Christchurch East

New Zealand electorate

Christchurch East is an electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives. It is in Christchurch.

Christchurch East
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General electorate of the
New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of Christchurch East within Christchurch
Member(s)
MPReuben Davidson
PartyLabour
List MP(s)Toni Severin (ACT)
Geography
Region(s)Canterbury
History
Created1871

Election results

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2020 general election: Christchurch East[1]
Notes:

A blue background means the winner of the electorate vote.
A pink background means a candidate elected from their party list.
A yellow background means an electorate win by a list member, or by another incumbent.
A  Y means an incumbent won re-election.
A  N means an incumbent lost re-election.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
Labour  Y Poto Williams 25,234 63.28 +9.41 24,563 60.26 +13.18
National Lincoln Platt 7,898 19.81 −12.20 6,760 16.58 −18.76
Green Nikki Berry 2,720 6.82 +0.92 3,447 8.46 +1.74
ACT Toni Severin 1,340 3.36 +2.96 2,511 6.16 +5.83
New Conservative Helen Houghton 1,050 2.63 +1.92 827 2.03 1.58
Legalise Cannabis Paula Lambert 843 2.11 +0.51 256 0.63 +0.32
Advance NZ Glen McConnell 395 0.99 357 0.88
Outdoors Charlotte Staples 215 0.54 67 0.16 +0.12
ONE Paula Maree Eason 183 0.46 135 0.33
NZ First   1015 2.49 -3.80
Opportunities   582 1.43 -0.88
Māori Party   141 0.35 -3.47
Sustainable NZ   33 0.08
Vision NZ   32 0.08
Social Credit   33 0.05 ±0.00
Heartland   8 0.02
TEA   6 0.01
Informal votes 768 299
Total Valid votes 39,878 40,076
Turnout 40,876 83.57[2] +3.17
Labour hold Majority 17,336 43.47 +21.61

References

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  1. "Christchurch East – Official Result". Electoral Commission. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. "Voter turnout statistics for the 2020 General Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 April 2021.