Andy Foster

Currently serving: List MP, Parliament of New Zealand NZ First
Party NZ First
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Andy Foster’s Elections & Candidacies

Note: This database contains data from the 2023, 2022 and 2017 general elections, the 2025 local government election and is gradually being backfilled with other election data.

Contested 6 races — 1 elected 5 not elected

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: New Zealand First Party
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Kenepuru
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: New Zealand First Party
    Final Not elected
2022 NZ Local Government • October 8, 2022 Local
  • Mayor
    Wellington City Council
    Affiliation: Independent
    Final Not elected
2019 NZ Local Government • October 12, 2019 Local
  • Mayor
    Wellington City Council
    Affiliation: Independent
    Final Elected
2017 NZ General Election • September 23, 2017 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: New Zealand First Party
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Wellington Central
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: New Zealand First Party
    Final Not elected
Offices held
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: NZ First
    Oct 2023 – present
  • Mayor
    Wellington City Council
    Oct 2019 – Oct 2022
In the News
Mayoralty schmayoralty: these ward races will decide Wellington’s future
The Spinoff — September 24, 2025

Barring a major upset, polling suggests Andrew Little will win the capital’s mayoral chains with relative ease. But the type of council he will lead is still up in the air. Andrew Little must be feeling pretty good right now. A recent Q+A Verian poll gave him a commanding lead in the race to be Wellington’s next mayor, with 58% of first-choice votes, way ahead of second-placed candidate Ray Chung on 16%.

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