Napier (New Zealand electorate)

Napier is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the House of Representatives. It is named after the city of Napier, the main urban area within the electorate. The electorate was established for the 1861 election and has existed since. It has been held by Katie Nimon of the New Zealand National Party since the 2023 general election. It was held by Stuart Nash of the New Zealand Labour Party from the 2014 general election until 2023, when he did not stand for re-election.

Napier
Single-member general constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Formation	1861
Region	Hawke's Bay
Character	Urban and rural
Term	3 years
Member for Napier
Katie Nimon since 14 October 2023
Party	National
Previous MP	Stuart Nash (Labour)
Party vote distribution

Population centres

The electorate includes the following population centres:

• Napier
• Taradale
• Wairoa
• Frasertown
• Nūhaka

History

The electorate was created in 1861, and preceded by the Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay electorate from 1853 to 1860 and then briefly the County of Hawke electorate in 1860. It was a two-member electorate from 1876 to 1881.^[1]

The first representative was Henry Powning Stark, who won the election on 19 February 1861.^[2]

There were speculations that Douglas Maclean would be the conservative candidate in the Napier electorate in the 1890 election upon his return from England instead of George Swan, but this was not correct.^[3] Swan contested the election and was successful against the Liberal Party candidate Michael Gannon.^[4][5] In the 1893 election, Swan was challenged by the Liberal Party candidate Samuel Carnell, with the latter being successful against the incumbent.^[6][7] In the 1896 election, Carnell in turn was challenged by the conservative candidate Douglas Maclean, with Maclean achieving a large majority against the incumbent.^[8][9]

In the 1931 election, the incumbent, Bill Barnard of the Labour Party, was challenged by John Butler of the Reform Party as the official candidate of the United–Reform Coalition, and United Party member Vigor Brown as an Independent. Brown, at the time Mayor of Napier and previously MP for Napier for many years, withdrew just before the election, but too late for his name to be excluded from the ballot papers.^[10] The election was won by Barnard.^[11]

Labour's Russell Fairbrother was first elected in the electorate in the 2002 election, replacing long-standing MP Geoff Braybrooke. In the 2005 election, Chris Tremain defeated Fairbrother, winning the electorate for the National Party for the first time since the 1951 election.^[12] In the 2008 election, Tremain retained the electorate with an increased majority over Fairbrother.^[13] In the 2011 election, Tremain beat Labour's Stuart Nash.^[14]

Tremain announced in September 2013 that he would not contest the 2014 election.^[15] Wayne Walford succeeded Tremain as National's candidate for the seat,^[16] Nash contested the electorate for the Labour Party for the second time, and Garth McVicar stood for the Conservative Party. McVicar had a high-profile due to his previous involvement with the Sensible Sentencing Trust lobby group. In July 2014, Walford was referred to Police by the Electoral Commission for breaching the Electoral Act by failing to display an authorisation statement on his campaign vehicle.^[17]

Nash had a majority of 3,850 votes over Walford.^[18] McVicar's 7,603 votes split the traditional National Party votes (24.8% of electors who gave their party vote to National gave their electorate vote to McVicar, a total of 4,465 votes),^[19] which helped Nash win the election.^[18][20][21]

Members of Parliament

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at a general election.^[1]

Key

  Independent   Conservative   Liberal   Labour   Reform   Democratic Labour   National   ACT

single-member electorate

Election	Winner
1861 election		Henry Powning Stark
1861 by-election		William Colenso
1866 election		Donald McLean
1871 election

multi-member electorate

Election	Winners
1875 election		Donald McLean		William Russell
1877 by-election		Fred Sutton
1879 election

