2015 Northland by-election

2015 Northland by-election
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Northland
Turnout29,590 (64.39%)
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Candidate Winston Peters Mark Osborne Willow-Jean Prime
Party NZ First National Labour
Popular vote 16,089 11,648 1,380
Percentage 54.5% 39.4% 4.7%
Swing Increase54.5pp Decrease13.32pp Decrease21.22pp
Northland electorate boundaries used for the by-election
MP before election

Mike Sabin
National

Elected MP

Winston Peters
New Zealand First

A by-election was held in the Northland electorate on 28 March 2015. The seat had been vacated following the resignation of Mike Sabin of the National Party from the House of Representatives on 30 January 2015. Northland was generally regarded as a safe National seat; the party has held the seat since its creation for the 1996 election. The election was won by Winston Peters of New Zealand First. As Peters was already a list MP for his party, this allowed New Zealand First an additional list member, Ria Bond, to join parliament.