Banks Peninsula (New Zealand electorate)

Banks Peninsula was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate from 1996 to 2008.

It was held by Ruth Dyson MP^[1] from 1999 to 2008.

Population centres

The 1996 election was notable for the significant change of electorate boundaries, based on the provisions of the Electoral Act 1993.^[2] Because of the introduction of the mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system, the number of electorates had to be reduced, leading to significant changes. More than half of the electorates contested in 1996 were newly constituted, and most of the remainder had seen significant boundary changes. In total, 73 electorates were abolished, 29 electorates were newly created (including Banks Peninsula), and 10 electorates were recreated, giving a net loss of 34 electorates.

The electorate included the following population centres:

• Opawa
• Cashmere
• Halswell
• Lyttelton
• Akaroa

History

In boundary changes for the 2008 general election, the electorate lost its rural population centres to newly formed Selwyn, becoming a solely urban electorate and was renamed Port Hills. The change saw Port Hills become a safer Labour seat. Up to 1996, the first MMP election, Banks Peninsula was part of the now defunct Lyttelton electorate.

Members of Parliament

Key

  National     Labour     Alliance     Green  

List MPs

1. ↑ Rod Donald was elected from the Green party list, but died before he was sworn into the 48th New Zealand Parliament. Nándor Tánczos was next on the list and so took Donald's place.

Election results

2005 election

2005 election: Electorate name[3]
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 Ruth Dyson		17,639	43.83	-1.13	16,355	40.10	-0.13
	National	David Carter		15,716	39.05	+5.33	15,697	38.48	+16.89
	Green	Rod Donald		4,542	11.29	-0.41	4,255	10.43	+0.20
	United Future	Robin Loomes		984	2.45	-1.11	1,434	3.52	-3.91
	Progressive	Phil Clearwater		898	2.23	+0.44	808	1.98	-0.62
	ACT	Alex Mann		346	0.86	-1.45	443	1.09	-6.42
	Alliance	Andrew McKenzie		118	0.29	-0.36	39	0.10	-1.18
	NZ First						1,421	3.48	-2.92
	Destiny						81	0.20	+0.20
	Māori						80	0.20	+0.20
	Legalise Cannabis						61	0.15	-0.32
	Christian Heritage						45	0.11	-0.92
	Libertarianz						19	0.05	+0.05
	Democrats						17	0.04	+0.04
	One NZ						10	0.02	-0.02
	99 MP						9	0.02	+0.02
	Direct Democracy						5	0.01	+0.01
	RONZ						5	0.01	+0.01
	Family Rights						4	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				342			112
Total Valid votes				40,243			40,788
Turnout				41,006	86.07	+3.71
	Labour hold		Majority	1,923	4.78	-6.32

2002 election

2002 election: Banks Peninsula[4]
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 Ruth Dyson		16,233	44.96	+3.56	14,704	40.23	+2.88
	National	David Carter		12,176	33.72	+0.03	7,892	21.59	-12.10
	Green	Rod Donald		4,223	11.70	+1.42	3,739	10.23	+2.93
	United Future	Stephanie McEwin		1,284	3.56	+2.55a	2,717	7.43	+5.78a
	ACT	Paul King		834	2.31	+0.43	2,744	7.51	+0.77
	Progressive	Phil Clearwater		646	1.79	+1.79	952	2.60	+2.60
	Christian Heritage	Gerald Barker		476	1.32	-0.49	378	1.03	-1.02
	Alliance	Francis (Val) McClimont		234	0.65	-3.29	469	1.28	-6.30
	NZ First						2,340	6.40	+4.30
	ORNZ						424	1.16	+1.16
	Legalise Cannabis						172	0.47	-0.29
	One NZ						13	0.04	+0.01
	Mana Māori						5	0.01	+0.003
	NMP						2	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				326			96
Total Valid votes				36,106			36,551
Turnout				36,743	82.36
	Labour hold		Majority	4,057	11.10	+7.22

^a United Future swing is compared to the combined 1999 results of United NZ and Future NZ, who merged in 2000.

1999 election

1999 election: Banks Peninsula[5][6]
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	Ruth Dyson		15,475	41.40		14,018	37.35
	National	N David Carter		14,020	37.51		12,643	33.69
	Green	Rod Donald		3,842	10.28		2,739	7.30
	Alliance	Maevis Watson		1,474	3.94		2,844	7.58
	ACT	Paul King		704	1.88		2,530	6.74
	Christian Heritage	Rosemary Francis		675	1.81		769	2.05
	NZ First	Charlie Crofts		510	1.36		788	2.10
	Future NZ	Simon Melville Hadfield		379	1.01		409	1.09
	Independent	Ann Lewis		202	0.54
	Natural Law	David Lovell-Smith		98	0.26		48	0.13
	Legalise Cannabis						286	0.76
	United NZ						212	0.56
	Libertarianz						95	0.25
	South Island						56	0.15
	Animals First						39	0.10
	McGillicuddy Serious						30	0.08
	One NZ						12	0.03
	Mana Māori						4	0.01
	Freedom Movement						3	0.01
	Republican						3	0.01
	People's Choice						2	0.01
	Mauri Pacific						1	0.00
	NMP						1	0.00
Informal votes				390			237
Total Valid votes				37,379			37,532
	Labour gain from National		Majority	1,455	3.88

1996 election

References

External links

• Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library
• Electorate Map from Elections NZ