Jan Tinetti

Candidate for Tauranga
Currently serving: List MP, Parliament of New Zealand Labour
Party Labour
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Jan Tinetti’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 6 races — 3 elected 3 not elected

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: TINETTI, Jan
    Final Elected
  • MP for Tauranga
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: TINETTI, Jan
    Final Not elected
    Vote share • 23.5%
    9,610 votes
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: TINETTI, Jan
    Final Elected
  • MP for Tauranga
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: TINETTI, Jan
    Final Not elected
    Vote share • 39.2%
    16,865 votes
2017 NZ General Election • September 23, 2017 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: TINETTI, Jan
    Final Elected
  • MP for Tauranga
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour Party
    Ballot name: TINETTI, Jan
    Final Not elected
Offices held
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: Labour
    Sep 2017 – present
In the News
From the front line, the picket line, to taking the hard line
The Post — October 22, 2025

Labour MP Jan Tinetti went from a protesting teacher to the thorny end of strike action as Education Minister. She gives her insight about what works and what doesn’t, ahead of Thursday’s mega strike.

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