Kelston (New Zealand electorate)

Electoral district in Auckland, New Zealand

Kelston

Single-member general constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Formation| 2014
Region| Auckland
Character| Suburban
Term| 3 years
Member for Kelston

Carmel Sepuloni
since 20 September 2014
Party| Labour
Previous MP| null
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Kelston is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate that returns one member to the House of Representatives. It was first formed for the 2014 election and was won by Labour's Carmel Sepuloni, who has held the electorate since.

## Population centres

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Kelston is located in an area in Auckland south-west of Waitematā Harbour covering part of Te Atatū South, the suburbs of Glen Eden, Sunnyvale, Glendene, Kelston, New Lynn, and Avondale, part of Mt Albert and the suburb of Waterview, with the name coming from one of its component suburbs.[1]

## History

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Kelston was proposed in the 2013/14 electorate boundary review and confirmed by the Electoral Commission on 17 April 2014.[2] The increase in population in the Auckland region as recorded in the 2013 census meant an extra electorate was required to keep all electorates within five percent of their quota. To accommodate an extra electorate the Electoral Commission abolished Waitakere and established two new electorates, namely Kelston and Upper Harbour.[2]

The Kelston electorate took over parts of the Te Atatū, New Lynn, Mount Albert and Waitakere electorates. The first three electorates are all safe Labour electorates while Waitakere was marginal; National's Paula Bennett won the electorate by just nine votes in 2011 from Labour's Carmel Sepuloni. Subsequently, Kelston was regarded as a safe Labour electorate. Labour selected Sepuloni as its candidate for the 2014 general election,[3] and she won the election with a majority of over 5,000 votes to National's Chris Penk.[4]

### Members of Parliament

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Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at general elections.

Key Labour

Election  | Winner

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2014 election |  | Carmel Sepuloni
2017 election
2020 election
2023 election

### List MPs

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Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Kelston electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at general elections.

Key Green

Election  |

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2023 election |  | Golriz Ghahraman[a]

## Election results

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### 2023 election

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2023 general election: Kelston[5]

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.

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%  | Party votes  | %  | ±%
| Labour | Y Carmel Sepuloni | 14,413  | 43.71  | -19.09  | 12,460  | 37.05  | -24.80
| National | Ruby Schaumkel  | 10,017  | 30.38  | +11.93  | 10,442  | 31.04  | +13.90
| Green | Golriz Ghahraman | 3,777  | 11.45  | +4.76  | 4,709  | 14.00  | +5.80
| ACT | Jacob Curran  | 1,774  | 5.38  | +2.00  | 1,990  | 5.91  | +1.59
| NZ First | Anne Degia-Pala  | 1,142  | 3.46  | +1.83  | 1,580  | 4.69  | +2.13
| Te Pāti Māori | Jacqui Harema  | 679  | 2.05  | —  | 591  | 1.75  | +1.24
| DemocracyNZ | Leao Tildsley  | 416  | 1.26  | -0.42  | 97  | 0.28  | \-
| New Conservative | Alister Hood  | 219  | 0.66  | -1.02  | 70  | 0.20  | -1.15
| Opportunities |  | 650  | 1.93  | +0.79
| NewZeal |  | 267  | 0.79  | +0.49
| NZ Loyal |  | 238  | 0.70  | \-
| Legalise Cannabis |  | 125  | 0.37  | ±0.00
| Freedoms NZ |  | 93  | 0.27  | \-
| Animal Justice |  | 56  | 0.16  | \-
| Women's Rights |  | 30  | 0.08  | \-
| Leighton Baker Party |  | 12  | 0.03  | \-
| New Nation |  | 12  | 0.03  | \-
Informal votes  | 533  |  |  | 208  |  |
Total valid votes | 32,970  |  |  | 33,630  |  |
| Labour hold | Majority | 4,396  | 13.33  | -33.01  |

### 2020 election

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2020 general election: Kelston[6]

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.

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%  | Party votes  | %  | ±%
| Labour | Y Carmel Sepuloni | 22,177  | 62.80  | +8.63  | 22,081  | 61.85  | +11.67
| National | Bala Beeram  | 6,517  | 18.45  | −12.26  | 6,121  | 17.14  | −15.68
| Green | Jessamine Fraser  | 2,365  | 6.69  | +0.29  | 2929  | 8.20  | +1.50
| ACT | Matthew Percival  | 1,195  | 3.38  | —  | 1543  | 4.32  | +3.97
| New Conservative | Leao Tildsley  | 594  | 1.68  | +0.99  | 484  | 1.35  | +1.06
| NZ First | Anne Degia-Pala  | 576  | 1.63  | -3.10  | 915  | 2.56  | -3.99
| Legalise Cannabis | Jeff Lye  | 425  | 1.20  | +0.07  | 135  | 0.37  | +0.04
| Advance NZ | Maureen Kumeroa  | 288  | 0.81  | —  | 294  | 0.82  | —
| ONE | Faye Lavaka Tangipa  | 177  | 0.50  | —  | 109  | 0.30  | —
| Trump New Zealand  | Kevin Brett  | 57  | 0.16  |  |
| Social Credit | Jason Jobsis  | 33  | 0.50  | —  | 14  | 0.03  | +0.02
| Opportunities |  | 408  | 1.14  | -0.41
| Māori Party |  | 185  | 0.51  | +0.01
| TEA |  | 61  | 0.17  | —
| Vision NZ |  | 20  | 0.05  | —
| Outdoors |  | 14  | 0.03  | —
| Sustainable NZ |  | 13  | 0.03  | —
| Heartland |  | 4  | 0.01  | —
Informal votes  | 908  |  |  | 367  |  |
Total valid votes | 35,312  |  |  | 35,697  |  |
| Labour hold | Majority | 15,660  | 44.34  | +20.88  |

