Northcote (New Zealand electorate)

This article is about the New Zealand electorate. For the Victorian state electorate, see Electoral district of Northcote.

Northcote is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one member of parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. Currently, the Member for Northcote is Dan Bidois of the National Party, who won the seat at the 2023 election.

Northcote
Single-member general constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Formation	1996
Region	Auckland
Character	Suburban
Term	3 years
Member for Northcote
Dan Bidois[1] since 14 October 2023
Party	National
List MPs	Shanan Halbert Labour)
Previous MP	Shanan Halbert (Labour)
Party vote distribution

Population centres

Northcote is based around the suburbs of Auckland's North Shore that are closest to the northern end of the Auckland Harbour Bridge. In addition to the eponymous Northcote, there are Birkenhead, Birkdale, Beach Haven and the southern end of Glenfield. It was created ahead of the change to mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting in 1996 by merging the seat of Birkenhead with most of the old Glenfield electorate. A small boundary adjustment was done prior to the 1999 election, but no further boundary adjustments were undertaken in the subsequent redistributions in 2002,^[2] 2007,^[3] and 2013/14.^[4]

Northcote continues the electoral habits of its predecessor seats; Birkenhead was a reasonably safe seat for the National Party, supplying it with Jim McLay, who led the party from 1984 to 1986. In 1987, the seat was won by Labour, before swinging back into the blue column when Labour's fortunes thinned out at the 1990 election. Glenfield also followed this boom and bust model, being held by Labour Party MP Judy Keall through the duration of the fourth Labour government before the National Party landslide in 1990 claimed Keall as one of its victims.

Members

The first member for Northcote was Ian Revell from the National Party, who would rise to become the Deputy Speaker. Revell was caught up in a scandal for misuse of official letterhead and was defeated by Labour's Ann Hartley in 1999 New Zealand general election. Hartley herself was ousted by the seat's former representative, Jonathan Coleman, when National consolidated the centre-right vote in 2005. In the 2008 election Coleman was re-elected in Northcote with a majority of 9,360 votes.^[5] He was again successful in the 2011 election, winning by a majority of 9,379 votes.^[6] He had a slightly increased majority in the 2014 election^[7] and was re-elected in the 2017 election. On 22 March 2018, Coleman announced he would resign within weeks, triggering the 2018 Northcote by-election.

Members for Northcote

Key

  National   Labour   Alliance

Election	Winner
1996 election		Ian Revell
1999 election		Ann Hartley
2002 election
2005 election		Jonathan Coleman
2008 election
2011 election
2014 election
2017 election
2018 by-election		Dan Bidois
2020 election		Shanan Halbert
2023 election		Dan Bidois

List members

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

Election	Winner
1996 election		Grant Gillon
1999 election
2005 election		Ann Hartley[a]
2024		Shanan Halbert

Election results

2023 election

2023 general election results: Northcote[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	%	±%
	National	Dan Bidois		20,807	54.32	+12.92	16,975	43.46	+15.94
	Labour	N Shanan Halbert		11,537	30.18	-17.56	9,014	23.08	-26.22
	Green	Andrew Shaw		3,341	8.72	+3.96	5,548	14.21	+5.57
	NZ First	Michelle Warren		1,048	2.74	+2.74	1,641	4.20	+2.28
	ACT	Leo Foley		962	2.51	+0.50	2,719	8.66	+1.36
	Vision New Zealand	Mark Donaldson		186	0.49	+0.49
	Opportunities						1,208	3.10	+1.27
	Te Pāti Māori						295	0.76	+0.53
	NZ Loyal						216	0.55	+0.55
	NewZeal						100	0.36	+0.33
	Legalise Cannabis						118	0.30	+0.06
	Freedoms NZ						103	0.26	+0.26
	Animal Justice						81	0.21	+0.21
	New Conservatives						54	0.14	-1.19
	Women's Rights						38	0.10	+0.10
	DemocracyNZ						38	0.10	+0.10
	New Nation						14	0.04	+0.04
	Leighton Baker Party						8	0.02	+0.02
Informal votes				426			182
Total valid votes				38,307			39,053
	National gain from Labour		Majority	9,270	24.14	+12.92

