Simeon Brown

Candidate for Pakuranga
Currently serving: MP for Pakuranga, Parliament of New Zealand National
Party National
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Simeon Brown’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 8 races — 3 elected 5 not elected

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: BROWN, Simeon
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Pakuranga
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: BROWN, Simeon
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 72.5%
    26,105 votes
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: BROWN, Simeon
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Pakuranga
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: BROWN, Simeon
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 59.3%
    21,575 votes
2017 NZ General Election • September 23, 2017 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: BROWN, Simeon
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Pakuranga
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: BROWN, Simeon
    Final Elected
2014 NZ General Election • September 20, 2014 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: Simeon Brown
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Manurewa
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Final Not elected
Offices held
  • MP for Pakuranga
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National
    Sep 2017 – present
In the News
Priests stage sit-ins at Nicola Willis and Simeon Brown offices over Gaza
NZ Herald — September 15, 2025

Five Anglican priests and one Catholic priest are at the Finance Minister's office.

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.

Union labels minister’s bid to settle senior doctors’ dispute ‘misinformed’, ‘disingenuous’
The Post — September 5, 2025

Simeon Brown wrote to Health NZ and the union on Thursday “calling on both parties to urgently enter binding arbitration”. Health NZ said yes.

With strikes hitting hospitals, Simeon Brown makes an unusual plea
Stuff — September 4, 2025

With nurses walking off the job, for the third time on Thursday, Health Minister Simeon Brown made a plea to doctors - who may also strike soon.

Health minister’s last-ditch effort to resolve senior doctors’ dispute
The Post — September 4, 2025

Simeon Brown is turning to binding arbitration in a bid to settle with senior doctors as he faces a backdrop of major strike action across the health sector.

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