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title: "Northcote electorate: 2026 election result, MP and local data | NZ Business Alliance"
description: "At the 2023 election, Dan Bidois (National) won Northcote by 9,270 votes. Northcote's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Northcote is a general electorate covering 29.1 km², with about 79,642 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Auckland region."
source: https://alliance.org.nz/election-2026/electorates/northcote/
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# Northcote electorate

At the 2023 election, Dan Bidois (National) won Northcote by 9,270 votes. Northcote's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called. Northcote is a general electorate covering 29.1 km², with about 79,642 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Auckland region.

General electorate · Election 2026NZ Business Alliance

Land area

29.1 km²

2025 boundaries

Residents

79,642

Stats NZ estimate, June 2025

2023 turnout

76.6%

39,156 votes from 51,123 enrolled

## 2026 result

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

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

## 2023 result

**Dan Bidois** (National) won by 9,270 votes, ahead of Shanan Halbert (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 | 43.7% |
| __Labour | 23.2% |
| __Greens | 14.3% |
| __ACT | 8.7% |
| __NZ First | 4.2% |
| __Opportunity | 3.1% |
| __Te Pāti Māori | 0.8% |

## Local jobs

Filled jobs in the region Northcote 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Auckland | 797,877 | +0.9% | September 2026 |

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

## Questions people ask
Who is the MP for Northcote?

At the 2023 election, Dan Bidois (National) won Northcote by 9,270 votes. Northcote's boundaries changed in 2025, and the 2026 result appears here once it is called.
How big is the Northcote electorate?

Northcote is a general electorate covering 29.1 km², with about 79,642 residents (Stats NZ estimate, June 2025). It is mostly in the Auckland region.
What was the turnout in Northcote?

In 2023, 39,156 of 51,123 enrolled voters in the electorate of that name voted, a turnout of 76.6%.

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.