New Plymouth (New Zealand electorate)

New Plymouth is an electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives.

New Plymouth
inline General electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of New Plymouth within the North Island
Other names
Māori name	Ngāmotu
Member(s)
MP	David MacLeod
Party	Labour
Geography
Region(s)	Taranaki
History
Created	1853
Named after	New Plymouth

Election results

2023 general election: New Plymouth
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	%	±%
	National	David MacLeod		22,483	52.31	+10.58	18,208	42.01	+12.02
	Labour	N Glen Bennett		15,492	36.04	-11.46	10,442	24.09	-24.03
	ACT	Bruce McGechan		1,956	4.55	+2.60	4,388	10.13	+2.19
	New Zealand Loyal	Warren Willetts		1,738	4.04	—	942	2.17	—
	Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand	Hamish Watkins		562	1.31	—	88	0.20	—
	New Nation Party	Greg Robinson		252	0.59	—	117	0.27	—
	Green						3,674	8.48	+3.89
	NZ First						3,134	7.23	+4.98
	Opportunities						848	1.96	+1.38
	Te Pāti Māori						617	1.42	+0.95
	Legalise Cannabis						202	0.47	+0.28
	NewZeal						180	0.42	+0.23
	Freedoms New Zealand						149	0.34	—
	DemocracyNZ						54	0.12	—
	New Conservatives Party						54	0.12	—
	Women's Rights Party						8	0.12	—
	Leighton Baker Party						24	0.06	—
Informal votes				499			163
Total Valid votes				42,983			43,335
Turnout				43,335
	National gain from Labour		Majority	6991	16.26	+10.49