# 2013 Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives election

The 2013 election of the Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives occurred on 31 January 2013, following the retirement of the previous Speaker Lockwood Smith. The election resulted in the election of National Party MP David Carter.

## Nominated candidates

* Hon David Carter, List MP – National Party
* Hon Trevor Mallard, MP for Hutt South – Labour Party

## Election

The election was conducted by means of a conventional parliamentary motion. The Clerk of the House of Representatives conducted a vote on the question of the election of the Speaker, in accordance with Standing Order 19.
The following table gives the election results:
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | National | David Carter | 62 | 54.38 |
| | Labour | Trevor Mallard | 52 | 45.62 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10 | 8.77 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 119 | — |
How each MP voted:
| Party | Name | Speaker Vote |
| National | Amy Adams | Carter |
| Labour | Jacinda Ardern | Mallard |
| National | Shane Ardern | Carter |
| National | Chris Auchinvole | Carter |
| National | Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi | Carter |
| ACT | John Banks | Carter |
| National | Maggie Barry | Carter |
| National | David Bennett | Carter |
| National | Paula Bennett | Carter |
| National | Jackie Blue | Carter |
| National | Chester Borrows | Carter |
| National | Simon Bridges | Carter |
| Green | Steffan Browning | Mallard |
| National | Gerry Brownlee | Carter |
| National | Cam Calder | Carter |
| National | David Carter | Carter |
| Labour | Charles Chauvel | Mallard |
| Labour | David Clark | Mallard |
| Green | David Clendon | Mallard |
| National | Jonathan Coleman | Carter |
| National | Judith Collins | Carter |
| Labour | Clayton Cosgrove | Mallard |
| Labour | David Cunliffe | Mallard |
| Labour | Clare Curran | Mallard |
| Labour | Lianne Dalziel | Mallard |
| National | Jacqui Dean | Carter |
| Green | Catherine Delahunty | Mallard |
| National | Matt Doocey | Carter |
| National | Sarah Dowie | Carter |
| United Future | Peter Dunne | Carter |
| Labour | Ruth Dyson | Mallard |
| National | Bill English | Carter |
| Labour | Kris Faafoi | Mallard |
| Labour | Darien Fenton | Mallard |
| National | Christopher Finlayson | Carter |
| Māori Party | Te Ururoa Flavell | Carter |
| National | Craig Foss | Carter |
| National | Paul Foster-Bell | Carter |
| Green | Julie Anne Genter | Mallard |
| Labour | Phil Goff | Mallard |
| National | Paul Goldsmith | Carter |
| National | Jo Goodhew | Carter |
| Green | Kennedy Graham | Mallard |
| National | Tim Groser | Carter |
| National | Nathan Guy | Carter |
| Green | Kevin Hague | Mallard |
| National | Jo Hayes | Carter |
| Mana Party | Hone Harawira | Mallard |
| National | Phil Heatley | Carter |
| National | Tau Henare | Carter |
| Labour | Chris Hipkins | Mallard |
| NZ First | Brendan Horan | Mallard |
| Green | Gareth Hughes | Mallard |
| Labour | Raymond Huo | Mallard |
| National | Paul Hutchison | Carter |
| Labour | Shane Jones | Mallard |
| National | Steven Joyce | Carter |
| National | Nikki Kaye | Carter |
| National | John Key | Carter |
| Labour | Annette King | Mallard |
| National | Colin King | Carter |
| National | Nuk Korako | Carter |
| National | Melissa Lee | Carter |
| Labour | Iain Lees-Galloway | Mallard |
| Labour | Andrew Little | Mallard |
| Green | Jan Logie | Mallard |
| National | Sam Lotu-Iiga | Carter |
| National | Tim Macindoe | Carter |
| Labour | Moana Mackey | Mallard |
| Labour | Nanaia Mahuta | Mallard |
| Labour | Trevor Mallard | Mallard |
| Green | Mojo Mathers | Mallard |
| NZ First | Ron Mark | Mallard |
| NZ First | Tracey Martin | Mallard |
| National | Todd McClay | Carter |
| National | Murray McCully | Carter |
| National | Ian McKelvie | Carter |
| National | Mark Mitchell | Carter |
| Labour | Sue Moroney | Mallard |
| National | Jono Naylor | Carter |
| National | Alfred Ngaro | Carter |
| Green | Russel Norman | Mallard |
| Labour | Damien O'Connor | Mallard |
| National | Simon O'Connor | Carter |
| NZ First | Denis O'Rourke | Mallard |
| National | Hekia Parata | Carter |
| Labour | David Parker | Mallard |
| National | Parmjeet Parmar | Carter |
| Labour | Rajen Prasad | Mallard |
| NZ First | Winston Peters | Mallard |
| NZ First | Richard Prosser | Mallard |
| Labour | Grant Robertson | Mallard |
| Labour | Ross Robertson | Mallard |
| Green | Denise Roche | Mallard |
| National | Jami-Lee Ross | Carter |
| National | Eric Roy | Carter |
| Labour | Adrian Rurawhe | Mallard |
| National | Tony Ryall | Carter |
| National | Mike Sabin | Carter |
| Green | Eugenie Sage | Mallard |
| National | Katrina Shanks | Carter |
| Māori Party | Pita Sharples | Carter |
| Labour | David Shearer | Mallard |
| National | Scott Simpson | Carter |
| Labour | William Sio | Mallard |
| National | Lockwood Smith | Carter |
| National | Nick Smith | Carter |
| NZ First | Barbara Stewart | Mallard |
| Labour | Maryan Street | Mallard |
| Labour | Rino Tirikatene | Mallard |
| National | Lindsay Tisch | Carter |
| National | Anne Tolley | Carter |
| National | Chris Tremain | Carter |
| Green | Metiria Turei | Mallard |
| Māori Party | Tariana Turia | Carter |
| Labour | Phil Twyford | Mallard |
| National | Louise Upston | Carter |
| National | Nicky Wagner | Carter |
| Green | Holly Walker | Mallard |
| Labour | Louisa Wall | Mallard |
| National | Kate Wilkinson | Carter |
| Labour | Poto Williams | Mallard |
| National | Maurice Williamson | Carter |
| National | Michael Woodhouse | Carter |
| Labour | Megan Woods | Mallard |
| National | Jian Yang | Carter |
| National | Jonathan Young | Carter |