North Shore
General electorate · Auckland · 2026 election, preliminary results
Simon Watts (National) won North Shore with 19,584 votes (57.6%), a majority of 11,151 over Sam Collins (Labour). National won the party vote with 40.4%. Turnout was 62.5%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Simon Watts | National | 19,584 | 57.6% | +17.3 pts |
| Sam Collins | Labour | 8,433 | 24.8% | +4.7 pts |
| Josh Jacobsen | Green | 2,566 | 7.5% | −2.0 pts |
| Karen Chhour | ACT | 1,747 | 5.1% | −10.3 pts |
| Holly Knill | Opportunity | 1,659 | 4.9% | −3.1 pts |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| National | 13,785 | 40.4% | 29.2% |
| Labour | 6,879 | 20.1% | 29.4% |
| ACT | 5,278 | 15.5% | 10.9% |
| Green | 3,258 | 9.5% | 13.3% |
| Opportunity | 2,724 | 8.0% | 6.0% |
| NZ First | 2,053 | 6.0% | 9.8% |
| Animal Justice | 30 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 28 | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Women’s Rights | 28 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 22 | 0.1% | 0.6% |
Did you know?
- At the polling places inside today's boundaries, National's party vote fell 11.4 points since 2023 (8.9 points nationally). Opportunity's rose 5.9 points.
- Simon Watts won 57.6% of the electorate vote, while National won 40.4% of the party vote here: a gap of 17.3 points, so many voters backed the candidate but gave their party vote elsewhere.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Shore City Shopping Centre, National's party vote fell 14.9 points since 2023.
- National topped the party vote at 23 of the 24 polling places here.
34,270 votes cast from an estimated 54,832 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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