Rodney (New Zealand electorate)

The 1941 New Zealand census had been postponed due to World War II, so the 1946 electoral redistribution had to take ten years of population growth and movements into account. The North Island gained a further two electorates from the South Island due to faster population growth. The abolition of the country quota through the Electoral Amendment Act, 1945 reduced the number and increased the size of rural electorates. None of the existing electorates remained unchanged, 27 electorates were abolished, 19 electorates were created for the first time, and eight former electorates were re-established, including Rodney.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=91–96}}

The 1981 census had shown that the North Island had experienced further population growth, and three additional general seats were created through the 1983 electoral redistribution, bringing the total number of electorates to 95.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=123f}} The South Island had, for the first time, experienced a population loss, but its number of general electorates was fixed at 25 since the 1967 electoral redistribution.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=111, 123}} More of the South Island population was moving to Christchurch, and two electorates were abolished, while two electorates were recreated. In the North Island, six electorates were newly created, three electorates were recreated (including Rodney), and six electorates were abolished.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=119–124}}

The 1987 electoral redistribution took the continued population growth in the North Island into account, and two additional general electorates were created, bringing the total number of electorates to 97. In the South Island, the shift of population to Christchurch had continued.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=127f}} Overall, three electorates were newly created, three electorates were recreated, and four electorates were abolished (including Rodney). All of those electorates were in the North Island. Changes in the South Island were restricted to boundary changes.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|pp=123–128}} These changes came into effect with the {{NZ election link|1987}}.{{sfn|McRobie|1989|p=127}}

Rodney covers an area of the northern Auckland region from Warkworth in the north, south through the Hibiscus Coast to Auckland's northern urban fringe. High population growth in north and west Auckland has led to Rodney shrinking – Helensville and Kumeū were taken out in 1999, and the next major town to be removed was Wellsford after the 2006 census.

At the 2020 general election, Rodney was abolished, with the northern section around Warkworth being merged with most of Helensville into Kaipara ki Mahurangi, and the southern section becoming the bulk of the new Whangaparāoa electorate.{{cite web|url=https://vote.nz/assets/Boundary-Review/REPORT-OF-THE-REPRESENTATION-COMMISSION-2020.pdf |title=Report of the Representation Commission 2020 |date=17 April 2020}}

Rodney was first created for the {{NZ election link|1871}} and was represented by four MPs from 1871 to 1890:

Harry Farnall 1871–1872 (resigned); John Sheehan 1872–1879 (elected for Thames in 1879); Seymour Thorne George 1879–1884 (retired); and William Pollock Moat 1884–1890 (retired).

Its first recreation was from the {{NZ election link|1946}} to 1978, and was recreated for a single term six years later for the {{NZ election link|1984}}.

Rodney was again recreated ahead of the change to mixed-member proportional (MMP) voting in 1996. Its original incarnation was coterminous with the district for which it is named – most of the old Albany seat minus its eponymous town, with a large section of Kaipara tacked onto the northern fringe. Both of these seats were held by National MPs – Lockwood Smith in Kaipara and then Deputy Prime Minister Don McKinnon in Albany. Smith won his party's nomination for what is a safe National seat and has held it until the {{NZ election link|2011}}, when he stood as a list candidate only. In the 1996 election, Mike Lee came second standing as an Independent.{{cite web |url= http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_1996/pdf/6.1%20Rodney%2044.pdf |title=Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – Rodney |access-date=6 July 2013 }}

Key

{{Party index link|Independent politician}} {{Party index link|New Zealand National Party}} {{Party index link|Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand}} {{Party index link|New Zealand First}} {{Party index link|New Zealand Labour Party}}

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Rodney electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

{{MMP election box begin |title=2017 general election: Rodney{{cite web |title=Official Count Results – Rodney (2017) |url= http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2017/electorate-details-45.html |publisher=Electoral Commission |date=7 October 2017 |access-date=25 October 2017}}

