Hamilton West (New Zealand electorate)

Through an amendment in the Electoral Act in 1965, the number of electorates in the South Island was fixed at 25, an increase of one since the 1962 electoral redistribution.^[4] It was accepted that through the more rapid population growth in the North Island, the number of its electorates would continue to increase, and to keep proportionality, three new electorates were allowed for in the 1967 electoral redistribution for the next election.^[5] In the North Island, five electorates were newly created (including Hamilton West) and one electorate was reconstituted while three electorates were abolished (including Hamilton).^[6] In the South Island, three electorates were newly created and one electorate was reconstituted while three electorates were abolished.^[7] The overall effect of the required changes was highly disruptive to existing electorates, with all but three electorates having their boundaries altered.^[8] These changes came into effect with the 1969 election.^[5]

The former Hamilton electorate had existed since 1922 and had covered the urban area.^[9] When it was replaced by Hamilton West for the 1969 election, only part of the urban area was included but also rural land stretching all the way to the west coast.^[10] Most of the rural land had previously been part of the Waipa electorate.^[11] The town of Raglan was the north-western point of the electorate, and was surprisingly not located in the Raglan electorate. In the south-west, the electorate stretched as far as just north of the Kāwhia Harbour.^[10]

The 1972 electoral redistribution significantly reduced the size of the Hamilton West electorate, and all the rural land mostly transferred to the Raglan electorate.^[12] The additional electorate of Hamilton East was created at the same time. These changes came into effect with the 1972 election^[13] and since then, the electorate has been mainly urban, and has covered the western part of the city of Hamilton. The Waikato River divides the city in half and forms the boundary between the Hamilton East and Hamilton West electorates. Hamilton West also borders the rural electorates of Waikato to the north and west, and Taranaki-King Country to the south.

The 2020 electoral redistribution saw the area north of Borman Road, including Horsham Downs, ceded to Waikato.^[14]

The first representative of Hamilton West was Leslie Munro of the National Party, who had since the 1963 election represented the Waipa electorate.^[15] When Hamilton West became an urban electorate in 1972, Munro retired and the electorate was won by Dorothy Jelicich of the Labour Party.^[16] Jelicich was defeated after one term in the 1975 election by National's Mike Minogue.^[17]

Members of Parliament

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

Key

  National   Labour   NZ First   Independent

List MPs

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

2023 election

2022 by-election

The following table shows the final by-election results:^[31][32]

2020 election

2020 general election: Hamilton West[33]
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	Gaurav Sharma		20,703	51.85	+21.09	21,136	52.26	+15.65
	National	N Tim Macindoe		14,436	36.16	−16.00	10,161	25.12	−21.17
	ACT	Roger Weldon		1,186	2.97	—	2,779	6.87	+6.47
	Opportunities	Hayden Cargo		1,024	2.56	+0.32	837	2.07	−0.58
	New Conservative	Rudi Du Plooy		615	1.54	—	824	2.04	+1.74
	Advance NZ	Cherie Ormsby-Kingi		490	1.23	—	390	0.96	—
	Outdoors	Chloe Mansfield		357	0.89	—	44	0.11	+0.03
	ONE	Te Rongopai Heta		223	0.56	—	133	0.33	—
	Green						2,279	5.63	+1.34
	NZ First						1,029	2.54	−5.13
	Legalise Cannabis						214	0.53	+0.23
	Māori Party						212	0.52	−0.12
	Vision New Zealand						60	0.15	—
	Sustainable NZ						21	0.05	—
	Social Credit						15	0.04	−0.01
	TEA						9	0.02	—
	Heartland						4	0.01	—
Informal votes				892			300
Total valid votes				39,926			40,447
Turnout				40,584[34]	81.20	+3.18
	Labour gain from National		Majority	6,267	15.70	+37.10

2017 election

2017 general election: Hamilton West[35]
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 Tim Macindoe		18,842	52.16	−0.34	17,119	46.29	−1.22
	Labour	Gaurav Sharma		11,111	30.76	−4.27	13,539	36.61	+11.04
	Green	Jo Wrigley		2,355	6.52	—	1,588	4.29	−3.88
	NZ First	Shayne Wihongi		2,133	5.90	−0.95	2,836	7.67	−3.10
	Opportunities	Donna Pokere-Phillips		809	2.24	—	981	2.65	—
	Māori Party	Boris Samujh		251	0.69	−0.18	232	0.64	+0.08
	Independent	Roger Stratford		82	0.23	—
	United Future	Quentin Todd		61	0.19	—	35	0.09	−0.15
	Independent	Vin Tomar		28	0.08	—
	ACT						149	0.40	−0.07
	Conservative						111	0.30	−4.34
	Legalise Cannabis						110	0.30	−0.21
	Ban 1080						32	0.09	−0.02
	Outdoors						28	0.08	—
	People's Party						28	0.08	—
	Democrats						19	0.05	−0.08
	Mana Party						9	0.02	—
	Internet						6	0.02	—
Informal votes				452			162
Total valid votes				36,124			36,984
	National hold		Majority	7,731	21.40	+3.93

