Which National MPs did best and worst compared to their party vote
This table shows the percentage of the electorate votes a National MP got compared to the percentage of the party votes their party got. So if they got 45% of the electorate vote and their party got 40% then they are 45%/40% or 112%.
This looks at who outperforms their party vote, and who gets elected despite doing worse than their party vote.
The best performers were:
- Louise Upston, Taupo 116.6%
- Nikki Kaye, Auckland Central 115.3%
- Chris Bishop, Hutt South 114.8%
- Barbara Kuriger, Taranaki-King Country 114.8%
- Tim Macindoe, Hamilton West 113.6%
- David Bennett, Hamilton East 112.2%
- Amy Adams, Selwyn 112.0%
- Todd Muller, Bay of Plenty 111.8%
- Todd McClay, Rotorua 110.4%
- Nathan Guy, Otaki 109.8%
Those with the lowest electorate vote relative to party vote were:
- Matt King, Northland 82.6%
- Alastair Scott, Wairarapa 84.8%
- Gerry Brownlee, Ilam 88.5%
- Lawrence Yule, Tukituki 97.6%
Of course in each of these cases there were unusual circumstances. King and Scott were up against NZ First MPs and Brownlee had a City Councillor standing as an Independent. Yule was also up against a high profile repeat candidate from Labour.