East Coast Bays (New Zealand electorate)

East Coast Bays is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It is currently held by Murray McCully MP [ [http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/9/9/a/48MP13691-McCully-Murray.htm New Zealand Parliament - Murray McCully MP] ] .

The electorate is based around the north-eastern suburbs of North Shore City in north Auckland, including Torbay, Browns Bay and Mairangi Bay. The electorate crosses State Highway One at its southern end, which includes a section of Glenfield. East Coast Bays is a wealthy seat, with incomes above the national average and boasting some of the most expensive real estate in the country. The seat are also contains a lot of émigrés from South Africa.

History

East Coast Bays was a seat in the New Zealand Parliament between 1972 and 1996, before being abolished to make way for a new seat called Albany at the change to Mixed Member Proportional voting. High population growth in North Auckland lead to the seat's western fringe being removed in 2002, and with it the eponymous suburb of Albany, thus recreating East Coast Bays ahead of the 2002 election.

Although now a safe seat for National, it was held for seven years by Social Credit MP Gary Knapp, from a byelection in 1980, where he defeated future National party leader Don Brash until the declining fortunes of the Democratic Party (as Social Credit renamed itself), lead to Knapp being defeated in 1987 by Murray McCully, who has held the seat since.

Members of Parliament for East Coast Bays

List MPs from East Coast Bays

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

Election results

2002 election

MMP election box candidate win
party = New Zealand National Party
candidate = Murray McCully
votes = 12,134
percentage = 39.09
change =
party votes = 7876
party percent = 24.83
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = New Zealand Labour Party
candidate = Hamish McCracken
votes = 10,600
percentage = 34.15
change =
party votes = 10,722
party percent = 33.81
party change = MMP election box candidate list
party = United Future New Zealand
candidate = Paul Adams
votes = 2872
percentage = 9.25
change =
party votes = 3052
party percent = 9.62
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = ACT New Zealand
candidate = Jeanette Elley
votes = 1993
percentage = 6.42
change =
party votes = 1646
party percent = 5.19
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
candidate = Julie Pepper
votes = 1688
percentage = 5.44
change =
party votes = 3796
party percent = 11.97
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = One New Zealand Party
candidate = Alan McCulloch
votes = 528
percentage = 1.70
change =
party votes = 75
party percent = 0.24
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = New Zealand Progressive Party
candidate = Jill Henry
votes = 508
percentage = 1.64
change =
party votes = 403
party percent = 1.27
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = Christian Heritage New Zealand
candidate = Ian Cummings
votes = 399
percentage = 1.29
change =
party votes = 334
party percent = 1.05
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
candidate = Fiona McLaren
votes = 316
percentage = 1.02
change =
party votes = 287
party percent = 0.90
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = New Zealand First
candidate =
votes = -
percentage =
change =
party votes = 3163
party percent = 9.97
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = Outdoor Recreation New Zealand
candidate =
votes = -
percentage =
change =
party votes = 227
party percent = 0.72
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
candidate =
votes = -
percentage =
change =
party votes = 123
party percent = 0.39
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = NMP (political party)
candidate =
votes = -
percentage =
change =
party votes = 6
party percent = 0.02
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = Mana Māori Movement
candidate =
votes = -
percentage =
change =
party votes = 4
party percent = 0.01
party change = MMP election box informal vote
votes =392 |
party votes = 75 |
MMP election box total vote
votes =31,038 |
party votes = 31,714 | - | -
MMP election box majority win
winner = New Zealand National Party
votes = 1534
percent = 4.94
change =

2005 election

MMP election box incumbent win
party = New Zealand National Party
candidate = Murray McCully
votes = 17,213
percentage = 47.02
change = +7.93
party votes = 19,437
party percent = 52.27
party change = +27.44MMP election box candidate lose
party = New Zealand Labour Party
candidate = Hamish McCracken
votes = 9927
percentage = 27.12
change = -7.03
party votes = 11,813
party percent = 31.77
party change = -2.04

MMP election box candidate lose
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Paul Adams
votes = 5809
percentage = 15.87
change =
party votes = -
party percent =
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
candidate = Jeanette Elley
votes = 1287
percentage = 3.52
change = -1.92
party votes = 1297
party percent = 3.49
party change = -8.48MMP election box candidate lose
party = New Zealand First
candidate = Anne Martin
votes = 942
percentage = 2.57
change =
party votes = 1775
party percent = 4.77
party change = -5.20MMP election box candidate lose
party = ACT New Zealand
candidate = Andrew Stone
votes = 537
percentage = 1.47
change = -4.95
party votes = 956
party percent = 2.39
party change = -2.80MMP election box candidate lose
party = United Future New Zealand
candidate = Steven Dromgool
votes = 405
percentage = 1.11
change = -8.14
party votes = 890
party percent = 2.39
party change = -7.23MMP election box candidate lose
party = New Zealand Progressive Party
candidate = Fiona Beazley
votes = 253
percentage = 0.69
change = -0.95
party votes = 338
party percent = 0.91
party change = -0.36MMP election box candidate lose
party = Māori Party
candidate = Rahuia Kapa
votes = 119
percentage = 0.33
change =
party votes = 95
party percent = 0.26
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = New Zealand Democratic Party
candidate = Patrick Fahey
votes = 73
percentage = 0.20
change =
party votes = 14
party percent = 0.04
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = Destiny New Zealand
candidate = John Steemson
votes = 39
percentage = 0.11
change =
party votes = 370
party percent = 1.00
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
candidate = -
votes =
percentage =
change =
party votes = 74
party percent = 0.20
party change = -0.19MMP election box candidate lose
party = Christian Heritage New Zealand
candidate = -
votes =
percentage =
change =
party votes = 44
party percent = 0.12
party change = -0.93MMP election box candidate lose
party = Direct Democracy Party of New Zealand
candidate = -
votes =
percentage =
change =
party votes = 28
party percent = 0.08
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
candidate = -
votes =
percentage =
change =
party votes = 15
party percent = 0.04
party change = -0.86MMP election box candidate lose
party = Libertarianz
candidate = -
votes =
percentage =
change =
party votes = 14
party percent = 0.04
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = The Republic of New Zealand Party
candidate = -
votes =
percentage =
change =
party votes = 7
party percent = 0.02
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = 99 MP Party
candidate = -
votes =
percentage =
change =
party votes = 6
party percent = 0.02
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = New Zealand Family Rights Protection Party
candidate = -
votes =
percentage =
change =
party votes = 6
party percent = 0.02
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = One New Zealand Party
candidate = -
votes =
percentage =
change =
party votes = 5
party percent = 0.01
party change = -0.23

MMP election box informal vote
votes = 324
party votes = 100MMP election box total vote
votes = 36,604
party votes = 37,184MMP election box majority hold
winner = New Zealand National Party
votes = 7286
percent = 19.90
change = +14.96

References

External links

* [http://www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/CFB237AC-E263-46B0-BEC1-054315CCDB2D/114/East_Coast_Bays1.pdf Electorate Profile] "Parliamentary Library"