# 48th New Zealand Parliament

The 48th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined at a general election held on 17 September 2005. The new parliament met for the first time on 7 November 2005. It was dissolved on 3 October 2008.
The Labour Party and the Progressive Party, backed by New Zealand First and United Future, established a majority at the beginning the 48th Parliament. The Labour-led administration was in its third term. The National Party and ACT form the formal opposition to the government. Other non-government parties are the Greens (who promised to abstain on confidence and supply votes) and the Māori Party.
The 48th Parliament consists of 121 representatives. This represents an overhang of one seat, with the Māori Party having won one more electorate than its share of the vote would otherwise have given it. In total, sixty-nine of the MPs were chosen by geographical electorates, including seven Māori electorates. The remainder were elected by means of party-list proportional representation under the MMP electoral system.

## Oath of office

All of the Māori Party MPs attempted to alter their oath of office by adding references to the Treaty of Waitangi. They were all required to retake their oaths.

## Election result

Summary of the 17 September 2005 election for the House of Representatives :
| Party | Party | Party vote | Party vote | Party vote | Electorate vote | Electorate vote | Electorate vote | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Change (pp) | Votes | % | Change (pp) | List | Electorate | Total | +/- |
| | Labour | 935,319 | 41.10 | 0.16 | 902,072 | 40.35 | 4.34 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 2 |
| | National | 889,813 | 39.10 | 18.17 | 902,874 | 40.38 | 9.84 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 21 |
| | NZ First | 130,115 | 5.72 | 4.66 | 78,117 | 3.49 | 0.49 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| | Green | 120,521 | 5.30 | 1.70 | 92,164 | 4.12 | 1.23 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| | Māori Party | 48,263 | 2.12 | new | 75,076 | 3.36 | new | 0 | 4 | 4 | new |
| | United Future | 60,860 | 2.67 | 4.02 | 63,486 | 2.84 | 1.52 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| | ACT | 34,469 | 1.51 | 5.63 | 44,071 | 1.97 | 1.58 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| | Progressive | 26,441 | 1.16 | 0.54 | 36,638 | 1.64 | 0.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | Destiny | 14,210 | 0.62 | new | 17,608 | 0.79 | new | 0 | 0 | 0 | new |
| | Legalise Cannabis | 5,748 | 0.25 | 0.39 | 2,601 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| | Christian Heritage | 2,821 | 0.12 | 1.23 | 1,296 | 0.06 | 1.99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| | Alliance | 1,641 | 0.07 | 1.20 | 1,901 | 0.09 | 1.60 | | 0 | 0 | |
| | Family Rights | 1,178 | 0.05 | new | 1,045 | 0.05 | new | 0 | 0 | 0 | new |
| | Democrats | 1,079 | 0.05 | new | 565 | 0.03 | new | 0 | 0 | 0 | new |
| | Libertarianz | 946 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 781 | 0.03 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| | Direct Democracy | 782 | 0.03 | new | 1,934 | 0.09 | new | | 0 | 0 | new |
| | 99 MP | 601 | 0.03 | new | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | new |
| | One NZ | 478 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 214 | 0.01 | 0.12 | | 0 | 0 | |
| | RONZ | 344 | 0.02 | new | 131 | 0.01 | new | 0 | 0 | 0 | new |
| | Unregistered parties | — | — | — | 1,466 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| | Independent | — | — | — | 11,829 | 0.53 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,275,629 | 98.77 | 0.07 | 2,235,869 | 97.04 | 0.05 | | | | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 10,561 | 0.46 | 0.04 | 24,801 | 1.08 | 0.21 | | | | |
| Disallowed votes | Disallowed votes | 17,815 | 0.77 | 0.03 | 43,335 | 1.88 | 0.26 | | | | |
| Total | Total | 2,304,005 | 100 | | 2,304,005 | 100 | | 52 | 69 | 121 | 1 |
| Eligible voters and Turnout | Eligible voters and Turnout | 2,847,396 | 80.92 | 3.94 | 2,847,396 | 80.92 | 3.94 | | | | |
Government: the third and final term of the Fifth Labour Government, in power from 1999 until 2008; minority coalition with Progressive Party since 2002 Prime Minister: Helen Clark (Labour) from 1999 to 2008 Governor General: Dame Silvia Cartwright to August 2006; Anand Satyanand August 2006–
Deputy Prime Minister: Michael Cullen (Labour) 2002–2008 Leader of the Opposition: Don Brash (National Party), to November 2006; John Key (National) November 2006 –
Speaker : Margaret Wilson (Labour)
Deputy Speaker: Clem Simich (National)
Assistant Speaker: Ross Robertson (Labour) and Ann Hartley (Labour) Leader of the House: Michael Cullen (Labour)

