New Plymouth (New Zealand electorate)
| New Plymouth | |
|---|---|
| General electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives | |
Location of New Plymouth within the North Island | |
| Other names | |
| Māori name | Ngāmotu |
| Member(s) | |
| MP | David MacLeod |
| Party | Labour |
| Geography | |
| Region(s) | Taranaki |
| History | |
| Created | 1853 |
| Named after | New Plymouth |
New Plymouth is an electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives.
Election results
| 2023 general election: New Plymouth | |||||||||
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| Notes: |
A blue background means the winner of the electorate vote.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| National | David MacLeod | 22,483 | 52.31 | +10.58 | 18,208 | 42.01 | +12.02 | ||
| Labour | Glen Bennett | 15,492 | 36.04 | -11.46 | 10,442 | 24.09 | -24.03 | ||
| ACT | Bruce McGechan | 1,956 | 4.55 | +2.60 | 4,388 | 10.13 | +2.19 | ||
| New Zealand Loyal | Warren Willetts | 1,738 | 4.04 | — | 942 | 2.17 | — | ||
| Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand | Hamish Watkins | 562 | 1.31 | — | 88 | 0.20 | — | ||
| New Nation Party | Greg Robinson | 252 | 0.59 | — | 117 | 0.27 | — | ||
| Green | 3,674 | 8.48 | +3.89 | ||||||
| NZ First | 3,134 | 7.23 | +4.98 | ||||||
| Opportunities | 848 | 1.96 | +1.38 | ||||||
| Te Pāti Māori | 617 | 1.42 | +0.95 | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 202 | 0.47 | +0.28 | ||||||
| NewZeal | 180 | 0.42 | +0.23 | ||||||
| Freedoms New Zealand | 149 | 0.34 | — | ||||||
| DemocracyNZ | 54 | 0.12 | — | ||||||
| New Conservatives Party | 54 | 0.12 | — | ||||||
| Women's Rights Party | 8 | 0.12 | — | ||||||
| Leighton Baker Party | 24 | 0.06 | — | ||||||
| Informal votes | 499 | 163 | |||||||
| Total Valid votes | 42,983 | 43,335 | |||||||
| Turnout | 43,335 | ||||||||
| National gain from Labour | Majority | 6991 | 16.26 | +10.49 | |||||