| Whangaparāoa | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single-member general constituency for theNew ZealandHouse of Representatives | |||||||
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| Formation | 2020 | ||||||
| Region | Auckland | ||||||
| Character | Suburban | ||||||
| Term | 3 years | ||||||
| Member for Whangaparāoa | |||||||
.png) Mark Mitchell[1] since17 October 2020 | |||||||
| Party | National | ||||||
| Party vote distribution | |||||||
Whangaparāoa is an electorate in theNew Zealand House of Representatives. It was first created for the2020 New Zealand general election and is represented byMark Mitchell of theNational Party; Mitchell had previously been the representative for the now abolishedRodney electorate.
The electorate is located on the northern fringe of theAuckland metropolitan area, in the formerRodney District. It is centred on theWhangaparāoa Peninsula, and more broadly theHibiscus Coast. It also extends south to includeDairy Flat,Coatesville,Paremoremo and some of the suburb ofAlbany, reaching the northern coast of theWaitematā Harbour.[2]
Whangaparāoa was created in the 2019/20 electoral redistribution. Rapid population growth in the area necessitated the splitting of the formerRodney electorate, with the northern section aroundWarkworth being incorporated into the newKaipara ki Mahurangi electorate, and the rest of the electorate becoming Whangaparāoa.[3][4] A section aroundCoatesville andDairy Flat was added from the former electorate ofHelensville to bring the new electorate into quota tolerance.[4] Continued population growth in the area saw the communities ofLucas Heights andPāremoremo transferred toEast Coast Bays before the2026 general election to remain proportional.[5]
The electorate is reasonably safe for National, with the final MP for RodneyMark Mitchell transferring to the seat upon its creation.
| Election | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 election | Mark Mitchell | |
| 2023 election | ||
As of2023 no candidates who have contested the Whangaparāoa electorate have been returned as list MPs.
| 2023 general election: Whangaparāoa[6] | |||||||||
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| Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| National |  YMark Mitchell | 30,742 | 66.45 | +14.02 | 25,091 | 53.20 | +16.65 | ||
| Labour | Estefania Muller Pallarès | 7,366 | 15.92 | -19.29 | 7,202 | 15.27 | -24.73 | ||
| Green | Lorraine Newman | 3,487 | 7.53 | +7.53 | 3,584 | 7.60 | +2.72 | ||
| ACT | Simon Angelo | 2,522 | 5.45 | +1.58 | 5,627 | 11.93 | +1.26 | ||
| NZ Loyal | Jeanette Wilson | 1,489 | 3.21 | +3.21 | 630 | 1.33 | +1.33 | ||
| DemocracyNZ | Craig Laybourn | 652 | 1.40 | +1.40 | 157 | 0.33 | +0.33 | ||
| NZ First | 2,952 | 6.26 | +4.12 | ||||||
| Opportunities | 770 | 1.63 | +0.42 | ||||||
| NewZeal | 460 | 0.97 | +0.97 | ||||||
| Te Pāti Māori | 222 | 0.47 | +0.27 | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 131 | 0.27 | — | ||||||
| Freedoms NZ | 92 | 0.19 | +0.19 | ||||||
| Animal Justice | 91 | 0.19 | +0.19 | ||||||
| New Conservatives | 65 | 0.13 | -2.20 | ||||||
| Women's Rights | 36 | 0.07 | +0.07 | ||||||
| Leighton Baker Party | 29 | 0.06 | +0.06 | ||||||
| New Nation | 16 | 0.03 | +0.03 | ||||||
| Informal votes | 530 | 120 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 46,788 | 47,275 | |||||||
| Nationalhold | Majority | 23,376 | 50.53 | +33.31 | |||||
| 2020 general election: Whangaparāoa[7] | |||||||||
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| Notes: | Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
| National | YMark Mitchell | 23,822 | 52.43 | — | 16,696 | 36.55 | — | ||
| Labour | Lorayne Ferguson | 15,999 | 35.21 | — | 18,217 | 40.00 | — | ||
| ACT | Paul Grace | 1,757 | 3.87 | — | 4,872 | 10.67 | — | ||
| New Conservative | Fiona Mackenzie | 1,486 | 3.27 | — | 1,028 | 2.25 | — | ||
| Advance NZ | Kathryn Flay | 659 | 1.45 | — | 525 | 1.15 | — | ||
| Sustainable NZ | John Davies | 605 | 1.33 | — | 65 | 0.14 | — | ||
| Outdoors | Tricia Cheel | 400 | 0.88 | — | 48 | 0.11 | — | ||
| Green | 2,227 | 4.88 | — | ||||||
| NZ First | 979 | 2.14 | — | ||||||
| Opportunities | 554 | 1.21 | — | ||||||
| Legalise Cannabis | 124 | 0.27 | — | ||||||
| Māori Party | 91 | 0.20 | — | ||||||
| Sustainable NZ | 20 | 0.05 | — | ||||||
| ONE | 55 | 0.12 | — | ||||||
| TEA | 39 | 0.09 | — | ||||||
| Social Credit | 11 | 0.024 | — | ||||||
| Vision New Zealand | 9 | 0.019 | — | ||||||
| Heartland | 3 | 0.006 | — | ||||||
| Informal votes | 705 | 180 | |||||||
| Total valid votes | 45,433 | 45,678 | |||||||
| Turnout | 45,678 | ||||||||
| Nationalwin new seat | Majority | 7,823 | 17.22 | ||||||
