Chris Bishop

Candidate for Hutt South
Currently serving: MP for Hutt South, Parliament of New Zealand National
Party National
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Chris Bishop’s Elections & Candidacies

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Contested 8 races — 4 elected 4 not elected

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: BISHOP, Chris
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Hutt South
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: BISHOP, Chris
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 44.7%
    19,144 votes
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: BISHOP, Chris
    Final Elected
  • MP for Hutt South
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: BISHOP, Chris
    Final Not elected
    Vote share • 41.6%
    18,676 votes
2017 NZ General Election • September 23, 2017 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: BISHOP, Chris
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Hutt South
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: BISHOP, Chris
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 47.9%
    19,643 votes
2014 NZ General Election • September 20, 2014 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: BISHOP, Chris
    Final Elected
  • MP for Hutt South
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Final Not elected
Offices held
  • MP for Hutt South
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National
    Oct 2023 – present
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National
    Oct 2020 – Oct 2023
  • MP for Hutt South
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National
    Sep 2017 – Oct 2020
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National
    Sep 2014 – Sep 2017
In the News
Years of tree protection work ‘thrown away’ by Government in one fell swoop
The Post — December 15, 2025

Minister Chris Bishop denounced a zoning change that would have protected 174 “notable” trees as more “red tape”.

What spurred Don McGlashan to tell off Chris Bishop at the AMAs?
RNZ — December 10, 2025

"I turned around and said, 'Shut up, you dickhead.' And then he looked at me and said, 'What'd you say to me?' And I realised who it was."

Chris Bishop is confused, and there’s a reason for it: Simon Wilson
NZ Herald — December 10, 2025

Opinion: Chris Bishop is the minister for almost everything, but he's not running things.

‘Some dickhead’ smashes Chris Bishop's electorate office door
Stuff — December 9, 2025

Bishop reported the damage on his Facebook page, and apologised to people inconvenienced because the office was closed on Tuesday as a result.

Is Chris Bishop planning to rewrite the planning rulebook, or just annotate the margins?
The Post — December 7, 2025

Chris Bishop is about to unveil a sweeping overhaul of the planning system, but will it put the Government on a collision course with councils, iwi and its own voters?

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