Banks Peninsula
General electorate in Canterbury
Suburbs connected33 suburbs & localitiesShow ▾
Woolston, Halswell, Cashmere, Somerfield, Lyttelton, Mount Pleasant, Oaklands, Sumner, Westmorland, Huntsbury, Port Hills, Hoon Hay, Redcliffs, St Martins, Hillsborough, Diamond Harbour, Heathcote Valley, Ensors, Akaroa, Banks Peninsula Eastern Bays, Brookhaven, Clifton Hill, Ferrymead, Kennedys Bush, Banks Peninsula, Akaroa Harbour, Bromley South, Governors Bay, Duvauchelle, Teddington, Little River, Takamatua, Birdlings Flat.
Boundaries do not always follow the edge of a suburb. Bromley South is split with a neighbouring electorate, so it appears on more than one page. Hover a dotted name for the share that falls here.
Built from the 2025 electorate boundaries used for the 2026 election, matched against Stats NZ statistical areas. Names are the official ones, so a very small settlement may sit inside a larger named locality rather than appear on its own. If you are unsure which electorate you are in, check your address on vote.nz.
Source: Stats NZ: 2025 electorate boundaries and 2026 statistical areas
Enrolment info94.78% enrolled · as at 31 July 2026Show ▾
| Age | Est. eligible | General | Māori | Enrolled | Not enrolled | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 - 24 | 5,137 | 3,470 | 236 | 3,706 | 1,431 | 72.14% |
| 25 - 29 | 4,073 | 3,520 | 244 | 3,764 | 309 | 92.41% |
| 30 - 34 | 5,297 | 4,592 | 265 | 4,857 | 440 | 91.69% |
| 35 - 39 | 6,202 | 5,497 | 252 | 5,749 | 453 | 92.70% |
| 40 - 44 | 5,611 | 4,966 | 204 | 5,170 | 441 | 92.14% |
| 45 - 49 | 5,318 | 4,834 | 161 | 4,995 | 323 | 93.93% |
| 50 - 54 | 5,779 | 5,172 | 147 | 5,319 | 460 | 92.04% |
| 55 - 59 | 5,801 | 5,568 | 166 | 5,734 | 67 | 98.85% |
| 60 - 64 | 5,718 | 5,470 | 126 | 5,596 | 122 | 97.87% |
| 65 - 69 | 5,061 | 5,114 | 112 | 5,226 | -165 | 103.26% |
| 70+ | 10,960 | 11,293 | 154 | 11,447 | -487 | 104.44% |
| Total | 64,957 | 59,496 | 2,067 | 61,563 | 3,394 | 94.78% |
Enrolment figures are as at 31 July 2026. The eligible population is the Electoral Commission's own estimate, so “not enrolled” is the gap between that estimate and the roll — not a count of identified people.
Some age bands show above 100% enrolled, which means the roll holds more people than the population estimate for that band. This appears in the Commission's own published table and is not an error here.
The youngest band is consistently the least enrolled: 18 - 24 sits at 72.14% here, against 94.78% across all ages.
Source: Electoral Commission: enrolment by general electorate
2023 election resultsShow ▾
Electorate (candidate) votes, 14 October 2023. Winner: Vanessa Weenink (National), majority 396.
- Vanessa WeeninkNational17,860 (36.5%)
- Tracey McLellanLabour17,464 (35.7%)
- Lan PhamGreen Party8,325 (17.0%)
- Laura TraskACT2,073 (4.2%)
- Lindsay KerslakeNZ First1,598 (3.3%)
- Lisa MeadNZEAL544 (1.1%)
- Doug AllingtonDNZ474 (1.0%)
- Paran JeetAnimal Justice369 (0.8%)
- Peter WakemanIndependent184 (0.4%)
Source: Electoral Commission (electionresults.govt.nz). Electorate (candidate) vote only; party vote not shown.
Current MP for Banks Peninsula
Vanessa Weenink
Current MPFocus
Defending Banks Peninsula, a seat she won by 396 votes in 2023; campaigning on accessibility to constituents, local economic development and health services.
Candidates
Amy Turner
NewTracey McLellan
Focus
List MP based in Banks Peninsula; focused on Cathedral rebuild funding, corrections policy and local community engagement in Christchurch.
Craig Pauling
NewFocus
Standing in Banks Peninsula on freshwater and coastal restoration, Te Tiriti partnership and climate resilience, drawing on two terms at Environment Canterbury.
Zachary Wellman
NewFocus
Focused on rural-urban fringe issues in Banks Peninsula, including conservation and property rights.