Election Bench

New Zealand votes on Saturday 7 November.

Electorates

East Coast Bays

2023 winner
National
2023 runner-up
Labour
2023 margin
58.1% of the top two candidates’ votes (20,353 votes)
Voters who’d need to switch to change the 2023 result
More than 29.0% (at least 10,177 voters)
2023 boundaries
Old
Assumed for 2026
NationalAssumed: held
Assumed winner’s share of runs
over 99%
Roll
General

Poll sampling error plus a typical election-day polling miss: this share of runs is not a forecast of the election.

Winning majority by election

1,53420027,286200513,974200814,641201115,034201416,29020178,764202020,3532023National1.5k’027.3k’0514k’0815k’1115k’1416k’178.8k’2020k’23National

Candidates

CandidateParty
Samuel MillsACT
Abe McKeeGreen
Brendan McEnroeLabour
Erica StanfordMP for East Coast Bays · won here 2017–2023National
Allan LindNew Zealand Loyal
Vaughan TaylorNZ First

Seat record

Won each general election since
National, 2002
Matched the country’s top party vote
3 of 3 elections, 2017–2023
Party vote vs the country
5.1 points per party on average, 2017–2023
Winning party: candidate vs party vote
National 0.7 points lower (2023, vs Labour)

By-elections before December 2022 are not shown.

Seat history
YearWon byMajorityParty vote
2023National20,353National
2020National8,764Labour
2017National16,290National
2014National15,034National
2011National14,641National
2008National13,974National
2005National7,286National
2002National1,534Labour