# Electoral history of Grant Robertson

This is a summary of the electoral history of Grant Robertson, Deputy Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party (2011–13), Minister of Finance (since 2017) and Member of Parliament for Wellington Central (2008–2023).

## Parliamentary elections
### 2008 election

General election 2008: Wellington Central :
| 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 | Grant Robertson | Grant Robertson | 17,046 | 42.18 | | 14,244 | 34.57 | |
| | National | Stephen Franks | Stephen Franks | 15,142 | 37.47 | | 14,589 | 35.41 | |
| | Green | Sue Kedgley | Sue Kedgley | 5,971 | 14.78 | | 8,494 | 20.62 | |
| | ACT | Heather Roy | Heather Roy | 922 | 2.28 | | 1,628 | 3.95 | |
| | Legalise Cannabis | Michael Appleby | Michael Appleby | 407 | 1.01 | | 108 | 0.26 | |
| | United Future New Zealand | Vaughan Smith | Vaughan Smith | 226 | 0.56 | | 412 | 1.00 | |
| | Workers Party | Don Franks | Don Franks | 171 | 0.42 | | 38 | 0.09 | |
| | Progressive | David Somerset | David Somerset | 141 | 0.35 | | 272 | 0.66 | |
| | Kiwi | Rebekah Clement | Rebekah Clement | 106 | 0.26 | | 84 | 0.20 | |
| | Libertarianz | Bernard Darnton | Bernard Darnton | 75 | 0.19 | | 48 | 0.12 | |
| | RAM | Grant Brookes | Grant Brookes | 61 | 0.15 | | 13 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Al Mansell | Al Mansell | 58 | 0.14 | - | | | |
| | RONZ | Justin Harnish | Justin Harnish | 46 | 0.11 | | 5 | 0.01 | |
| | Alliance | Richard Wallis | Richard Wallis | 39 | 0.10 | | 20 | 0.05 | |
| | NZ First | | | | | | 629 | 1.53 | |
| | Te Pāti Māori | | | | | | 351 | 0.85 | |
| | Bill and Ben | | | | | | 215 | 0.52 | |
| | Family Party | | | | | | 38 | 0.09 | |
| | Pacific | | | | | | 8 | 0.02 | |
| | Democrats | | | | | | 4 | 0.01 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 229 | | | 86 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 40,411 | | | 41,200 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Majority | 1,904 | | | | | |

### 2011 election

General election 2011: Wellington Central :
| 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 Grant Robertson | Y Grant Robertson | 18,836 | 49.15 | +6.97 | 10,459 | 26.56 | -8.01 |
| | National | Paul Foster-Bell | Paul Foster-Bell | 12,460 | 32.51 | -4.96 | 15,128 | 38.42 | +3.01 |
| | Green | James Shaw | James Shaw | 5,225 | 13.63 | -1.14 | 10,903 | 27.69 | +7.08 |
| | ACT | Stephen Whittington | Stephen Whittington | 412 | 1.07 | -1.21 | 462 | 1.17 | -2.78 |
| | Legalise Cannabis | Michael Appleby | Michael Appleby | 404 | 1.05 | +0.05 | 161 | 0.41 | +0.15 |
| | NZ First | Ben Craven | Ben Craven | 279 | 0.73 | +0.73 | 1,132 | 2.88 | +1.35 |
| | Pirate | Gynn Rickerby | Gynn Rickerby | 277 | 0.72 | +0.72 | | | |
| | Conservative Party of New Zealand | Paul Stipkovits | Paul Stipkovits | 236 | 0.62 | +0.62 | 270 | 0.69 | +0.69 |
| | Libertarianz | Reagan Cutting | Reagan Cutting | 69 | 0.18 | -0.01 | 40 | 0.10 | -0.01 |
| | Alliance | Kelly Buchanan | Kelly Buchanan | 52 | 0.14 | +0.14 | 18 | 0.05 | -0.003 |
| | New Economics | Laurence Boomert | Laurence Boomert | 44 | 0.11 | +0.11 | | | |
| | Independent | Puhi Karena | Puhi Karena | 32 | 0.08 | +0.08 | | | |
| | Te Pāti Māori | | | | | | 278 | 0.71 | -0.15 |
| | United Future New Zealand | | | | | | 256 | 0.65 | -0.35 |
| | Mana | | | | | | 250 | 0.63 | +0.63 |
| | Democrats | | | | | | 15 | 0.04 | +0.03 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 411 | | | 153 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 38,326 | | | 39,372 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Majority | 6,376 | 16.64 | +11.92 | | | |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 48,316