2020 election

2020 general election: Northcote[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	%	±%
	Labour	Shanan Halbert		19,086	47.74	+12.49	19,860	49.30	+15.14
	National	N Dan Bidois		16,552	41.40	-10.87	11,086	27.52	-21.15
	Green	Natasha Fairley		1,905	4.76	-1.97	3,482	8.64	+1.89
	ACT	Tim Kronfeld		806	2.01	+1.20	2,935	7.28	+6.57
	New Conservative	Bill Dyet		601	1.50	—	536	1.33	+1.11
	Sustainable NZ	Bevan Read		156	0.39	—	53	0.13	—
	Outdoors	Lynn Usmani		114	0.28	—	26	0.06	+0.01
	NZ First						774	1.92	-1.81
	Opportunities						741	1.83	-0.45
	Advance NZ						231	0.57	—
	Legalise Cannabis						95	0.24	-0.01
	Māori Party						93	0.23	-0.14
	TEA						89	0.22	—
	ONE						44	0.10	—
	Vision NZ						13	0.03	—
	Social Credit						10	0.02	-0.12
	Heartland						2	0.01	—
Informal votes				756			212
Total valid votes				39,976			40,282
Turnout				40,282
	Labour gain from National		Majority	2,534	6.34	-10.68

2018 by-election

The following table shows final by-election results:^[10][11]

2018 Northcote by-election
Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the by-election. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list prior to the by-election. Yellow background denotes the winner of the by-election, who was a list MP prior to the by-election. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Dan Bidois	10,566	50.67
	Labour	Shanan Halbert	9,256	44.39	+9.14
	Green	Rebekah Jaung	615	2.94	−3.79
	ACT	Stephen Berry	166	0.79
	Independent	Kym Koloni	97	0.46	−3.27
	Legalise Cannabis	Jeff Lye	89	0.42
	Democrats	Tricia Cheel	31	0.14	−0.11
	Not A Party	Liam Walsh	5	0.02
Informal votes			25	0.11
Majority			1,310	6.28
Turnout			20,850	43.59	−33.98

2017 election

2017 general election: Northcote[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	%	±%
	National	Y Jonathan Coleman		19,072	52.27	−4.75	18,005	48.67	−2.04
	Labour	Shanan Halbert		12,862	35.25	+6.21	12,639	34.16	+12.05
	Green	Rebekah Jaung		2,457	6.73	−2.04	2,496	6.75	−4.86
	NZ First	Kym Koloni		1,362	3.73	—	2,221	6.00	−1.32
	ACT	Tim Kronfeld		296	0.81	−0.30	261	0.71	−0.91
	Democrats	Tricia Cheel		92	0.25	—	50	0.14	+0.08
	Opportunities						845	2.28	—
	Māori Party						136	0.37	−0.09
	Legalise Cannabis						93	0.25	−0.10
	Conservative						82	0.22	−4.09
	United Future						24	0.06	−0.28
	People's Party						23	0.06	—
	Outdoors						17	0.05	—
	Mana						11	0.03	−0.92
	Internet						9	0.02	−0.93
	Ban 1080						8	0.02	−0.03
Informal votes				343			75
Total valid votes				36,484			36,995
Turnout				37,311	77.57[13]	+0.98
	National hold		Majority	6,210	17.02	−10.96

