Manukau East

Manukau East was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate that returned one member of parliament to the House of Representatives. It was first formed for the 1996 election. Between the 2014 election and the 2020 electorate adjustment it was held by Jenny Salesa, a member of the Labour Party, who also won the replacement Panmure-Ōtāhuhu seat in the 2020 election.

Manukau East electorate boundaries used since the 2014 election

Population centres

In 2007, large changes were made to the Manukau East electorate. Its northern boundary extended past the Tamaki River to almost as far as Sylvia Park Rd to incorporate Middlemore, Ōtāhuhu and Westfield. Its eastern boundary shifted west to East Tamaki Rd resulting in East Tamaki and Botany Downs being included in the new Botany electorate. Most of Ōtara and Papatoetoe West are now also included in the electorate.^[1]

In the 2013 electorate boundary review, it was found that Manukau East electorate was above quota (based on the 2013 census). The draft proposal by the Representation Commission sees some population at Westfield to be transferred to the Maungakiekie electorate.^[2]

History

Manukau East was created for the 1996 election. It has been represented by two MPs, both of the Labour Party, Ross Robertson and Jenny Salesa. It was considered one of Labour's safest electorates.^[3] On 6 June 2013 Robertson announced that he would retire from Parliament in order to pursue a career in local body politics.^[4] Jenny Salesa replaced him, with a comfortable, although smaller, majority of 13,254.^[5][6]

During the 2020 electorate adjustment, the electorate was replaced with Panmure-Ōtāhuhu.^[7]

Members of Parliament

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

Key

  Labour   Progressive   National   NZ First

Election	Winner
1996 election		Ross Robertson
1999 election
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election
2011 election
2014 election		Jenny Salesa
2017 election
(Electorate abolished in 2020; see Panmure-Ōtāhuhu)

List MPs

Election	Winner
2002 election		Matt Robson
		Kelly Chal
2008 election		Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi
2011 election		Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi
		Asenati Taylor
2014 election		Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi
2017 election		Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi

Election results

2017 election

2017 general election: Manukau East[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 Jenny Salesa		17,402	66.44	−1.56	17,730	65.09	+2.57
	National	Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi		4,813	18.37	+1.36	6,190	22.72	+2.80
	NZ First	William Flesher		1,511	5.77	−1.34	1,550	5.69	−1.96
	Māori Party	Tuilagi Esera		698	2.66	—	403	1.48	+1.17
	Green	Raj Singh		650	2.48	−0.12	601	2.21	−1.38
	Opportunities	Ted Johnston		308	1.18	—	188	0.69	—
	ACT	Bhupinder Singh		201	0.77	—	70	0.26	−0.40
	Independent	Tamatoa Richmond		80	0.31	—
	People's Party						78	0.29	—
	Legalise Cannabis						70	0.26	−0.02
	Conservative						50	0.18	−1.86
	Mana Party						23	0.08	—
	United Future						12	0.04	−0.03
	Internet						10	0.04	—
	Outdoors						9	0.03	—
	Ban 1080						3	0.01	±0.00
	Democrats						3	0.01	±0.00
Informal votes				531			245
Total valid votes				26,194			27,240
	Labour hold		Majority	12,589	48.07	−2.92

2014 election

2014 general election: Manukau East[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	Jenny Salesa		17,676	68.00	−9.11	16,925	62.52	−4.16
	National	Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi		4,422	17.01	+2.85	5,392	19.92	+0.31
	NZ First	Asenati Taylor		1,847	7.11	+3.14	2,072	7.65	+1.33
	Green	Umesh Perinpanayagam		675	2.60	+2.60	971	3.59	+0.20
	Conservative	Vili Taukolo		497	1.91	+0.22	553	2.04	+0.58
	Mana	Joe Trinder		259	1.00	−0.83
	Communist League	Annalucia Vermunt		43	0.17	−0.08
	Internet Mana						276	1.02	+0.08[a]
	ACT						179	0.66	−0.13
	Māori Party						84	0.31	−0.18
	Legalise Cannabis						76	0.28	−0.06
	United Future						18	0.07	−0.08
	Focus						7	0.03	+0.03
	Ban 1080						4	0.01	+0.01
	Civilian						4	0.01	+0.01
	Democrats						4	0.01	−0.02
	Independent Coalition						4	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				576			502
Total valid votes				25,995			27,071
Turnout				27,071	66.86	+2.52
	Labour hold		Majority	13,254	50.99	−11.97

