Ilam (New Zealand electorate)

Ilam
Ilam
Single-member constituency; for the New Zealand House of Representatives
	Location of Ilamwithin Canterbury
Region	Canterbury
Area	108.99 km2 (42.08 sq mi)
Current constituency
Created	1996
Current MP	Hamish Campbell
Party	National

Ilam is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate. Formed for the 1996 election, it was held by Gerry Brownlee of the National Party until the 2020 election, when Sarah Pallett of the Labour Party unseated Brownlee in an upset victory.^[1] The seat reverted to National when it was won by Hamish Campbell in the 2023 election.

Population centres

Encompassing many of Christchurch's most affluent suburbs, Ilam was considered a safe National seat until the 2020 election. The electorate includes the suburbs of Riccarton (north of Riccarton Road), Upper Riccarton, Fendalton, Burnside, Avonhead, Merivale, Bishopdale, Ilam, Russley and Bryndwr. In 2008, the boundaries were Deans Avenue, the Avon River, Bealey Avenue, Papanui Road, Harewood Road, Russley Road, Ansonby Street, Cutts Road, Yaldhurst Road and Riccarton Road.^[2] The 2013/14 redistribution did not alter the boundaries of the Ilam electorate.^[3] The 2020 redistribution, however, added Avonhead from Wigram and a large section of Selwyn around McLeans Island and Christchurch Airport.^[4]

History

The Ilam electorate was formed for the 1996 election, mostly evolving from the Fendalton electorate.^[2] Gerry Brownlee from the National Party was the first elected representative and held the electorate until 2020, when he lost the electorate to Labour's Sarah Pallett in an upset.^[5]

Members of Parliament

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at a general election.

Key

National Labour United Future Green

Election	Winner
1996 election		Gerry Brownlee
1999 election
2002 election
2005 election
2008 election
2011 election
2014 election
2017 election
2020 election		Sarah Pallett
2023 election		Hamish Campbell

List MPs

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Ilam electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Election	Winner
2002 election		Marc Alexander
2008 election		Kennedy Graham
2011 election		Kennedy Graham
2020 election		Gerry Brownlee

Election results

2023 election

2023 general election: Ilam^[6]^{[failed verification]}
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 N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Hamish Campbell		18,693	44.01	+6.32	18,452	43.01	+13.55
	Opportunities	Raf Manji		10,863	25.57	—	2,138	4.98	+3.02
	Labour	N Sarah Pallett		9,010	21.21	-24.46	9,395	21.90	-22.77
	Green	Mike Davidson		2,391	5.63	-1.88	6,401	14.92	+4.64
	Legalise Cannabis	Irinka Britnell		488	1.15	—	179	0.42	+0.25
	DemocracyNZ	Juanita O'Connell		329	0.77	—	101	0.23	—
	New Conservatives	Chris O'Brien		300	0.71	-0.81	96	0.22	-1.00
	ACT						3,557	8.29	-0.43
	NZ First						1,729	4.03	+2.27
	Te Pāti Māori						265	0.62	+0.38
	New Zealand Loyal						150	0.35	—
	NewZeal						85	0.20	—
	Freedoms NZ						55	0.13	—
	Animal Justice						50	0.12	—
	Women's Rights						47	0.11	—
	Leighton Baker Party						44	0.10	—
	New Nation						23	0.05	—
Informal votes				402			136
Total valid votes				42,476			42,903
Turnout				42,903
	National gain from Labour		Majority	7,830	18.43	+26.40

2020 election

2020 general election: Ilam^[7]
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 N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Pallett		19,825	45.67	+24.13	19,497	44.67	+13.47
	National	N Gerry Brownlee		16,362	37.69	-8.91	12,861	29.46	-23.17
	Green	David Bennett		3,260	7.51	+0.88	4,489	10.28	+3.14
	ACT	Paul Gilbert		1,956	4.50	+3.84	3,807	8.72	+8.10
	New Conservative	Simon Walmisley		661	1.52	+0.89	533	1.22	+0.88
	Outdoors	Heidi Jensen-Warren		286	0.65	–	45	0.10	+0.07
	Advance NZ	Toni Pengelley		247	0.56	–	210	0.48	–
	Opportunities						856	1.96	-1.54
	NZ First						769	1.76	-1.99
	Māori Party						108	0.24	-0.13
	Legalise Cannabis						77	0.17	-0.03
	ONE						54	0.12	–
	Sustainable NZ						41	0.09	–
	TEA						21	0.04	–
	Social Credit						20	0.04	+0.03
	Vision NZ						6	0.01	–
	Heartland						3	0.01	–
Informal votes				835			248
Total valid votes				43,402			43,645
Turnout				43,645
	Labour gain from National		Majority	3,463	7.97	+31.12

