The Tally Room

Electorate Margin Electorate Margin Christchurch Central NAT 1.33% vs LAB Port Hills NAT 2.50% vs LAB Christchurch East LAB 18.82% vs NAT Wigram LAB 4.46% vs NAT Ilam NAT 40.07% vs LAB Local electorates There are five electorates in the Christchurch urban area. Two electorates are held by the National...

Electorate Margin Electorate Margin Helensville NAT 45.97% vs LAB Papakura NAT 31.59% vs LAB Hunua NAT 50.86% vs LAB Rodney NAT 31.01% vs CON Northland NAT 35.95% vs LAB Whangarei NAT 36.74% vs LAB Local electorates "Auckland Surrounds" covers the rural parts of Auckland Regional Council (both north and...

Electorate Margin Electorate Margin Auckland Central NAT 10.60% vs LAB Mount Albert LAB 24.10% vs NAT Botany NAT 37.81% vs LAB Mount Roskill LAB 10.59% vs NAT East Coast Bays NAT 52.49% vs LAB New Lynn LAB 22.58% vs NAT Epsom ACT 6.68% vs NAT North Shore NAT 41.87% vs...

After a few months of work, I've completed the Tally Room guide to the upcoming New Zealand general election. New Zealand will be electing a new Parliament on 20 September. The guide includes profiles of all 71 electorates, including open comment threads for each electorate. In addition, pages...

While I was away in the US, the ACT Legislative Assembly officially voted to increase the number of seats in the Assembly from 17 to 25. The Assembly is currently elected from three electorates: one electing seven MLAs, and the other two electing five MLAs...

The Lord Mayor of Newcastle, Jeff McCloy, resigned his position this morning, after recent ICAC revelations that he had donated money to a number of Hunter-based Liberal MPs despite being a property developer and thus not being permitted to donate money. Two of the...

Following on from the announcement earlier this week that the NSW state government will support a bill from the Shooters and Fishers that will radically expand business voting for the City of Sydney, today the bill was introduced in the Legislative Council, after previously...

Voters in two electorates in the Hunter region of New South Wales will be voting in by-elections in coming months, less than a year out from the next New South Wales election. These by-elections were triggered yesterday by the resignations of Tim Owen, Member for...

Since the expanded City of Sydney was created in 1948, every single state government has tinkered with the City of Sydney's structure and boundaries to advantage their allies in local council elections. Today's announcement by the state Liberal government that they plan to radically expand business voting...

Nominations were announced yesterday for the by-election in the Queensland state seat of Stafford. Only four candidates nominated, representing Labor, Liberal National, Greens and Family First: Bob Anderson (Liberal National) Sally-Anne Vincent (Family First) Anne Boccabella (Greens) Anthony Lynham (Labor) This is in contrast to the Redcliffe by-election in February, when nine candidates stood...