2014 election

2014 general election: Northcote[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	Y Jonathan Coleman		19,696	57.02	−1.44	17,900	50.71	−1.55
	Labour	Richard Hills		10,032	29.04	−0.42	7,803	22.11	−2.91
	Green	Anne-Elise Smithson		3,030	8.77	+2.93	4,099	11.61	+0.07
	Conservative	Matthew James Webster		974	2.82	+1.93	1,522	4.31	+1.82
	ACT	Tim Kronfeld		383	1.11	+0.54	573	1.62	+0.15
	United Future	Damian Light		159	0.46	+0.46	121	0.34	−0.24
	Internet	Gil Ho		270	0.78	+0.78
	NZ First						2,584	7.32	+1.67
	Internet Mana						336	0.95	+0.64[b]
	Māori Party						162	0.46	−0.09
	Legalise Cannabis						122	0.35	−0.20
	Civilian						26	0.07	+0.07
	Democrats						20	0.06	+0.03
	Ban 1080						17	0.05	+0.05
	Independent Coalition						10	0.03	+0.03
	Focus						4	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				306			117
Total valid votes				34,850			35,416
Turnout				35,416	75.76	+3.45
	National hold		Majority	9,664	27.98	−1.02

2011 election

2011 general election: Northcote[6]
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	Y Jonathan Coleman		18,908	58.46	+0.59	17,263	52.26	+1.85
	Labour	Paula Gillon		9,529	29.46	-1.51	8,264	25.02	-4.72
	Green	Vernon Tava		1,890	5.84	-0.04	3,614	10.94	+4.25
	NZ First	Dion Clifford Jelley		732	2.26	+2.26	1,865	5.65	+2.48
	Conservative	Matthew James Webster		593	1.83	+1.83	824	2.49	+2.49
	Legalise Cannabis	Leo Biggs		289	0.89	+0.89	181	0.55	+0.16
	ACT	Tim Kronfeld		185	0.57	-1.34	484	1.47	-3.84
	United Future	Steven Dromgool		113	0.35	-0.06	193	0.58	-0.40
	Libertarianz	Peter Linton		105	0.32	+0.10	37	0.11	+0.01
	Māori Party						182	0.55	-0.09
	Mana						103	0.31	+0.31
	Alliance						10	0.03	+0.01
	Democrats						10	0.03	-0.01
Informal votes				480			173
Total valid votes				32,344			33,030
	National hold		Majority	9,379	29.00	+2.09

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 45,675^[14]

2008 election

2008 general election: Northcote[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	%	±%
	National	Y Jonathan Coleman		20,132	57.87		17,827	50.41
	Labour	Hamish McCracken		10,772	30.97		10,517	29.74
	Green	Jeanette Elley		2,046	5.88		2,368	6.70
	ACT	Nick Kearney		664	1.91		1,877	5.31
	Family Party	Angela Xu		549	1.58		148	0.42
	Progressive	Brenda Hill		199	0.57		299	0.85
	Kiwi	Barry McDonald		144	0.41		182	0.51
	United Future	Steven Dromgool		143	0.41		348	0.98
	Libertarianz	Peter Linton		77	0.22		37	0.10
	RAM	Benjamin Doherty		60	0.17		9	0.03
	NZ First						1,118	3.16
	Māori Party						227	0.64
	Bill and Ben						159	0.45
	Legalise Cannabis						138	0.39
	Pacific						72	0.20
	Democrats						13	0.04
	Workers Party						9	0.03
	Alliance						8	0.02
	RONZ						6	0.02
Informal votes				246			107
Total valid votes				34,786			35,362
	National hold		Majority	9,360	26.91

2005 election

2005 general election: Northcote[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	%	±%
	National	Jonathan Coleman		16,854	49.36		14,927	43.01
	Labour	N Ann Hartley		14,471	42.38		13,573	39.11
	NZ First	Paul Manning		833	2.44		1,736	5.00
	Progressive	Grant Gillon		611	1.79		426	1.23
	ACT	Diane Dawson		435	1.27		921	2.65
	United Future	Beth Stone		389	1.14		826	2.38
	Destiny	Nigel Heslop		268	0.78		195	0.56
	Māori Party	Francis Wāka		227	0.66		145	0.42
	Libertarianz	Peter Linton		55	0.16		25	0.07
	Green						1,763	5.08
	Legalise Cannabis						73	0.21
	Christian Heritage						39	0.11
	Alliance						11	0.03
	99 MP						10	0.03
	Democrats						8	0.02
	Family Rights						8	0.02
	Direct Democracy						5	0.01
	One NZ						4	0.01
	RONZ						3	0.01
Informal votes				389			826
Total valid votes				34,143			34,707
	National gain from Labour		Majority	2,383	6.98