## Overview of seats

The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 2005 election and at dissolution:
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members | Members |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | At 2002 election | At dissolution |
| | Labour | 50 | 49 |
| | Progressive | 1 | 1 |
| | United Future | 3 | 2 |
| | NZ First | 7 | 7 |
| Government total | Government total | 61 | 59 |
| | Green | 6 | 6 |
| Government with Cooperation total | Government with Cooperation total | 67 | 65 |
| | National | 48 | 48 |
| | ACT | 2 | 2 |
| | Māori Party | 4 | 4 |
| | Independent | 0 | 2 |
| Opposition total | Opposition total | 54 | 56 |
| Total | Total | 121 | 121 |
| Working Government majority | Working Government majority | 13 | 9 |
Notes
* ^CS United Future and NZ First supported the Labour-Progressive coalition on a confidence and supply basis.
* $^2$ Both New Zealand First and United Future said they would not support a Labour-led coalition which included Greens in Cabinet posts. However, United Future indicated it could support a government where the Greens gave supply-and-confidence votes. The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.

## Members of the 48th Parliament

48th New Zealand Parliament - MPs elected to Parliament
List MPs are ordered by allocation as determined by the Chief Electoral Office and the party lists.
| Party | Name | Electorate | Term |
| National | Jo Goodhew | Aoraki | First |
| Labour | Judith Tizard | Auckland Central | Sixth |
| Labour | Ruth Dyson | Banks Peninsula | Fifth |
| National | Tony Ryall | Bay of Plenty | Sixth |
| Labour | Tim Barnett | Christchurch Central | Fourth |
| Labour | Lianne Dalziel | Christchurch East | Sixth |
| National | Judith Collins | Clevedon | Second |
| National | Bill English | Clutha-Southland | Sixth |
| National | Sandra Goudie | Coromandel | Second |
| Labour | Pete Hodgson | Dunedin North | Sixth |
| Labour | David Benson-Pope | Dunedin South | Third |
| National | Anne Tolley | East Coast | Second |
| National | Murray McCully | East Coast Bays | Seventh |
| ACT | Rodney Hide | Epsom | Fourth |
| National | David Bennett | Hamilton East | First |
| Labour | Martin Gallagher | Hamilton West | Fourth |
| National | John Key | Helensville | Second |
| Labour | Trevor Mallard | Hutt South | Seventh |
| National | Gerry Brownlee | Ilam | Fourth |
| National | Eric Roy | Invercargill | Fourth |
| National | Colin King | Kaikōura | First |
| Labour | Winnie Laban | Mana | Third |
| Labour | Taito Phillip Field | Mangere | Fifth |
| Labour | Ross Robertson | Manukau East | Seventh |
| Labour | George Hawkins | Manurewa | Sixth |
| Labour | Mark Gosche | Maungakiekie | Fourth |
| Labour | Helen Clark | Mount Albert | Ninth |
| Labour | Phil Goff | Mount Roskill | Eighth |
| National | Chris Tremain | Napier | First |
| National | Nick Smith | Nelson | Sixth |
| Labour | David Cunliffe | New Lynn | Third |
| Labour | Harry Duynhoven | New Plymouth | Sixth |
| National | Wayne Mapp | North Shore | Fourth |
| National | Jonathan Coleman | Northcote | First |
| National | John Carter | Northland | Seventh |
| United Future | Peter Dunne | Ohariu-Belmont | Eighth |
| National | Jacqui Dean | Otago | First |
| Labour | Darren Hughes | Otaki | Second |
| National | Maurice Williamson | Pakuranga | Seventh |
| Labour | Steve Maharey | Palmerston North | Sixth |
| National | Lindsay Tisch | Piako | Third |
| National | Paul Hutchison | Port Waikato | Third |
| National | Brian Connell | Rakaia | Second |
| National | Simon Power | Rangitikei | Third |
| Labour | Paul Swain | Rimutaka | Sixth |
| National | Lockwood Smith | Rodney | Eighth |
| Labour | Annette King | Rongotai | Seventh |
| Labour | Steve Chadwick | Rotorua | Third |
| National | Allan Peachey | Tamaki | First |
| National | Shane Ardern | Taranaki-King Country | Fourth |
| Labour | Mark Burton | Taupo | Fifth |
