New Lynn (New Zealand electorate)

For the suburb, see New Lynn.

New Lynn is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. Deborah Russell of the Labour Party represented the electorate from the 2017 general election before being defeated by National's Paulo Garcia in the 2023 election.

New Lynn
Single-member general constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Formation	1963, 2002
Region	Auckland
Character	Suburban
Term	3 years
Member for New Lynn
Paulo Garcia[1] since 14 October 2023
Party	National
List MPs	Steve Abel (Green) Deborah Russell (Labour)
Previous MP	Deborah Russell (Labour)
Party vote distribution

Population centres

New Lynn electorate boundaries used in the 2014 and 2017 elections

New Lynn is based in West Auckland, straddling the borders of the former Auckland City and areas of Waitakere City. It contains the areas of New Lynn, Titirangi and Waitākere Ranges to cover all the beach-side towns on the north coast of the Manukau Harbour and then up the West Coast till Bethell's Beach.^[2]

History

New Lynn was first formed for the 1963 election.^[3] It has always been held by members of the Labour Party. The electorate's first representative was Rex Mason, who had been an MP since 1926 and who retired at the end of the term.^[4] Mason was succeeded by Jonathan Hunt, who held the electorate for the next 30 years until he contested the Tamaki electorate in the 1996 election instead.^[5] Phil Goff became the representative in New Lynn in 1996.^[6]

The electorate was abolished in 1999 and Goff successfully stood in Mount Roskill. Titirangi replaced New Lynn in 1999 when population changes in Auckland lead to the creation of Mount Roskill, and Titirangi was won by David Cunliffe.^[7] Three years later, population growth in north Auckland led to the creation of the Helensville electorate. The flow-on effect of this was to pull Titirangi eastwards, resulting in the reclamation of its former name for the 2002 election. Cunliffe represented the New Lynn electorate until 2017.^[7]

In November 2016, Labour leader Andrew Little announced that Cunliffe would not seek re-election at the 2017 general election,^[8] and the seat was won in the election by Deborah Russell, retaining it for the Labour Party.

Members of Parliament

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

Key

  Labour   National

Election	Winner
1963 election		Rex Mason
1966 election		Jonathan Hunt
1969 election
1972 election
1975 election
1978 election
1981 election
1984 election
1987 election
1990 election
1993 election
1996 election		Phil Goff
(Electorate abolished 1999–2002; see Titirangi)
2002 election		David Cunliffe
2005 election
2008 election
2011 election
2014 election
2017 election		Deborah Russell
2020 election
2023 election		Paulo Garcia

List MPs

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

Election	Winner
2008 election		Tim Groser[a]
2011 election
2014 election
2019		Paulo Garcia[b]
2023 election		Steve Abel
		Deborah Russell

Election results

2023 election

2023 general election: New Lynn[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	Paulo Garcia		15,886	39.22	+14.25	15,287	37.11	+15.23
	Labour	N Deborah Russell		14,873	36.72	-20.34	11,020	26.75	-26.58
	Green	Steve Abel		5,376	13.27	+4.23	6,859	16.65	+5.20
	ACT	Juan Alvarez De Lugo		2,301	5.68	+2.14	3,183	7.73	+1.42
	NZ Loyal	Steve Oliver		1,148	2.83	—	454	1.10	—
	Independent	Phineas Mann		216	0.53	—
	NZ First						2,020	4.90	+2.57
	Opportunities						903	2.19	+0.89
	Te Pāti Māori						502	1.22	+0.76
	NewZeal						221	0.54	—
	Legalise Cannabis						152	0.37	+0.12
	Freedoms NZ						104	0.25	—
	DemocracyNZ						72	0.17	—
	Animal Justice						69	0.17	—
	New Conservatives						60	0.15	-1.01
	Women's Rights						40	0.10	—
	New Nation						15	0.04	—
	Leighton Baker Party						7	0.02	—
Informal votes				707			230
Total valid votes				40,507			41,198
	National gain from Labour		Majority	1,013	2.50

