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
    Final Not elected
  • MP for East Coast Bays
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: STANFORD, Erica
    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
    Final Not elected
  • MP for East Coast Bays
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: STANFORD, Erica
    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
    Final Not elected
  • MP for East Coast Bays
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: STANFORD, Erica
    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
A message from Dame Fiona to Erica Stanford
Newsroom — September 2, 2025

An open poem to the Minister of Teachers from Dame Fiona Kidman The post A message from Dame Fiona to Erica Stanford appeared first on Newsroom .

Teacher warns Stanford of ‘lost generation’ if NCEA scrapped
Stuff — August 28, 2025

As many as 89 principals have signed an open letter to Education Minister Erica Stanford calling for NCEA reforms to be stopped and slamming them as ‘politically motivated’.

Principals plead for Govt to stop ‘politically driven’ NCEA replacement
Newsroom — August 28, 2025

Erica Stanford’s not for turning, saying the school heads’ judgement has been marred by their ‘PTSD’ from the unmitigated disaster of previous changes The post Principals plead for Govt to stop ‘politically driven’ NCEA replacement appeared first on Newsroom .

Will new million-dollar investment visa grow the economy? Erica Stanford thinks so
Stuff — August 27, 2025

Stanford announced a new business investor visa to replace the entrepreneur work visa, taking effect from November.

Secondary teachers walk off the job as government digs in
The Spinoff — August 20, 2025

Teachers say an offer of 1% a year is an insult. Ministers say they should be at the negotiating table, not on the picket line, writes Catherine McGregor in today’s extract from The Bulletin.

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