| National | Bob Clarkson | Tauranga | First |
| Labour | Chris Carter | Te Atatu | Fourth |
| National | Craig Foss | Tukituki | First |
| Labour | Clayton Cosgrove | Waimakariri | Third |
| National | John Hayes | Wairarapa | First |
| Labour | Lynne Pillay | Waitakere | Second |
| Labour | Marian Hobbs | Wellington Central | Fourth |
| Labour | Damien O'Connor | West Coast-Tasman | Fifth |
| National | Chester Borrows | Whanganui | First |
| National | Phil Heatley | Whangarei | Third |
| Progressive | Jim Anderton | Wigram | Eighth |
| Labour | Parekura Horomia | Ikaroa-Rāwhiti | Third |
| Labour | Nanaia Mahuta | Tainui | Fourth |
| Māori Party | Pita Sharples | Tāmaki Makaurau | First |
| Māori Party | Tariana Turia | Te Tai Hauāuru | Fourth |
| Māori Party | Hone Harawira | Te Tai Tokerau | First |
| Labour | Mahara Okeroa | Te Tai Tonga | Third |
| Māori Party | Te Ururoa Flavell | Waiariki | First |
| NZ First | Winston Peters | Party list, rank 01 | Ninth |
| Green | Jeanette Fitzsimons | Party list, rank 01 | Fourth |
| NZ First | Peter Brown | Party list, rank 02 | Fourth |
| Green | Rod Donald | Party list, rank 02 | Fourth |
| NZ First | Brian Donnelly | Party list, rank 03 | Fourth |
| Green | Sue Bradford | Party list, rank 03 | Third |
| United Future | Judy Turner | Party list, rank 02 | Second |
| NZ First | Ron Mark | Party list, rank 04 | Fourth |
| Green | Sue Kedgley | Party list, rank 04 | Third |
| Labour | Michael Cullen | Party list, rank 02 | Ninth |
| NZ First | Doug Woolerton | Party list, rank 05 | Fourth |
| Labour | Margaret Wilson | Party list, rank 03 | Third |
| National | Don Brash | Party list, rank 01 | Second |
| Labour | Dover Samuels | Party list, rank 10 | Fourth |
| National | David Carter | Party list, rank 08 | Fifth |
| Labour | Jim Sutton | Party list, rank 11 | Seventh |
| Green | Keith Locke | Party list, rank 05 | Third |
| National | Katherine Rich | Party list, rank 10 | Third |
| Labour | Mita Ririnui | Party list, rank 15 | Third |
| National | Tim Groser | Party list, rank 13 | First |
| Labour | Rick Barker | Party list, rank 21 | Fifth |
| National | Richard Worth | Party list, rank 16 | Third |
| Labour | Jill Pettis | Party list, rank 24 | Fifth |
| National | Clem Simich | Party list, rank 18 | Sixth |
| United Future | Gordon Copeland | Party list, rank 03 | Second |
| Labour | Ashraf Choudhary | Party list, rank 25 | Second |
| National | Georgina te Heuheu | Party list, rank 19 | Fourth |
| Labour | Shane Jones | Party list, rank 27 | First |
| NZ First | Barbara Stewart | Party list, rank 06 | Second |
| National | Pansy Wong | Party list, rank 20 | Fourth |
| Labour | Dianne Yates | Party list, rank 28 | Fifth |
| ACT | Heather Roy | Party list, rank 02 | Second |
| Labour | Ann Hartley | Party list, rank 30 | Third |
| National | Chris Finlayson | Party list, rank 27 | First |
| Labour | Georgina Beyer | Party list, rank 35 | Third |
| National | Nicky Wagner | Party list, rank 28 | First |
| Green | Metiria Turei | Party list, rank 06 | Second |
| Labour | Maryan Street | Party list, rank 36 | First |
| National | Tau Henare | Party list, rank 29 | Third |
| Labour | David Parker | Party list, rank 37 | Second |
| National | Chris Auchinvole | Party list, rank 34 | First |
| Labour | Russell Fairbrother | Party list, rank 38 | Second |
| National | Mark Blumsky | Party list, rank 36 | First |
| Labour | Dave Hereora | Party list, rank 39 | Second |
| NZ First | Pita Paraone | Party list, rank 07 | Second |
| National | Kate Wilkinson | Party list, rank 38 | First |
| Labour | Moana Mackey | Party list, rank 41 | Second |
| National | Nathan Guy | Party list, rank 39 | First |
| Labour | Sue Moroney | Party list, rank 42 | First |
| National | Jackie Blue | Party list, rank 41 | First |
| Labour | Darien Fenton | Party list, rank 43 | First |
| National | Paula Bennett | Party list, rank 45 | First |

