Banks Peninsula (New Zealand electorate)
Electoral district in Canterbury, New Zealand From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Electoral district in Canterbury, New Zealand From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Banks Peninsula is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate which initially existed from 1996 to 2008, and was later recreated in 2020 ahead of the 2020 election.[1] It was held by National's David Carter for the initial term, and then by Labour's Ruth Dyson from 1999 to 2008.[2] As of 2023, the seat is currently held by National's Vanessa Weenink.
Banks Peninsula | |
---|---|
Single-member constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives | |
Region | Canterbury |
Area | 1,069.15 km2 (412.80 sq mi) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1996 (original, abolished in 2008), 2020 (recreation) |
Current MP | Vanessa Weenink |
Party | National |
List MP | Lan Pham (Greens) Laura Trask (ACT) |
The Banks Peninsula electorate, as defined in 2020, includes some of southern Christchurch, with suburbs such as Oaklands, Somerfield, Cashmere, Woolston, Halswell, Heathcote, and Sumner. It also includes some towns immediately south of Christchurch such as Lyttelton, and all of Banks Peninsula itself including the town of Akaroa.
The 1996 election was notable for the significant change of electorate boundaries, based on the provisions of the Electoral Act 1993.[3] Because of the introduction of the mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system, the number of electorates had to be reduced, leading to significant changes. More than half of the electorates contested in 1996 were newly constituted, and most of the remainder had seen significant boundary changes. In total, 73 electorates were abolished, 29 electorates were newly created (including Banks Peninsula), and 10 electorates were recreated, giving a net loss of 34 electorates. Banks Peninsula replaced the previous Lyttelton electorate.
In boundary changes for the 2008 general election, the electorate lost its rural population centres to the newly formed Selwyn, and became a solely urban electorate that was renamed Port Hills. Labour's Ruth Dyson retained Port Hills for all four elections with a greater lead than she had seen for Banks Peninsula. Dyson chose not to seek reelection in 2020 with Labour's Tracey McLellan succeeding Dyson.[4]
In the boundary review of 2019/2020, the Representation Commission decided to make large changes to the boundaries of Port Hills, taking area in Halswell and parts of Bromley out and adding Banks Peninsula in, to manage large changes in population in the Christchurch and Selwyn areas. The electorate was also re-recreated as Banks Peninsula.[5][6][7] At its first election, the electorate was won easily by Labour's Tracey McLellan amidst the nationwide Labour landslide.
Key
National Labour Alliance Green
Election | Winner | |
---|---|---|
1996 election | David Carter | |
1999 election | Ruth Dyson | |
2002 election | ||
2005 election | ||
(Electorate abolished 2008–2020; see Port Hills) | ||
2020 election | Tracey McLellan | |
2023 election | Vanessa Weenink |
Election | Winner | |
---|---|---|
1996 election | Rod Donald | |
Ruth Dyson | ||
1999 election | David Carter | |
Rod Donald | ||
2002 election | David Carter | |
Rod Donald | ||
2005 election | David Carter | |
Rod Donald[note 1] | ||
(Electorate abolished 2008–2020; see Port Hills) | ||
2020 election | Eugenie Sage | |
2023 election | Lan Pham | |
Laura Trask | ||
2024 | Tracey McLellan[note 2] |
2023 general election: Banks Peninsula[8] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
| ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Vanessa Weenink | 17,860 | 36.54 | +11.91 | 15,839 | 31.97 | +11.05 | ||
Labour | ![]() |
17,464 | 35.69 | -15.42 | 13,200 | 26.66 | -23.57 | ||
Green | Lan Pham | 8,325 | 17.02 | +4.05 | 9,763 | 19.71 | +5.52 | ||
ACT | Laura Trask | 2,073 | 4.24 | +0.89 | 3,919 | 7.92 | +0.96 | ||
NZ First | Lindsay Kerslake | 1,598 | 3.27 | +1.91 | 2,658 | 5.37 | +3.39 | ||
