Simon Watts

Candidate for North Shore
Currently serving: MP for North Shore, Parliament of New Zealand National
Party National
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Simon Watts’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 4 races — 2 elected 2 not elected

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: WATTS, Simon
    Final Not elected
  • MP for North Shore
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: WATTS, Simon
    Final Elected
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: WATTS, Simon
    Final Not elected
  • MP for North Shore
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: WATTS, Simon
    Final Elected
Offices held
  • MP for North Shore
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National
    Oct 2020 – present
In the News
There’s a major climate summit in Christchurch but the minister’s party won’t let him go
Stuff — October 14, 2025

Climate Minister Simon Watts had been due to deliver the closing address at the global Adaptation Futures Conference, but National Party whips refused his leave from Parliament.

Minister denied leave for country’s biggest climate event
The Post — October 14, 2025

Simon Watts said the decision was not made by him personally but was due to maintaining party numbers in the House.

Climate change minister helps with Taranaki tree-planting project
The Post — October 3, 2025

Simon Watts was handed a spade during a visit to a planting project on a Taranaki farm on Tuesday.

Power prices: Nearly $1 million budgeted for electricity market review, Simon Watts says ‘absolutely’ worth it
NZ Herald — October 2, 2025

The Government rejected the major recommendations of the Frontier Economics report.

Govt could allow capital raises by gentailers to build new power plants
Newsroom — September 30, 2025

Energy minister Simon Watts’ reforms could open the door to diluted Crown shares in Meridian, Mercury and Genesis The post Govt could allow capital raises by gentailers to build new power plants appeared first on Newsroom .

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