2017 election

2017 general election: Ilam^[8]
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 N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Gerry Brownlee		16,577	46.60	−11.48	19,134	52.63	−5.09
	Independent	Raf Manji		8,321	23.39	—
	Labour	Anthony Rimell		7,662	21.54	−1.96	11,341	31.20	+13.59
	Green	David Lee		2,359	6.63	−5.58	2,602	7.14	−5.80
	ACT	Paul Gilbert		235	0.66	−0.51	224	0.62	−0.37
	Conservative	Martin Frauenstein		225	0.63	−2.78	124	0.34	−3.34
	Independent	Martin Thomas Francis		195	0.55	—
	NZ First						1,364	3.75	−1.36
	Opportunities						1,273	3.50	—
	Māori Party						134	0.37	−0.11
	Legalise Cannabis						74	0.20	−0.77
	United Future						28	0.08	−0.18
	People's Party						18	0.05	—
	Ban 1080						14	0.04	−0.02
	Outdoors						11	0.03	—
	Internet						8	0.02	−0.65^[a]
	Democrats						5	0.01	−0.03
	Mana Party						3	0.01	−0.66^[b]
Informal votes				389			91
Total valid votes				35,574			36,364
Turnout				36,448
	National hold		Majority	8,236	23.15	−11.43

2014 election

2014 general election: Ilam ^[9]
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 N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Gerry Brownlee		19,981	58.08	-2.42	20,377	57.72	-0.62
	Labour	James Macbeth Dann		8,083	23.50	+3.16	6,238	17.67	-1.51
	Green	John Kelcher		4,201	12.21	-3.14	4,574	12.96	-0.46
	Conservative	John Stringer		1,172	3.41	+1.10	1,300	3.68	+1.59
	ACT	Gareth Veale		402	1.17	+0.41	349	0.99	-0.16
	Internet	Beverley Ballantine		321	0.93	+0.93
	Māori Party	Benita Wakefield		243	0.71	+0.71	171	0.48	-0.02
	NZ First						1,806	5.11	+1.16
	Internet Mana						233	0.67	+0.51^[c]
	Legalise Cannabis						96	0.27	-0.04
	United Future						92	0.26	-0.46
	Civilian						23	0.07	+0.07
	Ban 1080						21	0.06	+0.06
	Democrats						14	0.04	-0.01
	Independent Coalition						7	0.02	+0.02
	Focus						3	0.01	+0.01
Informal votes				448			73
Total valid votes				34,851			35,377
	National hold		Majority	11,898	34.58	-5.49

2011 election

2011 general election: Ilam ^[10]
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 N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Gerry Brownlee		20,070	60.50	+3.51	19,934	58.34	+5.52
	Labour	John Parsons		6,758	20.34	-3.78	6,552	19.18	-8.31
	Green	Kennedy Graham		5,099	15.35	+3.10	4,586	13.42	+5.22
	Conservative	Roger Larkins		767	2.31	+2.31	714	2.09	+2.09
	United Future	Vanessa Roberts		280	0.84	-0.39	247	0.72	-0.67
	ACT	Gareth Veale		252	0.76	-1.38	394	1.15	-2.69
	NZ First						1,350	3.95	+1.54
	Māori Party						171	0.50	-0.67
	Legalise Cannabis						106	0.31	-0.01
	Mana						53	0.16	+0.16
	Libertarianz						29	0.08	+0.03
	Alliance						17	0.05	-0.04
	Democrats						16	0.05	+0.03
Informal votes				667			196
Total valid votes				33,226			34,169
Turnout				34,551^[11]	76.34	-5.75
	National hold		Majority	13,312	40.07	7.29

2008 election

2008 general election: Ilam^[12]
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 N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Gerry Brownlee		20,648	56.89	+3.76	19,541	52.82	+3.58
	Labour	Sam Yau		8,755	24.12	-7.15	10,168	27.48	-7.05
	Green	Kennedy Graham		4,444	12.25	+6.56	3,034	8.20	+2.85
	Progressive	Craig Hutchinson		828	2.28	+0.36	550	1.49	+0.24
	ACT	Brian Davidson		775	2.14	-0.37	1,422	3.84	+1.95
	United Future	John Pickering		449	1.24	-3.56	516	1.39	-2.18
	Kiwi	David Weusten		393	1.08	–	199	0.54	–
	NZ First						893	2.41	-1.00
	Bill and Ben						199	0.54	–
	Māori Party						195	0.53	+0.36
	Legalise Cannabis						118	0.32	+0.21
	Family Party						61	0.16	–
	Alliance						35	0.09	+0.02
	Libertarianz						21	0.06	+0.02
	Pacific						20	0.05	–
	Workers Party						12	0.03	–
	Democrats						6	0.02	-0.01
	RONZ						3	0.01	-0.01
	RAM						2	0.01	–
Informal votes				427			136
Total valid votes				36,292			36,995
Turnout				37,283^[11]	82.09
	National hold		Majority	11,893	32.77	+10.91