2011 election

2011 general election: Manukau East[10]
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 Ross Robertson		19,399	77.11	+11.03	17,977	66.68	+7.35
	National	Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi		3,561	14.16	-4.26	5,287	19.61	-4.58
	NZ First	Asenati Taylor		999	3.97	+3.97	1,703	6.32	+2.64
	Mana	John Minto		461	1.83	+1.83	253	0.94	+0.94
	Conservative	Frank John Naea		425	1.69	+1.69	393	1.46	+1.46
	ACT	Jonathan MacFarlane		248	0.99	-1.67	143	0.53	-1.08
	Communist League	Felicity Coggan		63	0.25	+0.19
	Green						913	3.39	+1.60
	Māori Party						131	0.49	-0.53
	Legalise Cannabis						93	0.34	-0.001
	United Future						41	0.15	-0.31
	Libertarianz						10	0.04	+0.02
	Alliance						9	0.03	±0.00
	Democrats						7	0.03	±0.00
Informal votes				1,371			524
Total valid votes				25,156			26,960
	Labour hold		Majority	15,838	62.96	+15.29

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 41,901^[11]

2008 election

2008 general election: Manukau East[12]
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 Ross Robertson		17,254	66.08		16,137	59.33
	National	Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi		4,809	18.42		6,579	24.19
	Pacific	Tevaga Sione Leavasa		1,406	5.39		1,219	4.48
	ACT	Lyn Murphy		693	2.65		439	1.61
	Family Party	Papali'i Poutoa Papali'I		648	2.48		238	0.88
	Green	Donna Wynd		628	2.41		487	1.79
	Progressive	Trevor Barnard		333	1.28		374	1.38
	Kiwi	Kevin Stitt		155	0.59		102	0.38
	United Future	Manogi Turua Head		112	0.43		126	0.46
	Workers Party	Daphna Whitmore		55	0.21		25	0.09
	Communist League	Annalucia Vermunt		16	0.06
	NZ First						999	3.67
	Māori Party						276	1.01
	Legalise Cannabis						94	0.35
	Bill and Ben						69	0.25
	Alliance						9	0.03
	RAM						9	0.03
	Democrats						7	0.03
	Libertarianz						6	0.02
	RONZ						4	0.01
Informal votes				459			287
Total valid votes				26,109			27,199
	Labour hold		Majority	12,445	47.67

2005 election

2005 general election: Manukau East
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 Ross Robertson		18,804	59.40	-3.51	18,100	54.87	-1.31
	National	Ken Yee		8,914	28.16		10,219	30.98	+14.86
	Destiny	Richard Lewis		1,111	3.51		472	1.43
	ACT	Hamish Stevens		725	2.29		629	1.91	-5.03
	Green	Irene Bentley		648	2.05		583	1.77	-0.79
	Progressive	Trevor Barnard		407	1.29		525	1.59	-0.40
	United Future	Ram Parkash		336	1.06		486	1.47	-3.45
	Māori Party	Mama Tere Strickland Tahere		303	0.96		204	0.62
	Family Rights	Tapu Anne Po-Wihongi		225	0.71		145	0.44
	Independent	Raj Subramanian		76	0.24
	Alliance	Jill Ovens		64	0.20		32	0.10	-0.69
	Direct Democracy	Seira Perese		42	0.13		9	0.03
	NZ First						1,434	4.35	-3.76
	Legalise Cannabis						62	0.19	-0.29
	Christian Heritage						44	0.13	-1.29
	Libertarianz						15	0.05
	99 MP						8	0.02
	One NZ						8	0.02	-0.03
	RONZ						8	0.02
	Democrats						6	0.02
Informal votes				555			204
Total valid votes				31,655			32,989
	Labour hold		Majority	9,890	31.24	-9.29

2002 election

2002 general election: Manukau East
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 Ross Robertson		16,543	62.91	+7.83	15,235	56.18	+10.79
	National	Arthur Anae		5,886	22.38		4,371	16.12	-15.94
	ACT	Gerald Trass		1,393	5.30		1,883	6.94	-0.56
	United Future	Kelly Chal		884	3.36		1,335	4.92
	Progressive	Matt Robson		775	2.95		540	1.99
	Christian Heritage	Mary Mere Paki		511	1.94		384	1.42	-0.72
	Alliance	Simon Shields		236	0.90		214	0.79	-4.33
	Anti-Capitalist Alliance	Mark Muller		67	0.25
	NZ First						2,199	8.11	+4.91
	Green						695	2.56	+0.30
	Legalise Cannabis						129	0.48	-0.09
	ORNZ						95	0.35
	Mana Māori						15	0.06	+0.05
	One NZ						14	0.05	+0.03
	NMP						8	0.03	+0.02
Informal votes				481			159
Total valid votes				26,295			27,117
	Labour hold		Majority	10.657	40.53	+16.47

