Election Bench

New Zealand votes on Saturday 7 November.

Electorates

Wellington Bays

Uncertain

One Curia poll of 400 voters for the Taxpayers' Union, in September, had Green and Labour level on the electorate vote.

Source: Curia Market Research poll for Taxpayers' Union. It moved the estimate towards Labour.

2023 winner
Green
2023 runner-up
Labour
2023 margin
8.9% of the top two candidates’ votes (2,717 votes)
Voters who’d need to switch to change the 2023 result
More than 4.4% (at least 1,359 voters)
2023 boundaries
Old
Assumed for 2026
GreenAssumed: held
Assumed winner’s share of runs
84%
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

7,700199612,928199911,493200212,63820059,02020089,04720119,617201410,900201719,20720202,7172023LabourGreen7.7k’9613k’9911k’0213k’059.0k’089.0k’119.6k’1411k’1719k’202.7k’23LabourGreen

Candidates

CandidateParty
Nicole McKeeList MPACT
Julie Anne GenterMP for Rongotai · won Rongotai 2023Green
Craig RenneyLabour
Liam AndersonMoney Free Party NZ
Karunā MuthuNational
Gerald WarnerNZ First
Kayla Kingdon-BebbOpportunity
Donald DS McDonaldIndependent
Bruce WelshIndependent

Seat record

Predecessor seat
Rongotai
Held since
Green since 2023
Matched the country’s top party vote
1 of 3 elections, 2017–2023
Party vote vs the country
6.2 points per party on average, 2017–2023
Winning party: candidate vs party vote
Green 3.9 points higher (2023, vs Labour)

By-elections before December 2022 are not shown.

Seat history
YearWon byMajorityParty vote
2023Green2,717Green
2020Labour19,207Labour
2017Labour10,900Labour
2014Labour9,617National
2011Labour9,047Labour
2008Labour9,020Labour
2005Labour12,638Labour
2002Labour11,493Labour
1999Labour12,928Labour
1996Labour7,700National