### 2014 election

General election 2014: Wellington Central :
| 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 Grant Robertson | Y Grant Robertson | 19,807 | 51.64 | +2.49 | 9,306 | 23.78 | −2.78 |
| | National | Paul Foster-Bell | Paul Foster-Bell | 11,540 | 30.09 | −2.42 | 14,689 | 37.54 | −0.88 |
| | Green | James Shaw | James Shaw | 5,077 | 13.24 | −0.39 | 11,545 | 29.50 | +1.81 |
| | NZ First | Hugh Barr | Hugh Barr | 580 | 1.51 | +0.78 | 1,399 | 3.58 | +0.70 |
| | Legalise Cannabis | Alistair Gregory | Alistair Gregory | 353 | 0.92 | −0.13 | 127 | 0.32 | −0.09 |
| | Conservative Party of New Zealand | Brian Hooper | Brian Hooper | 307 | 0.80 | +0.18 | 590 | 1.51 | +0.82 |
| | Internet | Callum Valentine | Callum Valentine | 217 | 0.57 | +0.57 | | | |
| | Independent | Peter Robinson | Peter Robinson | 90 | 0.23 | +0.23 | | | |
| | Democrats | James Knuckey | James Knuckey | 57 | 0.15 | +0.15 | 26 | 0.07 | +0.03 |
| | Independent | Puhi Karena | Puhi Karena | 52 | 0.14 | +0.06 | | | |
| | Internet Mana | | | | | | 578 | 1.48 | +0.85 |
| | Te Pāti Māori | | | | | | 300 | 0.77 | +0.06 |
| | ACT | | | | | | 274 | 0.70 | −0.47 |
| | United Future New Zealand | | | | | | 117 | 0.30 | −0.35 |
| | Civilian | | | | | | 49 | 0.13 | +0.13 |
| | Ban 1080 | | | | | | 20 | 0.05 | +0.05 |
| | Focus | | | | | | 5 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| | Independent Coalition | | | | | | 5 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 273 | | | 101 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 38,353 | | | 39,131 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,232 | 84.14 | +2.33 | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Majority | 8,267 | 21.56 | +4.92 | | | |

### 2017 election

2017 general election: Wellington Central :
| 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 Grant Robertson | Y Grant Robertson | 20,873 | 49.26 | −2.38 | 16,500 | 38.29 | +14.51 |
| | National | Nicola Willis | Nicola Willis | 10,910 | 25.75 | −4.34 | 13,156 | 30.53 | −7.01 |
| | Green | James Shaw | James Shaw | 6,520 | 15.39 | +2.15 | 9,198 | 21.34 | −8.16 |
| | Opportunities | Geoff Simmons | Geoff Simmons | 2,892 | 6.82 | — | 2,538 | 5.89 | — |
| | NZ First | Andy Foster | Andy Foster | 797 | 1.88 | +0.37 | 972 | 2.26 | −1.32 |
| | Independent | Gayaal Iddamalgoda | Gayaal Iddamalgoda | 161 | 0.38 | — | | | |
| | ACT | Michael Warren | Michael Warren | 131 | 0.31 | — | 330 | 0.77 | +0.07 |
| | Independent | Peter Robinson | Peter Robinson | 71 | 0.17 | −0.11 | | | |
| | Independent | Bob Wessex | Bob Wessex | 19 | 0.04 | — | | | |
| | Te Pāti Māori | | | | | | 225 | 0.52 | −0.25 |
| | Legalise Cannabis | | | | | | 55 | 0.13 | −0.19 |
| | Conservative Party of New Zealand | | | | | | 29 | 0.07 | −1.44 |
| | United Future New Zealand | | | | | | 28 | 0.06 | −0.24 |
| | Mana | | | | | | 14 | 0.03 | −1.45 |
| | Ban 1080 | | | | | | 13 | 0.03 | −0.02 |
| | Outdoors | | | | | | 11 | 0.03 | — |
| | People's Party | | | | | | 10 | 0.03 | — |
| | Internet | | | | | | 9 | 0.02 | −1.46 |
| | Democrats | | | | | | 6 | 0.01 | −0.06 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 194 | | | 72 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 42,374 | | | 43,094 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,166 | 86.56 | +2.42 | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Majority | 9,963 | 23.51 | +1.95 | | | |