}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Mark Mitchell

|votes = 28,140

|percentage = 63.14

|change = +0.14

|party votes = 27,010

|party percent = 61.02

|party change = -1.37

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Marja Lubeck

|votes = 8,579

|percentage = 19.25

|change = +8.23

|party votes = 10,571

|party percent = 23.35

|party change = +11.05

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = New Zealand First

|candidate = Tracey Martin

|votes = 4,381

|percentage = 9.83

|change = -0.32

|party votes = 3,955

|party percent = 8.73

|party change = -0.34

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

|candidate = Harrison Burnard

|votes = 2,503

|percentage = 5.62

|change = -3.25

|party votes = 2,084

|party percent = 4.60

|party change = -3.90

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = The Opportunities Party

|candidate = Brittany Owens

|votes = 963

|percentage = 2.16

|change = —

|party votes = 805

|party percent = 1.78

|party change = —

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = ACT New Zealand

|party votes = 389

|party percent = 0.86

|party change = +0.37

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Conservative Party (New Zealand)

|party votes = 130

|party percent = 0.29

|party change = -6.46

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

|party votes = 116

|party percent = 0.26

|party change = −0.05

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Māori Party

|party votes = 103

|party percent =0.23

|party change = -0.13

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Zealand Outdoors Party

|party votes = 32

|party percent = 0.07

|party change = —

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = United Future

|party votes = 27

|party percent = 0.06

|party change = −0.15

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Zealand People's Party

|party votes = 20

|party percent = 0.04

|party change = —

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ban 1080 Party

|party votes = 17

|party percent = 0.04

|party change = -0.03

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Internet Party (New Zealand)

|party votes = 11

|party percent = 0.02

|party change = -0.57{{efn|name=Internet Party|2017 Internet Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with Mana Party in the 2014 election}}

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Zealand Democratic Party for Social Credit

|party votes = 8

|party percent = 0.02

|party change = -0.02

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Mana Party

|party votes = 3

|party percent = 0.01

|party change = -0.58{{efn|name=Mana Party|2017 Mana Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with the Internet Party in the 2014 election}}

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 220

|party votes = 70

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 44,566

|party votes = 45,281

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 45,351

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = New Zealand National Party

|votes = 19,561

|percent = 43.89

|change = -7.44

}}

{{MMP election box begin |title=2014 general election: Rodney{{cite web|url=http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2014/electorate-45.html|title=Official Count Results – Rodney (2014)|publisher=Electoral Commission|date=10 October 2014|access-date=26 July 2016}}}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Mark Mitchell

|votes = 24,519

|percentage = 63.00

|change = +9.46

|party votes = 24,051

|party percent = 61.02

|party change = −1.12

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Eric Bolt

|votes = 4,289

|percentage = 11.02

|change = −2.65

|party votes = 4,847

|party percent = 12.30

|party change = −1.13

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = New Zealand First

|candidate = Tracey Martin

|votes = 3,951

|percentage = 10.15

|change = +6.25

|party votes = 3,575

|party percent = 9.07

|party change = +2.10

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

|candidate = Malcolm McAll

|votes = 3,454

|percentage = 8.87

|change = +1.75

|party votes = 3,351

|party percent = 8.50

|party change = +0.03

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = Conservative Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Anton Heyns

|votes = 2,210

|percentage = 5.68

|change = −15.55

|party votes = 2,661

|party percent = 6.75

|party change = +0.37

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = ACT New Zealand

|candidate = Beth Houlbrooke

|votes = 244

|percentage = 0.63

|change = +0.09

|party votes = 192

|party percent = 0.49

|party change = −0.70

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Internet Party and Mana Movement

|party votes = 231

|party percent = 0.59

|party change = +0.44{{efn|name=Internet Mana|2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.}}

