Erica Stanford

Candidate for East Coast Bays
Currently serving: MP for East Coast Bays, Parliament of New Zealand National
Party National
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Erica Stanford’s Elections & Candidacies

Note: This database contains data from the 2023, 2020, 2017 and 2014 general elections, the 2025 local government election and is gradually being backfilled with other election data.

Contested 6 races — 3 elected 3 not elected

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: STANFORD, Erica
    Source
    Final Not elected
  • MP for East Coast Bays
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: STANFORD, Erica
    Source Booth results
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 72.5%
    27,687 votes
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: STANFORD, Erica
    Source
    Final Not elected
  • MP for East Coast Bays
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: STANFORD, Erica
    Source
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 54.9%
    20,466 votes
2017 NZ General Election • September 23, 2017 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: STANFORD, Erica
    Source
    Final Not elected
  • MP for East Coast Bays
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: STANFORD, Erica
    Source
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 66.1%
    22,731 votes
Offices held
  • MP for East Coast Bays
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National
    Sep 2017 – present
In the News
Poll backs under-16s social media ban as Cabinet edges toward decision
The Post — January 21, 2026

Education Minister Erica Stanford confirms Cabinet has “recently taken decisions” on a first tranche of online safety proposals.

Luxon opens election year without a spark
The Spinoff — January 20, 2026

The prime minister’s state of the nation speech failed to stir his own party faithful.

Summer off politics: Erica Stanford on not camping, not reading, pumpkin salad and fridge cigarettes
The Post — January 2, 2026

Erica Stanford is wonderfully frank. She will be doing basically nothing over summer, save watching Veep, trying to do some exercise and some word and maths games.

24,000 sign petition calling for immediate reinstatement of school Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations
RNZ — December 8, 2025

The National Iwi Chairs Forum delivered the petition to Minister of Education Erica Stanford

Key Māori leader Rahui Papa, Education Minister Erica Stanford hold joint press conference despite opposite views on Treaty issue
NZ Herald — December 8, 2025

Stanford and Papa held a joint media stand-up inside Parliament.

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