single-member electorate

Election	Winner
1881 election		John Buchanan
1884 election		John Davies Ormond
1887 election
1890 election		George Swan
1893 election		Samuel Carnell
1896 election		Douglas Maclean
1899 election		Alfred Fraser
1902 election
1905 election
1908 election		Vigor Brown
1911 election
1914 election
1919 election
1922 election		Lew McIlvride
1925 election		John Mason
1928 election		Bill Barnard
1931 election
1935 election
1938 election
1943 election		Tommy Armstrong
1946 election
1949 election
1951 election		Peter Tait
1954 election		Jim Edwards
1957 election
1960 election
1963 election
1966 election		Gordon Christie
1969 election
1972 election
1975 election
1978 election
1981 election		Geoff Braybrooke
1984 election
1987 election
1990 election
1993 election
1996 election
1999 election
2002 election		Russell Fairbrother
2005 election		Chris Tremain
2008 election
2011 election
2014 election		Stuart Nash
2017 election
2020 election
2023 election		Katie Nimon

List MPs

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Napier electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Election	Winner
1999 election		Anne Tolley
2002 election		Donna Awatere Huata[a]
2005 election		Russell Fairbrother

Election results

2023 election

2023 general election results: Napier[22]
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	Katie Nimon		21,344	52.83	+15.79	16,670	40.76	+12.86
	Labour	Mark Hutchinson		12,474	30.88	-20.17	10,810	26.43	-24.16
	Green	Julienne Dickey		2,190	5.42	+0.76	3,476	8.50	+2.68
	NZ First	Laurie Turnbull		1,729	4.28	—	2,794	6.83	+4.69
	ACT	Pawel Milewski		1,211	3.00	+0.70	4,503	11.01	+2.89
	DemocracyNZ	Martin Langford		765	1.90	—	205	0.50	—
	Independent	John Clive Smith		258	0.64	+0.17
	Opportunities						621	1.52	+0.25
	NZ Loyal						514	1.26	—
	Te Pāti Māori						380	0.93	+0.65
	NewZeal						215	0.53	+0.36
	Legalise Cannabis						199	0.49	+0.07
	Freedoms NZ						79	0.19	—
	Animal Justice						69	0.17	—
	New Conservatives						44	0.11	-1.34
	Women's Rights						36	0.09	—
	Leighton Baker Party						26	0.06	—
	New Nation						18	0.04	—
Informal votes				429			240
Total valid votes				40,400			40,899
	National gain from Labour		Majority	8,870	21.95	+15.79

2020 election

2020 general election: Napier[23]
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 Stuart Nash		21,325	51.06	-3.17	21,245	50.59	+12.76
	National	Katie Nimon		15,469	37.04	-3.49	11,718	27.90	-18.30
	Green	James Crow		1,948	4.66	+1.03	2,444	5.82	+0.82
	New Conservative	Deborah Burnside		1,032	2.47	+1.87	611	1.45	+1.08
	ACT	Judy Kendall		962	2.30	—	3,410	8.12	+7.73
	Independent	John Clive Smith		197	0.47	—
	Independent	Camden Gaskin		92	0.22	—
	NZ First						899	2.14	-5.06
	Opportunities						537	1.27	-0.63
	Advance NZ						355	0.84	—
	Legalise Cannabis						179	0.42	+0.12
	Māori Party						118	0.28	-0.12
	ONE						72	0.17	—
	Outdoors						39	0.09	+0.02
	Vision NZ						24	0.05	—
	Sustainable NZ						21	0.05	—
	Social Credit						13	0.03	-0.03
	TEA						11	0.03	—
	Heartland						8	0.01	—
Informal votes				722			287
Total valid votes				41,757			41,991
	Labour hold		Majority	5,856	14.02	+0.33

2017 election

2017 general election: Napier[24]
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 Stuart Nash		20,677	54.23	+11.82	14,681	37.83	+11.97
	National	David Elliott		15,457	40.53	+8.77	17,929	46.20	−2.99
	Green	Damon Rusden		1,386	3.63	−0.14	1,938	5.00	−3.75
	Māori Party	Maryanne Marsters		308	0.81	—	154	0.40	−0.04
	Conservative	Laurence Day		230	0.60	−20.42	145	0.37	−5.83
	Democrats	Karl Matthys		72	0.19	+0.05	25	0.06	−0.01
	NZ First						2,794	7.20	−0.20
	Opportunities						739	1.90	—
	ACT						152	0.39	+0.11
	Legalise Cannabis						116	0.30	−0.12
	Ban 1080						38	0.10	−0.06
	People's Party						32	0.08	—
	Outdoors						28	0.07	—
	United Future						19	0.05	−0.12
	Mana						11	0.03	−0.57[b]
	Internet						3	0.01	−0.59[c]
Informal votes				324			119
Total valid votes				38,130			38,804
Turnout				38,923
	Labour hold		Majority	5,220	13.69	+3.05

