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

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 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
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Epsom
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Final Elected
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Epsom
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Final Elected
2017 NZ General Election • September 23, 2017 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Epsom
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: ACT New Zealand
    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
Winston Peters rebukes David Seymour over Palestine comments
The Post — September 17, 2025

The Foreign Minister has once again accused Seymour of “talking out of his field”, after the deputy prime minister said recognition of Palestine should not occur without release of Israeli hostages.

Mayoralty schmayoralty: these are the races that will decide the future of Auckland
The Spinoff — September 17, 2025

Barring an admittedly quite precedented meltdown, Wayne Brown probably has the Auckland mayoralty in the bag. But the type of council he’ll lead will come down to the wire. Wayne Brown isn’t that interested in his own election race. Auckland’s incumbent mayor hasn’t bothered to turn up to most debates, preferring to let his rivals argue with a picture of his face.

The frustrating, head-scratching debate around housing infrastructure
The Spinoff — September 12, 2025

hey say Parnell doesn’t have the infrastructure to support apartments, and we should build on farmland instead. Really though?

Seymour says no to nationalisation of energy companies
The Post — September 10, 2025

Shane Jones mooted renationalisation of electricity generators in an internal NZ First memo but David Seymour says such talk hurts confidence.

ACT calls for ‘health savings accounts’ for all
The Post — September 10, 2025

Leader David Seymour wants NZ to emulate Singapore, through a model that requires people fund their own healthcare, with the money coming from tax cuts. Have your say in the comments.

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