Chris Hipkins
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Chris Hipkins’s Elections & Candidacies
Note: This database contains data from the 2023, 2020, 2017 and 2014 general elections, the 2025 & 2022 local government elections and is gradually being backfilled with other election data.
Contested 8 races — 4 elected 4 not elected
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Final Not elected
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Final ElectedVote share • 54.2%22,344 votes
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Final Not elected
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Final ElectedVote share • 68.6%29,217 votes
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Final Not elected
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Final ElectedVote share • 56.0%21,725 votes
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Final Not elected
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Final ElectedVote share • 53.0%19,286 votes
Offices held
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MP for RimutakaParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: LabourOct 2020 – present
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MP for RimutakaParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: LabourNov 2008 – Oct 2020
In the News
Labour’s Chris Hipkins not interested in automatic citizenship just for overseas Māori, says ‘issue for all New Zealanders’
NZ Herald — September 17, 2025He's also distanced himself from more comments from Te Pāti Māori MP Takuta Ferris.
Te Pāti Māori President John Tamihere backs substance of Tākuta Ferris post, Labour’s Chris Hipkins sends warning
NZ Herald — September 16, 2025Hipkins said he disagreed with the sentiment.
Tākuta Ferris row tests Labour–Te Pāti Māori ties
The Spinoff — September 12, 2025The MP’s refusal to back down and a Treaty ‘bottom line’ could be key factors in whether the two parties can work together next year.
Live: Chris Hipkins says Stuart Nash ‘free to rewrite history however he wants’
The Post — September 9, 2025After a two week recess MPs are back in Parliament and the political week is shaping up to be dominated about questions about the dramatic end to fugitive Tom Phillips’ four years on the run with his three children.
Labour’s Chris Hipkins won’t call Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris’ Instagram post ‘racist’, says those labels aren’t helpful
NZ Herald — September 9, 2025That's despite him saying in 2023 that racism should be called out.
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