## Changes during parliamentary term

| Party | Party | New MP | Term started | Seat | Previous MP |
| | Green | Nándor Tánczos | 6 November 2005 | List | Rod Donald$^1$ |
| | Labour | Charles Chauvel | 1 August 2006 | List | Jim Sutton |
| | National | Katrina Shanks | 7 February 2007 | List | Don Brash |
| | Labour | Lesley Soper | 15 February 2007 | List | Georgina Beyer |
| | NZ First | Dail Jones | 15 February 2008 | List | Brian Donnelly$^2$ |
| | Labour | Louisa Wall | 4 March 2008 | List | Ann Hartley |
| | Labour | William Sio | 29 March 2008 | List | Dianne Yates |
| | Green | Russel Norman | 26 June 2008 | List | Nándor Tánczos |
| | National | (vacant) | 31 August 2008 | Rakaia | Brian Connell$^3$ |
| $^1$ Rod Donald died before being sworn in as MP. $^2$ Brian Donnelly was appointed as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the Cook Islands. $^3$ Brian Connell retired from Parliament effective 31 August 2008, leaving his seat of Rakaia vacant. ||||||
| Taito Phillip Field, Labour MP for Māngere, quit the Labour party after being threatened with expulsion on 16 February 2007. He continued to serve as an MP, and formed the New Zealand Pacific Party in January 2008. Gordon Copeland, a United Future list MP, left the party to become an independent MP in May 2007, and contested the 2008 election as a candidate for The Kiwi Party. ||||||
* Rod Donald, co-leader of the Green Party, died on 6 November 2005 before he was sworn in as a member of the 48th Parliament. He was replaced by the next person on the Green Party's list, former MP Nándor Tánczos, on 16 November.
* Jim Sutton, a Labour list MP, retired from politics on 31 July 2006. He was replaced by the next person on the Labour Party's list, Charles Chauvel.
* Don Brash, a National list MP and former leader of the National Party, retired from Parliament on 7 February 2007. He was replaced by the next person on the National Party's list, Katrina Shanks.
* Georgina Beyer, a Labour list MP, announced her retirement on 15 December 2006, and officially resigned from Parliament when it resumed on 13 February 2007. On 20 February she was replaced by the next person on the Labour Party's list, former MP Lesley Soper.
* Taito Phillip Field, Labour MP for Mangere, quit the Labour party after being threatened with expulsion on 16 February 2007. He continued to serve as an MP, and formed the New Zealand Pacific Party in January 2008.
* Gordon Copeland, a United Future list MP, left the party to become an independent MP in May 2007, and contested the 2008 election as a candidate for The Kiwi Party.
* Ann Hartley, a Labour list MP, was elected to the North Shore City Council in the 2007 local body elections. She left Parliament when it resumed in 2008, and was replaced by the next person on the Labour list, Louisa Wall, a former Silver Ferns netballer, on 4 February 2008.
* Brian Donnelly, a New Zealand First MP, resigned from Parliament from 12 February 2008, and was replaced by Dail Jones on 15 February 2008. Donnelly was appointed as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the Cook Islands.
* Dianne Yates, a Labour list MP, stood unsuccessfully for the Hamilton City Council in the 2007 local body elections. She resigned as an MP on 29 March 2008 and was replaced by William Sio on 1 April 2008 as the next person on Labour's list.
* Nándor Tánczos resigned from Parliament and was replaced by Green Party co-leader Russel Norman on 27 June 2008.

