Wigram (New Zealand electorate)

Wigram
Single-member constituency
for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Outline map
Location of Wigram within Canterbury
RegionCanterbury
Area46.11 km2 (17.80 sq mi)
Current constituency
Current MPMegan Woods
PartyLabour

Wigram is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Wigram is Megan Woods of the Labour Party. She took over this position from Jim Anderton, who had held this position from 1996 until 2011.

Population centres

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.[1] 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.[2] In the North Island, five electorates were newly created and one electorate was reconstituted while three electorates were abolished.[3] In the South Island, three electorates were newly created (including Wigram) and one electorate was reconstituted while three electorates were abolished.[4] The overall effect of the required changes was highly disruptive to existing electorates, with all but three electorates having their boundaries altered.[5] These changes came into effect with the 1969 election.[2]

Wigram is based around south-western Christchurch. The main suburbs in the seat are Spreydon, Addington, Hillmorton, Riccarton, Hornby and Sockburn. Following the 2013/2014 boundary review, it lost the suburb of Somerfield and parts of Hoon Hay to Port Hills.[6] The electorate's name comes from the suburb of Wigram, and by extension the former Wigram Aerodrome, itself named after colonial businessman Sir Henry Wigram. The electorate shifted southwards at the 2020 redistribution, gaining Aidanfield and parts of Hornby South from Port Hills and Selwyn, but losing Avonhead to Ilam.[7]

History

The electorate had previously existed from 1969 to 1978, when it was held by Mick Connelly for Labour.

Wigram was one of the original sixty-five Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) electorates created ahead of the 1996 election, when the number of South Island seats was reduced to sixteen. The formerly safe Labour seat of Sydenham lies at Wigram's core, and Labour's strong showing in the party vote in both 2002 and 2005, where the party won nearly half of all party votes cast, indicates that Wigram's political inclinations are left-leaning in nature. Its most well-known MP Jim Anderton was himself the Labour MP for Sydenham between 1984 and 1989, before he split from the party over its political directions and formed the NewLabour Party, which later merged into the Alliance; the Alliance disintegrated in 2002, but Anderton, by then the leader of the Progressive Party, held off all challengers to easily hold the seat. In the 2011 election, the seat reverted to Labour candidate Megan Woods after his retirement, but the National Party comfortably won the party vote.[8] The chairman of the Canterbury-Westland branch of the National Party, Roger Bridge, stated in April 2014 that Woods had a low profile and the Wigram electorate was now "winnable".[9] Woods won re-election in the 2014 election with a more than a doubled majority.[10]

Members of Parliament

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

Key   Labour   Alliance   Progressive

Election Winner
1969 election Mick Connelly
1972 election
1975 election
(Electorate abolished 1978–1996)
1996 election Jim Anderton
1999 election
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election
2011 election Megan Woods
2014 election
2017 election
2020 election
2023 election

Election results

2023 election

2023 general election: Wigram[11]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Green tickY Megan Woods 15,590 41.43 -20.65 11,249 29.55 -25.05
National Tracy Summerfield 14,411 38.30 +14.13 13,401 35.20 +13.85
Green Richard Wesley 3,780 10.05 +4.86 5,634 14.80 +5.79
ACT Ankita Lynn 1,520 4.04 +1.29 2,465 6.48 +0.76
Legalise Cannabis Blair Anderson 696 1.85 201 0.52 +0.10
NZ Loyal Christine Van Duivenboden 392 1.04 253 0.66
Leighton Baker Party Debra Marie Cullimore 284 0.75 66 0.17
Independent Wiremu Thomson 125 0.33
Independent Geoff McTague 110 0.29 +0.08
Economic Euthenics Tubby Hansen 74 0.20 +0.01
NZ First   1,922 5.05 +3.04
Opportunities   1,783 4.68 +2.24
Te Pāti Māori   316 0.83 +0.51
NewZeal   189 0.50
Conservative   104 0.27 -0.02
Animal Justice   95 0.25
DemocracyNZ   65 0.17
Freedoms NZ   59 0.15
Women's Rights   37 0.09
New Nation   29 0.08
Informal votes 647 196
Total valid votes 37,629 38,064
Turnout
Labour hold Majority 1,179 3.13 -32.26

