This is a summary of the electoral history of Grant Robertson, Deputy Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party (2011–13), Minister of Finance (since 2017) and Member of Parliament for Wellington Central (2008–2023).
General election 2008: Wellington Central [1] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Grant Robertson | 17,046 | 42.18 | 14,244 | 34.57 | ||||
National | Stephen Franks | 15,142 | 37.47 | 14,589 | 35.41 | ||||
Green | Sue Kedgley | 5,971 | 14.78 | 8,494 | 20.62 | ||||
ACT | Heather Roy | 922 | 2.28 | 1,628 | 3.95 | ||||
Legalise Cannabis | Michael Appleby | 407 | 1.01 | 108 | 0.26 | ||||
United Future New Zealand | Vaughan Smith | 226 | 0.56 | 412 | 1.00 | ||||
Workers Party | Don Franks | 171 | 0.42 | 38 | 0.09 | ||||
Progressive | David Somerset | 141 | 0.35 | 272 | 0.66 | ||||
Kiwi | Rebekah Clement | 106 | 0.26 | 84 | 0.20 | ||||
Libertarianz | Bernard Darnton | 75 | 0.19 | 48 | 0.12 | ||||
RAM | Grant Brookes | 61 | 0.15 | 13 | 0.03 | ||||
Independent | Al Mansell | 58 | 0.14 | - | |||||
RONZ | Justin Harnish | 46 | 0.11 | 5 | 0.01 | ||||
Alliance | Richard Wallis | 39 | 0.10 | 20 | 0.05 | ||||
NZ First | 629 | 1.53 | |||||||
Te Pāti Māori | 351 | 0.85 | |||||||
Bill and Ben | 215 | 0.52 | |||||||
Family Party | 38 | 0.09 | |||||||
Pacific | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
Democrats | 4 | 0.01 | |||||||
Informal votes | 229 | 86 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 40,411 | 41,200 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 1,904 |
General election 2011: Wellington Central [2] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Grant Robertson | 18,836 | 49.15 | +6.97 | 10,459 | 26.56 | -8.01 | ||
National | Paul Foster-Bell | 12,460 | 32.51 | -4.96 | 15,128 | 38.42 | +3.01 | ||
Green | James Shaw | 5,225 | 13.63 | -1.14 | 10,903 | 27.69 | +7.08 | ||
ACT | Stephen Whittington | 412 | 1.07 | -1.21 | 462 | 1.17 | -2.78 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | Michael Appleby | 404 | 1.05 | +0.05 | 161 | 0.41 | +0.15 | ||
NZ First | Ben Craven | 279 | 0.73 | +0.73 | 1,132 | 2.88 | +1.35 | ||
Pirate | Gynn Rickerby | 277 | 0.72 | +0.72 | |||||
Conservative Party of New Zealand | Paul Stipkovits | 236 | 0.62 | +0.62 | 270 | 0.69 | +0.69 | ||
Libertarianz | Reagan Cutting | 69 | 0.18 | -0.01 | 40 | 0.10 | -0.01 | ||
Alliance | Kelly Buchanan | 52 | 0.14 | +0.14 | 18 | 0.05 | -0.003 | ||
New Economics | Laurence Boomert | 44 | 0.11 | +0.11 | |||||
Independent | Puhi Karena | 32 | 0.08 | +0.08 | |||||
Te Pāti Māori | 278 | 0.71 | -0.15 | ||||||
United Future New Zealand | 256 | 0.65 | -0.35 | ||||||
Mana | 250 | 0.63 | +0.63 | ||||||
Democrats | 15 | 0.04 | +0.03 | ||||||
Informal votes | 411 | 153 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 38,326 | 39,372 | |||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 6,376 | 16.64 | +11.92 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 48,316 [3]
General election 2014: Wellington Central [4] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Grant Robertson | 19,807 | 51.64 | +2.49 | 9,306 | 23.78 | −2.78 | ||
National | Paul Foster-Bell | 11,540 | 30.09 | −2.42 | 14,689 | 37.54 | −0.88 | ||
Green | James Shaw | 5,077 | 13.24 | −0.39 | 11,545 | 29.50 | +1.81 | ||
NZ First | Hugh Barr | 580 | 1.51 | +0.78 | 1,399 | 3.58 | +0.70 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | Alistair Gregory | 353 | 0.92 | −0.13 | 127 | 0.32 | −0.09 | ||
Conservative Party of New Zealand | Brian Hooper | 307 | 0.80 | +0.18 | 590 | 1.51 | +0.82 | ||
Internet | Callum Valentine | 217 | 0.57 | +0.57 | |||||
Independent | Peter Robinson | 90 | 0.23 | +0.23 | |||||
Democrats | James Knuckey | 57 | 0.15 | +0.15 | 26 | 0.07 | +0.03 | ||
Independent | Puhi Karena | 52 | 0.14 | +0.06 | |||||
Internet Mana | 578 | 1.48 | +0.85 [a] | ||||||
Te Pāti Māori | 300 | 0.77 | +0.06 | ||||||
ACT | 274 | 0.70 | −0.47 | ||||||
United Future New Zealand | 117 | 0.30 | −0.35 | ||||||
Civilian | 49 | 0.13 | +0.13 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 20 | 0.05 | +0.05 | ||||||