2014 election

2014 general election: Hamilton West[36]
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 Tim Macindoe		17,382	52.50	−0.76	16,072	47.51	−0.23
	Labour	Sue Moroney		11,598	35.03	−4.03	8,649	25.57	−3.58
	NZ First	Bill Gudgeon		2,269	6.85	+0.87	3,644	10.77	+3.05
	Conservative	Tony McKenna		923	2.79	+0.40	1,571	4.64	+1.45
	Māori Party	Richard Te Ao		289	0.87	+0.87	190	0.56	−0.03
	Democrats	Mischele Rhodes		149	0.45	+0.21	43	0.13	+0.01
	ACT	Sara Muti		126	0.38	+0.38	160	0.47	−0.44
	Green						2,765	8.17	−0.67
	Internet Mana						242	0.72	+0.36[a]
	Legalise Cannabis						171	0.51	−0.04
	United Future						87	0.26	−0.45
	Ban 1080						38	0.11	+0.11
	Civilian						18	0.05	+0.05
	Independent Coalition						13	0.04	+0.04
	Focus						7	0.02	+0.02
Informal votes				373			159
Total valid votes				33,109			33,829
Turnout				33,988	75.22	+3.03
	National hold		Majority	5,784	17.47	+3.28

2011 election

2011 general election: Hamilton West[37]
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 Tim Macindoe		16,587	53.26	+4.47	15,300	47.74	+1.76
	Labour	Sue Moroney		12,169	39.07	-4.83	9,342	29.15	-6.50
	NZ First	Bill Gudgeon		1,294	4.16	+4.16	2,475	7.72	+3.44
	Conservative	Pat Gregory		744	2.39	+2.39	1,022	3.19	+3.19
	Independent	Robert Curtis		159	0.51	+0.51
	Independent	Tim Wikiriwhi		115	0.37	+0.37
	Democrats	Les Port		75	0.24	+0.24	38	0.12	+0.04
	Green						2,834	8.84	+3.76
	ACT						292	0.91	-2.83
	United Future						227	0.71	-0.41
	Māori Party						188	0.59	-0.48
	Legalise Cannabis						175	0.55	+0.10
	Mana						115	0.36	+0.36
	Libertarianz						31	0.10	+0.01
	Alliance						10	0.03	-0.004
Informal votes				680			286
Total valid votes				31,143			32,049
	National hold		Majority	4,418	14.19	+9.30

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,793^[38]

2008 election

2008 general election: Hamilton West[39][40]
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	Tim Macindoe		16,163	48.79	+5.33	15,541	45.98	+5.95
	Labour	N Martin Gallagher		14,545	43.91	-2.01	12,048	35.64	-5.65
	Green	Dale Stevens		1,389	4.19		1,719	5.09	+1.24
	ACT	Ian Parker		543	1.64	+0.62	1,263	3.74	+2.13
	United Future	Ken Smith		218	0.66	-0.89	378	1.12	-1.73
	Independent	Suresh Vatsyayann		157	0.47	-0.02
	Libertarianz	Timothy Wikiriwhi		112	0.34	+0.19	31	0.09	+0.05
	NZ First						1,449	4.29	-3.18
	Māori Party						360	1.07	-0.40
	Bill and Ben						264	0.78
	Kiwi						196	0.58
	Progressive						189	0.56	+0.49
	Legalise Cannabis						150	0.44	-0.18
	Family Party						120	0.36
	Pacific						32	0.09
	Democrats						25	0.07	±0.00
	Workers Party						17	0.05
	Alliance						12	0.04	+0.01
	RONZ						4	0.01
	RAM						2	0.01
Informal votes				347			188
Total valid votes				33,127			33,800
Turnout				34,268	78.63	-1.59
	National gain from Labour		Majority	1,618	4.88	+7.34