### 2020 election

2020 general election: Wellington Central :
| 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 Grant Robertson | Y Grant Robertson | 27,366 | 57.26 | +8 | 20,876 | 43.4 | +5.11 |
| | National | Nicola Willis | Nicola Willis | 8,488 | 17.76 | −7.99 | 6,937 | 14.43 | −16.1 |
| | Green | James Shaw | James Shaw | 8,381 | 17.54 | +2.15 | 14,587 | 30.33 | +8.99 |
| | Opportunities | Abe Gray | Abe Gray | 1,031 | 2.16 | −4.66 | 1,790 | 3.72 | −2.17 |
| | ACT | Brooke van Velden | Brooke van Velden | 865 | 1.81 | +1.5 | 2,339 | 4.86 | +4.09 |
| | Legalise Cannabis | Michael George Appleby | Michael George Appleby | 401 | 0.84 | — | 132 | 0.27 | +0.7 |
| | Independent | Jesse Richardson | Jesse Richardson | 385 | 0.81 | | | | |
| | New Conservative | Liam Richfield | Liam Richfield | 401 | 0.45 | | 204 | 0.42 | +0.35 |
| | Advance NZ | Rose Greally | Rose Greally | 108 | 0.23 | | 103 | 0.21 | |
| | ONE | Gina Sunderland | Gina Sunderland | 84 | 0.18 | | 56 | 0.12 | |
| | Outdoors | Bruce Robert | Bruce Robert | 76 | 0.16 | | 27 | 0.06 | +0.03 |
| | NZ First | | | | | | 537 | 1.11 | -1.15 |
| | Te Pāti Māori | | | | | | 255 | 0.53 | -0.01 |
| | Sustainable NZ | | | | | | 32 | 0.07 | |
| | Social Credit | | | | | | 18 | 0.04 | |
| | TEA | | | | | | 12 | 0.02 | |
| | Vision NZ | | | | | | 8 | 0.01 | |
| | Heartland | | | | | | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 47,401 | | | 47,914 | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 47,787 | | | 48,090 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,090 | 88.97 | +2.41 | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Majority | 18,878 | 39.5 | +15.99 | | | |

## Labour party leadership elections
### 2013 leadership election

| Candidate | Caucus (40%) | Caucus (40%) | Members (40%) | Members (40%) | Unions (20%) | Total (%) |
| Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | % | Unions (20%) | Total (%) |
| David Cunliffe | 11 | 32.35 | 3,243 | 60.14 | 70.77 | 51.15 |
| Grant Robertson | 16 | 47.06 | 1,440 | 26.71 | 17.30 | 32.97 |
| Shane Jones | 7 | 20.59 | 709 | 13.15 | 11.92 | 15.88 |
| Total | 34 | 100 | 5,392 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Source:

### 2014 leadership election

Labour leadership election results :
| Section (% weighting) | Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 |
| Caucus (40%) | Little | 15.63% | 34.38% | 43.75% |
| Caucus (40%) | Robertson | 43.75% | 43.75% | 56.25% |
| Caucus (40%) | Parker | 21.88% | 21.88% | – |
| Caucus (40%) | Mahuta | 18.75% | – | – |
| Party (40%) | Little | 25.71% | 34.11% | 44.77% |
| Party (40%) | Robertson | 38.25% | 40.92% | 55.23% |
| Party (40%) | Parker | 22.41% | 24.97% | – |
| Party (40%) | Mahuta | 13.62% | – | – |
| Union affiliates (20%) | Little | 64.12% | 70.62% | 75.66% |
| Union affiliates (20%) | Robertson | 18.91% | 20.20% | 24.44% |
| Union affiliates (20%) | Parker | 7.28% | 9.18% | – |
| Union affiliates (20%) | Mahuta | 9.70% | – | – |
| Final result | Little | 29.36% | 42.52% | 50.52% |
| Final result | Robertson | 36.58% | 37.91% | 49.48% |
| Final result | Parker | 19.17% | 20.58% | – |
| Final result | Mahuta | 14.89% | – | – |