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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
Labour on the cusp of making history, but tax wounds will take time to heal - Thomas Coughlan
NZ Herald — November 29, 2025OPINION: Chris Hipkins has shown tax can be popular, but now he needs to win.
Labour in campaign mode and eyeing Māori seats
Otago Daily Times — November 28, 2025Chris Hipkins confirming Labour's Capital Gains Tax plans. Photo: RNZ By Anneke Smith of RNZ Labour leader Chris Hipkins says he's confident his party has changed enough since the 2023 election to win next year's contest.
‘Watch this space – there’s more to come’: Chris Hipkins on the other tax Labour may look at
NZ Herald — November 28, 2025As Labour grandees gather in Auckland, Chris Hipkins gets ready to rally the troops.
Hipkins says Michael Wood must regain trust of his Labour colleagues
Waikato Times — November 27, 2025Labour leader Chris Hipkins says Wood will need to rebuild trust before he could take up any role in a future Government, but he could have a lot to contribute.
Watch: Winston Peters for Prime Minister? Chris Hipkins on what’s up for grabs next election - and what’s not
Stuff — November 26, 2025Chris Hipkins talks to Tova O’Brien about doing the ‘will they, won’t they’ Winston waltz
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