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Andrew Little

Currently serving: Mayor, Wellington City Council Labour
Party Labour
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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 6 races — 5 elected 1 not elected

2025 NZ Local Government • October 11, 2025 Local
2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: LITTLE, Andrew
    Source
    Final Elected
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: LITTLE, Andrew
    Source
    Final Elected
2017 NZ General Election • September 23, 2017 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: LITTLE, Andrew
    Source
    Final Elected
2014 NZ General Election • September 20, 2014 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: LITTLE, Andrew
    Source
    Final Elected
  • MP for New Plymouth
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Source
    Final Not elected
Offices held
  • Mayor
    Wellington City Council
    Affiliation: Labour
    Oct 2025 – present
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour
    Nov 2011 – Dec 2023
In the News
Mayoralty schmayoralty: these ward races will decide Wellington’s future
The Spinoff — September 24, 2025

Barring a major upset, polling suggests Andrew Little will win the capital’s mayoral chains with relative ease. But the type of council he will lead is still up in the air. Andrew Little must be feeling pretty good right now. A recent Q+A Verian poll gave him a commanding lead in the race to be Wellington’s next mayor, with 58% of first-choice votes, way ahead of second-placed candidate Ray Chung on 16%.

The moment Andrew Little snatched Ray Chung’s notes, in this weird mayoral race
Stuff — September 19, 2025

The contest is a circus where being boring could be the cleverest trick.

Tensions boil over at the Post mayoral debate
The Post — September 17, 2025

The Post’s mayoral debate got heated after one of Ray Chung’s staffers made a bid to snatch papers Andrew Little took from Chung after revelations Better Wellington has been cut from Chung’s campaign. Watch the drama unfold in the video.

The Post mayoral debate: Spotlight on the big four
The Post — September 17, 2025

Leading contenders Andrew Little, Karl Tiefenbacher, Diane Calvert and Ray Chung will be grilled by The Post national affairs editor Andrea Vance in a live debate at 3pm today.

Q+A Wellington mayoral poll: Andrew Little surges ahead with 58% support
NZ Herald — September 14, 2025

Ray Chung, once the frontrunner, has slipped to 16% amid recent scandal.

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