Parliamentary Demographics 2017

I’ve done an initial analysis of the demographics of the 52st New Zealand Parliament. This is based on provisional results.

Gender

• 74 (-8) Males, 62% (-6%)
• 46 (+7) Females, 38% (+6%)

A big increase in the number of female MPs, mainly due to Labour.

Ethnicity

• 81 (-2) European, 68% (-1%)
• 26 (nc) Maori, 22% (+1%)
• 7 (nc) Pacific, 6% (nc)
• 6 (+1) Asian, 5% (+1%)

Compared to their share of the adult population, Maori MPs are over represented by 9%, Pacific MPs are dead on, and Asian MPs under represented by 6%.

Age

• 2 (nc) 20s, 2% (nc)
• 23 (+3) 30s, 20% (+3%)
• 38 (-7)  40s, 32% (-5%)
• 43 (nc) 50s, 36% (nc)
• 11 (+1) 60s, 9% (+1%)
• 2 (+2) 70s, 12 (+2%)

Area

• 39 (+3) Auckland, 33% (+3%)
• 16 (-1) Wellington, 13% (-1%)
• 10 (-4) Christchurch, 8% (-4%)
• 24 (-1) Provincial Cities, 20% (-1%)
• 31 (+2) Rural, 26% (+2%)

Islands

• 93 (+2) North Island, 78% (+3%)
• 27 (-2) South Island, 22% (-3%)

Sexuality

• 113 (-1%) “Straight”, 94% (nc)
• 3 Gay (-1%), 3% (nc)
• 4 Lesbian (nc), 3% (nc)

Year Entered

• Before 2000 10, 8%
• 2000 – 2007 9, 8%
• 2008 – 2014 67, 56%
• 2015+ 34, 28%