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title: "Banks Peninsula electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "At the 2023 election, Vanessa Weenink (National) won Banks Peninsula by 396 votes. Banks Peninsula's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Banks Peninsula is a general electorate covering 1,069 km², with about 81,358 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Canterbury region."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/banks-peninsula/
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# Banks Peninsula electorate

At the 2023 election, Vanessa Weenink (National) won Banks Peninsula by 396 votes. Banks Peninsula's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Banks Peninsula is a general electorate covering 1,069 km², with about 81,358 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Canterbury region.

General electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

Land area

1,069 km²

2025 boundaries

Residents

81,358

Stats NZ estimate, June 2025

2023 turnout

83.7%

49,695 votes from 59,383 enrolled

## 2026 result

Results appear here from 7pm on election night, Saturday 7 November 2026.

[See Banks Peninsula on the electorate map →](https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/map/#banks-peninsula) · [Nationwide results →](https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/results/)

## 2023 result

**Vanessa Weenink** (National) won by 396 votes, ahead of Tracey McLellan (Labour). This is the result for the electorate of the same name on the previous boundaries, which changed in 2025.

| Party | 2023 party vote |
| --- | --- |
| __National | 32.0% |
| __Labour | 26.6% |
| __Greens | 19.7% |
| __ACT | 7.9% |
| __NZ First | 5.4% |
| __Opportunity | 4.8% |
| __Te Pāti Māori | 0.8% |

## Local jobs

Filled jobs in the region Banks Peninsula mostly sits in, from Stats NZ’s monthly employment indicators. The figures are for the whole region, not just this electorate.

| Region | Filled jobs | vs a year earlier | Month |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Canterbury | 322,594 | +2.1% | September 2026 |

[National jobs and wages dashboard →](https://alliance.org.nz/data/jobs-and-wages/)

## Questions people ask
Who is the MP for Banks Peninsula?

At the 2023 election, Vanessa Weenink (National) won Banks Peninsula by 396 votes. Banks Peninsula's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Banks Peninsula electorate?

Banks Peninsula is a general electorate covering 1,069 km², with about 81,358 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Canterbury region.
What was the turnout in Banks Peninsula?

In 2023, 49,695 of 59,383 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 83.7%.

Sources: boundaries and land area from the Representation Commission’s 2025 review via Stats NZ; residents from Stats NZ’s population grid at 30 June 2025; 2023 results and turnout from the Electoral Commission; 2026 results from the Electoral Commission’s preliminary and official results; filled jobs from Stats NZ Monthly Employment Indicators (CC BY 4.0). Purely informational and not endorsed by any party.