election – Mt Albert Inc Wed, 07 Nov 2018 00:05:07 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.12 Final result widens Ardern lead /final-result-extends-ardern-lead/ Sat, 07 Oct 2017 03:00:01 +0000 /?p=898 Jacinda Ardern picked up a swag of special votes to sheet home her dominance in the Mt Albert seat in the 2017 general election. Ardern built on her election night majority – and Labour’s share of the party vote in the electorate – and left National’s Melissa Lee a distant second. In the final result…

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]]> Jacinda Ardern picked up a swag of special votes to sheet home her dominance in the Mt Albert seat in the 2017 general election.

Ardern built on her election night majority – and Labour’s share of the party vote in the electorate – and left National’s Melissa Lee a distant second.

In the final result announced today, the Labour leader grew her election night majority by 3329 to a huge 15,264 – one of the largest of the country’s 71 electorates and up more than 6000 over David Shearer’s winning margin in 2014.

She won a total of 24,416 electorate votes, against 9152 for Lee, taking special votes at a rate of almost three-to-one in the contest with the National candidate.

The party vote was closer, but Labour was still dominant. It won 3667 party votes from specials in Mt Albert, pushing its share to 16,742. National grew its election night tally by 2477 to 13,112.

To an electorate that has gradually changed from the first-past-the-post Labour stronghold of some decades ago, Ardern obviously held wide appeal.

In 2014, with John Key a popular Prime Minister and Labour struggling under David Cunliffe’s leadership, Labour’s local party vote reached 10,823 on the final count – 3536 behind National.

This time the Ardern factor turned that 3536 deficit into a gain of 3630 – a 7000-plus vote turnaround.

Across the country, National’s share of the party vote dipped to 44.4 per cent, costing it two seats in the final result. Labour lifted to 36.9 per cent and gained one seat, while the Greens also won an extra seat.

But as the talks with New Zealand First on the makeup of the new Government extend over the next week, National (56 seats) hold a two seat lead over the centre-left grouping of Labour (46 seats) and the Greens (8 seats). National and Labour/Greens each need NZ First’s support to form a Government.

Bruce Morris

Go to this link for the final result in Mt Albert (scroll down to electorate breakdown)

 

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]]> Jacinda’s win: no weak spots /no-weak-spots-jacindas-local-win/ Mon, 25 Sep 2017 00:48:51 +0000 /?p=828 Jacinda Ardern’s rampaging win in Mt Albert was entirely expected and her haul of votes across the electorate was uniform. There were no weak patches.

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When the special votes are counted, the Mt Albert electorate should be an even greater stronghold for Labour. Picture: Bruce Morris

Jacinda Ardern’s rampaging win in Mt Albert was entirely expected and her haul of votes across the electorate was uniform. There were no weak patches.

Her election night majority over National’s Melissa Lee was 11,935 votes – nearly 1300 up on David Shearer’s 2014 majority, with a stack of special votes still to be counted and certain to widen the gap further.

Ardern’s total election night vote was 19,378 – leaving Lee in her dust with 7443 – and placed her among the country’s most popular electorate candidates.

Jacinda Ardern, MP for Mt AlbertHer “Let’s do it!” campaign as Labour’s new leader also produced big gains for the party vote cast in the electorate and turned around 2014 statistics. Labour drew 13,075 party votes on the election night count in Mt Albert, and that will certainly grow when specials are counted. National were 2440 adrift.

In 2014, with John Key’s popularity at its peak and Labour struggling under David Cunliffe’s leadership, Labour’s local party vote reached 10,823 on the final count – 3536 behind National.

A look at local election night results showed Ardern brought the same impact here as she managed on the national stage, dragging party support from the misery of 24 per cent in opinion polls to 35.8 per cent, 10 points behind National, with special votes likely to close the gap.

But it was her personal popularity that resonated across the electorate. Of the 75 voting places (including advance voting), Ardern lost just one to Lee in the candidate vote – Herne Bay’s Bayfield School where the count was 28/16 in Lee’s favour. The vote was equal in two other places: the departure lounge at Auckland Airport (16/15) and Maungawhau School (5/5).

Elsewhere her dominance was impressive:

Advance places – Grey Lynn Community Centre (Ardern, 1628; Lee 593); Mt Albert Community and Recreation Centre (1040/393); Pt Chev Library (1224/471); St Lukes CAB (774/471); St Lukes mall (1005/480).

Voting places – Grey Lynn Community Centre (784/218); Kowhai Intermediate (578/161); Gladstone Primary (541/173); Mt Albert Primary (631/257); Edendale Primary (665/221); Westmere School (518/251).

The party vote for Labour was a little less dominant, but still imposing. The “official” results, including votes cast overseas, will be disclosed on October 7 and should make Mt Albert an even greater stronghold for Labour and its new leader.

– Bruce Morris.

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