	Babara Stewart		2,013	5.80		3,525	10.14
	Christian Heritage	Mark Munroe		370	0.12		292	0.08
	Alliance	{{{candidate}}}		287	0.08		282	0.08
	Legalise Cannabis						112	0.03
Informal votes				295			75
Total valid votes				34,559			34,739
	National hold		Majority	5,098

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

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

Table footnotes

1. 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.

Notes

1. "Simon Watts". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
2. "National MP Maggie Barry announces retirement at 2020 election". Stuff. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
3. McRobie 1989, pp. 91–96.
4. "Electorate Profile: North Shore" (PDF). New Zealand Parliament. Parliamentary Library. October 2005. p. 3. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
5. Report of the Representation Commission 2007 (PDF). Representation Commission. 14 September 2007. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
6. Report of the Representation Commission 2014 (PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
7. Willis, Liz (15 December 2010). "National MP Wayne Mapp to retire". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
8. ^ "Official Count Results – North Shore (2011)". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
9. ^ "Official Count Results – North Shore (2014)". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
10. "North Shore - Official Result". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
11. "North Shore – Official Results". Wellington: New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
12. "Electorate Candidate Votes and Turnout by Electorate". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
13. "Official Count Results – North Shore". Wellington: New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
14. "Party Votes and Turnout by Electorate". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
15. "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
16. 2008 election results
17. 2005 election results
19. "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – North Shore, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 26 July 2013.
20. "Part III – Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
21. "Part III – Party Lists of unsuccessful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
22. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993. p. 71.
23. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990. p. 75.
24. ^ Norton 1988, p. 292.
25. ^ Norton 1988, p. 291.
26. "The New Zealand Official Year-Book, 1951–52". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
27. "The General Election, 1949". National Library. 1950. pp. 1–5, 8. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
28. "The General Election, 1946". National Library. 1947. pp. 1–11, 14. Retrieved 1 January 2014.

References

• McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
• 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
• 1946 establishments in New Zealand