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Māori Party

|party votes = 142

|party percent = 0.36

|party change = +0.00

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

|party votes =123

|party percent = 0.31

|party change = −0.08

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = United Future

|party votes = 81

|party percent = 0.21

|party change = −0.19

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ban 1080 Party

|party votes = 29

|party percent = 0.07

|party change = +0.07

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Zealand Democratic Party for Social Credit

|party votes = 15

|party percent = 0.04

|party change = +0.01

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = NZ Independent Coalition

|party votes = 12

|party percent = 0.03

|party change = +0.03

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Civilian Party

|party votes = 8

|party percent = 0.02

|party change = +0.02

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Focus New Zealand

|party votes = 5

|party percent = 0.01

|party change = +0.01

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 255

|party votes = 91

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 38,922

|party votes = 39,414

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 39,414

|percentage = 81.63

|change = +3.58

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = New Zealand National Party

|votes = 20,230

|percent = 51.33

|change = +19.02

}}

{{MMP election box begin |title=2011 general election: Rodney[http://electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2011/electorate-44.html 2011 election results]}}

{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Mark Mitchell

|votes = 20,253

|percentage = 53.54

|change = -6.87

|party votes = 23,967

|party percent = 62.15

|party change = +3.16

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = Conservative Party (New Zealand)

|candidate = Colin Craig

|votes = 8,031

|percentage = 21.23

|change = +21.23

|party votes = 2,459

|party percent = 6.38

|party change = +6.38

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Christine Rose

|votes = 5,170

|percentage = 13.67

|change = -5.13

|party votes = 5,178

|party percent = 13.43

|party change = -7.19

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

|candidate = Teresa Moore

|votes = 2,694

|percentage = 7.12

|change = -0.57

|party votes = 3,265

|party percent = 8.47

|party change = +3.29

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = New Zealand First

|candidate = Tracey Martin

|votes = 1,476

|percentage = 3.90

|change = -0.35

|party votes = 2,688

|party percent = 6.97

|party change = +2.44

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = ACT New Zealand

|candidate = Beth Houlbrooke

|votes = 204

|percentage = 0.54

|change = -4.15

|party votes = 460

|party percent = 1.19

|party change = -5.37

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = United Future

|party votes = 154

|party percent = 0.40

|party change = -0.36

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

|party votes = 151

|party percent = 0.39

|party change = +0.03

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Māori Party

|party votes = 140

|party percent = 0.36

|party change = -0.12

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Mana Party (New Zealand)

|party votes = 58

|party percent = 0.15

|party change = +0.15

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Libertarianz

|party votes = 18

|party percent = 0.05

|party change = +0.02

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Zealand Democratic Party

|party votes = 13

|party percent = 0.03

|party change = +0.01

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)

|party votes = 12

|party percent = 0.03

|party change = -0.03

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 615

|party votes = 257

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 37,828

|party votes = 38,563

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = New Zealand National Party

|votes = 12,222

|percent = 32.31

|change = -9.31

}}

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 49,407{{cite web |url= http://www.elections.org.nz/ages/ |title= Enrolment statistics |publisher=Electoral Commission |date= 26 November 2011 |access-date= 27 November 2011}}

{{MMP election box begin |title=2008 general election: Rodney[http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2008/electorate-44.html 2008 election results]}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Lockwood Smith

|votes = 22,698

|percentage = 60.41

|change =

|party votes = 22,441

|party percent = 58.99

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Conor Roberts

|votes = 7,063

|percentage = 18.80

|change =

|party votes = 7,842

|party percent = 20.61

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

|candidate = David Hay

|votes = 2,890

|percentage = 7.69

|change =

|party votes = 1,969

|party percent = 5.18

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = ACT New Zealand

|candidate = Beryl Good

|votes = 1,760

|percentage = 4.68

|change =

|party votes = 2,496

|party percent = 6.56

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = New Zealand First

|candidate = Tracey Martin

|votes = 1,599

|percentage = 4.26

|change =

|party votes = 1,722

|party percent = 4.53

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = The Family Party

|candidate = Karl Adams

|votes = 735

|percentage = 1.96

|change =

|party votes = 226

|party percent = 0.59

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = The Kiwi Party

|candidate = Simonne Dyer

|votes = 581

|percentage = 1.55

|change =

|party votes = 327

|party percent = 0.86

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = United Future

|candidate = Kathleen Deal

|votes = 245

|percentage = 0.65

|change =

|party votes = 288

|party percent = 0.76

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Zealand Progressive Party

|party votes = 197

|party percent = 0.52

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Māori Party

|party votes = 182

|party percent = 0.48

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bill and Ben Party

|party votes = 150

|party percent = 0.39

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

|party votes = 136

|party percent = 0.36

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)