2014 election

2014 general election: Napier[25]
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	Stuart Nash		15,343	42.41	+1.42	9,466	25.86	−3.40
	National	Wayne Walford		11,493	31.77	−20.34	18,005	49.19	+0.42
	Conservative	Garth McVicar		7,603	21.02	+19.01	2,270	6.20	+2.85
	Green	Paul Bailey		1,363	3.77	−0.24	3,198	8.74	−1.07
	Alliance	Mary O'Neil		59	0.16	+0.02
	Democrats	Bary Pulford		51	0.14	+0.14	27	0.07	+0.02
	NZ First						2,709	7.40	+1.82
	Internet Mana						219	0.60	+0.36[d]
	Māori Party						160	0.44	−0.17
	Legalise Cannabis						153	0.42	−0.10
	ACT						103	0.28	−0.78
	United Future						63	0.17	−0.43
	Ban 1080						58	0.16	+0.16
	Civilian						16	0.04	+0.04
	Independent Coalition						7	0.02	+0.02
	Focus						6	0.02	+0.02
Informal votes				236			145
Total valid votes				36,175			36,605
Turnout				36,605	80.36	+3.76
	Labour gain from National		Majority	3,850	10.64	+21.76

2011 election

2011 general election: Napier[14]
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 Chris Tremain		17,337	52.11	-7.58	16,538	48.77	+1.51
	Labour	Stuart Nash		13,636	40.99	+7.05	9,921	29.26	-6.31
	Green	Paul Edward Bailey		1,334	4.01	-1.13	3,327	9.81	+4.26
	Conservative	Roy Brown		668	2.01	+2.01	1,137	3.35	+3.35
	ACT	John Ormond		159	0.48	-0.74	359	1.06	-2.59
	Mana	Rod Paul		86	0.26	+0.26	83	0.24	+0.24
	Alliance	Mary O'Neill		48	0.14	+0.14	34	0.10	-0.03
	NZ First						1,893	5.58	+1.88
	Māori Party						207	0.61	-0.16
	United Future						203	0.60	-0.002
	Legalise Cannabis						175	0.52	+0.14
	Democrats						16	0.05	+0.02
	Libertarianz						14	0.04	+0.002
Informal votes				678			321
Total valid votes				33,268			33,907
	National hold		Majority	3,701	11.12	-14.64

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,266^[26]

2008 election

2008 general election: Napier[13]
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 Chris Tremain		20,898	59.70	+8.73	16,772	47.26	+4.94
	Labour	Russell Fairbrother		11,880	33.94	-6.83	12,621	35.57	-5.43
	Green	Brett Stansfield		1,801	5.14	+1.20	1,969	5.55	+0.32
	ACT	John Ormond		428	1.22		1,296	3.65	+2.56
	NZ First						1,314	3.70	-1.88
	Māori Party						272	0.77	+0.35
	Progressive						269	0.76	-0.13
	United Future						213	0.60	-1.85
	Kiwi						212	0.60
	Bill and Ben						207	0.58
	Legalise Cannabis						132	0.37	+0.15
	Family Party						67	0.19
	Alliance						47	0.13	+0.05
	Pacific						43	0.12
	Workers Party						18	0.05
	Libertarianz						14	0.04	+0.01
	Democrats						8	0.02	-0.02
	RAM						7	0.02
	RONZ						5	0.01	±0.00
Informal votes				358			169
Total valid votes				35,007			35,486
	National hold		Majority	9,018	25.76	+15.57