1999 election

1999 general election: Manukau East
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 Ross Robertson		16,224	55.08	+21.38	13,545	45.39	+11.69
	National	Ken Yee		9,138	31.02	-1.83	9,568	32.06	-4.58
	ACT	Charles Lowndes		1,474	5.00		2,237	7.50	+1.2
	Alliance	Bruce Bennett Holm		944	3.20		1,527	5.12	-0.81
	Christian Heritage	David Simpkin		602	2.04		640	2.14
	NZ First	Malia Kamilo Hamani		429	1.46		955	3.20	-7.15
	Mauri Pacific	Danny Turia		390	1.32		106	0.36
	Independent	Paul Teio		88	0.30
	Workers' Party	Daphna Whitmore		88	0.30
	Reform Party	Dave Bergersen		50	0.17
	Mana Wahine Te Ira Tangata	Mareta Wiringi		29	0.10
	Green						673	2.26
	Legalise Cannabis						170	0.57	-0.51
	Christian Democrats						160	0.54
	United NZ						123	0.41	-0.24
	Libertarianz						45	0.15	+0.13
	Animals First						32	0.11	-0.02
	McGillicuddy Serious						23	0.08	-0.06
	Natural Law						11	0.04	-0.07
	The People's Choice						8	0.03
	One NZ						5	0.02
	Republican						4	0.01
	Mana Māori						3	0.01	-0.02
	South Island						3	0.01
	NMP						2	0.01
	Freedom Movement						1	0.00
Informal votes				766			381
Total valid votes				29,456			29,841
	Labour hold		Majority	14,750	24.06	+9.97

1996 election

1996 general election: Manukau East[13][14][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	Ross Robertson		15,269	46.93		11,037	33.70
	National	Ken Yee		10,686	32.85		11,996	36.63
	NZ First	Ngaire Clark		2,361	7.26		3,390	10.35
	Conservatives	N Trevor Rogers		1,497	4.60		110	0.34
	Alliance	Tafa Mulitalo		1,108	3.41		1,941	5.93
	ACT	Patrick Cole		1,058	3.25		2,064	6.30
	United NZ	Ted Faleauto		292	0.90		212	0.65
	Advance New Zealand	Taimalelagi Tofilau		161	0.49		64	0.20
	Natural Law	Greg Dodds		72	0.22		37	0.11
	Communist League	Annalucia Vermunt		30	0.09
	Christian Coalition						1,151	3.51
	Legalise Cannabis						355	1.08
	Ethnic Minority Party						190	0.58
	Progressive Green						49	0.15
	McGillicuddy Serious						47	0.14
	Animals First						43	0.13
	Superannuitants & Youth						24	0.07
	Green Society						17	0.05
	Mana Māori						11	0.03
	Asia Pacific United						6	0.02
	Libertarianz						6	0.02
	Te Tawharau						0	0.00
Informal votes				398			182
Total valid votes				32,534			32,750
	Labour win new seat		Majority	4,583	14.09

Notes

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.

References

1. "Manukau East : Electorate Profile" (PDF). Parliamentary Library. September 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
2. "Proposed Auckland Region". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
3. "Ross Robertson". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
4. Shuttleworth, Kate (6 June 2013). "Labour MP Ross Robertson retires from Parliament". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
5. "Labour should learn from Manukau – Salesa". Radio New Zealand. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
6. "Official Count Results -- Manukau East". www.electionresults.govt.nz. 2014. Archived from the original on 1 August 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
7. "NZ Election 2020 electorate changes: Adjusted boundaries, new names". Newshub. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
8. "Manukau East – Official Result". Electoral Commission. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
9. "Official Count Results – Manukau East (2014)". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
10. 2011 election results
11. "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
12. 2008 election results
13. "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – Manukau East, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 20 July 2013.
14. "Part III – Party Lists of Successful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
15. "Part III – Party Lists of unsuccessful Registered Parties" (PDF). Electoral Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

External links

• Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library