|party votes = 24

|party percent = 0.06

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Libertarianz

|party votes = 11

|party percent = 0.03

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Zealand Democratic Party

|party votes = 9

|party percent = 0.02

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Workers Party of New Zealand

|party votes = 8

|party percent = 0.02

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Zealand Pacific Party

|party votes = 5

|party percent = 0.01

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Residents Action Movement

|party votes = 5

|party percent = 0.01

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republic of New Zealand Party

|party votes = 4

|party percent = 0.01

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 226

|party votes = 107

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 37,571

|party votes = 38,042

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = New Zealand National Party

|votes = 15,635

|percent = 41.61

|change = +10.57

}}

{{MMP election box begin |title=2005 general election: Rodney[http://www.electionresults.org.nz/electionresults_2005/electorate-46.html election result Rodney 2005]}}

{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = New Zealand National Party

|candidate = Lockwood Smith

|votes = 20,651

|percentage = 55.57

|change = +16.99

|party votes = 19,799

|party percent = 52.65

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = New Zealand Labour Party

|candidate = Tony Dunlop

|votes = 9,115

|percentage = 24.53

|change = -0.85

|party votes = 10,462

|party percent = 27.82

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = New Zealand First

|candidate = Craig McNair

|votes = 3,496

|percentage = 9.41

|change =

|party votes = 3,089

|party percent = 8.08

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

|candidate = Graham Evans

|votes = 1,918

|percentage = 5.16

|change =

|party votes = 1,631

|party percent = 4.34

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = United Future

|candidate = Peter Mountain

|votes = 997

|percentage = 2.68

|change =

|party votes = 1,162

|party percent = 3.09

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = ACT New Zealand

|candidate = Christopher Brown

|votes = 450

|percentage = 1.21

|change =

|party votes = 678

|party percent = 1.80

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = New Zealand Progressive Party

|candidate = Tony Sharrock

|votes = 332

|percentage = 0.89

|change =

|party votes = 319

|party percent = 0.85

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = Māori Party

|candidate = Adell Dick

|votes = 166

|percentage = 0.45

|change =

|party votes = 107

|party percent = 0.28

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate|

|party = Direct Democracy Party of New Zealand

|candidate = Colin Punter

|votes = 36

|percentage = 0.10

|change =

|party votes = 2

|party percent = 0.01

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Destiny New Zealand

|party votes = 238

|party percent = 0.63

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

|party votes = 58

|party percent = 0.15

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Christian Heritage New Zealand

|party votes = 36

|party percent = 0.10

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alliance (New Zealand political party)

|party votes = 18

|party percent = 0.05

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Zealand Democratic Party

|party votes = 15

|party percent = 0.04

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = New Zealand Family Rights Protection Party

|party votes = 8

|party percent = 0.02

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Libertarianz

|party votes = 7

|party percent = 0.02

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = 99 MP Party

|party votes = 6

|party percent = 0.02

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = The Republic of New Zealand Party

|party votes = 6

|party percent = 0.02

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = One New Zealand Party

|party votes = 3

|party percent = 0.01

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 353

|party votes = 145

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 37,161

|party votes = 37,605

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = New Zealand National Party

|votes = 11,536

|percent = 31.04

|change = +16.84

}}

Refer to Candidates in the New Zealand general election 1999 by electorate#Rodney for a list of candidates.

{{Notelist}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{cite book |title=Electoral Atlas of New Zealand |last=McRobie |first=Alan |year=1989 |publisher=GP Books |location=Wellington |isbn=0-477-01384-8}}
• {{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year=First published in 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher=V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103}}

• [https://www.parliament.nz/en/mps-and-electorates/electorate-profiles/document/DBHOH_Lib_EP_Rodney_TOC/rodney-electorate-profile Electorate profile], Parliamentary Library

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