Manukau East


Manukau East is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate that returns one member of parliament to the House of Representatives. It was first formed for the. Since the it has been held by Jenny Salesa, a member of the Labour Party.

Population centres

In 2007, large changes were made to the Manukau East electorate. Its northern boundary extended past the Tamaki River to almost as far as Sylvia Park Rd to incorporate Middlemore, Otahuhu and Westfield. Its eastern boundary shifted west to East Tamaki Rd resulting in East Tamaki and Botany Downs being included in the new Botany electorate. Most of Otara and Papatoetoe West are now also included in the electorate.
In the 2013 electorate boundary review, it was found that Manukau East electorate is above quota. The draft proposal by the Representation Commission sees some population at Westfield to be transferred to the electorate.

History

Manukau East was created for the. It has been represented by two MPs, both of the Labour Party, Ross Robertson and Jenny Salesa. It is considered one of Labour's safest electorates. On 6 June 2013 Robertson announced that he would retire from Parliament in order to pursue a career in local body politics. Jenny Salesa replaced him, with a comfortable, although smaller, majority of 13,254.

Members of Parliament

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Key

List MPs

Election results

2017 election

2014 election

2011 election

Electorate : 41,901

2008 election

2005 election

2002 election

1999 election

1996 election