Hutt South

Hutt South is a parliamentary electorate in the lower Hutt Valley of New Zealand. It is held by Chris Bishop of the National Party following the 2023 election. It was previously held by Ginny Andersen of the Labour Party^[1]

Hutt South
Single-member general constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Formation	1996
Region	Wellington
Character	Suburban
Term	3 years
Member for Hutt South
Chris Bishop since 14 October 2023
Party	National
List MPs	Ginny Andersen (Labour)
Previous MP	Ginny Andersen (Labour)
Party vote distribution

Population centres

The electorate is based on the southern part of the city of Lower Hutt. It was formed in 1996 from the old electorates of Pencarrow and Eastern Hutt. Hutt South consists of the southern suburbs of Lower Hutt, Petone, Wainuiomata, and Eastbourne.^[2]

2014 boundary review

Following the 2014 boundary review, Hutt South lost Naenae and a small part of Epuni to Rimutaka, in exchange for the suburbs of Kelson and Belmont. It also gained the suburbs of Tirohanga, Harbour View, Normandale, Maungaraki and Korokoro from Ōhariu, meaning the entire Hutt Valley was now covered by just two electorates (Rimutaka and Hutt South).

Since 2014, the following suburbs of Lower Hutt fall within Hutt South.^[3]

• Alicetown
• Belmont
• Boulcott
• Days Bay
• Eastbourne
• Epuni (south of and including Roberts Street)
• Fairfield
• Gracefield
• Harbour View
• Hutt Central
• Kelson
• Korokoro
• Lowry Bay
• Mahina Bay
• Maungaraki
• Melling
• Moera
• Normandale
• Petone
• Point Howard
• Seaview
• Sorrento Bay
• Sunshine Bay
• Tirohanga
• Wainuiomata
• Waiwhetū
• Waterloo
• Woburn
• York Bay

2025 boundary review

In the 2025 boundary review, Hutt South and Remutaka both shifted south-westwards, with the former taking in Newlands, a suburb of Wellington City.^[4] This is effective from the 2026 election.^[5]

History

At the first MMP election in 1996, Hutt South replaced the earlier electorate of Pencarrow, which was then held by Trevor Mallard. Mallard was returned at every general election until he moved to list-only at the 2017 election.^[6]

Members of Parliament

Key

  Labour   National   United Future

Election	Winner
1996 election		Trevor Mallard
1999 election
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election
2011 election
2014 election
2017 election		Chris Bishop
2020 election		Ginny Andersen
2023 election		Chris Bishop

List MPs

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

Election	Winner
1996 election		Joy McLauchlan
		Deborah Morris[a]
2002 election		Murray Smith
2008 election		Paul Quinn
2011 election		Holly Walker
2014 election		Chris Bishop
2017 election		Ginny Andersen
2020 election		Chris Bishop
2023 election		Ginny Andersen

Election results

2023 election

2023 general election results: Hutt South[7]
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	Chris Bishop		19,144	44.37	+2.78	14,772	33.90	+11.91
	Labour	N Ginny Andersen		17,812	41.28	–8.72	14,087	32.33	–22.81
	Green	Neelu Jennings		2,492	5.78	+3.17	6,727	15.44	+6.01
	NZ First	Lee Donoghue		1,228	2.85	+2.15	2,257	5.18	+2.83
	Opportunities	Ben Wylie-Van Eerd		980	2.27	+0.96	1,448	3.32	+1.16
	ACT	Andy Parkins		556	1.29	+0.56	2,493	5.72	+0.09
	NZ Loyal	Jordan Blane		403	0.93		244	0.74
	Vision New Zealand	Max Rangitutia		171	0.40
	Te Pāti Māori						581	1.33	+0.89
	NewZeal						215	0.49
	Legalise Cannabis						147	0.34	+0.29
	Freedoms NZ						99	0.23
	Animal Justice						77	0.18
	DemocracyNZ						53	0.12
	New Conservative						50	0.12	–1.04
	Women's Rights						32	0.07
	Leighton Baker Party						21	0.05
	New Nation						2	0.01
Informal votes				361			191
Total valid votes				43,147			43,576
Turnout
	National gain from Labour		Majority	1,332	3.09

