Jones seeking Northland

Newshub reports:

Jones, the self-proclaimed champion of the regions and boy from the north, has put in a bid with his party to run in Northland, the seat his boss Winston Peters – leader of New Zealand First – seized from National in 2015 but lost to them again in 2017.

This has been long expected. So how has Jones gone in the past up North?

• 2005 – stood in Northland for Labour. Got 24% of the vote compared to 30% for Labour. Lost by 9,275
• 2008 – stood in Northland for Labour. Got 29% of the vote compared to 25% for Labour. Lost by 10,054
• 2011 – stood in Tamaki Makarau for Labour. Got 35% of the vote compared to 42% for Labour. Lost by 936
• 2017 – stood in Whangarei for NZ First. Got 19% of the vote compared to 14% for NZ First. Lost by 11,083

An impressive sequence of losses.