Mount Albert (New Zealand electorate)

Mount Albert (abbreviated as Mt Albert) is a parliamentary electorate that represents the suburb of Mount Albert in Auckland, New Zealand. It has elected only Labour Party MPs since it was first created at the 1946 election.

Mount Albert
inline General electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of Mount Albert within Auckland
Member(s)
MP	Helen White
Party	Labour
List MP(s)	Melissa Lee (National)
Geography
Region(s)	Auckland
History
Created	1946

The incumbent MP is Jacinda Ardern, currently serving as Prime Minister of New Zealand, who was first elected in a 2017 by-election.^[1]

The electorate was represented by David Shearer from 13 June 2009 to 31 December 2016; it was represented by Helen Clark from the 1981 general election until her resignation from Parliament on 17 April 2009.

Election results

2023 general election: Mount Albert[2]
Notes:		A blue background means the winner of the electorate vote. A pink background means a candidate elected from their party list. A yellow background means an electorate win by a list member, or by another incumbent. A Y means an incumbent won re-election. A N means an incumbent lost re-election.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen White		13,238	33.73	-47.01	10,336	25.99	-22.61
	National	Melissa Lee		13,218	33.68	+14.35	12,705	31.94	+13.31
	Green	Ricardo Menéndez March		9,302	23.70	+18.14	10,030	25.22	+5.29
	ACT	Ollie Murphy		1,483	3.78		2,681	6.74	+0.78
	Opportunities	Ciara Swords		1,319	3.36		1,474	3.71	+1.53
	Independent	Tesi Naufahu		155	0.40
	Human Rights Party	Anthony Van den Heuvel		103	0.26	+0.05
	NZ First						1,220	3.07	+1.25
	Māori Party						640	1.61	+1.12
	New Zealand Loyal						146	0.37
	Legalise Cannabis						115	0.29	+0.09
	NewZeal						83	0.21	+0.21
	Freedoms New Zealand						60	0.15
	Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand						51	0.13
	Women's Rights Party						39	0.10
	New Conservatives Party						30	0.08	-0.50
	DemocracyNZ						21	0.05
	New Nation Party						9	0.02
	Leighton Baker Party						6	0.02
Informal votes				429			121
Total Valid votes				39,247			39,767
	Labour hold		Majority	20	0.05	-51.34