2020 election

2020 general election: Hutt South[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ginny Andersen		22,453	50.00	+6.21	25,159	55.14	+14.93
	National	N Chris Bishop		18,676	41.59	-5.90	10,033	21.99	-19.48
	Green	Richard McIntosh		1,171	2.61	-0.61	4,301	9.43	+2.18
	Opportunities	Ben Wylie-Van Eerd		590	1.31	-0.60	986	2.16	-1.28
	New Conservative	Roger Earp		562	1.25	—	528	1.16	+0.99
	ACT	Andy Parkins		330	0.73	+0.51	2,568	5.63	+5.18
	NZ First	Mahesh Bindra		316	0.70	-1.44	1,071	2.35	-3.16
	Advance NZ	Mishaela Daken		302	0.67	—	309	0.68	—
	ONE	Edward Shanly		192	0.43	—	201	0.44	—
	Vision NZ	Paris Winiata		201	0.45	—	51	0.11	—
	Outdoors	Wilf Bearman-Riedel		115	0.26	-0.01	38	0.08	-0.04
	Māori Party						201	0.44	+0.03
	Legalise Cannabis						112	0.25	+0.05
	Sustainable NZ						30	0.07	—
	TEA						25	0.05	—
	Social Credit						9	0.02	+0.01
	Heartland						3	0.01	—
Informal votes				560			255
Total valid votes				44,908			45,625
Turnout
	Labour gain from National		Majority	3,777	8.41	+12.11

2017 election

2017 general election: Hutt South[9]
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	Chris Bishop		19,643	47.49	+5.84	17,390	41.47	−3.60
	Labour	Ginny Andersen		18,113	43.79	+0.31	16,858	40.21	+12.37
	Green	Virginia Horrocks		1,331	3.22	−5.06	3,041	7.25	−5.43
	NZ First	Alok Gupta		887	2.14	−0.45	2,311	5.51	−1.93
	Opportunities	Richard Warwick		792	1.91	—	1,442	3.44	—
	Outdoors	Wilf Bearman-Riedel		112	0.27	—	52	0.12	—
	ACT	Andy Parkins		89	0.22	−0.32	189	0.45	0.31
	Independent	Dorothy Frances Fox		58	0.14	—
	Māori Party						173	0.41	−0.19
	Legalise Cannabis						85	0.20	−0.28
	Conservative						71	0.17	−3.38
	United Future						31	0.07	−0.27
	Ban 1080						24	0.06	−0.03
	Internet						11	0.03	—
	People's Party						10	0.02	—
	Mana Party						6	0.01	—
	Democrats						3	0.01	−0.03
Informal votes				340			232
Total valid votes				41,365			41,929
Turnout				42,309	84.26[10]	+2.57
	National gain from Labour		Majority	1,530	3.70	+1.87

2014 election

2014 general election: Hutt South[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Trevor Mallard		16,836	43.48	-5.9	10,903	27.84	-7.86
	National	Chris Bishop		16,127	41.65	+7.32	17,648	45.07	+4.02
	Green	Holly Walker		3,207	8.28	-3.24	4,966	12.68	+0.71
	NZ First	Mataroa Paroro		1,005	2.59	+2.59	2,913	7.44	+1.44
	Conservative	Gordon Copeland		858	2.21	-0.96	1,391	3.55	+1.52
	ACT	Grae O'Sullivan		172	0.54	-1.40	249	0.76	-2.00
	Independent	Jan Pajak		117	0.30
	United Future	Dave Stonyer		107	0.27	-0.80	136	0.34	-0.54
	Māori Party						207	0.60	-0.25
	Legalise Cannabis						160	0.48	+0.11
	Internet Mana						281	0.37	+0.37
	Democrats						11	0.04	+0.02
	Democrats						11	0.04	+0.02
	Civilian						19	0.04
	Ban 1080						58	0.03
	Independent Coalition						7	0.02
Informal votes				276			199
Total valid votes				38,713			39,161
	Labour hold		Majority	709	1.83	-13.22

