Remutaka_(New_Zealand_electorate)

Remutaka
Remutaka
Single-member constituency; for the New Zealand House of Representatives
	Location of Remutakawithin Wellington
Region	Wellington
Current constituency
Current MP	Chris Hipkins
Party	Labour

Remutaka (New Zealand electorate)

Electoral district in Wellington, New Zealand

Remutaka (spelled Rimutaka until 2020) is an electorate returning one member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. Since the 2008 general election, the seat has been represented by Chris Hipkins, who served as Prime Minister of New Zealand and is currently the Leader of the Opposition.^[1]

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History

Rimutaka was created in 1996 ahead of the change to Mixed Member Proportional voting. It was created by merging the old Upper Hutt-based seat of Heretaunga with Stokes Valley, Taitā and a large section of Naenae from the defunct Eastern Hutt seat. Eastern Hutt had been held by Labour's Paul Swain since 1990, while Heretaunga had been won by National's Peter McCardle in 1990. Peter McCardle (who had been re-elected in 1993) defected to New Zealand First in 1996. Swain was the clear winner in every election from 1996 to 2005; the inclusion of the working-class areas of Hutt City helped make Rimutaka safer for the Labour Party, though on the campaign trail in 2008, Labour's chances for winning both party vote and the electorate were summarised as: "Labour support is 'rock solid' in the south of the electorate but things are volatile in Upper Hutt, where there is 'still work to do'".^[3]

Following the 2014 boundary review, Rimutaka gained Naenae and a small part of Epuni from the Hutt South electorate and lost Kelson and Belmont to Hutt South.

Following the 2016 Treaty of Waitangi settlement between the Crown and Rangitāne o Wairarapa and Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki Nui-ā-Rua, the electorate's namesake Rimutaka Range was renamed to the Remutaka Range. In the 2019/2020 boundary review, the Representation Commission renamed the electorate Remutaka in line with this name change.^[4]^[5]

Election results

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[Internet_Party-9] 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

[Mana_Party-10] 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

[Internet_Mana-12] 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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New Zealand Parliament – Chris Hipkins MP

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"Remutaka electorate profile". Parliamentary Library. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2023. This article incorporates text by the Parliamentary Library available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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"Labour stronghold shapes up as a battleground". stuff.co.nz. 28 October 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2008. ^{[dead link]}

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"What's happening now in the boundary review". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

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"Report of the Representation Commission 2020" (PDF). 17 April 2020.

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"Remutaka - Official Result". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 November 2023.

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"Remutaka - Official Result". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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"Official Count Results – Rimutaka". Wellington: New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 December 2017.

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"Official Count Results -Rimutaka". electionresults.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 May 2023.

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"Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.

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2011 election results

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"Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.

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2008 election results

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election result Rimutaka 2005

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election result Rimutaka 2002 Archived 15 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine

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"Rimutaka - Candidate Vote Details". Retrieved 6 October 2023.

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"Votes for Registered Parties by Electorate - Rimutaka". Retrieved 6 October 2023.

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"Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place - Rimutaka" (PDF). Retrieved 6 October 2023.

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Election	Winner
1996 election		Paul Swain
1999 election
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election		Chris Hipkins
2011 election
2014 election
2017 election
2020 election
2023 election

2023 general election: Remutaka^[6]
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 Chris Hipkins		22,344	53.58	-14.99	16,000	36.84	-21.53
	National	Emma Chatterton		13,485	32.34	+11.88	12,726	29.30	+10.25
	Green	Chris Norton		2,794	6.70	+2.92	5,068	11.66	+4.51
	ACT	Michael Hurle		1,261	3.02	+0.79	2,476	5.70	+0.30
	NewZeal	Tony Pitiroi		899	2.15	+0.74	500	1.15	+0.09
	Vision New Zealand	Heker Robertson		409	0.98	—
	NZ First						2,441	5.62	+2.64
	Opportunities						1,147	2.64	+0.75
	Te Pāti Māori						511	1.17	+0.78
	New Zealand Loyal						261	0.60	—
	Legalise Cannabis						177	0.40	+.010
	Freedoms NZ						147	0.33	—
	Animal Justice						96	0.22	—
	New Conservative						71	0.16	-1.73
	DemocracyNZ						55	0.12	—
	Women's Rights						35	0.08	—
	Leighton Baker Party						13	0.02	—
	New Nation						12	0.02	—
Informal votes				504			410
Total valid votes				41,696			42,146
	Labour hold		Majority	8,859	21.24

2020 general election: Remutaka^[7]
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 Chris Hipkins		29,217	68.57	+13.08	25,347	58.37	+15.07
	National	Mark Crofskey		8,720	20.46	−13.04	8,274	19.05	−19.84
	Green	Chris Norton		1,610	3.78	−0.86	3,105	7.15	+1.72
	ACT	Grae O'Sullivan		952	2.23	+1.75	2,607	6.00	+5.63
	NZ First	Talani Meikle		635	1.49	−2.61	1,296	2.98	−4.42
	New Conservative	Hank Optland		618	1.45	+0.54	822	1.89	+1.47
	ONE	Frank Eijgenraam		602	1.41	—	462	1.06	—
	Advance NZ	Michael Alexander Stace		257	0.60	—	245	0.56	—
	Opportunities						822	1.89	−0.87
	Māori Party						171	0.39	−0.06
	Legalise Cannabis						132	0.30	+0.06
	Vision NZ						70	0.16	—
	Outdoors						27	0.06	+0.02
	Sustainable NZ						24	0.06	—
	Social Credit						16	0.04	−0.00
	TEA						6	0.01	—
	Heartland						2	0.00	—
Informal votes				726			283
Total valid votes				42,611			43,428
	Labour hold		Majority	20,497	48.10	+26.11