2005 election

2005 general election: Napier[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	%	±%
	National	Chris Tremain		17,955	50.53		15,086	42.17
	Labour	N Russell Fairbrother		14,364	40.42		14,615	40.85
	Green	Terry Creighton		1,391	3.91		1,864	5.21
	NZ First	James Mist		855	2.40		1,989	5.56
	United Future	Graham Turner		473	1.30		872	2.44
	ACT						390	1.09
	Progressive						316	0.88
	Destiny						193	0.54
	Māori Party						150	0.42
	Legalise Cannabis						80	0.22
	Christian Heritage						44	0.12
	Alliance						29	0.08
	Democrats						16	0.04
	Libertarianz						11	0.03
	Direct Democracy						11	0.03
	One NZ						11	0.03
	99 MP						8	0.02
	Family Rights						6	0.02
	RONZ						5	0.01
Informal votes				305			129
Total valid votes				35,536			35,777
	National gain from Labour		Majority	3,591

2002 election

2002 general election: Napier[27]
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	Russell Fairbrother		14,659	46.24		14,853	45.63	+1.36
	National	Anne Tolley		10,502	33.13	+9.20	6,074	18.66	-7.86
	Green	Terry Creighton		1,872	5.62		2,023	6.21	+1.48
	United Future	Graham Turner		1,569	4.95		1,977	6.07
	ACT	Donna Awatere Huata		1,381	4.36		2,061	6.33	+0.49
	Alliance	Maxine Boag		686	2.16		411	1.26	-9.46
	Christian Heritage	Colin Barr		616	1.94		515	1.58	-0.79
	One NZ	John Bull		506	1.60		119	0.37	+0.32
	NZ First						3,045	9.36	+6.82
	ORNZ						805	2.47
	Progressive						492	1.51
	Legalise Cannabis						164	0.50	-0.55
	Mana Māori						6	0.02	+0.01
	NMP						6	0.02	0.00
Informal votes				801			112
Total valid votes				31,701			32,551
	Labour hold		Majority	4,157	13.11	-22.91

1999 election

1999 general election: Napier
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 Geoff Braybrooke		19,743	59.95	+4.87	14,684	44.27	+9.59
	National	Anne Tolley		7,880	23.93		8,797	26.52	-2.89
	Alliance	Robin Gwynn		2,242	6.81	-2.08	3,555	10.72	-1.38
	Green	Angie Denby		1,169	3.55		1,569	4.73
	ACT	Mel Chandler		623	1.89		1,936	5.84	+0.49
	Christian Heritage	Bob Davis		513	1.56		785	2.37
	NZ First	Lyola Randell-Cotter		305	0.93		844	2.54	-8.81
	Christian Democrats	Allana Hiha		264	0.80		294	0.89
	Independent	Laurance McGregor		195	0.59
	Legalise Cannabis						349	1.05	-1.02
	United NZ						110	0.33	-0.22
	Libertarianz						102	0.31	+0.30
	Animals First						67	0.20	0.00
	McGillicuddy Serious						25	0.08	-0.10
	One NZ						16	0.05
	Natural Law						13	0.04	-0.10
	The People's Choice						8	0.02
	NMP						5	0.02
	Republican						5	0.02
	Mana Māori						3	0.01	-0.01
	Mauri Pacific						2	0.01
	South Island						2	0.01
	Freedom Movement						0	0.00
Informal votes				533			296
Total valid votes				32,934			33,171
	Labour hold		Majority	11,863	36.02	+4.53

1996 election

1996 general election: Napier[28][29][30]
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 Geoff Braybrooke		17,756	55.11		11,266	34.68
	National	Kathryn Ward		7,610	23.62		9,554	29.41
	Alliance	Robin Gwynn		2,865	8.89		3,931	12.10
	NZ First	Stuart Spencer		2,567	7.97		3,687	11.35
	ACT	Jean Hill		1,285	3.99		1,738	5.35
	Natural Law	Ian Levingston		134	0.42		46	0.14
	Christian Coalition						1,167	3.59
	Legalise Cannabis						674	2.07
	United NZ						180	0.55
	Animals First						65	0.20
	Progressive Green						63	0.19
	McGillicuddy Serious						57	0.18
	Green Society						19	0.06
	Superannuitants & Youth						18	0.06
	Ethnic Minority Party						6	0.02
	Advance New Zealand						5	0.02
	Mana Māori						5	0.02
	Asia Pacific United						4	0.01
	Conservatives						2	0.01
	Libertarianz						2	0.01
	Te Tawharau						0	0.00
Informal votes				394			121
Total valid votes				32,217			32,490
	Labour hold		Majority	10,146	31.49