2020 election

2020 general election: New Lynn[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Deborah Russell		23,352	57.06	+10.15	22,339	53.33	+10.65
	National	Lisa Whyte		10,218	24.97	-13.58	9,166	21.88	-19.91
	Green	Steve Abel		3,701	9.04	+2.49	4,794	11.45	+5.26
	ACT	Shawn Michael Blanchfield		1,447	3.54	+2.77	2,643	6.31	+5.88
	NZ First	Rob Gore		651	1.59	-3.47	976	2.33	−3.77
	New Conservative	Victoria O'Brien		582	1.42	+0.54	487	1.16	+0.85
	TEA	Smitaben Patel		169	0.41	—	81	0.19	—
	ONE	Khurram Shahid Malik		121	0.30	—	82	0.20	—
	Social Credit	Lisa Er		118	0.29	+0.05	27	0.06	-0.01
	Voice of the People	Paul Davie		87	0.21	—
	Opportunities						546	1.30	-0.18
	Māori Party						191	0.46	+0.11
	Legalise Cannabis						103	0.25	+0.06
	Outdoors						36	0.09	+0.06
	Sustainable NZ						30	0.07	—
	Vision NZ						16	0.04	—
	Heartland						2	0.00	—
Informal votes				831			253
Total valid votes				40,927			41,887
	Labour hold		Majority	13,134	32.09	+23.72

2017 election

2017 general election: New Lynn[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	Deborah Russell		15,840	46.91	−3.17	14,810	42.68	+6.78
	National	Paulo Garcia		13,015	38.55	+2.27	14,503	41.79	+2.78
	Green	Leilani Tamu		2,210	6.55	−1.26	2,147	6.19	−3.81
	NZ First	Peter Chan		1,709	5.06	—	2,116	6.10	−1.04
	Conservative	Paul Davie		297	0.88	−2.96	109	0.31	−3.35
	Māori Party	Karen Williams		291	0.86	—	122	0.35	±0.00
	ACT	Richard Wells		259	0.77	—	149	0.43	−1.18
	Democrats	Scott MacArthur		82	0.24	−0.15	23	0.07	−0.03
	United Future	John Hubscher		62	0.18	—	30	0.09	−0.08
	Opportunities						514	1.48	—
	People's Party						80	0.23	—
	Legalise Cannabis						66	0.19	−0.11
	Mana Party						12	0.03	−1.06[c]
	Outdoors						9	0.03	—
	Internet						7	0.02	−1.07[d]
	Ban 1080						5	0.01	−0.04
Informal votes				478			142
Total valid votes				33,765			34,702
Turnout				34,844
	Labour hold		Majority	2,825	8.37	−5.43

2014 election

2014 general election: New Lynn[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 David Cunliffe		16,534	50.08	−2.04	12,085	35.90	−1.10
	National	Tim Groser		11,977	36.28	+0.06	13,136	39.02	−0.20
	Green	Daniel Rogers		2,579	7.81	+0.56	3,365	10.00	−2.15
	Conservative	Steve Taylor		1,269	3.84	+1.32	1,233	3.66	+1.07
	Democrats	Andrew Leitch		128	0.39	+0.39	33	0.10	+0.07
	NZ First						2,403	7.14	+0.96
	ACT						542	1.61	+0.62
	Internet Mana						367	1.09	+0.64[e]
	Māori Party						119	0.35	−0.09
	Legalise Cannabis						101	0.30	−0.14
	United Future						56	0.17	−0.21
	Civilian						17	0.05	+0.05
	Ban 1080						16	0.05	+0.05
	Independent Coalition						8	0.02	+0.02
	Focus						3	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				530			177
Total valid votes				33,017			33,661
Turnout				33,661	74.92	+1.91
	Labour hold		Majority	4,557	13.80	−2.12

2011 election

2011 general election: New Lynn[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y David Cunliffe		16,999	52.14	+1.80	12,462	37.00	-3.27
	National	Tim Groser		11,809	36.22	-2.43	13,211	39.22	-0.88
	Green	Saffron Toms		2,364	7.25	+0.86	4,094	12.15	+4.52
	Conservative	Ivan Bailey		820	2.52	+2.52	871	2.59	+2.59
	Legalise Cannabis	Sean Davidson		343	1.05	+1.05	149	0.44	+0.10
	ACT	Barbara Steinijans		265	0.81	-2.12	334	0.99	-2.72
	NZ First						2,081	6.18	+2.62
	Mana						151	0.45	+0.45
	Māori Party						148	0.44	-0.26
	United Future						129	0.38	-0.46
	Libertarianz						29	0.09	+0.05
	Alliance						16	0.05	-0.02
	Democrats						10	0.03	+0.01
Informal votes				844			295
Total valid votes				32,600			33,685
	Labour hold		Majority	5,190	15.92	+4.23

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 46,139^[14]