2005 election

2005 general election: Ilam^[13]
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 N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Gerry Brownlee		19,010	53.13		17,949	49.24
	Labour	Julian Blanchard		11,189	31.27		12,589	34.54
	Green	Lois Griffiths		2,034	5.68		1,952	5.36
	United Future	Marc Alexander		1,716	4.80		1,304	3.58
	ACT	Jo Giles		895	2.50		689	1.89
	Progressive	Zemin Zhang		686	1.92		454	1.25	+0.24
	Independent	Blair Anderson		165	0.46
	NZ First	Quentin Finlay		85	0.24		1,245	3.42
	Māori Party						62	0.17	+0.17
	Destiny						57	0.16
	Legalise Cannabis						38	0.10
	Christian Heritage						33	0.09
	Alliance						29	0.08
	Libertarianz						15	0.04
	Democrats						8	0.02
	RONZ						8	0.02
	99 MP						7	0.02
	One NZ						6	0.02
	Family Rights						4	0.02
	Direct Democracy						2	0.01
Informal votes				468			100
Total valid votes				35,780			36,451
Turnout				36,671^[14]	82.82	-3.30
	National hold		Majority	7,821	21.86

2002 election

2002 general election: Ilam^[15]
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 N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Gerry Brownlee		15,773	46.91	-1.08	10,255	29.87	-12.26
	Labour	Richard Pole		11,901	35.39	+7.76	11,413	33.24	+4.54
	United Future	Marc Alexander		1,760	5.23	+3.75^[d]	2,842	8.28	+6.25^[d]
	Green	Lois Griffiths		1,418	4.22	-0.11	2,018	5.88	+1.51
	ACT	Nigel Mattison		1,327	3.95	+0.46	3,482	10.14	+0.09
	Christian Heritage	Gideon Pieters		569	1.69	+1.69	459	1.34	+1.27
	Alliance	Lynda Boyd		439	1.31	-4.29	507	1.48	-4.93
	Progressive	Robert Logan Peck		437	1.30	+1.30	540	1.57	+1.57
	NZ First						2,400	6.99	+4.59
	ORNZ						270	0.79	+0.79
	Legalise Cannabis						125	0.36	-0.36
	One NZ						14	0.04	+0.00
	Mana Māori						4	0.01	+0.00
	NMP						1	0.00	-0.01
Informal votes				515			81
Total valid votes				33,624			34,330
Turnout				34,511^[14]	79.52
	National hold		Majority	3,872	11.52	-8.84

1999 election

1999 general election: Ilam^[16]^[17]
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 N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Gerry Brownlee		16,012	47.99	+3.73	14,168	42.05	-2.62
	Labour	Alison Wilkie		9,220	27.63	+10.33	9,669	28.70	+5.72
	Alliance	Lois Griffiths		1,870	5.60	-8.38	2,159	6.41	-1.87
	Green	Evan Thomas Alty		1,444	4.33	+4.33	1,474	4.37	+4.37
	NZ First	Andrew Gin		1,443	4.33	-2.91	810	2.40	-5.26
	ACT	Nigel Mattison		1,166	3.49	+1.11	3,385	10.05	+1.55
	Independent	Denis O'Rourke		809	2.42
	Christian Heritage	Geoff Francis		700	2.10	+2.10	28	0.07	+0.07
	Christian Democrats	Kevin Harper		494	1.48	+1.48	433	1.29	+1.29
	Independent	Janet MiddleMiss		150	0.45
	Natural Law	Brendan Rhodes		56	0.17	-0.12	34	0.10	+0.03
	United NZ						248	0.74	-1.26
	Legalise Cannabis						241	0.72	-0.27
	Libertarianz						105	0.31	+0.30
	Animals First						52	0.15	+0.04
	McGillicuddy Serious						52	0.15	-0.06
	South Island						56	0.17	+0.17
	One NZ						13	0.04	+0.04
	NMP						4	0.01	+0.01
	Republican						4	0.01	+0.01
	Mana Māori						3	0.01	±0.00
	Mauri Pacific						2	0.01	+0.01
	The People's Choice						2	0.01	+0.01
	Freedom Movement						1	0.00	+0.00
Informal votes							306
Total valid votes				33,364			33,693
	National win new seat		Majority	6,792	20.36

1996 election

1996 general election: Ilam^[18]^[19]^[20]
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 N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Gerry Brownlee		16,561	44.26		16,835	44.67
	Labour	Eamon Daly		6,471	17.30		8,663	22.98
	United NZ	N Margaret Austin		5,447	14.56		752	2.00
	Alliance	Jan Davey		5,229	13.98		3,119	8.28
	NZ First	Helen Broughton		2,707	7.24		2,887	7.66
	ACT	Nigel Mattison		892	2.38		3,203	8.50
	Natural Law	Andrew Sanderson		108	0.29		28	0.07
	Christian Coalition						1,582	4.20
	Legalise Cannabis						375	0.99
	McGillicuddy Serious						79	0.21
	Progressive Green						53	0.14
	Animals First						42	0.11
	Ethnic Minority Party						27	0.07
	Green Society						15	0.04
	Superannuitants & Youth						11	0.03
	Conservatives						7	0.02
	Asia Pacific United						4	0.01
	Mana Māori						3	0.01
	Libertarianz						3	0.01
	Advance New Zealand						2	0.01
	Te Tawharau						0	0.00
Informal votes				355			80
Total valid votes				37,415			37,690
	National win new seat		Majority	10,090	26.97

Notes

References

External links

Ilam – Electorate Profile, New Zealand Parliament website

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