Electoral history of Chris Hipkins

This is a summary of the electoral history of Chris Hipkins, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Leader of the Labour Party (2023–present), and Member of Parliament for Remutaka (2008–present).

Parliamentary elections

2008 general election: Rimutaka^[1]
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	Chris Hipkins		13,735	39.27	-15.47	14,685	41.31	-6.49
	National	Richard Whiteside		12,982	37.12	+6.63	14,452	40.65	+6.61
	NZ First	Ron Mark		5,257	15.03	+11.82	1,453	4.09	-0.52
	Green	Lynette Vigrass		1,755	5.02	+1.38	2,107	5.93	+1.76
	United Future	Jenni Hurn		522	1.49	-3.72	499	1.40	-3.26
	ACT	Nigel Kearney		453	1.30	+0.19	909	2.56	+1.36
	Progressive	John Maurice		272	0.78	+0.78	345	0.97	-0.33
	Māori Party						260	0.73	+0.21
	Bill and Ben						255	0.72	+0.72
	Kiwi						242	0.68	+0.68
	Legalise Cannabis						122	0.34	-1.65
	Family Party						85	0.24	+0.24
	Pacific						57	0.16	+0.16
	Alliance						28	0.08	-
	Workers Party						18	0.05	+0.05
	Libertarianz						13	0.04	-0.01
	Democrats						8	0.02	+0.02
	RONZ						7	0.02	+0.01
	RAM						4	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				297			126
Total valid votes				34,976			35,549
	Labour hold		Majority	753	2.15

2011 general election: Rimutaka^[2]
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 Chris Hipkins		17,171	51.58	12.31	11,375	33.13	-8.18
	National	Jonathan Fletcher		13,885	41.71	+4.60	15,364	44.75	+4.10
	Green	Tane Woodley		1,990	5.98	+0.96	3,422	9.97	+4.04
	ACT	Alwyn Courtenay		241	0.72	-0.57	235	0.68	-1.87
	NZ First						2,148	6.26	+2.17
	Conservative						955	2.78	+2.78
	United Future						340	0.99	-0.41
	Māori Party						190	0.55	-0.18
	Legalise Cannabis						164	0.48	+0.13
	Mana						80	0.23	+0.23
	Libertarianz						28	0.08	+0.04
	Alliance						20	0.06	-0.02
	Democrats						12	0.03	+0.01
Informal votes				879			240
Total valid votes				33,287			34,333
	Labour hold		Majority	3,286	9.87	+7.72

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,403^[3]

2014 general election: Rimutaka^[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	Y Chris Hipkins		19,286	52.51	+2.25	12,176	32.73	−0.16
	National	Lewis Holden		12,622	34.36	−6.27	15,352	41.28	−3.16
	NZ First	Aaron Hunt		1,785	4.86	+4.86	3,806	10.23	+6.21
	Green	Susanne Ruthven		1,727	4.70	−1.12	3,422	9.90	−1.41
	Conservative	Philip Michael Lynch		973	2.65	+2.65	955	4.01	+1.25
	Internet Mana						324	0.87	+0.64^[a]
	Legalise Cannabis						194	0.52	+0.05
	Māori Party						149	0.40	−0.15
	ACT						126	0.34	−0.34
	United Future						122	0.33	−0.66
	Ban 1080						84	0.23	+0.23
	Civilian						19	0.05	+0.05
	Independent Coalition						19	0.05	+0.05
	Democrats						14	0.04	+0.00
	Focus						4	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				241			159
Total valid votes				36,393			37,194
	Labour hold		Majority	6,664	18.14	+8.52

Electorate (as at 20 September 2014): 46,526^[5]

