Hawke's Bay's Preliminary Results - Labour looks set to have four seats
The big winner of election night in Hawke’s Bay was Labour’s Tukituki candidate Anna Lorck, who based on preliminary votes, beat her National rival Lawrence Yule by a slim majority of 772 votes.
The four Hawke’s Bay seats mirrored the rest of the country with four Labour candidates winning and the party picking up the Party vote in the local electorates.
Based on National’s poor performance last night, Yule does not even make it into Parliament on the list on these results. It was third time lucky for Lorck, who was beaten by Yule last time and by former MP Craig Foss in 2014. With Labour riding high in the polls, Lorck, who took a gamble of not going on the Labour list this time, seemed confident of victory.
Chris Perley of the Greens, who had been standing to attract party votes, was a distant third with 1409 votes. His party picked up 1827 of the party vote in the electorate.
Stuart Nash has retained his Napier seat, beating rising National star Katie Nimon by 4,525 votes with all preliminary votes counted. Nash looks set to continue as a Cabinet Minister as a result of his party crushing National to become the next government.
Interestingly, the Green Party candidate James Crow came third with 1518 votes, despite only being after the party vote. The Greens received 2040 votes in Napier. Crow beat New Conservative Party candidate Deborah Burnside, who clearly would have been
expecting to get more votes than the 913 she received.
Meka Whaitiri has retained her Ikaroa-Rawhiti seat by beating her Maori Party rival Heather Te Au-Skipworth by 5,052 votes. Whaitiri’s long standing and hard work as an MP in a big electorate proved pivotal in her victory. However, the Maori electorate also produced another MP with the Green Party candidate Dr Elizabeth KereKere making it into Parliament based on her list placing.
In the Wairarapa electorate, which covers large sections of Central Hawke’s Bay, Labour List MP Kieran McAnulty storned to victory over National newcomer Mike Butterick. He gets into Parliament with a majority of 5,411 votes and could very well be awarded with some sort of Cabinet position.
New Zealand First stalwart Ron Mark was a distant third with 2884 and needs to start looking for a new job.
The Hawke’s Bay electorate results with 100 per cent of the preliminary votes counted are:
Tukituki - Preliminary Count
VOTES COUNTED: 36,414, 100.0%
LEADING CANDIDATE: LORCK, Anna 16,427
2nd CANDIDATE: YULE, Lawrence 15,655
CURRENT MARGIN: 772
PARTY VOTE LEAD: Labour Party 47.1%
2nd PARTY: National Party 30.8%
Candidate and Party votes
DAFFERN, Jan 918
ACT New Zealand 3321
LORCK, Anna 16427
Labour Party 17166
MANNING, Romana (Marnz) 357
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 127
McMINN-COLLARD, Nick 587
New Conservative 785
PERLEY, Chris 1409
Green Party 1827
PETERSON, Carl 264
PETROWSKI, Melanie Lorraine 157
ONE Party 89
TOSH, Allister David 40
YULE, Lawrence 15655
National Party 11221
Advance NZ 314
HeartlandNZ 5
Maori Party 132
NZ Outdoors Party 26
New Zealand First Party 757
Social Credit 20
Sustainable New Zealand Party 23
TEA Party 3
The Opportunities Party (TOP) 343
Vision New Zealand 12
Candidate Informals: 587
Party Informals: 243
TOTAL: 36,401
TOTAL: 36,414
Napier - Preliminary Count
VOTES COUNTED: 36,471, 100.0%
LEADING CANDIDATE: NASH, Stuart 18,451
2nd CANDIDATE: NIMON, Katie 13,926
CURRENT MARGIN: 4,525
PARTY VOTE LEAD: Labour Party 50.1%
2nd PARTY: National Party 28.8%
Candidate Vote and Party Votes
BURNSIDE, Deborah 913
New Conservative 526
CROW, James 1518
Green Party 2040
GASKIN, Camden 77
KENDALL, Judy 819
ACT New Zealand 3044
NASH, Stuart 18451
Labour Party 18290
NIMON, Katie 13926
National Party 10501
SMITH, John Clive 169
Advance NZ 283
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 114
HeartlandNZ 8
Maori Party 97
NZ Outdoors Party 31
New Zealand First Party 788
ONE Party 57
Social Credit 11
Sustainable New Zealand Party 21
TEA Party 9
The Opportunities Party (TOP) 418
Vision New Zealand 16
Candidate Informals: 589
Party Informals: 217
TOTAL: 36,462
TOTAL: 36,471
Ikaroa-Rawhiti - Preliminary Count
VOTES COUNTED: 19,660, 100.0%
LEADING CANDIDATE: WHAITIRI, Meka 10,833
2nd CANDIDATE: TE AU-SKIPWORTH, Heather 5,781
CURRENT MARGIN: 5,052
PARTY VOTE LEAD: Labour Party 67.6%
2nd PARTY: Maori Party 11.6%
Candidate Vote and Party Votes
HILL, Melissa 199
New Conservative 83
KEREKERE, Elizabeth 1535
Green Party 1219
KUPENGA, Waitangi 579
TE AU-SKIPWORTH, Heather 5781
Maori Party 2266
THURSTON, Kelly 150
NZ Outdoors Party 39
WHAITIRI, Meka 10833
Labour Party 13246
ACT New Zealand 165
Advance NZ 452
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 254
HeartlandNZ 2
National Party 436
New Zealand First Party 756
ONE Party 127
Social Credit 3
Sustainable New Zealand Party 6
TEA Party 2
The Opportunities Party (TOP) 139
Vision New Zealand 103
Candidate Informals: 583
Party Informals: 310
TOTAL: 19,660
TOTAL: 19,608
Wairarapa - Preliminary Count
VOTES COUNTED: 39,903, 100.0%
LEADING CANDIDATE: McANULTY, Kieran 19,519
2nd CANDIDATE: BUTTERICK, Mike 14,108
CURRENT MARGIN: 5,411
PARTY VOTE LEAD: Labour Party 47.4%
2nd PARTY: National Party 29.9%
Candidate Vote and Party Votes
BUTTERICK, Mike 14108
National Party 11932
BUTTERWORTH, Warren 502
New Conservative 577
GRAY, Nigel Antony 356
GREENSLADE, Roger 910
ACT New Zealand 3743
HAEATA, Aileen 72
MARK, Ron 2884
New Zealand First Party 1364
McANULTY, Kieran 19519
Labour Party 18915
WADE-BROWN, Celia 993
Green Party 1959
Advance NZ 382
Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party 112
HeartlandNZ 2
Maori Party 99
NZ Outdoors Party 42
ONE Party 117
Social Credit 6
Sustainable New Zealand Party 7
TEA Party 4
The Opportunities Party (TOP) 403
Vision New Zealand 9
Candidate Informals: 559
Party Informals: 211
TOTAL: 39,903
TOTAL: 39,884
