Rodney (New Zealand electorate)

Rodney is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Rodney is Dr Lockwood Smith of the National Party. [ [http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/MPP/MPs/MPs/e/4/9/48MP13001-Smith-Lockwood.htm New Zealand Parliament - Lockwood Smith MP] ] He has held this position since 1996.

Rodney covers an area of the northern Auckland region from Warkworth in the north, south through the Hibiscus Coast to Auckland's northern urban fringe. High population growth in north and west Auckland has lead to Rodney shrinking - Helensville and Kumeu were taken out in 1999, the next major town to be removed was Wellsford after the 2006 census.

Rodney was created ahead of the change to Mixed Member Proportional voting in 1996. Its original incarnation was coterminous with the district for which it is named - most of the old Albany seat minus its eponymous town, with a large section of Kaipara tacked onto the northern fringe. Both of these seats were held by National MPs - Lockwood Smith in Kaipara and then Deputy Prime Minister Don McKinnon in Albany. Smith won his party's nomination for what is a safe National seat and has not been seriously troubled for re-election since.

In an historical sense, the name can refer to a seat that covered a similar area and was first contested at the 1969 election, and last contested in 1978.

Members of Parliament for Rodney

List MPs from Rodney

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

Election results

MMP election box incumbent win
party = New Zealand National Party
candidate = Lockwood Smith
votes = 20,651
percentage = 55.57
change = +16.99
party votes = 19,799
party percent = 52.65
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = New Zealand Labour Party
candidate = Tony Dunlop
votes = 9115
percentage = 24.53
change = -0.85
party votes = 10,462
party percent = 27.82
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = New Zealand First
candidate = Craig McNair
votes = 3496
percentage = 9.41
change =
party votes = 3089
party percent = 8.08
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
candidate = Graham Evans
votes = 1918
percentage = 5.16
change =
party votes = 1631
party percent = 4.34
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = United Future New Zealand
candidate = Peter Mountan
votes = 997
percentage = 2.68
change =
party votes = 1162
party percent = 3.09
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = ACT New Zealand
candidate = Christopher Brown
votes = 450
percentage = 1.21
change =
party votes = 678
party percent = 1.80
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = New Zealand Progressive Party
candidate = Tony Sharrock
votes = 332
percentage = 0.89
change =
party votes = 319
party percent = 0.85
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = Māori Party
candidate = Adell Dick
votes = 166
percentage = 0.45
change =
party votes = 107
party percent = 0.28
party change = -MMP election box candidate lose
party = Direct Democracy Party of New Zealand
candidate = Colin Punter
votes = 36
percentage = 0.10
change =
party votes = 2
party percent = 0.01
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = Destiny New Zealand
candidate = -
votes =
percentage =
change =
party votes = 238
party percent = 0.63
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party
candidate = -
votes =
percentage =
change =
party votes = 58
party percent = 0.15
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = Christian Heritage New Zealand
candidate = -
votes =
percentage =
change =
party votes = 36
party percent = 0.10
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
candidate = -
votes =
percentage =
change =
party votes = 18
party percent = 0.05
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = New Zealand Democratic Party
candidate = -
votes =
percentage =
change =
party votes = 15
party percent = 0.04
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = New Zealand Family Rights Protection Party
candidate = -
votes =
percentage =
change =
party votes = 8
party percent = 0.02
party change = MMP election box candidate lose
party = Libertarianz
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 = The Republic of New Zealand 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 = 3
party percent = 0.01
party change = MMP election box informal vote
votes = 353
party votes = 145

MMP election box total vote
votes = 37,161
party votes = 37,605MMP election box majority hold
winner = New Zealand National Party
votes = 11,536
percent = 31.04
change = +16.84

References

External links

* [http://www.parliament.nz/NR/rdonlyres/21D6E71E-79BE-4435-9D97-0C47B7B73E7B/184/Rodney1.pdf Electorate Profile] "Parliamentary Library"