NewZeal | Lisa Mead | 544 | 1.11 | +1.11 | 323 | 0.65 | +0.65 | ||
DemocracyNZ | Doug Allington | 474 | 0.96 | +0.96 | 146 | 0.29 | +0.29 | ||
Animal Justice | Paran Jeet | 369 | 0.75 | +0.75 | 111 | 0.22 | +0.22 | ||
Independent | Peter Wakeman | 184 | 0.38 | +0.38 | |||||
Opportunities | 2,401 | 4.85 | +2.69 | ||||||
New Zealand Loyal | 389 | 0.79 | +0.79 | ||||||
Te Pāti Māori | 388 | 0.78 | +0.50 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 182 | 0.37 | +0.11 | ||||||
New Conservatives | 62 | 0.13 | -1.12 | ||||||
Freedoms NZ | 61 | 0.12 | +0.12 | ||||||
Leighton Baker Party | 53 | 0.11 | +0.11 | ||||||
Women's Rights | 42 | 0.09 | +0.09 | ||||||
New Nation | 22 | 0.04 | +0.04 | ||||||
Informal votes | 440 | 194 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 49,331 | 49,753 | |||||||
National gain from Labour | Majority | 396 | 0.85 | — |
2020 general election: Banks Peninsula[8] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
| ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | ![]() |
25,393 | 51.11 | — | 25,091 | 50.23 | — | ||
National | Catherine Chu | 12,237 | 24.63 | — | 10,453 | 20.92 | — | ||
Green | Eugenie Sage | 6,222 | 12.52 | — | 7,089 | 14.19 | — | ||
ACT | David Fox | 1,715 | 3.45 | — | 3,478 | 6.96 | — | ||
Opportunities | Ben Atkinson | 1,518 | 3.05 | — | 1,083 | 2.16 | — | ||
NZ First | Denis O'Rourke | 679 | 1.36 | — | 991 | 1.98 | — | ||
New Conservative | Caleb Honiss | 639 | 1.28 | — | 626 | 1.25 | — | ||
Advance NZ | Tiamara Williams | 506 | 1.01 | — | 424 | 0.84 | — | ||
Māori Party | 144 | 0.28 | — | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 133 | 0.26 | — | ||||||
ONE | 69 | 0.13 | — | ||||||
Sustainable NZ | 41 | 0.08 | — | ||||||
Outdoors | 37 | 0.07 | — | ||||||
Social Credit | 22 | 0.04 | — | ||||||
Vision NZ | 15 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
TEA | 10 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
Heartland | 4 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
Informal votes | 772 | 241 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 49,681 | 49,951 | |||||||
Labour win new seat | Majority | 13,156 | 26.48 |
2005 election: Banks Peninsula[9] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
| ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | ![]() |
17,639 | 43.83 | -1.13 | 16,355 | 40.10 | -0.13 | ||
National | David Carter | 15,716 | 39.05 | +5.33 | 15,697 | 38.48 | +16.89 | ||
Green | Rod Donald | 4,542 | 11.29 | -0.41 | 4,255 | 10.43 | +0.20 | ||
United Future | Robin Loomes | 984 | 2.45 | -1.11 | 1,434 | 3.52 | -3.91 | ||
Progressive | Phil Clearwater | 898 | 2.23 | +0.44 | 808 | 1.98 | -0.62 | ||
ACT | Alex Mann | 346 | 0.86 | -1.45 | 443 | 1.09 | -6.42 | ||
Alliance | Andrew McKenzie | 118 | 0.29 | -0.36 | 39 | 0.10 | -1.18 | ||
NZ First | 1,421 | 3.48 | -2.92 | ||||||
Destiny | 81 | 0.20 | +0.20 | ||||||
Māori Party | 80 | 0.20 | +0.20 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 61 | 0.15 | -0.32 | ||||||
Christian Heritage | 45 | 0.11 | -0.92 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 19 | 0.05 | +0.05 | ||||||
Democrats | 17 | 0.04 | +0.04 | ||||||
One NZ | 10 | 0.02 | -0.02 | ||||||
99 MP | 9 | 0.02 | +0.02 | ||||||
Direct Democracy | 5 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
RONZ | 5 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Family Rights | 4 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 342 | 112 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 40,243 | 40,788 | |||||||
Turnout | 41,006 | 86.07 | +3.71 | ||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 1,923 | 4.78 | -6.32 |
2002 election: Banks Peninsula[10] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
| ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | ![]() |
16,233 | 44.96 | +3.56 | 14,704 | 40.23 | +2.88 | ||
National | David Carter | 12,176 | 33.72 | +0.03 | 7,892 | 21.59 | -12.10 | ||
Green | Rod Donald | 4,223 | 11.70 | +1.42 | 3,739 | 10.23 | +2.93 | ||
