Hamilton West (New Zealand electorate)

Hamilton West is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate.

It has been held by Tim Macindoe MP^[1] of the National Party since the 2008 general election.

Population centres

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The electorate is mainly urban, and covers 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.

History

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The earlier Hamilton electorate dates from 1922. It was renamed Hamilton West in 1969. In 1972, the additional electorate of Hamilton East was created.

Nearly every party since 1972 that has won Hamilton West and its sister seat of Hamilton East has gone on to form the government, earning these seats a reputation as bellwether seats. One exception was 1993, when Labour captured both Hamilton seats from National, but failed to win a parliamentary majority.

Members of Parliament

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  National     Labour     NZ First  

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.

Candidates in the 2011 election

Withdrawn candidates

Electorate (as at 21 October 2011): 44,150^[10]

Election results

2008 election

General Election 2008: Hamilton West[11][12]
Notes: Green 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. 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						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

General Election 2005: Hamilton West[13]
Notes: Green 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. 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	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

General Election 2002: Hamilton West[14]
Notes: Green 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. 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

General Election 1999: Hamilton West[15]
Notes: Green 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. 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
	Future NZ						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

References

External links

• Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library