2002 election

2002 general election: Northcote[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	Y Ann Hartley		12,455	40.40		12,040	38.67
	National	Jeremy Sole		9,831	31.88		6,687	21.48
	Progressive	Grant Gillon		2,530	8.20		754	2.42
	NZ First	John Riley		1,528	4.95		3,069	9.85
	Green	Rachel Mackintosh		1,294	4.19		1,983	6.36
	ACT	Dianne Dawson		1,255	4.07		3,161	10.15
	United Future	Sharee Adams		1,139	3.69		2,283	7.33
	Christian Heritage	Dirk Hoek		313	1.01		332	1.06
	Alliance	Solly Southwood		185	0.60		332	1.06
	ORNZ						221	0.70
	Legalise Cannabis						147	0.47
	One NZ						24	0.07
	Mana Māori						8	0.02
	NMP						6	0.01
Informal votes				298			84
Total valid votes				30,828			31,131
	Labour hold		Majority	2,624	8.51

1999 election

1999 general election: Northcote[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	Ann Hartley		10,081	31.70		11,334	35.89
	National	N Ian Revell		9,803	30.83		10,502	33.25
	Alliance	Grant Gillon		6,417	20.18		2,366	7.49
	ACT	Alex Wong		2,140	6.73		3,319	10.51
	Green	Jane Wells		1,224	3.84		1,459	4.62
	NZ First	John Bryant		613	1.92		1,020	3.23
	Christian Heritage	Mark Munroe		392	1.23		484	1.53
	Christian Democrats	Dave Perkin		320	1.00		400	1.26
	United NZ	Murray Callister		174	0.54		196	0.62
	Christians Against Abortion	Maria Matthews		81	0.25
	Natural Law	Tony Cornelissen		45	0.14		42	0.13
	Legalise Cannabis						235	0.74
	Libertarianz						60	0.19
	McGillicuddy Serious						47	0.14
	Animals First						45	0.13
	Republican						14	0.04
	NMP						11	0.03
	One NZ						9	0.02
	Mauri Pacific						8	0.02
	People's Choice Party						6	0.01
	Freedom Movement						3	0.00
	Mana Māori						3	0.00
	South Island						3	0.00
Informal votes				504			218
Total valid votes				31,794			31,576
	Labour gain from National		Majority	278	0.87

1996 election

1996 general election: Northcote[20][21][22]
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	Ian Revell		13,779	41.01		12,997	38.49
	Labour	Ann Hartley		9,216	27.43		8,267	24.48
	Alliance	Grant Gillon		3,923	11.68		3,078	9.11
	NZ First	Janie Phillips		2,875	8.56		3,227	9.56
	United NZ	N Peter Hilt		1,955	5.82		455	1.35
	ACT	Kieran Bird		1,235	3.68		3,467	10.27
	McGillicuddy Serious	Bernard Smith		235	0.70		83	0.25
	Progressive Green	Peter Lee		213	0.63		110	0.33
	Green Society	Merete Molving		100	0.30		32	0.09
	Natural Law	Kevin O'Brien		52	0.15		49	0.15
	Republican	Pamera Warner		15	0.04
	Christian Coalition						1,318	3.90
	Legalise Cannabis						451	1.34
	Ethnic Minority Party						119	0.35
	Animals First						54	0.16
	Superannuitants & Youth						26	0.08
	Libertarianz						19	0.06
	Conservatives						7	0.02
	Mana Māori						5	0.01
	Asia Pacific United						4	0.01
	Advance New Zealand						2	0.01
	Te Tawharau						0	0.00
Informal votes				263			91
Total valid votes				33,598			33,770
	National win new seat		Majority	4,563	13.58

Table footnotes

1. Hartley resigned from Parliament on 28 February 2008.
2. 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.