Pakuranga
Single-member general constituency for theNew ZealandHouse of Representatives
Formation	1963
Region	Auckland
Character	Suburban
Term	3 years
Member for Pakuranga
Simeon Brown[1] since23 September 2017
Party	National
List MPs	Parmjeet Parmar (ACT)
Previous MP	Maurice Williamson (National)
Party vote distribution

Pakuranga is a New Zealand Parliamentaryelectorate. It gave theSocial Credit Party one of its few MPs whenNeil Morrison held the seat from 1984 to 1987, but otherwise the electorate seat has been held by theNational Party since 1972. Its current MP isSimeon Brown who has held the electorate since the2017 general election.

Pakuranga is one of 64 general electorates used in New Zealand general elections. It covers part ofEast Auckland around the eponymous suburb ofPakuranga. Other population centres includeFarm Cove,Half Moon Bay,Bucklands Beach, parts ofHighland Park and parts ofHowick.^[2]

The boundaries of the Pakuranga electorate were last adjusted in the 2007 redistribution. Initially, the Representation Commission proposed substantial changes, but after hearing objections mainly about Pakuranga,Manukau East, andManurewa, the shape of the Pakuranga electorate reverted to almost the boundaries prior to the review.^[3] No boundary adjustments were undertaken in the 2013/14 and 2020 redistributions.^[4] In the 2025 boundary review, the electorate would gain the outerAuckland suburbs ofCockle Bay andShelly Park fromBotany.^[5]

Pakuranga was first contested at the1963 election, and won by futureLabour Party frontbencherBob Tizard. It was captured by National in1972, and has stayed with National since, save for a brief interlude – theNew Zealand Party's presence on the ballot paper in1984 split the centre-right vote and handed the seat toSocial Credit'sNeil Morrison.

With the introduction ofmixed-member proportional (MMP) representation in 1996 the seat was expanded to absorb most of the neighbouring seat ofHowick. Its boundaries have remained largely unchanged since; an attempt in 2007 to resurrect a seat around Howick by pulling the Pakuranga boundaries across theTamaki River and addingPanmure,Point England andGlen Innes from Auckland City was abandoned in the face of strenuous local objection. Instead, Howick was renamedBotany and centred on the rapid-growth areas ofFlat Bush,Botany Downs andDannemora.

Pakuranga is considered a safe National seat, withMaurice Williamson being easily re-elected at every election to 2014 after ousting Morrison in1987.^[6] In the2014 election, Williamson had a majority of 12,867 votes over his nearest challenger, Barry Kirker of the Labour Party.^[7]

Williamson announced in July 2016 that he would not stand for Parliament at the2017 general election^[8] and the seat was won bySimeon Brown, retaining it for the National Party.

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at a general election.

Key

  Labour  National  Independent  Social Credit  NZ First

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

2023 general election: Pakuranga[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	YSimeon Brown		26,105	71.39	+13.53	21,458	58.12	+19.81
	Labour	Nerissa Henry		7,395	20.22	-10.69	6,124	16.58	-25.22
	ACT	Parmjeet Parmar		1,298	3.54		3,638	9.85	+1.34
	NZ Loyal	Phil Scothern		490	1.34		236	0.63
	Animal Justice	Nicholas Hancock		471	1.28		96	0.26
	Rock the Vote NZ	John Alcock		262	0.71
	Green						2,650	7.17	+2.57
	NZ First						1,397	3.78	+1.64
	Opportunities						531	1.43	+0.51
	Te Pāti Māori						184	0.49	+0.30
	NewZeal						136	0.36	+0.15
	Legalise Cannabis						115	0.31	+0.13
	Freedoms NZ						87	0.23
	New Conservative						54	0.14	-1.18
	DemocracyNZ						30	0.08
	Women's Rights						27	0.07
	Leighton Baker Party						15	0.04
	New Nation						5	0.01
Informal votes				544			136
Total valid votes				36,565			36,919
Turnout
	Nationalhold		Majority	18,710	51.16	+24.21

2020 general election: Pakuranga[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	YSimeon Brown		21,575	57.86	-6.12	14,387	38.31	-23.38
	Labour	Nerissa Henry		11,525	30.91	+8.96	15,698	41.80	+17.09
	Green	Lawrence Xu-Nan		1,632	4.37	-1.32	1,731	4.60	+0.87
	ACT	Mo Yee Poon		790	2.52	—	2,838	8.51	+7.76
	New Conservative	Ian Ronald Sampson		426	1.14	—	498	1.32	+1.09
	Sustainable NZ	Rachel Dominique Wood		302	0.80	—	34	0.09	—
	NZ First						806	2.14	-4.45
	Opportunities						347	0.92	-0.29
	Advance NZ						193	0.51	+0.43
	TEA						175	0.46	—
	ONE						81	0.21	—
	Māori Party						73	0.19	−0.15
	Legalise Cannabis						68	0.18	−0.01
	Vision NZ						28	0.07	—
	Outdoors						11	0.031	-0.029
	Social Credit						4	0.010	+0.008
	Heartland						2	0.005	—
Informal votes				882			217
Total valid votes				37,285			37,552
	Nationalhold		Majority	10,050	26.95	-15.07

