Election Bench

New Zealand votes on Saturday 7 November.

Electorates

Upper Harbour

2023 winner
National
2023 runner-up
Labour
2023 margin
35.2% of the top two candidates’ votes (11,192 votes)
Voters who’d need to switch to change the 2023 result
More than 17.5% (at least 5,597 voters)
2023 boundaries
Old
Assumed for 2026
NationalAssumed: held
Assumed winner’s share of runs
96%
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

9,69220149,55620172,392202011,1922023NationalLabourNational since 20239.7k’149.6k’172.4k’2011k’23NationalLabourNational

Candidates

CandidateParty
Panos PatrosACT
Ryan RichardsGreen
Hannah Pia BaralLabour
Cameron BrewerMP for Upper Harbour · won here 2023National
Bernadette SoaresNZ First
Romeo TevagaOpportunity
Jonathon GriffithsIndependent

Seat record

Held since
National since 2023
Matched the country’s top party vote
3 of 3 elections, 2017–2023
Party vote vs the country
2.6 points per party on average, 2017–2023
Winning party: candidate vs party vote
National 1.4 points lower (2023, vs Labour)

By-elections before December 2022 are not shown.

Seat history
YearWon byMajorityParty vote
2023National11,192National
2020Labour2,392Labour
2017National9,556National
2014National9,692National