2020 election

2020 general election: Wigram[12]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Green tickY Megan Woods 24,186 62.08 +9.77 21,454 54.60 +13.12
National Hamish Campbell 9,416 24.17 –14.00 8,388 21.35 −19.86
Green Richard Wesley 2,022 5.19 +0.20 3,541 9.01 +2.31
ACT Miles McConway 1072 2.75 +2.37 2247 5.72 +5.29
New Conservative Averil Nuttall 638 1.64 — 639 1.63 +1.34
Advance NZ Douglas Allington 308 0.75 — 282 0.72 —
ONE Linda McLaughlin 244 0.63 — 162 0.41 —
Independent Geoff McTague 81 0.21 –0.05
Social Credit Deane Landreth 76 0.20 +0.09 31 0.08 +0.03
Economic Euthenics Tubby Hansen 75 0.19 +0.06
Opportunities   957 2.44 –0.43
NZ First   791 2.01 −3.94
Legalise Cannabis   165 0.42 +0.06
Māori Party   124 0.32 −0.08
TEA   37 0.09 —
Outdoors   28 0.07 +0.01
Sustainable NZ   24 0.06 —
Vision NZ   15 0.04 —
Heartland   5 0.01 —
Informal votes 842 404
Total valid votes 38,960 39,294
Turnout
Labour hold Majority 14,770 37.91 +23.78

2017 election

2017 general election: Wigram[13]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Green tickY Megan Woods 17,001 52.31 +3.36 13,827 41.39 +12.72
National David Hiatt 12,407 38.17 +0.45 13,767 41.21 −1.70
Green Richard Wesley 1,623 4.99 −2.84 2,239 6.70 −6.12
NZ First Tane Apanui 1,186 3.65 — 1,986 5.95 −2.61
ACT Ruth Knights 125 0.38 −0.69 145 0.43 −0.61
Independent Geoff McTague 85 0.26 —
Economic Euthenics Tubby Hansen 41 0.13 −0.04
Democrats John Ring 35 0.11 −0.16 17 0.05 −0.05
Opportunities   960 2.87 —
Māori Party   134 0.40 −0.07
Legalise Cannabis   119 0.36 −0.14
Conservative   98 0.29 −3.32
United Future   32 0.10 −0.18
People's Party   22 0.07 —
Ban 1080   23 0.07 −0.06
Outdoors   21 0.06 —
Internet   9 0.03 −0.73[a]
Mana Party   5 0.01 −0.75[b]
Informal votes 403 146
Total valid votes 32,503 33,404
Turnout 33,550
Labour hold Majority 4,594 14.13 +2.90

2014 election

2014 general election: Wigram[10]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Green tickY Megan Woods 14,519 48.95 +3.84 8,764 28.67 -1.94
National Karl Varley 11,189 37.72 -2.59 13,117 42.91 -1.64
Green Richard Wesley 2,324 7.83 +0.07 3,919 12.82 -0.34
Conservative Mark Peters 847 2.86 +0.34 1,102 3.61 +1.24
ACT Shaun Grieve 318 1.07 +1.07 317 1.04 +0.41
Internet Mana Lois McClintoch 213 0.72 +0.72 231 0.76 +0.56
Māori Party Te Whe Phillips 122 0.41 +0.41 145 0.47 +0.03
Democrats John Ring 79 0.27 +0.27 30 0.10 +0.10
Economic Euthenics Tubby Hansen 51 0.17 +0.00
NZ First   2,618 8.56 +2.52
Legalise Cannabis   154 0.50 -0.08
United Future   86 0.28 -0.50
Ban 1080   41 0.13 +0.13
Civilian   31 0.10 +0.10
Independent Coalition   7 0.02 +0.02
Focus   5 0.02 +0.02
Informal votes 401 136
Total valid votes 29,662 30,567
Labour hold Majority 3,330 11.23 +6.43