1993 election

1993 general election: Napier^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Braybrooke	9,923	50.61	+4.13
	National	Colleen Pritchard	4,997	25.48	−14.01
	Alliance	Derek Holland	3,399	17.33	+12.34
	NZ First	James Morunga	989	5.04
	Christian Heritage	Gary Bisley	297	1.51
Majority			4,926	25.12	+18.14
Turnout			19,605	83.48	−0.43
Registered electors			23,482

1990 election

1990 general election: Napier^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Braybrooke	8,420	46.48	−16.45
	National	Colleen Pritchard	7,155	39.49
	Green	B P Duggan	1,428	7.88
	NewLabour	Derek Holland	904	4.99
	Democrats	P A Williamson	141	0.77
	Independent	R F Terry	66	0.36
Majority			1,265	6.98	−22.02
Turnout			18,114	83.91	−2.78
Registered electors			21,585

1987 election

1987 general election: Napier^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Braybrooke	11,770	62.93	+5.81
	National	Ashley Church	6,345	33.92
	Democrats	Beryl Shakes	586	3.13
Majority			5,425	29.00	−1.24
Turnout			18,701	86.69	−6.16
Registered electors			21,571

1984 election

1984 general election: Napier^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Braybrooke	12,085	57.12	+10.16
	National	M P Liddell	5,686	26.87
	NZ Party	Noel Mockford	2,711	12.81
	Social Credit	R E Culpitt	673	3.18
Majority			6,399	30.24	+15.63
Turnout			21,155	92.85	+2.39
Registered electors			22,784

1981 election

1981 general election: Napier^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff Braybrooke	9,672	46.96
	National	Kevin Rose	6,663	32.35	−2.77
	Social Credit	Martin Hine	4,260	20.68
Majority			3,009	14.61
Turnout			20,595	90.46	+7.59
Registered electors			22,766

1978 election

1978 general election: Napier^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Christie	9,987	49.68	+4.52
	National	Kevin Rose	7,060	35.12
	Social Credit	L C Barker	2,664	13.25
	Values	Jim Saunders	388	1.93
Majority			2,927	14.56	+10.09
Turnout			20,099	73.71	−11.99
Registered electors			27,267

1975 election

1975 general election: Napier^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Christie	9,395	45.16	−11.33
	National	John Isles	8,464	40.69
	Social Credit	Heather Woodhall	1,841	8.85
	Values	Duncan White	1,084	5.21
	Independent	H Sykes	16	0.07
Majority			931	4.47	−16.09
Turnout			20,800	85.70	−4.31
Registered electors			24,270

1972 election

1972 general election: Napier^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Christie	10,232	56.49	+3.55
	National	Merle Bell	6,507	35.92
	Social Credit	Robert James Hurdle	912	5.03
	Values	James Barnes	365	2.01
	New Democratic	Alfred William Earl Barley	95	0.52
Majority			3,725	20.56	+10.15
Turnout			18,111	90.01	−0.97
Registered electors			20,121

1969 election

1969 general election: Napier^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Christie	10,013	52.94	+7.08
	National	Terry Dunleavy	8,043	42.52
	Social Credit	Roy Hollands	857	4.53	−5.96
Majority			1,970	10.41	+8.19
Turnout			18,913	90.98	+1.90
Registered electors			20,787

1966 election

1966 general election: Napier^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Christie	8,088	45.86
	National	Maurice Kidson	7,695	43.63
	Social Credit	Roy Hollands	1,850	10.49
Majority			393	2.22
Turnout			17,633	89.08	−2.94
Registered electors			19,793

