# Electoral history of Chris Hipkins

* This article is part of a series aboutChris Hipkins
MP for Remutaka
Electoral history
Ministerial career
Senior Whip of the Labour Party
Leader of the House
Minister of Health
Minister of Police
Minister for the Public Service
Minister of Education
Minister for the COVID-19 response
Leader of the Labour Party
2023 leadership election
Prime Minister
Sixth Labour Government
Second term
International prime ministerial trips
Response to COVID-19 pandemic
2023 Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods
Cyclone Gabrielle
Leader of the Opposition
Shadow Cabinet
General elections
2023 :
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This is a summary of the electoral history of Chris Hipkins, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Leader of the Labour Party (2023–present), and Member of Parliament for Remutaka (2008–present).

## Parliamentary elections
### 2008 election

2008 general election: Rimutaka :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Chris Hipkins | Chris Hipkins | 13,735 | 39.27 | -15.47 | 14,685 | 41.31 | -6.49 |
| | National | Richard Whiteside | Richard Whiteside | 12,982 | 37.12 | +6.63 | 14,452 | 40.65 | +6.61 |
| | NZ First | Ron Mark | Ron Mark | 5,257 | 15.03 | +11.82 | 1,453 | 4.09 | -0.52 |
| | Green | Lynette Vigrass | Lynette Vigrass | 1,755 | 5.02 | +1.38 | 2,107 | 5.93 | +1.76 |
| | United Future | Jenni Hurn | Jenni Hurn | 522 | 1.49 | -3.72 | 499 | 1.40 | -3.26 |
| | ACT | Nigel Kearney | Nigel Kearney | 453 | 1.30 | +0.19 | 909 | 2.56 | +1.36 |
| | Progressive | John Maurice | John Maurice | 272 | 0.78 | +0.78 | 345 | 0.97 | -0.33 |
| | Māori Party | | | | | | 260 | 0.73 | +0.21 |
| | Bill and Ben | | | | | | 255 | 0.72 | +0.72 |
| | Kiwi | | | | | | 242 | 0.68 | +0.68 |
| | Legalise Cannabis | | | | | | 122 | 0.34 | -1.65 |
| | Family Party | | | | | | 85 | 0.24 | +0.24 |
| | Pacific | | | | | | 57 | 0.16 | +0.16 |
| | Alliance | | | | | | 28 | 0.08 | - |
| | Workers Party | | | | | | 18 | 0.05 | +0.05 |
| | Libertarianz | | | | | | 13 | 0.04 | -0.01 |
| | Democrats | | | | | | 8 | 0.02 | +0.02 |
| | RONZ | | | | | | 7 | 0.02 | +0.01 |
| | RAM | | | | | | 4 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 297 | | | 126 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 34,976 | | | 35,549 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Majority | 753 | 2.15 | | | | |

### 2011 election

2011 general election: Rimutaka :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Y Chris Hipkins | Y Chris Hipkins | 17,171 | 51.58 | 12.31 | 11,375 | 33.13 | -8.18 |
| | National | Jonathan Fletcher | Jonathan Fletcher | 13,885 | 41.71 | +4.60 | 15,364 | 44.75 | +4.10 |
| | Green | Tane Woodley | Tane Woodley | 1,990 | 5.98 | +0.96 | 3,422 | 9.97 | +4.04 |
| | ACT | Alwyn Courtenay | Alwyn Courtenay | 241 | 0.72 | -0.57 | 235 | 0.68 | -1.87 |
| | NZ First | | | | | | 2,148 | 6.26 | +2.17 |
| | Conservative | | | | | | 955 | 2.78 | +2.78 |
| | United Future | | | | | | 340 | 0.99 | -0.41 |
| | Māori Party | | | | | | 190 | 0.55 | -0.18 |
| | Legalise Cannabis | | | | | | 164 | 0.48 | +0.13 |
| | Mana | | | | | | 80 | 0.23 | +0.23 |
| | Libertarianz | | | | | | 28 | 0.08 | +0.04 |
| | Alliance | | | | | | 20 | 0.06 | -0.02 |
| | Democrats | | | | | | 12 | 0.03 | +0.01 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 879 | | | 240 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,287 | | | 34,333 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Majority | 3,286 | 9.87 | +7.72 | | | |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,403