2017 general election: Rimutaka^[8]
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 Chris Hipkins		21,725	55.48	+2.97	17,180	43.3	+10.57
	National	Carolyn O'Fallon		13,116	33.49	-0.87	15,433	38.9	-2.38
	Green	Stefan Grand-Meyer		1,815	4.63	-0.07	2,156	5.43	-4.47
	NZ First	Talani Meikle		1,604	4.09	-0.77	2,938	7.40	-2.83
	Conservative	Philip Lynch		356	0.91	-1.74	169	0.43	-3.58
	ACT	Grae O'Sullivan		190	0.49	—	147	0.37	+0.03
	Opportunities						1,095	2.76	—
	Māori Party						181	0.46	+0.6
	Legalise Cannabis						96	0.24	-0.28
	Ban 1080						33	0.08	-0.15
	United Future						32	0.08	-0.25
	People's Party						22	0.06	—
	Outdoors						16	0.04	—
	Internet						12	0.03	-0.84^{[lower-alpha 1]}
	Democrats						10	0.03	-0.01
	Mana						10	0.03	-0.84^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Informal votes				347			148
Total valid votes				39,153			39,678
	Labour hold		Majority	8,609	21.99	+3.85

2014 general election: Rimutaka^[9]
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 Chris Hipkins		19,286	52.51	+2.25	12,176	32.73	−0.16
	National	Lewis Holden		12,622	34.36	−6.27	15,352	41.28	−3.16
	NZ First	Aaron Hunt		1,785	4.86	+4.86	3,806	10.23	+6.21
	Green	Susanne Ruthven		1,727	4.70	−1.12	3,422	9.90	−1.41
	Conservative	Philip Michael Lynch		973	2.65	+2.65	955	4.01	+1.25
	Internet Mana						324	0.87	+0.64^{[lower-alpha 3]}
	Legalise Cannabis						194	0.52	+0.05
	Māori Party						149	0.40	−0.15
	ACT						126	0.34	−0.34
	United Future						122	0.33	−0.66
	Ban 1080						84	0.23	+0.23
	Civilian						19	0.05	+0.05
	Independent Coalition						19	0.05	+0.05
	Democrats						14	0.04	+0.00
	Focus						4	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				241			159
Total valid votes				36,393			37,194
	Labour hold		Majority	6,664	18.14	+8.52

Remutaka_(New_Zealand_electorate)

Remutaka (New Zealand electorate)

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1999 election

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Remutaka
Single-member constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of Remutakawithin Wellington
Region	Wellington
Current constituency
Current MP	Chris Hipkins
Party	Labour

2002 general election: Rimutaka^[15]
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 Paul Swain		18,688	58.65		14,856	46.31
	National	Mike Leddy		6,073	19.06		5,387	16.79
	United Future	Wayne Chapman		1,957	6.14		2,933	9.14
	Green	Russel Norman		1,267	3.97		1,683	5.24
	ACT	Nick Kearney		1,168	3.66		2,004	6.24
	Christian Heritage	Ken Munn		1,014	3.18		526	1.63
	Progressive	Robert Bryan		412	1.29		669	2.08
	Independent	Nick Kelly		376	1.18
	Alliance	Moira Lawler		310	0.97		394	1.22
	One NZ	Peter Grove		192	0.60		82	0.25
	NZ First						2,641	8.23
	ORNZ						562	1.75
	Legalise Cannabis						179	0.55
	NMP						10	0.03
	Mana Māori						7	0.02
Informal votes				404			146
Total valid votes				31,861			32,079
	Labour hold		Majority	12,615	39.59

1999 general election: Rimutaka^[16]^[17]
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 Paul Swain		16,806	52.92		13,675	43.47
	National	Stuart Blair Roddick		8,432	26.55		8,993	28.59
	Alliance	Brendan Tracey		1,733	5.45		2,732	8.68
	Christian Democrats	Geoff Hounsell		947	2.98		641	2.03
	Green	Don Murray		858	2.70		1,259	4.00
	Legalise Cannabis	Brian Jensen		687	2.16		449	1.42
	ACT	Owen Dance		663	2.08		1,679	5.33
	Christian Heritage	Helma Vermeulen		536	1.68		678	2.15
	NZ First	John Hoani Cribb		535	1.68		911	2.89
	Asia Pacific	Naransamy Manoharan		34	0.10
	United NZ						191	0.60
	Libertarianz						77	0.24
	Animals First						67	0.21
	McGillicuddy Serious						50	0.15
	Mauri Pacific						11	0.03
	Mana Māori						7	0.02
	The People's Choice						7	0.02
	Natural Law						6	0.02
	One NZ						6
	South Island						6	0.02
	NMP						4	0.01
	Freedom Movement						2	0.01
	Republican						2	0.01
Informal votes				525			303
Total valid votes				31,756			31,453
	Labour hold		Majority	8,374	26.36