Electoral history of Andrew Little

This is a summary of the electoral history of Andrew Little, Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party (2014–2017), President of the New Zealand Labour Party (2009–2011), and a List MP (2011–present).

Parliamentary elections

General election 2011: New Plymouth[1]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Jonathan Young		17,644	53.31	+5.13	18,073	53.26	+2.79
	Labour	Andrew Little		13,374	40.41	-7.47	8,761	25.82	-5.60
	Green	Geoff Steedman		1,277	3.86	+3.86	3,276	9.65	+3.23
	Legalise Cannabis	Jamie Dombroski		439	1.33	+1.33	178	0.52	+0.05
	Independent	Rusty Kane		361	1.09	-1.11
	NZ First						2,137	6.30	+2.25
	New Conservative						667	1.97	+1.97
	ACT						347	1.02	-2.16
	Māori						207	0.61	-0.14
	United Future						154	0.45	-0.20
	Mana						72	0.21	+0.21
	Libertarianz						30	0.09	+0.01
	Democrats						19	0.06	-0.07
	Alliance						11	0.03	-0.06
Informal votes				808			235
Total Valid votes				33,095			33,932
	National hold		Majority	4,270	12.90	+12.60

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,973[2]

General election 2014: New Plymouth[3]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Jonathan Young		21,566	57.75	+4.14	20,969	55.65	+2.39
	Labour	Andrew Little		11,788	31.56	−8.85	7,947	21.10	−4.72
	Green	Sarah Roberts		2,025	5.42	+1.56	3,005	7.97	−1.68
	Legalise Cannabis	Jamie Dombroski		701	1.88	+0.55	218	0.58	+0.06
	New Conservative	Angela Storr		633	1.69	+1.69	1,201	3.19	+1.22
	ACT	James Gray		205	0.55	+0.55	172	0.46	−0.56
	NZ First						3,395	9.00	+2.70
	Internet Mana						263	0.70	+0.49[lower-alpha 1]
	Māori						199	0.53	−0.08
	United Future						66	0.18	−0.27
	Ban 1080						57	0.15	+0.15
	Civilian						57	0.15	+0.15
	Democrats						28	0.07	+0.01
	Independent Coalition						10	0.03	+0.03
	Focus						10	0.03	+0.03
Informal votes				429			128
Total Valid votes				37,347			37,681
Turnout				37,681	77.51	+2.06
	National hold		Majority	9,778	26.18	+13.28

On 2 March 2009 it was announced that Little was elected unopposed as President of the New Zealand Labour Party.[4]

Labour leadership election results[5]
Section (% weighting)	Candidate	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
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%	–	–

2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.

2011 election results
"Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
"2014 election results". Electoral Commission. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
"Andrew Little elected Labour Party president". The New Zealand Herald. NZPA. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
Trevett, Claire (18 November 2014). "'He has the vision to win the trust of New Zealanders' – Andrew Little elected Labour leader". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

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