2011 election

2011 general election: Hutt South[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y Trevor Mallard		15,828	49.38	+0.10	11,751	35.70	-7.09
	National	Paul Quinn		11,003	34.33	-2.89	13,510	41.05	+3.21
	Green	Holly Walker		3,693	11.52	+3.74	3,940	11.97	+4.28
	Conservative	Gordon Copeland		1,015	3.17	+3.17	667	2.03	+2.03
	United Future	Rob Eaddy		342	1.07	-1.33	294	0.89	-0.53
	ACT	Alex Speirs		172	0.54	-1.40	249	0.76	-2.00
	NZ First						1,974	6.00	+2.50
	Māori Party						196	0.60	-0.25
	Legalise Cannabis						157	0.48	+0.11
	Mana						123	0.37	+0.37
	Libertarianz						23	0.07	-0.03
	Alliance						18	0.05	-0.08
	Democrats						12	0.04	+0.02
Informal votes				728			266
Total valid votes				32,053			32,914
	Labour hold		Majority	4,825	15.05	+2.99

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 43,215^[13]

2008 election

2008 general election: Hutt South[14]
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 Trevor Mallard		16,690	49.28		14,769	42.79
	National	Paul Quinn		12,604	37.21		13,057	37.83
	Green	Virginia Horrocks		2,635	7.78		2,655	7.69
	United Future	Murray Smith		812	2.40		490	1.42
	ACT	Lindsay Mitchell		655	1.93		950	2.75
	Kiwi	Camilia Chin		380	1.12		203	0.59
	Libertarianz	Phil Howison		93	0.27		36	0.10
	NZ First						1,208	3.50	-
	Progressive						305	0.88
	Māori Party						293	0.85
	Bill and Ben						197	0.57
	Legalise Cannabis						128	0.37
	Family Party						83	0.24
	Pacific						63	0.18
	Alliance						45	0.13
	Workers Party						12	0.03
	RAM						8	0.02
	Democrats						7	0.02
	RONZ						3	0.01
Informal votes				414			157
Total valid votes				33,869			34,512
	Labour hold		Majority	4,086

Note: lines coloured beige denote the winner of the electorate vote. Lines coloured pink denote a candidate elected to Parliament from their party list.

2005 election

2005 general election: Hutt South[14]
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 Trevor Mallard		16,125	50.02		15,534	47.54
	National	Rosemarie Thomas		10,385	32.21		11,464	35.09
	United Future	Murray Smith		1,905	5.91		974	2.85
	Green	Paul Bruce		1,719	5.33		1,831	5.60
	NZ First	Howard Levarko		698	2.17		1,262	3.86
	ACT	Lindsay Mitchell		579	1.80		420	1.29
	Destiny	David Knight		335	1.04		181	0.55
	Māori Party	Maraea Ropata		322	1.00		193	0.59
	Independent	Jack McSeveny		106	0.33
	Libertarianz	Phil Howison		64	0.20		21	0.06
	Progressive						337	1.03
	Legalise Cannabis						77	0.24
	Alliance						27	0.08
	Christian Heritage						21	0.06
	Family Rights						11	0.03
	Democrats						9	0.03
	99 MP						7	0.02
	Direct Democracy						4	0.01
	One NZ						4	0.01
	RONZ						3	0.01
Informal votes				307			144
Total valid votes				32,238			32,673
	Labour hold		Majority	5,740