United Future | Stephanie McEwin | 1,284 | 3.56 | +2.55a | 2,717 | 7.43 | +5.78a | ||
ACT | Paul King | 834 | 2.31 | +0.43 | 2,744 | 7.51 | +0.77 | ||
Progressive | Phil Clearwater | 646 | 1.79 | +1.79 | 952 | 2.60 | +2.60 | ||
Christian Heritage | Gerald Barker | 476 | 1.32 | -0.49 | 378 | 1.03 | -1.02 | ||
Alliance | Francis (Val) McClimont | 234 | 0.65 | -3.29 | 469 | 1.28 | -6.30 | ||
NZ First | 2,340 | 6.40 | +4.30 | ||||||
ORNZ | 424 | 1.16 | +1.16 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 172 | 0.47 | -0.29 | ||||||
One NZ | 13 | 0.04 | +0.01 | ||||||
Mana Māori | 5 | 0.01 | +0.003 | ||||||
NMP | 2 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 326 | 96 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 36,106 | 36,551 | |||||||
Turnout | 36,743 | 82.36 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 4,057 | 11.10 | +7.22 |
1999 election: Banks Peninsula[11][12] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
| ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Ruth Dyson | 15,475 | 41.40 | 14,018 | 37.35 | ||||
National | ![]() |
14,020 | 37.51 | 12,643 | 33.69 | ||||
Green | Rod Donald | 3,842 | 10.28 | 2,739 | 7.30 | ||||
Alliance | Maevis Watson | 1,474 | 3.94 | 2,844 | 7.58 | ||||
ACT | Paul King | 704 | 1.88 | 2,530 | 6.74 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Rosemary Francis | 675 | 1.81 | 769 | 2.05 | ||||
NZ First | Charlie Crofts | 510 | 1.36 | 788 | 2.10 | ||||
Christian Democrats | Simon Melville Hadfield | 379 | 1.01 | 409 | 1.09 | ||||
Independent | Ann Lewis | 202 | 0.54 | ||||||
Natural Law | David Lovell-Smith | 98 | 0.26 | 48 | 0.13 | ||||
Legalise Cannabis | 286 | 0.76 | |||||||
United NZ | 212 | 0.56 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 95 | 0.25 | |||||||
South Island | 56 | 0.15 | |||||||
Animals First | 39 | 0.10 | |||||||
McGillicuddy Serious | 30 | 0.08 | |||||||
One NZ | 12 | 0.03 | |||||||
Mana Māori | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Freedom Movement | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Republican | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
People's Choice | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Mauri Pacific | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||
NMP | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 390 | 237 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 37,379 | 37,532 | |||||||
Labour gain from National | Majority | 1,455 | 3.88 |
1996 general election: Banks Peninsula[13][14][15] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Notes: |
Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
| ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | David Carter | 15,694 | 41.13 | 14,284 | 37.30 | ||||
Labour | Ruth Dyson | 11,316 | 29.66 | 10,597 | 27.67 | ||||
Alliance | Rod Donald | 7,235 | 18.96 | 5,352 | 13.97 | ||||
NZ First | Ross Gluer | 1,782 | 4.67 | 2,839 | 7.41 | ||||
Christian Coalition | Neville Chamberlain | 808 | 2.12 | 1,650 | 4.31 | ||||
ACT | Jeff Lopas | 571 | 1.50 | 2,378 | 6.21 | ||||
Independent | Ann Lewis | 351 | 0.92 | ||||||
McGillicuddy Serious | Elizabeth Holland | 199 | 0.52 | 81 | 0.21 | ||||
Natural Law | David Lovell-Smith | 176 | 0.46 | 84 | 0.22 | ||||
Dominion Workers | Anton Bailey | 25 | 0.07 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 511 | 1.33 | |||||||
United NZ | 336 | 0.88 | |||||||
Progressive Green | 72 | 0.19 | |||||||
Animals First | 43 | 0.11 | |||||||
Green Society | 24 | 0.06 | |||||||
Mana Māori | 15 | 0.04 | |||||||
Ethnic Minority Party | 12 | 0.03 | |||||||
Superannuitants & Youth | 10 | 0.03 | |||||||
Advance New Zealand | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Conservatives | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
Asia Pacific United | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||
Te Tawharau | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 228 | 88 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 38,157 | 38,297 | |||||||
National win new seat | Majority | 4,378 | 11.47 |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.