Electoral history of David Lange

This is a summary of the electoral history of David Lange, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1984–89), Leader of the Labour Party (1983–89), Member of Parliament for Mangere (1977–96).

Parliamentary elections

1975 election

General election, 1975: Hobson[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
National Neill Austin 9,559 51.7
Social Credit Howard Manning 5,458 29.5 +0.5
Labour David Lange 2,703 14.6
Values Richard Alspach 774 4.2
Majority 4,101 22.2 +15.8
Turnout 21,965 84.5 +3.6

1977 by-election

Mangere by-election, 1977[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour David Lange 9,766 58.27
National Clem Simich 5,107 30.48
Social Credit Bill Owens 1,026 6.10
Values Frank Grayson 789 4.71
Worker's Labour Barry Moss 28 0.17
Alpha P B Magoffin 18 0.11
Independent Labour Barry Shaw 17 0.10
Socialist Action Brigid Mulrennan 7 0.04
Majority 4,659 27.80
Turnout 16,758 64.31
Registered electors 26,058
Labour hold Swing

1978 election

General election, 1978: Mangere[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour David Lange 9,104 66.2 +4.07
National Peter Saunders 2,841 20.7
Social Credit H J Meiklejohn 1,655 12.0
Values V A Strachan 144 1.1
Majority 6,263 45.5 +18.3
Turnout 21,499 64.4 -18.8

1981 election

General election, 1981: Mangere[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour David Lange 8,739 62.2 -4.0
Social Credit John Petit 2,933 20.9
National David Perry 2,366 16.9
Majority 5,806 41.3 -4.2
Turnout 17,001 85.0 +20.6

1984 election

General election, 1984: Mangere[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour David Lange 10,676 72.8 +10.6
National Peter Saunders 2,301 15.7
NZ Party John Meyer 1,096 7.5
Social Credit T J Brooks 584 4.0
Majority 8,375 57.1
Turnout 17,001 92.1 +7.1

1987 election

General election, 1987: Mangere[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour David Lange 8,804 70.6 -2.2
National Ron Jeffery 2,785 22.3
Democrats Ken Harris 724 5.8
Mana Motuhake K K Pene 156 1.3
Majority 6,019 48.3 -8.7
Turnout 15,326 89.7 -3.4

1990 election

General election, 1990: Mangere[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour David Lange 7,184 51.1 -19.5
National Bryan Archer 3,145 22.3
NewLabour Len Richards 1,658 11.7
Green Brian Edwards 832 5.9
Democrats Ken Harris 148 1.0
Independent Joshua Deane 55 0.3
Majority 4,039 28.7 -19.6
Turnout 14,058 79.7 -10.0

1993 election

General election, 1993: Mangere[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour David Lange 8,345 55.1 +4.0
Alliance Len Richards 2,387 15.7 +4.0
NZ First Bryan Archer 2,037 13.4 -8.9
National Hinu Te Hau 1,120 7.3
Christian Heritage Clark Nemeth 135 0.8
Communist League Karen Davis 84 0.6
McGillicuddy Serious Alister Webb 77 0.5
Natural Law Grant Bilyard 53 0.3
Majority 5,958 39.3 +10.6
Turnout 15,137 70.4 -9.3

Leadership elections

1979 Deputy-leadership election

NameVotesPercentage
David Lange2052.64%
Bob Tizard1847.36%

1980 Leadership election

NameVotesPercentage
Bill Rowling1951.35%
David Lange1848.64%

1983 Leadership election

NameVotesPercentage
David Lange3378.57%
Russell Marshall921.43%

1988 Leadership election

NameVotesPercentage
David Lange3869.09%
Roger Douglas1527.27%
Informal 23.63%

Notes

  1. Norton 1988, p. 247.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Norton 1988, p. 267.
  3. Norton 1988, p. 268.
  4. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990.
  5. Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993.

References

  • Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
  • Bassett, Michael (2008). Working with David: Inside the Lange Cabinet. Auckland: Hodder Moa. ISBN 978-1-86971-094-1.
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