# Dunedin (New Zealand electorate)

Dunedin is an electorate to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was created for the 2020 election.

## History

In the 2019–20 electoral boundary review, all five electorates in the Otago and Southland regions had to be adjusted as they exceeded the 5% population quota. Some electorates were over and some were under the quota, but taken together they were almost exactly on quota. Both Dunedin North and Dunedin South were significantly below quota and had to gain population. Otago Peninsula was moved from Dunedin South to Dunedin North; this area has a population of about 8,000 people. A large area from the northern part of the Dunedin North electorate (including Palmerston, Macraes, and Herbert) went to the Waitaki electorate, a loss of 2,500 people. Adding the southern Dunedin area of Otago Peninsula made it necessary for both Dunedin North and Dunedin South to be recreated under new names, with the former Dunedin North plus Otago Peninsula now called the Dunedin electorate. The former Dunedin South electorate extended into the south Otago area and the Taieri electorate was recreated.

### Members of Parliament

Labour National
| Election | Winner | Winner |
| 2020 election | | David Clark |
| 2023 election | | Rachel Brooking |

### List MPs

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Dunedin electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
| Election | Winner | Winner |
| 2020 election | | Michael Woodhouse |
| 2024 | | Francisco Hernandez |
* ↑ Replaced James Shaw as list MP, who resigned on 5 May 2024

## Election results
### 2023 election

2023 general election: Dunedin :
| 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 | Rachel Brooking | Rachel Brooking | 17,111 | 40.61 | | 13,160 | 30.86 | -24.30 |
| | National | Michael Woodhouse | Michael Woodhouse | 9,131 | 21.67 | +3.81 | 9,652 | 22.63 | +8.56 |
| | Green | Francisco Hernandez | Francisco Hernandez | 8,031 | 19.06 | | 11,449 | 26.85 | +9.11 |
| | Opportunities | Ben Peters | Ben Peters | 1,891 | 4.48 | -0.94 | 1,810 | 4.24 | +1.44 |
| | ACT | Tim Newman | Tim Newman | 1,696 | 4.02 | | 2,460 | 5.76 | +0.50 |
| | NZ First | Keegan Langeveld | Keegan Langeveld | 1,304 | 3.09 | | 2,396 | 5.61 | +3.49 |
| | Independent | Jim O'Malley | Jim O'Malley | 1,272 | 3.01 | | | | |
| | Legalise Cannabis | Adrian McDermott | Adrian McDermott | 564 | 1.33 | | 159 | 0.37 | +0.13 |
| | NZ Loyal | Steve Lawton | Steve Lawton | 540 | 1.28 | | 402 | 0.94 | |
| | New Conservative | Cyndee Elder | Cyndee Elder | 160 | 0.37 | | 94 | 0.22 | -0.68 |
| | Independent | Pamela Taylor | Pamela Taylor | 60 | 0.14 | | | | |
| | Te Pāti Māori | | | | | | 613 | 1.43 | +1.11 |
| | NewZeal | | | | | | 114 | 0.26 | +0.13 |
| | Animal Justice | | | | | | 57 | 0.13 | |
| | Freedoms NZ | | | | | | 44 | 0.10 | |
| | Women's Rights | | | | | | 35 | 0.08 | |
| | DemocracyNZ | | | | | | 25 | 0.05 | |
| | Leighton Baker Party | | | | | | 19 | 0.04 | |
| | New Nation | | | | | | 18 | 0.04 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 368 | | | 129 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 42,128 | | | 42,636 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,636 | | | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Majority | 7,980 | 18.94 | | | | |

### 2020 election

2020 general election: Dunedin :
| 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 David Clark | Y David Clark | 24,140 | 52.79 | — | 25,377 | 55.16 | — |
| | National | Michael Woodhouse | Michael Woodhouse | 8,169 | 17.86 | — | 6,477 | 14.07 | — |
| | Green | Jack Brazil | Jack Brazil | 6,916 | 15.12 | — | 8,165 | 17.74 | — |
| | Opportunities | Ben Peters | Ben Peters | 2,480 | 5.42 | — | 1,291 | 2.80 | — |
| | ACT | Callum Steele-MacIntosh | Callum Steele-MacIntosh | 1,308 | 2.86 | — | 2,423 | 5.26 | — |
| | NZ First | Robert Griffith | Robert Griffith | 817 | 1.78 | — | 978 | 2.12 | — |
| | New Conservative | Solomon King | Solomon King | 506 | 1.10 | — | 415 | 0.90 | — |
| | Social Credit | Zariah Anjaiya-King | Zariah Anjaiya-King | 195 | 0.42 | — | 57 | 0.12 | — |
| | Advance NZ | | | | | | 213 | 0.46 | — |
| | Māori Party | | | | | | 151 | 0.32 | — |
| | Legalise Cannabis | | | | | | 112 | 0.24 | — |
| | ONE | | | | | | 61 | 0.13 | — |
| | Sustainable NZ | | | | | | 42 | 0.09 | — |
| | Outdoors | | | | | | 35 | 0.07 | — |
| | Vision NZ | | | | | | 9 | 0.01 | — |
| | TEA | | | | | | 8 | 0.01 | — |
| | Heartland | | | | | | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 742 | | | 189 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 45,723 | | | 46,003 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,003 | | | | | |
| | Labour win new seat | Labour win new seat | Majority | 15,521 | 33.94 | | | | |