2017 general election: Rimutaka^[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 Chris Hipkins		21,725	55.48	+2.97	17,180	43.3	+10.57
	National	Carolyn O'Fallon		13,116	33.49	-0.87	15,433	38.9	-2.38
	Green	Stefan Grand-Meyer		1,815	4.63	-0.07	2,156	5.43	-4.47
	NZ First	Talani Meikle		1,604	4.09	-0.77	2,938	7.40	-2.83
	Conservative	Philip Lynch		356	0.91	-1.74	169	0.43	-3.58
	ACT	Grae O'Sullivan		190	0.49	—	147	0.37	+0.03
	Opportunities						1,095	2.76	—
	Māori Party						181	0.46	+0.6
	Legalise Cannabis						96	0.24	-0.28
	Ban 1080						33	0.08	-0.15
	United Future						32	0.08	-0.25
	People's Party						22	0.06	—
	Outdoors						16	0.04	—
	Internet						12	0.03	-0.84^[b]
	Democrats						10	0.03	-0.01
	Mana						10	0.03	-0.84^[c]
Informal votes				347			148
Total valid votes				39,153			39,678
	Labour hold		Majority	8,609	21.99	+3.85

2020 general election: Remutaka^[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 Chris Hipkins		29,217	68.57	+13.08	25,347	58.37	+15.07
	National	Mark Crofskey		8,720	20.46	−13.04	8,274	19.05	−19.84
	Green	Chris Norton		1,610	3.78	−0.86	3,105	7.15	+1.72
	ACT	Grae O'Sullivan		952	2.23	+1.75	2,607	6.00	+5.63
	NZ First	Talani Meikle		635	1.49	−2.61	1,296	2.98	−4.42
	New Conservative	Hank Optland		618	1.45	+0.54	822	1.89	+1.47
	ONE	Frank Eijgenraam		602	1.41	—	462	1.06	—
	Advance NZ	Michael Alexander Stace		257	0.60	—	245	0.56	—
	Opportunities						822	1.89	−0.87
	Māori Party						171	0.39	−0.06
	Legalise Cannabis						132	0.30	+0.06
	Vision NZ						70	0.16	—
	Outdoors						27	0.06	+0.02
	Sustainable NZ						24	0.06	—
	Social Credit						16	0.04	−0.00
	TEA						6	0.01	—
	Heartland						2	0.00	—
Informal votes				726			283
Total valid votes				42,611			43,428
	Labour hold		Majority	20,497	48.10	+26.11

2023 general election: Remutaka^[8]
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 Chris Hipkins		22,344	53.58	-14.99	16,000	36.84	-21.53
	National	Emma Chatterton		13,485	32.34	+11.88	12,726	29.30	+10.25
	Green	Chris Norton		2,794	6.70	+2.92	5,068	11.66	+4.51
	ACT	Michael Hurle		1,261	3.02	+0.79	2,476	5.70	+0.30
	NewZeal	Tony Pitiroi		899	2.15	+0.74	500	1.15	+0.09
	Vision New Zealand	Heker Robertson		409	0.98	—
	NZ First						2,441	5.62	+2.64
	Opportunities						1,147	2.64	+0.75
	Te Pāti Māori						511	1.17	+0.78
	NZ Loyal						261	0.60	—
	Legalise Cannabis						177	0.40	+.010
	Freedoms NZ						147	0.33	—
	Animal Justice						96	0.22	—
	New Conservative						71	0.16	-1.73
	DemocracyNZ						55	0.12	—
	Women's Rights						35	0.08	—
	Leighton Baker Party						13	0.02	—
	New Nation						12	0.02	—
Informal votes				504			410
Total valid votes				41,696			42,146
	Labour hold		Majority	8,859	21.24

Hipkins was elected leader of the Labour Party unopposed on 21 January 2023 shortly after nominations closed.^[9]

^ 2014 Internet Mana swing is relative to the votes for Mana in 2011; it shared a party list with Internet in the 2014 election.
^ 2017 Internet Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with Mana Party in the 2014 election
^ 2017 Mana Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with the Internet Party in the 2014 election

^ 2008 election results
^ 2011 election results
^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 26 November 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
^ "Official Count Results -Rimutaka". electionresults.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
^ "Enrolment statistics". Electoral Commission. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
^ "Official Count Results – Rimutaka". Wellington: New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
^ "Remutaka - Official Result". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ "Remutaka - Official Result". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
^ Whyte, Luke Malpass and Anna (20 January 2023). "Chris Hipkins set to become New Zealand's next prime minister". Stuff. Archived from the original on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.