# 47th New Zealand Parliament

The 47th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 2002 election, and it sat until 11 August 2005.
The Labour Party and the Progressive Party, backed by United Future, commanded a majority throughout the 47th Parliament. The Labour-led administration was in its second term. The National Party, although dealt a significant blow in the last election, remained the largest opposition party. Other non-government parties were New Zealand First, ACT, the Greens, and (from mid-2004) the Māori Party.
The 47th Parliament consisted of 120 representatives. Sixty-nine of these 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.

## Overview of seats

The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 2002 election and at dissolution:
| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members | Members |
| Affiliation | Affiliation | At 2002 election | At dissolution |
| | Labour | 52 | 51 |
| | Progressive | 2 | 2 |
| | United Future | 8 | 8 |
| Government total | Government total | 62 | 61 |
| | National | 27 | 27 |
| | NZ First | 13 | 13 |
| | ACT | 9 | 9 |
| | Green | 9 | 9 |
| | Māori Party | Not yet founded | 1 |
| Opposition total | Opposition total | 58 | 59 |
| Total | Total | 120 | 120 |
| Working Government majority | Working Government majority | 4 | 2 |
Notes
* ^CS United Future supported the Labour-Progressive coalition on a confidence and supply basis.
* $^1$ Tariana Turia resigned as MP and from the Labour Party on 30 April 2004 following the foreshore and seabed controversy. She won the resulting by-election under the banner of the new Māori Party.
* $^2$ The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.
* ^C The relationship differs from the one in the last Parliament in that the Greens are not now providing a guarantee of confidence and supply. The agreement notes that the government parties and the Green party share many similar aspirations and are keen to work together.