2014 general election: Pakuranga[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	YMaurice Williamson		20,388	59.75	−6.11	20,854	60.24	−2.56
	Labour	Barry Kirker		7,521	22.04	+0.25	5,511	15.92	−2.70
	Conservative	Andrew Craig		3,465	10.15	+4.95	1,930	5.57	+2.02
	ACT	Jamie Whyte		2,030	5.95	+3.35	1,021	2.95	+1.16
	NZ First						2,456	7.09	+1.42
	Green						2,192	6.33	+0.12
	Internet Mana						214	0.62	+0.50[c]
	Legalise Cannabis						109	0.31	−0.03
	Māori Party						108	0.31	−0.02
	United Future						78	0.23	−0.23
	Civilian						16	0.05	+0.05
	Ban 1080						11	0.03	+0.03
	Democrats						8	0.02	±0.00
	Independent Coalition						8	0.02	+0.02
	Focus						4	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				721			101
Total valid votes				34,125			34,621
Turnout				34,621	74.76	+4.77
	Nationalhold		Majority	12,867	37.71	−6.35

2011 general election: Pakuranga[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	YMaurice Williamson		20,694	65.86	+4.28	20,471	62.80	+3.10
	Labour	Sunny Kaushal		6,848	21.79	+0.17	6,068	18.62	-3.66
	Conservative	Lance Gedge		1,634	5.20	+5.20	1,156	3.55	+3.55
	NZ First	Helen Jane Mulford		1,430	4.55	+1.26	1,847	5.67	+2.18
	ACT	Chris Simmons		816	2.60	-3.74	585	1.79	-5.39
	Green						2,024	6.21	+2.61
	United Future						149	0.46	-0.50
	Legalise Cannabis						112	0.34	+0.12
	Māori Party						109	0.33	+0.03
	Mana						40	0.12	+0.12
	Alliance						20	0.06	+0.02
	Libertarianz						9	0.03	-0.01
	Democrats						5	0.02	+0.004
Informal votes				1,041			202
Total valid votes				31,422			32,595
	Nationalhold		Majority	13,846	44.06	+4.10

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 45,912^[14]

2008 general election: Pakuranga[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	YMaurice Williamson		21,430	61.58		21,099	59.70
	Labour	Brian Kelly		7,524	21.62		7,872	22.27
	ACT	Andrew Jollands		2,205	6.34		2,541	7.19
	Green	Zachary Dorner		1,480	4.25		1,273	3.60
	NZ First	Pita Paraone		1,146	3.29		1,231	3.48
	United Future	Quentin Todd		409	1.18		338	0.96
	Progressive	Jeffrey Ly		354	1.02		265	0.75
	Kiwi	Brian Hilder		252	0.72		123	0.35
	Family Party						186	0.53
	Bill and Ben						137	0.39
	Māori Party						106	0.30
	Legalise Cannabis						79	0.22
	Pacific						38	0.11
	Alliance						15	0.04
	Libertarianz						13	0.04
	Workers Party						12	0.03
	RAM						6	0.02
	Democrats						4	0.01
	RONZ						4	0.01
Informal votes				329			80
Total valid votes				34,800			35,342
	Nationalhold		Majority	13,906	39.96

2005 general election: Pakuranga[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	YMaurice Williamson		19,159	54.03	+10.61	19,173	53.28	+27.26
	Labour	Michael Wood		9,577	27.01	–2.29	10,810	30.31	–1.56
	Independent	Steve Baron		1,807	5.10	+5.10
	NZ First	Pita Paraone		1,398	3.54	–2.76	2105	5.85	–6.00
	ACT	Bronny Jacobson		1,216	3.43	–4.07	1,354	3.76	–10.71
	United Future	Ian McInnes		833	2.35	–2.18	878	2.44	–5.44
	Progressive	Ly Meng		560	1.58	+0.10	297	0.83	–0.39
	Destiny	David Jesze		488	1.38	+1.38	206	0.57	+0.57
	Christian Heritage	Ewen McQueen		373	1.05	–1.66	80	0.22	–1.00
	Direct Democracy	Kevin Moore		49	0.14	+0.14	11	0.03	+0.03
	Green						907	2.52	–1.08
	Māori Party						73	0.20	+0.20
	Legalise Cannabis						36	0.10	–0.18
	Libertarianz						14	0.04	+0.04
	Alliance						13	0.04	+0.04
	RONZ						7	0.02	+0.02
	99 MP						6	0.02	+0.02
	One NZ						6	0.02	–0.03
	Family Rights						5	0.01	+0.01
	Democrats						4	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				359			88
Total valid votes				35,460			35,983
	Nationalhold		Majority	9,582	27.02

2002 general election: Pakuranga[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. AY orN denotes status of anyincumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	YMaurice Williamson		14,010	43.42		8,470	26.02
	Labour	Michael Wood		9,454	29.30		10,375	31.87
	ACT	Andrew Jollands		2,419	7.50		4,712	14.47
	NZ First	Pita Paraone		2,001	6.20		3,859	11.85
	United Future	Ian McInnes		1,461	4.53		2,543	7.88
	Green	David Rose		1,040	3.22		1,173	3.60
	Christian Heritage	Jonothan Ko		876	2.71		426	1.31
	Progressive	Meng Ly		478	1.48		396	1.22
	Alliance	Paul Protheroe		158	0.49		192	0.58
	ORNZ						204	0.63
	Legalise Cannabis						93	0.28
	One NZ						20	0.06
	NMP						4	0.01
	Mana Māori						0.00
Informal votes				378			84
Total valid votes				32,266			32,553
	Nationalhold		Majority	4,556

Refer toCandidates in the New Zealand general election 1999 by electorate#Pakuranga for a list of candidates.

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