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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 local government election 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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MP for RemutakaParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: Labour PartyBallot name: HIPKINS, ChrisFinal ElectedVote share • 54.2%22,344 votes
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Final Not elected
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MP for RemutakaParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: Labour PartyBallot name: HIPKINS, ChrisFinal ElectedVote share • 68.6%29,217 votes
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Final Not elected
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MP for RimutakaParliament of New ZealandAffiliation: Labour PartyBallot name: HIPKINS, ChrisFinal ElectedVote share • 56.0%21,725 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
Job creation is the Government’s job, says Chris Hipkins
Waikato Times — January 21, 2026Chris Hipkins used his first major speech of 2026 to promote Labour’s proposed future fund and criticise the Government for ignoring job creation amid rising unemployment.
Labour targets jobs and investment as Hipkins opens election year
The Post — January 21, 2026Chris Hipkins used his first major speech of 2026 to promote Labour’s proposed future fund and criticise the Government for ignoring job creation amid rising unemployment.
Christopher Luxon throwing Chris Bishop under the bus on housing, says Chris Hipkins
RNZ — January 21, 2026The Labour leader has accused the prime minister of starting this election year by "panicking".
Labour leader Chris Hipkins makes first speech of election year: ‘We want to win back the country’s biggest city’
NZ Herald — January 21, 2026The Labour Party is holding its annual caucus retreat in Auckland today.
'Management speak mumbo jumbo': Hipkins responds to PM's speech
Otago Daily Times — January 19, 2026Chris Hipkins has responded to Luxon's State of the Nation address. File photo: RNZ Labour leader Chris Hipkins has called the Prime Minister's State of the Nation address a "whole lot of management speak mumbo jumbo".
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