David Seymour

Candidate for Epsom
Currently serving: MP for Epsom, Parliament of New Zealand ACT
Party ACT
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David Seymour’s Elections & Candidacies

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Contested 7 races — 4 elected 3 not elected

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Ballot name: SEYMOUR, David Breen
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Epsom
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Ballot name: SEYMOUR, David Breen
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 44.8%
    17,826 votes
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Ballot name: SEYMOUR, David Breen
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Epsom
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Ballot name: SEYMOUR, David Breen
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 47.5%
    19,500 votes
2017 NZ General Election • September 23, 2017 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Ballot name: SEYMOUR, David
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Epsom
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Ballot name: SEYMOUR, David
    Final Elected
2014 NZ General Election • September 20, 2014 General
  • MP for Epsom
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Final Elected
Offices held
  • MP for Epsom
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT
    Sep 2014 – present
In the News
Au revoir Paris Climate Agreement, threatens ACT
Stuff — September 2, 2025

President Trump did it in 2017, and now ACT Leader David Seymour wants to follow suit and withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement if changes aren’t made.

BSA rejects complaint about swearing on RNZ programme
RNZ — August 27, 2025

Dame Jacinda and RNZ's Jesse Mulligan discussed a incident in which she could be heard calling David Seymour "an arrogant prick".

David Seymour admits his approach to four-year term was too complicated
Stuff — August 26, 2025

But he says people are unlikely to vote for it unless the government puts new limits on its own powers.

A genius plan to get Māori on board with NZ First’s ‘brown tape’ initiative
The Spinoff — August 26, 2025

The war on woke has identified a new enemy: brown tape. Unsurprisingly, Māori already know we have way too many rules. Over the weekend, the New Zealand First Party declared new threats from the anti-growth agenda had been identified in war on woke.

Winter attendance rises as parents told to send kids with ‘sniffly noses’ to school
The Post — August 21, 2025

Just released data shows regular attendance is under 60%. But Associate Education Minister David Seymour is celebrating the best term 2 result since before Covid-19.

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