2016 Mount Roskill by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 July 2026 2016 Mount Roskill by-election New Zealand 2016 parliamentary no 2014 New Zealand general election 2014 2017 New Zealand general election 2017 The Mount Roskill electorate seat in the House of Representatives 3 December 2016 17,476 File:Michael Wood 2017 (cropped alt).jpg Michael Wood New Zealand Labour Party 11,623 66.51% 10.69pp File:Parmjeet Parmar 2018 (cropped).jpg Parmjeet Parmar New Zealand National Party 4,771 27.30% 4.28pp 250px By territorial authority area 250px By territorial authority ward 250px By local board area 250px By local board subdivision 250px By suburb Wood: #ed8783 50–60% #e55651 60–70% #d02923 70–80% #b00600 80–90%Parmar: #b4c7ec 40–50%#808080 No polling places MP Phil Goff Michael Wood New Zealand Labour Party New Zealand Labour Party A by-election was held in the Mount Roskill electorate on 3 December 2016. The seat was vacated following the resignation of Phil Goff after he was elected Mayor of Auckland.http://nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11724629 9 October 2016 Phil Goff elected Mayor of Auckland 8 October 2016 The New Zealand Herald Background At just under 23 sqkm 0 on Mount Roskill has the third-smallest land area among New Zealand's electorates. Following the 2014 boundary changes, it lost New Windsor to the New Lynn electorate, but gained areas around Three Kings and Sandringham and retained the communities of Mount Roskill, Lynfield, Wesley, and Hillsborough. About 39% of the usually resident population of Mount Roskill are from the Asian ethnic group – the second-highest percentage of any general electorate in 2013, and over three times the national average (11.8%). Just less than half of the people in the electorate in 2013 were born in New Zealand (49.1%) – the fifth-lowest share in New Zealand. The proportions of those affiliated with Islam (5.9%), and those affiliated with Hinduism (10.5%), are the highest and third-highest in the country respectively. Over two-thirds (67.9%) of people in Mount Roskill stated they had never smoked, the third-highest share among general electorates. Mount Roskill electrorate profile https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/DBHOH_Lib_EP_Mt_Roskill_TOC/9fd510d0f4581df05473418103537fb19252af82 June 2015 Parliamentary Library 19 October 2016by3 the Parliamentary Library At the 2014 election, Phil Goff (Labour) captured a majority (56.5%) of the 32,976 valid electorate votes cast for candidates in the Mount Roskill electorate. The National Party captured a plurality (42.1%, cf. 47.1% nationally) of the party votes in Mount Roskill, up 2.6 percentage points on its party vote share in 2011. The Labour Party received 35.6% of the party votes, the Green Party received 9.7%, and New Zealand First received 5.3%. No other party gained more than 5% of the party votes. Turnout (total votes cast as a proportion of enrolled electors) in 2014 was 75.0%. Candidates PartyNameNotes New Zealand Labour Party Labour Party Michael Wood Michael Wood, a member of the Puketapapa Local Board, was announced as the Labour Party's candidate. Planning underway ahead of 'one vote' December 3 Mt Roskill by-election https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/planning-underway-ahead-one-vote-december-3-mt-roskill-election 12 October 2016 Television New Zealand 15 October 2016 19 October 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161019060508/https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/planning-underway-ahead-one-vote-december-3-mt-roskill-election dead New Zealand National Party National Party Parmjeet Parmar The National Party announced list MP and previous Mount Roskill candidate Parmjeet Parmar to contest the by-election. Parmar unsuccessfully ran against Goff in the 2014 New Zealand general election but was elected to Parliament on the party list.http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/central-leader/85512502/Parmjeet-Parmar-selected-by-National-to-contest-the-Mt-Roskill-by-election Parmjeet Parmar selected by National to contest the Mt Roskill by-election Central Leader Stuff.co.nz Nicole Lawton 19 October 2016 19 October 2016 New Zealand People's Party People's Party Roshan Nauhria The newly created People's Party announced they would field a candidate; Rohan Nauhria, the party's leader and co-founder. New Zealand Democratic Party for Social Credit Democrats for Social Credit Andrew Leitch Andrew Leitch was announced as the Democrats for Social Credit candidate. He ran in the seat of New Lynn in the 2014 election, placing fifth with 0.39% of the vote.http://electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2014/electorate-31.html Official Count Results -- New Lynn (2014) Electoral Commission 14 April 2016 8 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160408060919/http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2014/electorate-31.html dead Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party Brandon Stronge The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party stood Brandon Stronge as their candidate.https://www.cannabis.org.nz/node/283 Mt Roskill by-election candidate announced Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 7 November 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161107163403/https://www.cannabis.org.nz/node/283 7 November 2016 dead Not A Party Richard Goode Richard Goode, of Not A Party (NAP), ran on a "post-democratic" ticket asking people not to vote for him. He had previously stood for the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party, and was its vice president.Orange Agent Not A Party (NAP) announces Mt. Roskill candidate http://www.nap.org.nz/not-a-party-announces-mt-roskill-candidate/ Not A Party Not A Party 7 November 2016 Independent politician Independent Tua Schuster The Green Party stated it would not field a candidate in the by-election. Co-leader Metiria Turei said the vote would be closely contested and that the Greens did not want to "play any role in National winning the seat". ACT New Zealand also decided not to stand in the by-election, with leader David Seymour saying they wanted to give National the best possible chance of winning the seat.http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/315327/act-joins-greens-in-standing-clear-of-mt-roskill ACT joins Greens in standing clear of Mt Roskill 10 October 2016 2 November 2016 New Zealand First leader Winston Peters said his party would also not stand a candidate in Mount Roskill. He said that while prospective candidates had come forward, the party intended to focus its resources on the general election in 2017.http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/86224563/nz-first-opts-not-to-stand-a-candidate-in-mt-roskill-byelection NZ First opts not to stand a candidate in Mt Roskill by-election 8 November 2016 stuff.co.nz 8 November 2016 Perennial candidate Adam Holland, a grandson of former Prime Minister Sidney Holland, announced his intention to run for the seat.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11599537 Bernard Orsman Lawyer contesting Auckland mayoralty and Mt Roskill by-election The New Zealand Herald 20 October 2016 He earlier contested the Auckland Mayoralty, which was won by Goff, receiving 1,772 votes (0.45 percent).http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/HowCouncilWorks/Elections/Documents/Confirmedlocalelectionresults2016.pdf Confirmedlocalelectionresults2016 Auckland Council 20 October 2016 19 October 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161019000339/http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/HowCouncilWorks/Elections/Documents/Confirmedlocalelectionresults2016.pdf dead http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/HowCouncilWorks/Elections/Documents/acreturns1.PDF Voting Document Returns – 2016 Elections Auckland Council 15 October 2016 Ultimately, Holland withdrew and did not stand. Results The by-election was won decisively by Labour's Michael Wood.Labour's Michael Wood wins Mt Roskill in a landslide http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11759969 4 December 2016 The New Zealand Herald 3 December 2016 See also 2016 Auckland mayoral election 2017 Mount Albert by-election, on 25 February 2017 References Category:2016 elections in New Zealand Mount Roskill 2016 Category:December 2016 in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Auckland Region