Manurewa is a New Zealand parliamentary

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in southern

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. A very safe

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seat, the seat was created in 1963 and has returned a National MP only once, in

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has represented the electorate since the , with a majority of 17,179 votes.

Population centres

The electorate is based around the suburb of Manurewa. It includes

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, Manukau Central and

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in the north. It stretches south to Clendon Park and Weymouth. In boundary changes in 2002, some areas moved to Clevedon and

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moved to Papakura electorate. Boundary changes for the 2008 election made Manurewa even safer for Labour, although some party loyalists were apparently upset that this had the effect of making the neighbouring seat of

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less marginal and more inclined towards National. The 2013/14 redistribution did not change the boundaries further. The 2019/20 redistribution saw the electorate shift northwards, gaining the area north of Puhinui Road from

and losing the area east of the Southern Motorway to the new electorate.

History

Manurewa is generally regarded as a safe Labour seat. Louisa Wall won the Manurewa electorate in the and was returned to the

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; she had opted not to be on Labour's party list that time. She was back on the list (in position 12) for the but won her electorate comfortably.

Members of Parliament

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

List MPs

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Manurewa electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections. ¹Calder became an MP on the resignation of

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in June 2009.

Election results

2020 election

2017 election

2014 election

2011 election

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 39,461

2008 election

2005 election

2002 election

1999 election

1996 election

1993 election

1990 election

1987 election

1984 election

1981 election

1978 election

1975 election

1972 election

1969 election

1966 election

1963 election

Table footnotes

Notes

References

External links

Electorate Profile
''Parliamentary Library'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Manurewa (New Zealand Electorate) New Zealand electorates in the Auckland Region 1963 establishments in New Zealand