### 2014 election

2014 general election: Rimutaka :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Y Chris Hipkins | Y Chris Hipkins | 19,286 | 52.51 | +2.25 | 12,176 | 32.73 | −0.16 |
| | National | Lewis Holden | Lewis Holden | 12,622 | 34.36 | −6.27 | 15,352 | 41.28 | −3.16 |
| | NZ First | Aaron Hunt | Aaron Hunt | 1,785 | 4.86 | +4.86 | 3,806 | 10.23 | +6.21 |
| | Green | Susanne Ruthven | Susanne Ruthven | 1,727 | 4.70 | −1.12 | 3,422 | 9.90 | −1.41 |
| | Conservative | Philip Michael Lynch | Philip Michael Lynch | 973 | 2.65 | +2.65 | 955 | 4.01 | +1.25 |
| | Internet Mana | | | | | | 324 | 0.87 | +0.64 |
| | Legalise Cannabis | | | | | | 194 | 0.52 | +0.05 |
| | Māori Party | | | | | | 149 | 0.40 | −0.15 |
| | ACT | | | | | | 126 | 0.34 | −0.34 |
| | United Future | | | | | | 122 | 0.33 | −0.66 |
| | Ban 1080 | | | | | | 84 | 0.23 | +0.23 |
| | Civilian | | | | | | 19 | 0.05 | +0.05 |
| | Independent Coalition | | | | | | 19 | 0.05 | +0.05 |
| | Democrats | | | | | | 14 | 0.04 | +0.00 |
| | Focus | | | | | | 4 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 241 | | | 159 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 36,393 | | | 37,194 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Majority | 6,664 | 18.14 | +8.52 | | | |
Electorate (as at 20 September 2014): 46,526

### 2017 election

2017 general election: Rimutaka :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Y Chris Hipkins | Y Chris Hipkins | 21,725 | 55.48 | +2.97 | 17,180 | 43.3 | +10.57 |
| | National | Carolyn O'Fallon | Carolyn O'Fallon | 13,116 | 33.49 | -0.87 | 15,433 | 38.9 | -2.38 |
| | Green | Stefan Grand-Meyer | Stefan Grand-Meyer | 1,815 | 4.63 | -0.07 | 2,156 | 5.43 | -4.47 |
| | NZ First | Talani Meikle | Talani Meikle | 1,604 | 4.09 | -0.77 | 2,938 | 7.40 | -2.83 |
| | Conservative | Philip Lynch | Philip Lynch | 356 | 0.91 | -1.74 | 169 | 0.43 | -3.58 |
| | ACT | Grae O'Sullivan | Grae O'Sullivan | 190 | 0.49 | — | 147 | 0.37 | +0.03 |
| | Opportunities | | | | | | 1,095 | 2.76 | — |
| | Māori Party | | | | | | 181 | 0.46 | +0.6 |
| | Legalise Cannabis | | | | | | 96 | 0.24 | -0.28 |
| | Ban 1080 | | | | | | 33 | 0.08 | -0.15 |
| | United Future | | | | | | 32 | 0.08 | -0.25 |
| | People's Party | | | | | | 22 | 0.06 | — |
| | Outdoors | | | | | | 16 | 0.04 | — |
| | Internet | | | | | | 12 | 0.03 | -0.84 |
| | Democrats | | | | | | 10 | 0.03 | -0.01 |
| | Mana | | | | | | 10 | 0.03 | -0.84 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 347 | | | 148 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 39,153 | | | 39,678 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Majority | 8,609 | 21.99 | +3.85 | | | |

