Election Bench

New Zealand votes on Saturday 7 November.

Electorates

Wigram

2023 winner
Labour
2023 runner-up
National
2023 margin
3.9% of the top two candidates’ votes (1,179 votes)
Voters who’d need to switch to change the 2023 result
More than 1.9% (at least 590 voters)
2023 boundaries
Old
Assumed for 2026
LabourAssumed: held
Assumed winner’s share of runs
86%
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

10,03919969,88519993,17620028,54820054,76720081,50020113,33020144,594201714,77020201,1792023AlliancePROG-ad5446e2Labour10k’969.9k’993.2k’028.5k’054.8k’081.5k’113.3k’144.6k’1715k’201.2k’23AlliancePROG-ad5446e2Labour

Candidates

CandidateParty
Laura McClureList MPACT
William Donald AlexanderFree Palestine
Shreejan PandeyGreen
Dominik YanzickLabour
Tracy Summerfieldrunner-up here 2023National
Bryce ParkNZ First
Geoff McTagueIndependent

Seat record

Won each general election since
Labour, 2011
Matched the country’s top party vote
2 of 3 elections, 2017–2023
Party vote vs the country
2.0 points per party on average, 2017–2023
Winning party: candidate vs party vote
Labour 6.3 points higher (2023, vs National)

By-elections before December 2022 are not shown.

Seat history
YearWon byMajorityParty vote
2023Labour1,179National
2020Labour14,770Labour
2017Labour4,594Labour
2014Labour3,330National
2011Labour1,500National
2008Jim Anderton's Progressive4,767Labour
2005Jim Anderton's Progressive8,548Labour
2002Jim Anderton's Progressive Coalition3,176Labour
1999Alliance9,885Labour
1996Alliance10,039Labour