Chris Bishop

Candidate for Hutt South
Currently serving: MP for Hutt South, Parliament of New Zealand National
Party National
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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 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
    Source
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Hutt South
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: BISHOP, Chris
    Source Booth results
    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
    Source
    Final Elected
  • MP for Hutt South
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: BISHOP, Chris
    Source
    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
    Source
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Hutt South
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: BISHOP, Chris
    Source
    Final Elected
2014 NZ General Election • September 20, 2014 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: BISHOP, Chris
    Source
    Final Elected
  • MP for Hutt South
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Source
    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
Supercity intensification plan gets a temporary reprieve
The Post — September 16, 2025

RMA Minister Chris Bishop has agreed Aucklanders can have another 18 months to argue over where to build 2 million new homes.

Up or out - how should Auckland grow?
The Post — September 14, 2025

OPINION: Prime Minister Chris Luxon wants the city to build out with greenfields, Minister of Housing Chris Bishop wants it to build up around railway stations. I’m with Bishop.

Northland has worst housing need in country, Housing Minister Chris Bishop says
NZ Herald — September 13, 2025

Northland housing deprivation was a key issue for the minister "of nearly everything".

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?

Windbag: Skeletons, vampires, clowns and other notes from the Mt Victoria candidates debate
The Spinoff — September 9, 2025

Wellington mayoral candidates and contenders for the Pukehīnau/Lambton ward faced off in an unexpectedly spooky debate on Thursday.

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