## Initial composition of the 47th Parliament

The initial members of the 47th Parliament were as follows:
| Party | Name | Electorate | Term |
| United Future New Zealand | Paul Adams | Party list | First |
| United Future New Zealand | Marc Alexander | Party list | First |
| Progressive | Jim Anderton | Wigram | Seventh |
| National | Shane Ardern | Taranaki-King Country | Third |
| ACT | Donna Awatere Huata | Party list | Third |
| United Future New Zealand | Larry Baldock | Party list | First |
| Labour | Rick Barker | Tukituki | Fourth |
| Labour | Tim Barnett | Christchurch Central | Third |
| Labour | David Benson-Pope | Dunedin South | Second |
| Labour | Georgina Beyer | Wairarapa | Second |
| Green | Sue Bradford | Party list | Second |
| National | Don Brash | Party list | First |
| NZ First | Peter Brown | Party list | Third |
| National | Gerry Brownlee | Ilam | Third |
| Labour | Mark Burton | Taupo | Fourth |
| Labour | Chris Carter | Te Atatū | Third |
| National | David Carter | Party list | Fourth |
| National | John Carter | Northland | Sixth |
| NZ First | Brent Catchpole | Party list | First |
| Labour | Stephanie Chadwick | Rotorua | Second |
| Labour | Ashraf Choudhary | Party list | First |
| Labour | Helen Clark | Mt Albert | Eighth |
| ACT | Deborah Coddington | Party list | First |
| National | Judith Collins | Clevedon | First |
| National | Brian Connell | Rakaia | First |
| United Future New Zealand | Gordon Copeland | Party list | First |
| Labour | Clayton Cosgrove | Waimakariri | Second |
| Labour | Michael Cullen | Party list | Eighth |
| Labour | David Cunliffe | New Lynn | Second |
| Labour | Lianne Dalziel | Christchurch East | Fifth |
| Green | Rod Donald | Party list | Third |
| NZ First | Brian Donnelly | Party list | Third |
| Labour | Helen Duncan | Party list | Third |
| United Future New Zealand | Peter Dunne | Ohariu-Belmont | Seventh |
| Labour | Harry Duynhoven | New Plymouth | Fifth |
| Labour | Ruth Dyson | Banks Peninsula | Fourth |
| ACT | Gerry Eckhoff | Party list | Second |
| National | Bill English | Clutha-Southland | Fifth |
| Green | Ian Ewen-Street | Party list | Second |
| Labour | Russell Fairbrother | Napier | First |
| ACT | Stephen Franks | Party list | Second |
| Labour | Taito Phillip Field | Mangere | Fourth |
| Green | Jeanette Fitzsimons | Party list | Third |
| Labour | Martin Gallagher | Hamilton West | Third |
| Labour | Phil Goff | Mt Roskill | Seventh |
| Labour | Mark Gosche | Maungakiekie | Third |
| National | Sandra Goudie | Coromandel | First |
| NZ First | Bill Gudgeon | Party list | First |
| Labour | Ann Hartley | Northcote | Second |
| Labour | George Warren Hawkins | Manurewa | Fifth |
| National | Phil Heatley | Whangarei | Second |
| Labour | Dave Hereora | Party list | First |
| ACT | Rodney Hide | Party list | Third |
| Labour | Marian Hobbs | Wellington Central | Third |
| Labour | Pete Hodgson | Dunedin North | Fifth |
| Labour | Parekura Horomia | Ikaroa-Rawhiti | Second |
| Labour | Darren Hughes | Otaki | First |
| Labour | Jonathan Hunt | Party list | Thirteenth |
| National | Paul Hutchison | Port Waikato | Second |
| NZ First | Dail Jones | Party list | Fourth |
| Green | Sue Kedgley | Party list | Second |
| Labour | Graham Kelly | Party list | Sixth |
| National | John Key | Helensville | First |
| Labour | Annette King | Rongotai | Sixth |
| Labour | Winnie Laban | Mana | Second |
| Green | Keith Locke | Party list | Second |
| Labour | Janet Mackey | East Coast | Fourth |
| Labour | Steve Maharey | Palmerston North | Fifth |
| Labour | Nanaia Mahuta | Tainui | Third |
| Labour | Trevor Mallard | Hutt South | Sixth |
| National | Wayne Mapp | North Shore | Third |
| NZ First | Ron Mark | Party list | Third |
| National | Murray McCully | East Coast Bays | Sixth |
| NZ First | Craig McNair | Party list | First |
| ACT | Muriel Newman | Party list | Third |
| Labour | Damien O'Connor | West Coast-Tasman | Fourth |
| United Future New Zealand | Bernie Ogilvy | Party list | First |
| Labour | Mahara Okeroa | Te Tai Tonga | Second |
| NZ First | Pita Paraone | Party list | First |
| Labour | David Parker | Otago | First |
| Labour | Mark Peck | Invercargill | Fourth |
| NZ First | Edwin Perry | Party list | First |
| NZ First | Jim Peters | Party list | First |
| NZ First | Winston Peters | Tauranga | Eighth |
| Labour | Jill Pettis | Whanganui | Fourth |
| Labour | Lynne Pillay | Waitakere | First |
| National | Simon Power | Rangitikei | Third |
| ACT | Richard Prebble | Party list | Ninth |
| National | Katherine Rich | Party list | Second |
| Labour | Mita Ririnui | Waiariki | Second |
| Labour | Ross Robertson | Manukau East | Sixth |
| Progressive | Matt Robson | Party list | Third |
| ACT | Heather Roy | Party list | First |
| National | Tony Ryall | Bay of Plenty | Fifth |
| Labour | Dover Samuels | Te Tai Tokerau | Third |
| National | Lynda Scott | Kaikoura | Second |
| ACT | Ken Shirley | Party list | Fifth |
| National | Clem Simich | Tamaki | Fifth |
| National | Lockwood Smith | Rodney | Seventh |
| United Future New Zealand | Murray Smith | Party list | First |
| National | Nick Smith | Nelson | Fifth |
| National | Roger Sowry | Party list | Fifth |
| NZ First | Barbara Stewart | Party list | First |
| Labour | Jim Sutton | Aoraki | Sixth |
| Labour | Paul Swain | Rimutaka | Fifth |
| Labour | John Tamihere | Tamaki Makaurau | Second |
| Green | Nándor Tánczos | Party list | Second |
| National | Georgina te Heuheu | Party list | Third |
| National | Lindsay Tisch | Piako | Second |
| Labour | Judith Tizard | Auckland Central | Fifth |
| Green | Metiria Turei | Party list | First |
| Labour | Tariana Turia | Te Tai Hauauru | Third |
| United Future New Zealand | Judy Turner | Party list | First |
| Green | Mike Ward | Party list | First |
| National | Maurice Williamson | Pakuranga | Sixth |
| Labour | Margaret Wilson | Party list | Second |
| National | Pansy Wong | Party list | Third |
| NZ First | Doug Woolerton | Party list | Third |
| National | Richard Worth | Epsom | Second |
| Labour | Dianne Yates | Hamilton East | Fourth |