## Seating plan
### Start of term

The chamber is in a horseshoe-shape.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Coleman | Dean | Foss | C. King | Peachey |
| Simich | te Heuheu | Hutchison | Ardern | Heatley | Henare | Goudie | E. Roy | Connell | Auchinvole | D. Bennett | P. Bennett | Blue | Blumsky | Flavell | | Goodhew | Tremain |
| Worth | Mapp | Tolley | Tisch | McCully | L. Smith | Williamson | Groser | Finlayson | J. Carter | Wong | H. Roy | Sharples/ Turia | Harawira | | Borrows | Guy | Wagner |
| Power | Ryall | Brownlee | Brash | English | Key | N. Smith | Collins | Rich | D. Carter | Hide | Sharples/ Turia | Bradford | | Kedgley | Clarkson | Hayes | Wilkinson |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fitzsimons | Turei | Tánczos | | |
| Wilson | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Locke | | |
| Wilson | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Woolerton | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Peters | Mark | Paraone | |
| Hodgson | Mallard | Cullen | CLARK | Anderton | Maharey | Goff | A. King | Horomia | Duynhoven | Ririnui | Dunne | Brown | | Donnelly | Stewart | Pillay | Street |
| Dalziel | Burton | Hughes | Barnett | Dyson | C. Carter | Barker | Benson-Pope | O'Connor | Laban | Okeroa | Swain | Turner | Copeland | | Gallagher | Hereora | Moroney |
| Hartley | Robertson | Parker | Cunliffe | Mahuta | Cosgrove | Sutton | Tizard | Samuels | Hawkins | Field | Gosche | Hobbs | Pettis | Yates | Choudhary | Fairbrother | Jones |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Beyer | Chadwick | Mackey | Fenton | |

### End of term

The chamber is in a horseshoe-shape.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Borrows | Clarkson | Dean | Blumsky | C. King |
| Simich | te Heuheu | Hutchison | Ardern | Worth | Henare | Coleman | Wilkinson | Rich | E. Roy | Goudie | Connell | Auchinvole | D. Bennett | Flavell | | Foss | Peachey |
| Groser | Finlayson | Tremain | Guy | McCully | L. Smith | Mapp | Tisch | Wong | J. Carter | Heatley | H. Roy | Sharples/ Turia | Harawira | | P. Bennett | Goodhew | Wagner |
| Collins | Ryall | English | Key | Brownlee | Power | N. Smith | Williamson | D. Carter | Tolley | Hide | Sharples/ Turia | Norman | | Bradford | Blue | Hayes | Shanks |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fitzsimons | Turei | Locke | | |
| Wilson | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Kedgley | | |
| Wilson | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Stewart | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Peters | Mark | Paraone | |
| Cunliffe | C. Carter | Cullen | CLARK | Anderton | Goff | A. King | Hodgson | Horomia | Ririnui | Laban | Dunne | Brown | | Woolerton | D. Jones | Chauvel | Field |
| Dalziel | Mallard | Moroney | Barnett | Dyson | Parker | Mahuta | Cosgrove | Barker | Okeroa | Burton | Gosche | Maharey | Turner | | Choudhary | Fenton | Copeland |
| Robertson | Hobbs | Hughes | O'Connor | Chadwick | Street | S. Jones | Tizard | Duynhoven | Hawkins | Benson-Pope | Samuels | Swain | Pettis | Gallagher | Pillay | Mackey | Sio |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fairbrother | Hereora | Soper | Wall | |