From RNZ · RNZ | Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa · · 1m 30s
16 MPs likely voted out of Parliament
16 MPs exit Parliament after election results.
In brief
16 MPs exit Parliament after election results. 16 MPs including National's Nicola Willis and Gerry Brownlee will not return to Parliament following election results. Originally reported by RNZ.
National Party exits
National Party's Nicola Willis, Gerry Brownlee, and 15 others will not return to Parliament after election results.
“not even a massive 131-seat parliament could save these jobs”
Nicola Willis
Nicola Willis, deputy leader and finance minister, left National after 2018 election and returned to Parliament.
“she had worked as a staffer for both john key and bill english”
Gerry Brownlee
Gerry Brownlee leaves Parliament as father of the House and Speaker.
“he became mp for ilam in the first mmp election of 1996”
Paul Goldsmith
Paul Goldsmith won 30.5 percent of votes but lost to David Seymour in election.
“he shifted from the one-tick strategy he'd run in epsom”
Chris Bishop
Chris Bishop lost Hutt South to Labour's Ginny Andersen after 2020 election.
“he acknowledged his chances of returning in the final count were extremely unlikely”
Vanessa Weenink
Vanessa Weenink switched from Labour to National after NZ Medical Association disestablished.
“she would not miss the abuse from members of the public”
Labour MPs
Labour's Deborah Russell, Rachel Boyack, and Dan Rosewarne lost their seats in election.
“she had lost the hamilton west by-election”
Green Party
Mike Davidson entered Parliament in October 2025 but will not return to Parliament.
“his 2026 list placing at 20th means a return to parliament seems very unlikely”
NZ First
Jamie Arbuckle stays on as Marlborough district councillor after entering Parliament.
“he's 13th on the list - so, next in line”
Independents
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris left Te Pāti Māori and ran as independents.
“she had defeated labour deputy kelvin davis and was later re-instated to te pāti māori”
Pre-election exits
Six MPs resigned within six months to avoid by-elections.
“they include, from national, judith collins, chris penk, andrew bayly”
Election results
16 MPs will not return to Parliament after election results.
“not even a massive 131-seat parliament could save these jobs”
Consequence
16 MPs exit Parliament after election results.
The big picture
16 MPs including National's Nicola Willis and Gerry Brownlee will not return to Parliament following election results.