2002 election

2002 general election: Hutt South
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 Trevor Mallard		14,834	49.09	-5.77	13,985	45.40	+3.22
	National	Richard Townley		7,063	23.37		5,718	18.56	-11.67
	United Future	Murray Smith		2,910	9.63		2,700	8.76
	ACT	Christopher Milne		2,033	6.73	+3.06	2,474	8.03	+1.52
	Green	Perce Harpham		1,726	5.71		1,980	6.43	+1.85
	Alliance	Anna Sutherland		581	1.92		462	1.50	-6.17
	Progressive	Ross Weddell		566	1.87		562	1.82
	Christian Heritage	Dennis John Bartlett		508	1.68		362	1.18	-0.80
	NZ First						2,139	6.94	+4.48
	ORNZ						223	0.72
	Legalise Cannabis						167	0.54	-0.60
	One NZ						22	0.07	+0.04
	Mana Māori						12	0.04	+0.02
	NMP						1	0.00	-0.02
Informal votes				508			117
Total valid votes				30,221			30,807
	Labour hold		Majority	7,771	25.72	-2.29

1999 election

1999 general election: Hutt South
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 Trevor Mallard		17,404	54.86	+9.87	13,502	42.18	+8.30
	National	Clare Radosmke		8,519	26.85		9,678	30.23	-3.42
	ACT	Christopher Milne		1,165	3.67	+1.48	2,085	6.51	+1.38
	Alliance	Gordon Parr		1,124	3.54		2,454	7.67	-2.89
	Green	Cliff Mason		1,068	3.37		1,465	4.58
	Christian Heritage	Rosemarie Thomas		785	2.47		633	1.98
	Christian Democrats	David Ogden		498	1.57		564	1.76
	NZ First	Edwin Perry		482	1.52		786	2.46	-5.88
	McGillicuddy Serious	Jonat Warton		211	0.67		49	0.15	-0.17
	Independent	Lois McInnes		180	0.57
	United NZ	Frank Owen		178	0.56	-0.15	201	0.63	-0.88
	Natural Law	Jon Muller		61	0.19		24	0.07	+0.03
	Mauri Pacific	Richard Waitai		49	0.15		19	0.06
	Legalise Cannabis						365	1.14	-0.08
	Libertarianz						88	0.27	+0.24
	Animals First						57	0.18	-0.01
	One NZ						10	0.03
	The People's Choice						8	0.02
	Mana Māori						7	0.02	-0.01
	NMP						7	0.02
	Republican						5	0.02
	South Island						4	0.01
	Freedom Movement						0	0.00
Informal votes				579			292
Total valid votes				31,724			32,011
	Labour hold		Majority	8,885	28.01	+20.13

1996 election

1996 general election: Hutt South[15][16][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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Mallard		14,023	44.99		10,633	33.88
	National	Joy McLauchlan		11,567	37.11		10,562	33.65
	Alliance	Peter Love		2,125	6.82		3,314	10.56
	NZ First	Deborah Morris		2,042	6.55		2,618	8.34
	ACT	Christopher Milne		684	2.19		1,609	5.13
	McGillicuddy Serious	Alastair McGlinchy		228	0.73		102	0.32
	United NZ	Frank Owen		222	0.71		473	1.51
	Superannuitants & Youth	Jack Powell		163	0.52		53	0.17
	Natural Law	Angela Slade		65	0.21		14	0.04
	Independent	Brian Russell		53	0.17
	Christian Coalition						1,443	4.60
	Legalise Cannabis						382	1.22
	Animals First						61	0.19
	Progressive Green						47	0.15
	Asia Pacific United						21	0.07
	Green Society						15	0.05
	Ethnic Minority Party						14	0.04
	Libertarianz						10	0.03
	Mana Māori						9	0.03
	Conservatives						4	0.01
	Advance New Zealand						2	0.01
	Te Tawharau						1	0.00
Informal votes				338			123
Total valid votes				31,172			31,387
	Labour win new seat		Majority	2,456	7.88

Table footnotes

1. Morris resigned from Parliament on 20 December 1998.