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Chris Hipkins

Candidate for Remutaka
Currently serving: MP for Rimutaka, Parliament of New Zealand Labour
Party Labour
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Chris Hipkins’s Elections & Candidacies

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Contested 8 races — 4 elected 4 not elected

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: HIPKINS, Chris
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Remutaka
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: HIPKINS, Chris
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 54.2%
    22,344 votes
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: HIPKINS, Chris
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Remutaka
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: HIPKINS, Chris
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 68.6%
    29,217 votes
2017 NZ General Election • September 23, 2017 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: HIPKINS, Chris
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Rimutaka
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: HIPKINS, Chris
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 56.0%
    21,725 votes
2014 NZ General Election • September 20, 2014 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: Hipkins
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Rimutaka
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Final Elected
Offices held
  • MP for Rimutaka
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour
    Oct 2020 – present
  • MP for Rimutaka
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour
    Nov 2008 – Oct 2020
In the News
Labour promises loan scheme for family GPs and nurse practitioners
NZ Herald — November 30, 2025

Leader Chris Hipkins closed Labour's 2025 conference with the policy announcement.

Labour to offer cheap loans to bolster GP practices
Otago Daily Times — November 30, 2025

Chris Hipkins at the Labour Party AGM in Auckland. Photo: RNZ By Anneke Smith of RNZ

Labour pledges low-interest loans for local GPs
Stuff — November 30, 2025

Labour leader Chris Hipkins says Kiwis are waiting too long for a doctor’s appointment.

Labour talk up unity, belief as election year approaches
Otago Daily Times — November 29, 2025

Chris Hipkins at the Labour Party AGM in Auckland. Photo: RNZ By Anneke Smith of RNZ

Hipkins confident as Labour gathers in Auckland
The Post — November 29, 2025

OPINION: Chris Hipkins arrives at conference buoyed by polling, party discipline and a Government voters now dislike slightly more than Labour.

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