New Plymouth (New Zealand electorate)

New Plymouth is an electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives.

New Plymouth
General electorate of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of New Plymouth within the North Island
Other names
Māori name	Ngāmotu
Member(s)
MP	Glen Bennett
Party	Labour
Geography
Region(s)	Taranaki
History
Created	1853
Named after	New Plymouth

Election results

2020 general election: New Plymouth
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
		Glen Bennett		21,030	47.50	+14.91	21,394	48.12	+14.04
		Jonathan Young		18,475	41.73	-10.28	13,336	29.99	-18.62
		Murray Chong		1,347	3.04	—	765	1.72	+1.32
	ACT	Ada Xiao		864	1.95	+0.86	3,534	7.94	+7.39
		Dan Thurston Crow		745	1.68	—	787	1.77	-0.95
	Advance NZ	Rowena Wood		601	1.35	—	567	1.27	—
	Independent	Rusty Kane		325	0.73	—
	Social Credit	Kath Lauderdale		115	0.25	—	53	0.11	+0.10
							2,044	4.59	+0.08
							1,001	2.25	-5.49
	Legalise Cannabis						258	0.58	+0.18
							212	0.47	-0.15
							85	0.19	—
							40	0.08	+0.02
							35	0.07	—
	Sustainable NZ						20	0.04	—
							10	0.02	—
							8	0.02	—
Informal votes				769			306
Total Valid votes				44,271			44,455
Turnout				44,455
	gain from		Majority	2,555	5.77