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Michael Wood

Candidate for Mt Roskill
Party Labour
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Michael Wood’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 9 races — 3 elected 6 not elected

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: WOOD, Michael Philip
    Source
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Mt Roskill
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: WOOD, Michael Philip
    Source Booth results
    Final Not elected
    Vote share • 39.9%
    14,095 votes
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: WOOD, Michael Philip
    Source
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Mt Roskill
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: WOOD, Michael Philip
    Source
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 61.8%
    23,050 votes
2017 NZ General Election • September 23, 2017 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: WOOD, Michael Philip
    Source
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Mt Roskill
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: WOOD, Michael Philip
    Source
    Final Elected
2016 Mt Roskill Byelection • December 3, 2016 General
  • MP for Mt Roskill
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 66.7%
    11,623 votes
2014 NZ General Election • September 20, 2014 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: Wood
    Source
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Epsom
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Source
    Final Not elected
Offices held
  • MP for Mt Roskill
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour
    Dec 2016 – Oct 2023
In the News
Former Labour minister grilled in Talley’s defamation case
Stuff — October 7, 2025

Former Labour Minister Michael Wood and TVNZ’s head of news Phil O’Sullivan gave evidence.

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