### 2020 election

2020 general election: Remutaka :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Y Chris Hipkins | Y Chris Hipkins | 29,217 | 68.57 | +13.08 | 25,347 | 58.37 | +15.07 |
| | National | Mark Crofskey | Mark Crofskey | 8,720 | 20.46 | −13.04 | 8,274 | 19.05 | −19.84 |
| | Green | Chris Norton | Chris Norton | 1,610 | 3.78 | −0.86 | 3,105 | 7.15 | +1.72 |
| | ACT | Grae O'Sullivan | Grae O'Sullivan | 952 | 2.23 | +1.75 | 2,607 | 6.00 | +5.63 |
| | NZ First | Talani Meikle | Talani Meikle | 635 | 1.49 | −2.61 | 1,296 | 2.98 | −4.42 |
| | New Conservative | Hank Optland | Hank Optland | 618 | 1.45 | +0.54 | 822 | 1.89 | +1.47 |
| | ONE | Frank Eijgenraam | Frank Eijgenraam | 602 | 1.41 | — | 462 | 1.06 | — |
| | Advance NZ | Michael Alexander Stace | Michael Alexander Stace | 257 | 0.60 | — | 245 | 0.56 | — |
| | Opportunities | | | | | | 822 | 1.89 | −0.87 |
| | Māori Party | | | | | | 171 | 0.39 | −0.06 |
| | Legalise Cannabis | | | | | | 132 | 0.30 | +0.06 |
| | Vision NZ | | | | | | 70 | 0.16 | — |
| | Outdoors | | | | | | 27 | 0.06 | +0.02 |
| | Sustainable NZ | | | | | | 24 | 0.06 | — |
| | Social Credit | | | | | | 16 | 0.04 | −0.00 |
| | TEA | | | | | | 6 | 0.01 | — |
| | Heartland | | | | | | 2 | 0.00 | — |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 726 | | | 283 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 42,611 | | | 43,428 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Majority | 20,497 | 48.10 | +26.11 | | | |

### 2023 election

2023 general election: Remutaka :
| Notes: | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Y Chris Hipkins | Y Chris Hipkins | 22,344 | 53.58 | -14.99 | 16,000 | 36.84 | -21.53 |
| | National | Emma Chatterton | Emma Chatterton | 13,485 | 32.34 | +11.88 | 12,726 | 29.30 | +10.25 |
| | Green | Chris Norton | Chris Norton | 2,794 | 6.70 | +2.92 | 5,068 | 11.66 | +4.51 |
| | ACT | Michael Hurle | Michael Hurle | 1,261 | 3.02 | +0.79 | 2,476 | 5.70 | +0.30 |
| | NewZeal | Tony Pitiroi | Tony Pitiroi | 899 | 2.15 | +0.74 | 500 | 1.15 | +0.09 |
| | Vision New Zealand | Heker Robertson | Heker Robertson | 409 | 0.98 | — | | | |
| | NZ First | | | | | | 2,441 | 5.62 | +2.64 |
| | Opportunities | | | | | | 1,147 | 2.64 | +0.75 |
| | Te Pāti Māori | | | | | | 511 | 1.17 | +0.78 |
| | NZ Loyal | | | | | | 261 | 0.60 | — |
| | Legalise Cannabis | | | | | | 177 | 0.40 | +.010 |
| | Freedoms NZ | | | | | | 147 | 0.33 | — |
| | Animal Justice | | | | | | 96 | 0.22 | — |
| | New Conservative | | | | | | 71 | 0.16 | -1.73 |
| | DemocracyNZ | | | | | | 55 | 0.12 | — |
| | Women's Rights | | | | | | 35 | 0.08 | — |
| | Leighton Baker Party | | | | | | 13 | 0.02 | — |
| | New Nation | | | | | | 12 | 0.02 | — |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 504 | | | 410 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 41,696 | | | 42,146 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Majority | 8,859 | 21.24 | | | | |

## Leadership elections

Hipkins was elected leader of the Labour Party unopposed on 21 January 2023 shortly after nominations closed.