2008 election

2008 general election: New Lynn[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y David Cunliffe		17,331	50.35		14,165	40.27
	National	Tim Groser		13,306	38.66		14,105	40.09
	Green	Kath Dewar		2,200	6.39		2,684	7.63
	ACT	Michael Tasker		1,011	2.94		1,306	3.71
	United Future	Kerryanne Dalgleish		330	0.96		296	0.84
	Progressive	Mohammad Kazemi Yazdi		244	0.71		318	0.90
	NZ First						1,253	3.56
	Māori Party						246	0.70
	Pacific						226	0.64
	Bill and Ben						154	0.44
	Kiwi						146	0.42
	Legalise Cannabis						121	0.34
	Family Party						91	0.26
	Alliance						23	0.07
	Libertarianz						14	0.04
	Workers Party						13	0.04
	RAM						8	0.02
	Democrats						7	0.02
	RONZ						3	0.01
Informal votes				451			203
Total valid votes				34,422			35,179
	Labour hold		Majority	4,025	11.69

2005 election

2005 general election: New Lynn[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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Y David Cunliffe		18,087	56.12		16,208	49.19
	National	Mita Harris		10,009	31.05		10,916	33.06
	Green	Richard Green		1,644	5.10		1,850	5.60
	United Future	Anne Drake		943	2.93		818	2.48
	ACT	Barbara Steinijans		701	2.07		747	2.26
	Destiny	Karen Penney		468	1.45		158	0.58
	Progressive	Mohammad Kazemi Yazdi		282	0.87		407	1.23
	Direct Democracy	Gary Burch		98	0.30		98	0.12
	NZ First						1,580	4.79
	Māori Party						128	0.39
	Christian Heritage						56	0.17
	Legalise Cannabis						41	0.15
	Alliance						21	0.06
	Libertarianz						11	0.03
	99 MP						7	0.02
	One NZ						7	0.02
	Family Rights						7	0.02
	Democrats						5	0.02
	RONZ						4	0.01
Informal votes				549			183
Total valid votes				33,232			33,019
	Labour hold		Majority	8,078

2002 election

2002 general election: New Lynn[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	David Cunliffe		16,687	57.62		14,128	48.29
	National	Brendan Beach		5,502	19.00		4,315	14.75
	Green	Saffron Toms		1,713	5.92		2,087	7.13
	ACT	Trevor West		1,494	5.16		1,929	2.26
	United Future	Susanne Fellner		1,471	5.08		2,109	7.21
	Christian Heritage	Betty Jenkins		635	2.19		440	1.50
	Alliance	Gerard Hehir		470	2.19		405	1.38
	Progressive	Mohammad Kazemi Yazdi		396	1.37		485	1.66
	NZ First						2,949	10.08
	ORNZ						175	0.60
	Legalise Cannabis						91	0.31
	One NZ						11	0.04
	NMP						6	0.02
	Mana Māori						5	0.02
Informal votes				590			119
Total valid votes				28,958			29,254
	Labour win new seat		Majority	11,185

1996 election

1996 general election: New Lynn[6][18][19]
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 Phil Goff		15,392	50.29		10,953	35.55
	National	Richard Gardner		8,254	26.97		9,266	30.07
	Alliance	Cliff Robinson		3,554	11.61		2,916	9.46
	NZ First	Dawn Mullins		2,616	8.55		3,300	10.71
	Progressive Green	Mark Darin		301	0.98		101	0.33
	McGillicuddy Serious	Richard Foster		203	0.66		73	0.24
	United NZ	John Hubscher		128	0.42		172	0.56
	Advance New Zealand	James Prescott		91	0.30		38	0.12
	Natural Law	Les McGrath		68	0.12		36	0.12
	Christian Coalition						1,674	5.43
	ACT						1,506	4.89
	Legalise Cannabis						423	1.37
	Ethnic Minority Party						232	0.75
	Animals First						52	0.17
	Superannuitants & Youth						26	0.08
	Green Society						18	0.06
	Libertarianz						8	0.03
	Mana Māori						7	0.02
	Asia Pacific United						6	0.02
	Conservatives						5	0.02
	Te Tawharau						0	0.00
Informal votes				317			112
Total valid votes				30,607			30,812
	Labour hold		Majority	7,138	23.32

1993 election

1993 general election: New Lynn^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Hunt	6,974	38.85	−3.09
	Alliance	Cliff Robinson	5,376	29.95
	National	Roger Seavill	3,642	20.29
	NZ First	Dawn Mullins	1,474	8.21
	Christian Heritage	Charles Hinds	360	2.00
	McGillicuddy Serious	Metiria Turei	121	0.67
Majority			1,598	8.90	+2.80
Turnout			17,947	83.95	+4.41
Registered electors			21,378