### 2017 election

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2017 general election: Kelston[7]

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.

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%  | Party votes  | %  | ±%
| Labour | Y Carmel Sepuloni | 16,789  | 54.17  | +3.27  | 15,982  | 50.18  | +8.05
| National | Bala Beeram  | 9,520  | 30.71  | −2.09  | 10,456  | 32.83  | −0.51
| Green | Nicola Smith  | 1,984  | 6.40  | −0.52  | 2,133  | 6.70  | −4.04
| NZ First | Anne Degia-Pala  | 1,467  | 4.73  | +0.40  | 2,087  | 6.55  | −1.90
| Legalise Cannabis | Jeff Lye  | 350  | 1.13  | +0.11  | 106  | 0.33  | −0.02
| Māori Party | Cinnamon Whitlock  | 288  | 0.93  | —  | 159  | 0.50  | +0.19
| Conservative | Warren Knott  | 213  | 0.69  | −1.38  | 91  | 0.29  | −2.67
| Opportunities |  | 494  | 1.55  | —
| ACT |  | 112  | 0.35  | −0.65
| People's Party |  | 45  | 0.14  | —
| Mana Party |  | 24  | 0.08  | —
| United Future |  | 14  | 0.04  | −0.12
| Outdoors |  | 11  | 0.03  | —
| Internet |  | 9  | 0.03  | —
| Ban 1080 |  | 7  | 0.02  | −0.02
| Democrats |  | 1  | 0.01  | −0.02
Informal votes  | 385  |  |  | 120  |  |
Total valid votes | 30,996  |  |  | 31,851  |  |
| Labour hold | Majority | 7,269  | 23.46  | +5.36  |

### 2014 election

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2014 general election: Kelston[4]

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.

Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%  | Party votes  | %  | ±%
| Labour | Carmel Sepuloni | 15,091  | 50.90  |  | 12,934  | 42.13  |
| National | Chris Penk | 9,724  | 32.80  |  | 9,924  | 32.32  |
| Green | Ruth Irwin  | 2,052  | 6.92  |  | 3,298  | 10.74  |
| NZ First | Anne Degia-Pala  | 1,283  | 4.33  |  | 2,595  | 8.45  |
| Conservative | Paul Sommer  | 613  | 2.07  |  | 910  | 2.96  |
| Legalise Cannabis | Jeff Lye  | 301  | 1.02  |  | 108  | 0.35  |
| ACT | Bruce Haycock  | 267  | 0.90  |  | 308  | 1.00  |
| Internet | Roshni Sami  | 234  | 0.79  |  |
| United Future | Jason Woolston  | 82  | 0.28  |  | 48  | 0.16  |
| Internet Mana |  | 432  | 1.41  |
| Māori Party |  | 94  | 0.31  |
| Civilian |  | 15  | 0.05  |
| Ban 1080 |  | 13  | 0.04  |
| Democrats |  | 8  | 0.03  |
| Focus |  | 7  | 0.02  |
| Independent Coalition |  | 7  | 0.02  |
Informal votes  | 415  |  |  | 179  |  |
Total valid votes | 30,062  |  |  | 30,880  |  |
Turnout | 30,810  | 72.71[8] |  |
| Labour win new seat  | Majority | 5,367  | 18.10  |

## Table footnotes

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1. ^ Ghahraman resigned from Parliament on 18 January 2024

## References

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1. ^ McQuillan, Laura; Marwick, Felix (21 November 2013). "Sweeping changes to electorates". Newstalk ZB. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
2. ^ a b "New electorate boundaries finalised". Electoral Commission (New Zealand). 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
3. ^ Small, Vernon (22 November 2013). "Bennett won't make way for Craig". The Dominion Post. Fairfax New Zealand. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014.
4. ^ a b "Official Count Results – Kelston". Electoral Commission. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
5. ^ "Kelston - Official Result". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
6. ^ "Kelston - Official Result". Electoral Commission. n.d. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
7. ^ "Official Count Results -- Kelston (2017)". Electoral Commission. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
8. ^ "2014 General Election Voter Turnout Statistics – Kelston". Electoral Commission. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.

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