## By-elections during 47th Parliament

There was one by-election held during the term of the 47th Parliament.
| Electorate and by-election | Electorate and by-election | Date | Incumbent | Incumbent | Cause | Winner | Winner |
| Te Tai Hauauru | 2004 | 10 July | | Tariana Turia | Resignation | | Tariana Turia |

### Summary of changes during term

* Graham Kelly, a Labour list MP, left Parliament on 29 July 2003 to take up a position as High Commissioner to Canada. Moana Mackey, the next candidate on Labour's party list, entered Parliament in his place.
* Donna Awatere Huata, an ACT list MP, was officially declared an independent on 11 November 2003. This followed her suspension from the ACT caucus on 11 February 2003 after allegations of fraud were made against her. After a lengthy legal fight which went all the way to the Supreme Court, she was expelled from Parliament on 19 November 2004. She was replaced by Kenneth Wang on 30 November.
* Tariana Turia, the Labour MP for Te Tai Hauauru, resigned from Parliament over the foreshore and seabed issue on 17 May 2004. On 10 July, Turia won the resulting by-election under the banner of the new Māori Party, and took her seat again on 27 July.
* Jonathan Hunt, a Labour list MP, left Parliament on 30 March 2005 to take up a position as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Lesley Soper, the next candidate on Labour's party list, was sworn in to replace him on 5 April.

## Seating plan
### As on 10 August 2004

The chamber is in a horseshoe-shape.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | McNair | Gudgeon | Perry | Catchpole | |
| Simich | Williamson | Sowry | Tisch | te Heuheu | Wong | Ardern | Heatley | Heatley | | Hutchison | Scott | Connell | Goudie | Paraone | Stewart | Eckhoff | | Roy | Coddington |
| Worth | J. Carter | L. Smith | D. Carter | McCully | Key | Collins | Mapp | Mapp | | Mark | Jones | Woolerton | J. Peters | Shirley | Franks | | Prebble | Turei | |
| Ryall | N. Smith | Brownlee | Brash | Power | Rich | English | | W. Peters | W. Peters | Brown | Donnelly | Hide | Newman | Fitzsimons | | Tánczos | Locke | Ward | Awatere Huata |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Donald | Bradford | Ewen-Street | | |
| Hunt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Kedgley | | |
| Hunt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ogilvy | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dunne | Copeland | Alexander | | |
| Mallard | Sutton | Cullen | CLARK | Anderton | Maharey | Goff | King | King | | Hodgson | Duynhoven | Field | Cunliffe | Turia | | Adams | Baldock | Turner | M. Mackey |
| Hobbs | Burton | Hughes | Pettis | Wilson | Horomia | Hawkins | Swain | Swain | | Dyson | Ririnui | Okeroa | Dalziel | Laban | Robertson | | Gosche | M. Smith | Pillay |
| Hartley | Tamihere | Robson | C. Carter | Barker | Benson-Pope | Tizard | Samuels | Samuels | | O'Connor | J. Mackey | Peck | Yates | Mahuta | Gallagher | Barnett | Cosgrove | Beyer | Parker |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Duncan | Chadwick | Choudhary | Fairbrother | Hereora |