2011 election

2011 general election: Wigram[8]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour Megan Woods 14,080 45.11 +29.97 9,866 30.61 -9.58
National Sam Collins 12,580 40.31 +9.65 14,357 44.55 +6.63
Green Richard Wesley 2,423 7.76 +2.53 4,243 13.16 +6.22
Alliance Kevin Campbell 793 2.54 +2.38 158 0.49 +0.30
Conservative Mark Peters 785 2.52 +2.52 763 2.37 +2.37
Legalise Cannabis Geoffrey McTague 337 1.08 +1.08 186 0.58 +0.15
United Future Ian Gaskin 159 0.51 -1.03 251 0.78 -0.23
Economic Euthenics Tubby Hansen 53 0.17 +0.09
NZ First   1,948 6.04 +3.05
ACT   202 0.63 -1.23
Māori Party   141 0.44 -0.13
Mana   66 0.20 +0.20
Libertarianz   33 0.10 +0.04
Democrats   16 0.05 +0.01
Informal votes 775 305
Total valid votes 31,210 32,230
Labour gain from Progressive Majority 1,500 4.81 +34.16

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 45,427[14]

2008 election

2008 general election: Wigram[15]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Progressive Green tickY Jim Anderton 15,320 44.50 -3.12 2,010 5.73 -0.73
National Marc Alexander 10,553 30.66 +8.54 13,308 37.91 +8.75
Labour Erin Ebborn-Gillespie 5,214 15.15 -3.97 14,108 40.19 -7.76
Green Peter Taylor 1,802 5.23 +2.51 2,436 6.94 +2.29
NZ First Steve Campbell 471 1.37 -1.58 1,050 2.99 -0.88
ACT Matthew Gardiner 355 1.03 +0.42 653 1.86 +1.11
Kiwi Lindsay Cameron 321 0.93 — 322 0.92 —
United Future Vanessa Roberts 219 0.64 -2.31 355 1.01 -2.86
Alliance Tom Dowie 55 0.16 -0.05 68 0.19 +0.03
Libertarianz Ben Morgan 55 0.16 — 22 0.06 0.00
Democrats John Charles Ring 32 0.09 — 13 0.04 0.00
Economic Euthenics Tubby Hansen 28 0.08 -0.01
Bill and Ben   251 0.72 —
Māori Party   198 0.56 +0.29
Legalise Cannabis   151 0.43 +0.17
Family Party   83 0.24 —
Pacific   51 0.15 —
Workers Party   17 0.05 —
RONZ   5 0.01 -0.01
RAM   1 0.00 —
Informal votes 440 291
Total valid votes 34,425 35,102
Turnout 35,393
Progressive hold Majority 4,767 13.85 -11.65

2005 election

2005 general election: Wigram[16]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Progressive Green tickY Jim Anderton 15,961 47.62 +11.94 2,191 6.46
National Alison Lomax 7,413 22.12 +8.27 9,895 29.16
Labour Mike Mora 6,408 19.12 -6.45 16,271 47.95
Green Richard Suggate 1,455 4.34 1,967 5.80
United Future Vanessa Roberts 988 2.95 1,313 3.87
NZ First Brian Roswell 912 2.72 1,577 4.65
ACT Tetauru Emile 203 0.61 255 0.75
Anti-Capitalist Alliance Sam Kingi 69 0.21
Alliance Tom Dowie 61 0.21 55 0.16
Economic Euthenics Tubby Hansen 29 0.09
Direct Democracy Anton Foljambe 20 0.06 5 0.01
Destiny   112 0.33
Māori Party   90 0.27
Legalise Cannabis   89 0.26
Christian Heritage   52 0.15
Libertarianz   22 0.06
Democrats   15 0.04
RONZ   8 0.02
Family Rights   6 0.02
One NZ   4 0.01
99 MP   3 0.01
Informal votes 716 728
Total valid votes 33,519 33,930
Progressive hold Majority 8,548 25.50 +15.39

1999 election

Refer to Candidates in the New Zealand general election 1999 by electorate#Wigram for a list of candidates.

