Todd McClay

Candidate for Rotorua
Currently serving: MP for Rotorua, Parliament of New Zealand National
Party National
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Todd McClay’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

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: McCLAY, Todd
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Rotorua
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: McCLAY, Todd
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 54.0%
    19,339 votes
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: McCLAY, Todd
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Rotorua
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: McCLAY, Todd
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 43.3%
    16,212 votes
2017 NZ General Election • September 23, 2017 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: McCLAY, Todd
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Rotorua
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Ballot name: McCLAY, Todd
    Final Elected
2014 NZ General Election • September 20, 2014 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Rotorua
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National Party
    Final Elected
Offices held
  • MP for Rotorua
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: National
    Nov 2008 – present
In the News
Stuart Nash swears at Trade Minister Todd McClay after being ‘thrown off’ business delegation
NZ Herald — October 8, 2025

Stuart Nash got in hot water after describing women as a "p***y and a pair of t**s."

NZ-India free trade negotiations cross halfway mark
The Post — October 2, 2025

Trade Minister Todd McClay says NZ-India free trade negotiations have crossed halfway but the tougher issues are yet to be settled.

Films, now forests? Trump launches another surprise tariff on key NZ industry
Stuff — September 30, 2025

As Trade Minister Todd McClay responded to threats of a “100% tariff” on films, US President Donald Trump launched another tariff for a key Kiwi industry.

Environment Canterbury has declared a nitrate emergency. Now what?
The Spinoff — September 19, 2025

At their last meeting before the local elections, Environment Canterbury councillors made the symbolic declaration of a nitrate emergency, putting it on the agenda of the next council.

Todd McClay calls Canterbury Regional Council’s nitrate emergency declaration 'gimmicky'
RNZ — September 18, 2025

Canterbury Regional Council, known as Environment Canterbury (ECan), carried a motion to declare a nitrate emergency at its final meeting on Wednesday.

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