2005 election

2005 general election: Hamilton West[41]
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 Martin Gallagher		15,396	45.92	-2.61	14,097	41.29	-0.33
	National	Tim Macindoe		14,571	43.46	+10.01	13,664	40.03	+19.03
	NZ First	Bill Gudgeon		1,847	5.51	-1.43	2,549	7.47	-4.24
	United Future	Robyn Jackson		521	1.55	-1.54	974	2.85	-3.98
	Māori Party	Tureiti Moxon		379	1.13		229	0.67
	ACT	Stephen Cox		342	1.02	-3.31	550	1.61	-6.51
	Progressive	Sukhdev Bains		215	0.64	-0.14	358	1.05	-0.14
	Independent	Suresh Vatsyayann		165	0.49
	Libertarianz	Timothy Wikiriwhi		50	0.15	-0.11	15	0.04
	RONZ	Jack Gielen		43	0.13		13	0.04
	Green						1,313	3.85	-1.87
	Destiny						159	0.47
	Legalise Cannabis						89	0.26	-0.28
	Christian Heritage						56	0.16	-1.19
	Democrats						24	0.07
	Family Rights						14	0.04
	Direct Democracy						11	0.03
	Alliance						10	0.03	-0.77
	One NZ						7	0.02	-0.03
	99 MP						6	0.02
Informal votes				300			138
Total valid votes				33,529			34,138
Turnout				34,489	80.22	+5.06
	Labour hold		Majority	825	2.46	-16.05

2002 election

2002 general election: Hamilton West[42]
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 Martin Gallagher		14,614	48.53		12,715	41.62
	National	Bob Simcock		9,040	30.02		6,415	21.00
	NZ First	Bill Gudgeon		2,091	6.94		3,577	11.71
	ACT	Garry Mallett		1,304	4.33		2,481	8.12
	Green	Chris Norton-Brown		1,203	3.99		1,748	5.72
	United Future	Martyn Seddon		932	3.09		2,087	6.83
	Christian Heritage	Eleanor Goodall		454	1.51		412	1.35
	Progressive	Rob Shirley		234	0.78		379	1.24
	Alliance	Craig A. Wills		164	0.54		243	0.80
	Libertarianz	Timothy Wikiriwhi		79	0.26
	ORNZ						298	0.98
	Legalise Cannabis						164	0.54
	One NZ						15	0.05
	Mana Māori						14	0.05
	NMP						4	0.01
Informal votes				265			142
Total valid votes				30,115			30,552
Turnout				30,877	75.16
	Labour hold		Majority	5,574	18.51

1999 election

1999 general election: Hamilton West[43][44]
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	Martin Gallagher		14,147	44.57		11,769	36.75
	National	N Bob Simcock		12,518	39.43		10,491	32.76
	Alliance	Dave MacPherson		1,667	5.25		2,604	8.13
	ACT	Garry Mallett		1,148	3.62		2,414	7.54
	NZ First	Athol Gould		957	3.01		1,376	4.30
	Christian Heritage	Eleanor Goodall		888	2.80		901	2.81
	Independent	Pita Cammock		248	0.78
	Mauri Pacific	Fa'amatuainu Iakopo		134	0.42		38	0.12
	Mana Wahine	Avon Johnson		37	0.12
	Green						1,366	4.27
	Christian Democrats						329	1.03
	Legalise Cannabis						298	0.93
	Libertarianz						115	0.36
	United NZ						103	0.32
	McGillicuddy Serious						76	0.24
	Animals First						60	0.19
	One NZ						41	0.13
	Natural Law						15	0.05
	Mana Māori						13	0.04
	People's Choice						6	0.02
	NMP						5	0.02
	Freedom Movement						3	0.01
	Republican						2	0.01
	South Island						1	0.00
Informal votes				571			322
Total valid votes				31,744			32,026
Turnout				33,038	84.06
	Labour gain from National		Majority	1,629	5.13

1996 election

1996 general election: Hamilton West[45][46][47]
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	Bob Simcock		12,696	38.73		12,584	38.23
	Labour	N Martin Gallagher		12,099	36.91	-1.23	8,754	26.59
	NZ First	Neil Kirton		3,861	11.78		4,459	13.55
	Alliance	John Pemberton		1,738	5.30		2,651	8.05
	Christian Coalition	Eleanor Goodall		1,043	3.18	+1.05	1,735	5.27
	ACT	Garry Mallett		725	2.21		1,674	5.09
	McGillicuddy Serious	Peter Caldwell		338	1.03	+0.07	84	0.26
	Progressive Green	Robert Henderson		208	0.63		95	0.29
	Natural Law	Mike Dunn		69	0.21		53	0.16
	Legalise Cannabis						457	1.39
	United NZ						183	0.56
	Animals First						62	0.19
	Superannuitants & Youth						37	0.11
	Mana Māori						32	0.10
	Ethnic Minority Party						17	0.05
	Green Society						17	0.05
	Libertarianz						11	0.03
	Advance New Zealand						8	0.02
	Conservatives						3	0.01
	Asia Pacific United						2	0.01
	Te Tawharau						1	0.00
Informal votes				221			79
Total valid votes				32,777			32,919
	National gain from Labour		Majority	597	1.82

1993 election

1990 election

1987 election

1984 election

1981 election

1978 election

1975 election

1972 election

1969 election

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