1996 election

1996 general election: Wigram[17]
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 Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Alliance Green tickY Jim Anderton 17,314 50.09 7,492 21.67
National Angus McKay 7,275 21.04 9,527 27.56
Labour Mick Ozimek 6,343 18.35 10,843 31.37
NZ First Nicci Bergman 1,827 5.28 2,627 7.60
ACT Stu Whyte 497 1.43 946 2.73
United NZ John Austin 340 0.98 321 0.92
McGillicuddy Serious Nick Harper 270 0.78 123 0.35
Progressive Green Jules Adams 182 0.52 100 0.28
Natural Law Warwick Jones 82 0.23 61 0.17
Independent Averil Tunridge 43 0.12
Economic Euthenics Tubby Hansen 16 0.04
Dominion Workers Clifford Mundy 16 0.04
Christian Coalition   1,604 4.64
Legalise Cannabis   636 1.84
Animals First   77 0.22
Ethnic Minority   17 0.04
Green Society   10 0.02
Superannuitants & Youth   10 0.02
Mana Māori   8 0.02
Advance NZ   6 0.01
Conservatives   4 0.01
Libertarianz   4 0.01
Asia Pacific   3 0.01
Te Tawharau   1 0.00
Informal votes 356 141
Total valid votes 34,561 34,561

1975 election

1975 general election: Wigram[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mick Connelly 9,617 49.70 −13.04
National Neil Russell 7,650 39.53
Values Karen Timpson 1,124 5.80
Social Credit Norm Davey 957 4.94 +0.01
Majority 1,967 10.16 −22.67
Turnout 19,348 84.54 −5.20
Registered electors 22,885

1972 election

1972 general election: Wigram[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mick Connelly 10,040 62.74 +6.54
National David Cox 4,785 29.90
Social Credit Norm Davey 790 4.93
Values Bruce Charles Lusher 318 1.98
New Democratic Frederick William Stevens 69 0.43
Majority 5,255 32.83 +13.41
Turnout 16,002 89.74 +0.58
Registered electors 17,830

1969 election

1969 general election: Wigram[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mick Connelly 9,258 56.20
National Dick Dawson 6,058 36.77
Social Credit Maurice McConnell 1,157 7.02
Majority 3,200 19.42
Turnout 16,473 89.16
Registered electors 18,474

Table footnotes

  1. ^ 2017 Internet Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with Mana Party in the 2014 election
  2. ^ 2017 Mana Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with the Internet Party in the 2014 election

Notes

  1. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 108, 111, 112.
  2. ^ a b McRobie 1989, p. 111.
  3. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 107, 111.
  4. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 108, 112.
  5. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 111f.
  6. ^ Report of the Representation Commission 2014 (PDF). Representation Commission. 4 April 2014. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-477-10414-2. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Report of the Representation Commission 2020" (PDF). 17 April 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Official Count Results – Wigram (2011)". Electoral Commission. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  9. ^ Conway, Glenn (26 April 2014). "National sets sights on Wigram". The Press. p. A16. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  10. ^ a b "Official Count Results – Wigram (2014)". Electoral Commission. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  11. ^ "Wigram - Official Results". Electoral Commission. n.d. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Wigram - Official Results". Electoral Commission. n.d. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Official Count Results – Wigram (2017)". Electoral Commission. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  15. ^ "Official Count Results – Wigram (2008)". Electoral Commission. 22 November 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  16. ^ "Official Count Results – Wigram (2005)". Electoral Commission. 1 October 2005. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  17. ^ "6.1 Wigram 60.pdf" (PDF). Electoral Commission.
  18. ^ a b c Norton 1988, pp. 393.

References

  • McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
  • Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.