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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 Elected
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 to campaign on capital gains tax, no wealth tax
Otago Daily Times — October 28, 2025Labour leader Chris Hipkins. Photo: RNZ By Craig McCulloch of RNZ Labour has agreed to campaign on a capital gains tax (CGT) covering just property - excluding the family home and farms - to help fund three free doctor visits for everyone.
Watch live: Labour unveils wealth fund economic policy to secure New Zealand jobs, but with few costings
NZ Herald — October 20, 2025Leader Chris Hipkins has been under pressure to start releasing policy.
Is Hipkins running for Ardern's third term or his own?
The Post — October 15, 2025OPINION: Chris Hipkins must work out if he’s running a restorationist project or something new.
Chris Hipkins: There’s more than one Te Pāti Māori
The Post — October 14, 2025The Labour leader says it is unclear whether Te Pāti Māori “form a cohesive whole”, following email drama.
Disastrous election turnout leaves few clues about national mood
The Spinoff — October 13, 2025Both left and right had reasons to celebrate on Saturday – and to worry about deepening voter apathy, writes Catherine McGregor in today’s extract from The Bulletin.
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