1963 election

1963 general election: Napier^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Edwards	8,438	50.43	−0.81
	National	D'Arcy Ormonde Haskell	7,653	45.74
	Social Credit	Allan Edgar Frampton	638	3.81	−1.25
Majority			785	4.69	−3.45
Turnout			16,729	92.02	+0.49
Registered electors			18,178

1960 election

1960 general election: Napier^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Edwards	8,838	51.24	−4.02
	National	William John Gunn	7,533	43.68
	Social Credit	Allan Edgar Frampton	874	5.06	+1.01
Majority			1,405	8.14	−6.45
Turnout			17,245	92.51	−2.30
Registered electors			18,640

1957 election

1957 general election: Napier^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Edwards	9,140	55.26	+4.51
	National	Raymond Vincent Foster	6,727	40.67
	Social Credit	Allan Edgar Frampton	671	4.05
Majority			2,413	14.59	+10.02
Turnout			16,538	94.81	−0.16
Registered electors			17,443

1954 election

1954 general election: Napier^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Edwards	7,992	50.75
	National	Peter Tait	7,272	46.18	−3.96
	Social Credit	J Lothian	481	3.05
Majority			720	4.57
Turnout			15,745	94.97	+3.22
Registered electors			16,578

1951 election

1951 general election: Napier^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Peter Tait	7,375	50.14
	Labour	Tommy Armstrong	7,331	49.85	−1.81
Majority			44	0.29
Turnout			14,706	91.75	−3.27
Registered electors			16,028

1949 election

1949 general election: Napier^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tommy Armstrong	7,384	51.66	−5.05
	National	William Tucker	6,663	46.62
	Communist	Charles James Brown	126	0.88
	Independent Liberal	John Cummins	118	0.82
Majority			721	5.04	−8.39
Turnout			14,291	95.02	−0.68
Registered electors			15,039

1946 election

1946 general election: Napier^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tommy Armstrong	7,789	56.71	+13.05
	National	Alan John Price	5,944	43.28
Majority			1,845	13.43	+3.43
Turnout			13,733	95.70	+0.41
Registered electors			14,350

1943 election

1943 general election: Napier^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tommy Armstrong	5,558	43.66
	National	Morris Spence	4,285	33.66
	Independent	Bill Barnard	2,784	21.86	−41.49
Informal votes			103	0.80	−0.28
Majority			1,273	10.00	−21.77
Turnout			12,730	95.29	+0.13
Registered electors			13,358

1938 election

1938 general election: Napier^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Barnard	8,097	65.35	−0.26
	National	John Ormond	4,160	33.57
Informal votes			134	1.08	+0.64
Majority			3,937	31.77	−4.91
Turnout			12,391	95.16	+2.46
Registered electors			13,021

1935 election

1935 general election: Napier^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Barnard	7,290	65.91	+9.05
	Reform	Frank Bannerman Logan	3,233	29.23
	Democrat	Norman Jacobsen	396	3.58
	Communist	William Wood	141	1.27
Informal votes			49	0.44	+0.01
Majority			4,057	36.68	+22.62
Turnout			11,060	92.70	+8.85
Registered electors			11,930

1931 election

1931 general election: Napier^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Barnard	5,886	56.86	+2.81
	Reform	John Butler	4,430	42.79
	Independent	Vigor Brown	36	0.35
Informal votes			45	0.43	−0.25
Majority			1,456	14.06	+5.97
Turnout			10,397	83.85	−6.37
Registered electors			12,399

1928 election

1928 general election: Napier^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Barnard	4,095	54.05
	Reform	John Mason	3,482	45.95	−6.98
Informal votes			52	0.68	−0.29
Majority			613	8.09	+2.22
Turnout			7,629	90.22	−1.66
Registered electors			8,456

