West Coast-Tasman
General electorate · West Coast · 2026 election, preliminary results
Katie Milne (National) won West Coast-Tasman with 16,475 votes (44.3%), a majority of 6,601 over Rory William Paterson (Labour). National won the party vote with 29.7%. Turnout was 71.8%.
Electorate vote
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Vs party vote |
|---|
| Katie Milne | National | 16,475 | 44.3% | +14.6 pts |
| Rory William Paterson | Labour | 9,874 | 26.6% | +5.6 pts |
| Jamie Cleine | NZ First | 4,077 | 11.0% | −4.8 pts |
| Andrew Charles Beaumont | Green | 2,312 | 6.2% | −5.1 pts |
| Janelle Hocking | ACT | 1,891 | 5.1% | −9.3 pts |
| Sue Grey | Outdoors & Freedom | 1,341 | 3.6% | +2.7 pts |
| Cindie Uddstrom | Opportunity | 912 | 2.5% | −3.5 pts |
| Alexander Hislop | NZ Loyal | 121 | 0.3% | +0.1 pts |
| Sara Dyatlova-Murphy | Alliance | 87 | 0.2% | +0.1 pts |
| Richard Francis Osmaston | Money Free Party NZ | 45 | 0.1% | +0.1 pts |
| Kevin Rooke | Progressive Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 35 | 0.1% | +0.1 pts |
Party vote
| Party | Votes | Share | Nationally |
|---|
| National | 11,078 | 29.7% | 29.2% |
| Labour | 7,819 | 21.0% | 29.4% |
| NZ First | 5,899 | 15.8% | 9.8% |
| ACT | 5,357 | 14.4% | 10.9% |
| Green | 4,211 | 11.3% | 13.3% |
| Opportunity | 2,221 | 6.0% | 6.0% |
| Outdoors & Freedom | 348 | 0.9% | 0.1% |
| NZ Loyal | 83 | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Legalise Cannabis | 82 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Te Pāti Māori | 45 | 0.1% | 0.6% |
Did you know?
- Labour's biggest fall of any electorate: down 3.2 points at the same polling places as 2023.
- Katie Milne won 44.3% of the electorate vote, while National won 29.7% of the party vote here: a gap of 14.6 points, so many voters backed the candidate but gave their party vote elsewhere.
- NZ First's 3rd-highest party vote in the country: 15.8%.
- At the polling places inside today's boundaries, NZ First's party vote rose 5.8 points since 2023 (3.7 points nationally). National's fell 4.6 points.
- National's lead at the same polling places grew from 2.2 points in 2023 to 17.0 points.
- The biggest change at a single polling place: at Buller REAP, NZ First's party vote rose 10.8 points since 2023.
37,445 votes cast from an estimated 52,152 enrolled. Preliminary election-night count; special votes are added in the official count. Source: Electoral Commission.
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