1990 election

1990 general election: New Lynn^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Hunt	7,551	41.94	−16.79
	National	Martyn Athol Bishop	6,452	35.84
	NewLabour	Maire Leadbeater	1,792	9.95
	Green	Wendy Morgan	1,516	8.42
	Social Credit	Ian Edward Lawson	220	1.22
	Democrats	Patricia Marie Lawn	204	1.13
	McGillicuddy Serious	Allan Martin-Buss	163	0.90
	Independent	Michael John Revell	102	0.56
Majority			1,099	6.10	−18.23
Turnout			18,000	79.54	−3.11
Registered electors			22,628

1987 election

1987 general election: New Lynn^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Hunt	10,546	58.73	+0.45
	National	Dick Berry	6,177	34.40
	Democrats	Wayne Beddow	1,016	5.65
	NZ Party	Ray Wilson	215	1.19
Majority			4,369	24.33	−8.27
Turnout			17,954	82.65	−5.01
Registered electors			21,721

1984 election

1984 general election: New Lynn^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Hunt	11,334	58.28	+7.44
	National	Ron Hanson	4,639	23.85	−0.94
	NZ Party	Rod Orr	2,403	12.35
	Social Credit	Gilbert James	1,070	5.50
Majority			6,340	32.60	+6.56
Turnout			19,446	87.66	+1.22
Registered electors			22,182

1981 election

1981 general election: New Lynn^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Hunt	9,513	50.84	−2.39
	National	Ron Hanson	4,639	24.79
	Social Credit	Les Tasker	4,386	23.44
	Independent	John Elliott	94	0.50
	Socialist Unity	Ray Stewart	79	0.42
Majority			4,874	26.04	+1.61
Turnout			18,711	86.44	+20.97
Registered electors			21,644

1978 election

1978 general election: New Lynn^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Hunt	9,565	53.23	+8.89
	National	Jacky Bridges	5,175	28.80
	Social Credit	Bill Owens	2,949	16.41
	Values	Thomasina Gunn	278	1.54
Majority			4,390	24.43	+19.52
Turnout			17,967	65.47	−18.05
Registered electors			27,442

1975 election

1975 general election: New Lynn^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Hunt	8,033	44.34	−14.46
	National	Barry O'Connor	7,143	39.42
	Social Credit	Pat Wojcik	1,524	8.41	−1.17
	Values	Keith Langton	1,373	7.57
	Socialist Unity	Peter Cross	28	0.15	−0.48
	Socialist Action	Jean Elizabeth Higdon	15	0.08
Majority			890	4.91	−23.99
Turnout			18,116	83.52	−3.62
Registered electors			21,689

1972 election

1972 general election: New Lynn^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Hunt	8,774	58.80	+3.28
	National	Gordon McDermott	4,462	29.90
	Social Credit	Pat Wojcik	1,430	9.58
	New Democratic	O Bree	159	1.06
	Socialist Unity	Peter Cross	95	0.63
Majority			4,312	28.90	+7.50
Turnout			14,920	87.14	−2.49
Registered electors			17,121

1969 election

1969 general election: New Lynn^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Hunt	9,338	55.52	+1.76
	National	Vic Watson	5,738	34.11
	Social Credit	Norman Roy Monteith	1,568	9.32	−5.51
	Independent Labour	Stephen Chan	175	1.04
Majority			3,600	21.40	−1.90
Turnout			16,819	89.63	+3.31
Registered electors			18,763

1966 election

1966 general election: New Lynn^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Hunt	8,598	53.76
	National	Kevin Patrick Lynch	4,871	30.45
	Social Credit	Norman Roy Monteith	2,372	14.83	+6.19
	Communist	Jock Foulds	152	0.95	−0.15
Majority			3,727	23.30
Turnout			15,993	86.32	−3.13
Registered electors			18,527

1963 election

1963 general election: New Lynn^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rex Mason	8,272	55.33
	National	Charles Alexander McLeod	5,220	34.91
	Social Credit	Norman Roy Monteith	1,292	8.64
	Communist	Jock Foulds	165	1.10
Majority			3,052	20.41
Turnout			14,949	89.45
Registered electors			16,711

Table footnotes

1. Groser resigned from Parliament on 19 December 2015.
2. Garcia was declared elected as a list MP on 16 May 2019, following the resignation of Nuk Korako.
3. 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
4. 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
5. 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.