1925 election

1925 general election: Napier^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	John Mason	5,169	52.93	+23.21
	Labour	Lew McIlvride	4,596	47.07	+8.95
Informal votes			96	0.97	±0.00
Majority			573	5.87	−2.53
Turnout			9,861	91.88	+1.26
Registered electors			10,732

1922 election

1922 general election: Napier^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lew McIlvride	3,465	38.12
	Reform	John Mason[43]	2,702	29.72
	Independent Liberal	Albert Jull	1,996	21.96
	Reform	Vigor Brown[44]	927	10.20	−24.19
Informal votes			89	0.97	−1.00
Majority			763	8.39	+7.72
Turnout			9,179	90.62	+9.35
Registered electors			10,129

1919 election

1919 general election: Napier^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vigor Brown	2,763	34.39	−30.82
	Labour	Frederick Charles Evans[46][47]	2,709	33.72
	Ind. Progressive	Henry Hill	2,562	31.89
Informal votes			161	1.96	+0.86
Majority			54	0.67	−29.75
Turnout			8,195	81.27	−2.52
Registered electors			10,084

1914 election

1914 general election: Napier^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vigor Brown	4,748	65.21	+7.36
	Reform	George William Venables[49]	2,533	34.79
Informal votes			81	1.10	−0.91
Majority			2,215	30.42	+14.72
Turnout			7,362	83.78	+1.62
Registered electors			8,787

1911 election

1911 general election: Napier, first ballot^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vigor Brown	3,920	57.85	−0.02
	Labour	Henry Hill	2,856	42.15
Informal votes			139	2.01
Majority			1,064	15.70	−0.05
Turnout			6,915	82.16	+4.52
Registered electors			8,416

1908 election

1908 general election: Napier, first ballot^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vigor Brown	3,803	57.88
	Liberal	Alfred Fraser	2,768	42.12	−12.49
Majority			1,035	15.75	−10.33
Turnout			6,571	77.64	−5.39
Registered electors			8,463

1905 election

1905 general election: Napier^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Fraser	3,076	54.62	−14.06
	Independent Liberal	Montague W. P. Lascelles[53][54]	1,607	28.53
	Liberal–Labour	William James McGrath	949	16.85
Informal votes			89	1.56	+0.24
Majority			1,469	26.08	−11.28
Turnout			5,721	83.03	+8.99
Registered electors

1902 election

1902 general election: Napier^[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Fraser	2,739	68.68	+18.20
	Independent Liberal	Richard Joseph Eames[56]	1,249	31.32
Informal votes			72	1.31
Majority			1,490	37.36	+36.40
Turnout			4,060	74.05	−6.06
Registered electors			5,483

1899 election

1899 general election: Napier^[57]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Fraser	1,994	50.48
	Conservative	Douglas Maclean	1,956	49.52	−12.66
Majority			38	0.96	−16.97
Turnout			3,950	80.11	−1.05
Registered electors			4,931[58]

1893 election

1893 general election: Napier^[59][60]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Carnell	2,114	57.01
	Conservative	George Swan	1,594	42.99	−10.21
Majority			520	14.02
Turnout			3,708	87.87	+12.32
Registered electors			4,220

1890 election

1890 general election: Napier^[61]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Swan	1,105	53.20
	Liberal–Labour	Michael Gannon[62]	972	46.80
Majority			133	6.40
Turnout			2,077	75.55
Registered electors			2,749

1877 by-election

1877 Napier by-election^[63]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Fred Sutton	317	42.10
	Independent	John Buchanan	294	39.04
	Independent	Henry Stokes Tiffen	128	17.00
	Independent	William Colenso	13	1.73
	Independent	William Barnard Rhodes	1	0.13
Majority			23	3.05
Turnout			753

1861 by-election

1861 Napier by-election^[64]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Colenso	47	44.8
	Independent	Henry Sealy[65][66][67]	30	28.6
	Independent	John Tucker[68]	23	21.9
	Independent	J. B. Ferguson[68]	5	4.8
Majority			17	16.2
Turnout			105

Table footnotes

1. Awatere Huata was expelled from serving as a list MP on 19 November 2004.
2. 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
3. 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
4. 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.