Hamilton West (New Zealand electorate)

Hamilton West
inline General electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of Hamilton West within Waikato
Member(s)
MP	Tama Potaka
Party	National
List MP(s)	James McDowall (ACT)
Geography
Region(s)	Waikato

Hamilton West is an electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives. It is in Hamilton.

Election results

2022 by-election

2022 Hamilton West by-election
Notes: Blue background denotes the winner of the by-election. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list prior to the by-election. Yellow background denotes the winner of the by-election, who was a list MP prior to the by-election. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Tama Potaka	6,974	46.29
	Labour	Georgie Dansey	4,541	30.14
	ACT	James McDowall	1,515	10.06
	Momentum	Gaurav Sharma	1,242	8.24	-43.61
	Opportunities	Naomi Pocock	357	2.37
	Outdoors	Donna Pokere-Phillips	130	0.86
	New Conservative	Rudi du Plooy	118	0.78	-0.76
	Legalise Cannabis	Peter Wakeman	76	0.50
	Vision NZ	Jade Tait	61	0.40
	Independent	Gordon Dickson	26	0.17
	Independent	Frank Fu	20	0.13
	Money Free Party	Richard Osmaston	7	0.05
Informal votes			37	0.27	-1.96
Majority			2,433	16.15
Turnout			15,104	31.40	-49.80
	National gain from Labour		Swing	+

2020 election

2020 general election: Hamilton West
Notes:		A blue background means the winner of the electorate vote. A pink background means a candidate elected from their party list. A yellow background means an electorate win by a list member, or by another incumbent. A Y means an incumbent won re-election. A N means an incumbent lost re-election.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gaurav Sharma		20,703	51.85	+21.09	21,136	52.26	+15.65
	National	N Tim Macindoe		14,436	36.16	−16.00	10,161	25.12	−21.17
	ACT	Roger Weldon		1,186	2.97	—	2,779	6.87	+6.47
	Opportunities	Hayden Cargo		1,024	2.56	+0.32	837	2.07	−0.58
	New Conservative	Rudi Du Plooy		615	1.54	—	824	2.04	+1.74
	Advance NZ	Cherie Ormsby-Kingi		490	1.23	—	390	0.96	—
	Outdoors	Chloe Mansfield		357	0.89	—	44	0.11	+0.03
	ONE	Te Rongopai Heta		223	0.56	—	133	0.33	—
	Green						2,279	5.63	+1.34
	NZ First						1,029	2.54	−5.13
	Legalise Cannabis						214	0.53	+0.23
	Māori Party						212	0.52	−0.12
	Vision New Zealand						60	0.15	—
	Sustainable NZ						21	0.05	—
	Social Credit						15	0.04	−0.01
	TEA						9	0.02	—
	Heartland						4	0.01	—
Informal votes				892			300
Total Valid votes				39,926			40,447
Turnout				40,584	81.20	+3.18
	Labour gain from National		Majority	6,267	15.70	+37.10