Darren Hughes

Darren Hughes
25th Minister of Statistics
In office
5 November 2007 – 19 November 2008
Prime MinisterHelen Clark
Preceded byClayton Cosgrove
Succeeded byMaurice Williamson
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Ōtaki
In office
27 July 2002 – 8 November 2008
Preceded byJudy Keall
Succeeded byNathan Guy
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for New Zealand Labour Party list
In office
8 November 2008 – 5 April 2011
Succeeded byLouisa Wall[n 1]
Personal details
Born (1978-04-03) 3 April 1978 (age 46)
NationalityNew Zealand
Political partyLabour
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington
London School of Economics

Darren Colyn Hughes (born 3 April 1978) is a New Zealand former Member of Parliament between 2002 and 2011, first elected at the age of 24. He represented the Labour Party and was a Minister outside Cabinet in the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand.

In 2011, Hughes resigned from Parliament and in 2012, he relocated to the United Kingdom to become the Campaigns and Research Director of the Electoral Reform Society.[1] In 2017, Hughes became Chief Executive of the Electoral Reform Society, based in South London.[2]


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  1. ^ "UK electoral reform job for Hughes". nzherald.co.nz. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  2. ^ "The Electoral Reform Society's staff". Archived from the original on 5 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.