Election Bench

New Zealand votes on Saturday 7 November.

Electorates

North Shore

2023 winner
National
2023 runner-up
Labour
2023 margin
48.8% of the top two candidates’ votes (16,330 votes)
Voters who’d need to switch to change the 2023 result
More than 24.4% (at least 8,166 voters)
2023 boundaries
Old
Assumed for 2026
NationalAssumed: held
Assumed winner’s share of runs
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

10,34819967,04819995,09820029,701200514,574200815,228201116,503201412,71620173,734202016,3302023National10k’967.0k’995.1k’029.7k’0515k’0815k’1117k’1413k’173.7k’2016k’23National

Candidates

CandidateParty
Karen ChhourList MPACT
Josh JacobsenGreen
Sam CollinsLabour
Simon WattsMP for North Shore · won here 2020, 2023National
Holly KnillOpportunity

Seat record

Won each general election since
National, 1996
Matched the country’s top party vote
3 of 3 elections, 2017–2023
Party vote vs the country
3.8 points per party on average, 2017–2023
Winning party: candidate vs party vote
National 0.2 points higher (2023, vs Labour)

By-elections before December 2022 are not shown.

Seat history
YearWon byMajorityParty vote
2023National16,330National
2020National3,734Labour
2017National12,716National
2014National16,503National
2011National15,228National
2008National14,574National
2005National9,701National
2002National5,098Labour
1999National7,048National
1996National10,348National