National’s list has now been announced. And here it is.
| 1 | Bill English | List |
| 2 | Paula Bennett | Upper Harbour |
| 3 | David Carter | List |
| 4 | Steven Joyce | List |
| 5 | Gerry Brownlee | Ilam |
| 6 | Simon Bridges | Tauranga |
| 7 | Amy Adams | Selwyn |
| 8 | Jonathan Coleman | Northcote |
| 9 | Chris Finlayson | Rongotai |
| 10 | Michael Woodhouse | Dunedin North |
| 11 | Anne Tolley | East Coast |
| 12 | Nathan Guy | Otaki |
| 13 | Nikki Kaye | Auckland Central |
| 14 | Todd McClay | Rotorua |
| 15 | Nick Smith | Nelson |
| 16 | Judith Collins | Papakura |
| 17 | Maggie Barry | North Shore |
| 18 | Paul Goldsmith | Epsom |
| 19 | Louise Upston | Taupo |
| 20 | Alfred Ngaro | Te Atatu |
| 21 | Mark Mitchell | Rodney |
| 22 | Nicky Wagner | Christchurch Central |
| 23 | Jacqui Dean | Waitaki |
| 24 | David Bennett | Hamilton East |
| 25 | Tim Macindoe | Hamilton West |
| 26 | Scott Simpson | Coromandel |
| 27 | Jami-Lee Ross | Botany |
| 28 | Barbara Kuriger | Taranaki-King Country |
| 29 | Matt Doocey | Waimakariri |
| 30 | Brett Hudson | Ohariu |
| 31 | Melissa Lee | Mt Albert |
| 32 | Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi | Manukau East |
| 33 | Jian Yang | List |
| 34 | Parmjeet Parmar | Mt Roskill |
| 35 | Jonathan Young | New Plymouth |
| 36 | Joanne Hayes | Christchurch East |
| 37 | Ian McKelvie | Rangitikei |
| 38 | Simon O’Connor | Tamaki |
| 39 | Andrew Bayly | Hunua |
| 40 | Chris Bishop | Hutt South |
| 41 | Sarah Dowie | Invercargill |
| 42 | Nuk Korako | Port Hills |
| 43 | Todd Muller | Bay of Plenty |
| 44 | Maureen Pugh | West Coast Tasman |
| 45 | Shane Reti | Whangarei |
| 46 | Alastair Scott | Wairarapa |
| 47 | Stuart Smith | Kaikoura |
| 48 | Nicola Willis | Wellington Central |
| 49 | Agnes Loheni | Mangere |
| 50 | Paulo Garcia | New Lynn |
| 51 | Matt King | Northland |
| 52 | David Hiatt | Wigram |
| 53 | Matthew Gregory | Dunedin South |
| 54 | Adrienne Pierce | Palmerston North |
| 55 | David Elliott | Napier |
| 56 | Katrina Bungard | Manurewa |
| 57 | Bala Beeram | Kelston |
| 58 | Carolyn O’Fallon | Rimutaka |
| 59 | Euon Murrell | Mana |
| 60 | Simeon Brown | Pakuranga |
| 61 | Andrew Falloon | Rangitata |
| 62 | Harete Hipango | Whanganui |
| 63 | Denise Lee | Maungakiekie |
| 64 | Chris Penk | Helensville |
| 65 | Erica Stanford | East Coast Bays |
| 66 | Tim Van de Molen | Waikato |
| 67 | Lawrence Yule | Tukituki |
| 68 | TO BE CONFIRMED | Clutha-Southland |
| 69 | Sarah Jo Barley | List |
| 70 | Lisa Whyte | List |
| 71 | Linda Cooper | List |
| 72 | Dan Bidois | List |
| 73 | Rahul Sirigiri | List |
| 74 | Hadleigh Reid | List |
| 75 | Graham Collins | List |
No major shocks but it is interesting that there has been very little movement there has been since last election. And the top positions clearly reflect current caucus standings.
And National will struggle to get new people off the list. They may lose a couple of electorate seats but this will still mean that they have 39 electorate MPs. And I reckon they will struggle to get to 42% this year which will allow up to 11 list MPs. On these figures Parmjeet Parmar’s, Joanne Hayes’, Chris Bishop’s, Nuk Korako’ s and Maureen Pugh’s parliamentary careers would be over.
There is no sense of of the sort of renewal that they had last time. This list looks tired and staid, exactly like this Government.
And can someone tell Stacey [Kirk] of Stuff that reporters are meant to get content correct?
She said this in an article that appeared this morning:
When former leader John Key increased the party’s vote-share in 2014, as a third-term Government, it was a feat unheard of and one English almost certainly will not be able to repeat.
Memo to Stacey National gained 47.04% of the party vote in 2014 compared to 47.31% in 2011.
[Mea culpa re Stacey’s surname – MS]
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