Kenepuru
General electorate · Wellington · 2026 election, preliminary results
Barbara Edmonds (Labour) won Kenepuru with 17,294 votes (56.6%), a majority of 9,297 over Matthew Evetts (National). Labour won the party vote with 42.5%. Turnout was 56.4%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Barbara Edmonds | Labour | 17,294 | 56.6% | +14.1 pts |
| Matthew Evetts | National | 7,997 | 26.2% | +5.9 pts |
| Lan Pham | Green | 2,587 | 8.5% | −6.7 pts |
| Jon Blackshaw | NZ First | 1,478 | 4.8% | −2.2 pts |
| Robert Mason | Opportunity | 1,135 | 3.7% | −4.9 pts |
| Bob Wessex | NAP | 53 | 0.2% | +0.2 pts |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| Labour | 13,111 | 42.5% | 29.4% |
| National | 6,254 | 20.3% | 29.2% |
| Green | 4,669 | 15.1% | 13.3% |
| Opportunity | 2,645 | 8.6% | 6.0% |
| NZ First | 2,179 | 7.1% | 9.8% |
| ACT | 1,763 | 5.7% | 10.9% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 61 | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 44 | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Animal Justice | 28 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Outdoors & Freedom | 24 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Did you know?
- The biggest swing to Labour of any electorate: up 11.8 points at the same polling places as 2023.
- National's biggest fall of any electorate: down 16.8 points at the same polling places as 2023.
- Barbara Edmonds won 56.6% of the electorate vote, while Labour won 42.5% of the party vote here: a gap of 14.1 points, so many voters backed the candidate but gave their party vote elsewhere.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Johnsonville Shopping Centre, National's party vote fell 14.7 points since 2023.
- Labour's lead at the same polling places grew from 2.1 points in 2023 to 30.3 points.
- At the polling places inside today's boundaries, Opportunity's party vote rose 4.8 points since 2023 (3.7 points nationally). National's fell 16.8 points.
31,039 votes cast from an estimated 55,034 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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