Focus | 5 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 5 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 273 | 101 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 38,353 | 39,131 | |||||||
Turnout | 39,232 | 84.14 | +2.33 | ||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 8,267 | 21.56 | +4.92 |
2017 general election: Wellington Central [5] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Grant Robertson | 20,873 | 49.26 | −2.38 | 16,500 | 38.29 | +14.51 | ||
National | Nicola Willis | 10,910 | 25.75 | −4.34 | 13,156 | 30.53 | −7.01 | ||
Green | James Shaw | 6,520 | 15.39 | +2.15 | 9,198 | 21.34 | −8.16 | ||
Opportunities | Geoff Simmons | 2,892 | 6.82 | — | 2,538 | 5.89 | — | ||
NZ First | Andy Foster | 797 | 1.88 | +0.37 | 972 | 2.26 | −1.32 | ||
Independent | Gayaal Iddamalgoda | 161 | 0.38 | — | |||||
ACT | Michael Warren | 131 | 0.31 | — | 330 | 0.77 | +0.07 | ||
Independent | Peter Robinson | 71 | 0.17 | −0.11 | |||||
Independent | Bob Wessex | 19 | 0.04 | — | |||||
Te Pāti Māori | 225 | 0.52 | −0.25 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 55 | 0.13 | −0.19 | ||||||
Conservative Party of New Zealand | 29 | 0.07 | −1.44 | ||||||
United Future New Zealand | 28 | 0.06 | −0.24 | ||||||
Mana | 14 | 0.03 | −1.45 [b] | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 13 | 0.03 | −0.02 | ||||||
Outdoors | 11 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
People's Party | 10 | 0.03 | — | ||||||
Internet | 9 | 0.02 | −1.46 [c] | ||||||
Democrats | 6 | 0.01 | −0.06 | ||||||
Informal votes | 194 | 72 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 42,374 | 43,094 | |||||||
Turnout | 43,166 | 86.56 [6] | +2.42 | ||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 9,963 | 23.51 | +1.95 |
2020 general election: Wellington Central [7] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
Labour | Grant Robertson | 27,366 | 57.26 | +8 | 20,876 | 43.4 | +5.11 | ||
National | Nicola Willis | 8,488 | 17.76 | −7.99 | 6,937 | 14.43 | −16.1 | ||
Green | James Shaw | 8,381 | 17.54 | +2.15 | 14,587 | 30.33 | +8.99 | ||
Opportunities | Abe Gray | 1,031 | 2.16 | −4.66 | 1,790 | 3.72 | −2.17 | ||
ACT | Brooke van Velden | 865 | 1.81 | +1.5 | 2,339 | 4.86 | +4.09 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | Michael George Appleby | 401 | 0.84 | — | 132 | 0.27 | +0.7 | ||
Independent | Jesse Richardson | 385 | 0.81 | ||||||
New Conservative | Liam Richfield | 401 | 0.45 | 204 | 0.42 | +0.35 | |||
Advance NZ | Rose Greally | 108 | 0.23 | 103 | 0.21 | ||||
ONE | Gina Sunderland | 84 | 0.18 | 56 | 0.12 | ||||
Outdoors | Bruce Robert | 76 | 0.16 | 27 | 0.06 | +0.03 | |||
NZ First | 537 | 1.11 | -1.15 | ||||||
Te Pāti Māori | 255 | 0.53 | -0.01 | ||||||
Sustainable NZ | 32 | 0.07 | |||||||
Social Credit | 18 | 0.04 | |||||||
TEA | 12 | 0.02 | |||||||
Vision NZ | 8 | 0.01 | |||||||
Heartland | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 47,401 | 47,914 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 47,787 | 48,090 | |||||||
Turnout | 48,090 | 88.97 [8] | +2.41 | ||||||
Labour hold | Majority | 18,878 | 39.5 | +15.99 |
Candidate | Caucus (40%) | Members (40%) | Unions (20%) | Total (%) | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
David Cunliffe | 11 | 32.35 | 3,243 | 60.14 | 70.77 | 51.15 |
Grant Robertson | 16 | 47.06 | 1,440 | 26.71 | 17.30 | 32.97 |
Shane Jones | 7 | 20.59 | 709 | 13.15 | 11.92 | 15.88 |
Total | 34 | 100 | 5,392 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Section (% weighting) |
Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 |
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Caucus (40%) |
Little | 15.63% | 34.38% | 43.75% |
Robertson | 43.75% | 43.75% | 56.25% | |
Parker | 21.88% | 21.88% | – | |
Mahuta | 18.75% | – | – | |
Party (40%) |
Little | 25.71% | 34.11% | 44.77% |
Robertson | 38.25% | 40.92% | 55.23% | |
Parker | 22.41% | 24.97% | – | |
Mahuta | 13.62% | – | – | |
Union affiliates (20%) |
Little | 64.12% | 70.62% | 75.66% |
Robertson | 18.91% | 20.20% | 24.44% | |
Parker | 7.28% | 9.18% | – | |
Mahuta | 9.70% | – | – | |
Final result | Little | 29.36% | 42.52% | 50.52% |
Robertson | 36.58% | 37.91% | 49.48% | |
Parker | 19.17% | 20.58% | – | |
Mahuta | 14.89% | – | – |