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Party

Labour Party

New Zealand

Party Active

Labour Party

Abbreviation
LP
Founded
1916
Official · und
Labour Party
Profiles and linksNo official profile link is published.
Social linksNo social profile link is published.

Power-role history

Governing

Jan 25, 2023

Governing

Oct 31, 2020 — Jan 19, 2023

Governing

Oct 26, 2017

Governing

Oct 17, 2005 — Nov 19, 2008

Governing

Aug 15, 2002 — Nov 19, 2008

Governing

Dec 9, 1999 — Aug 14, 2002

Governing

Sep 4, 1990 — Oct 28, 1990

Governing

Aug 8, 1989 — Sep 4, 1990

Governing

Aug 19, 1987 — Sep 7, 1989

Governing

Jul 26, 1984 — Aug 19, 1987

Governing

Sep 6, 1974 — Dec 10, 1975

Governing

Dec 8, 1972 — Sep 10, 1974

Governing

Dec 11, 1957 — Dec 12, 1960

Governing

Dec 20, 1946 — Dec 13, 1949

Governing

Sep 25, 1943

Governing

Apr 1, 1940

Governing

Oct 15, 1938

Governing

Dec 6, 1935

Party lineage

Split

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Renamed

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Renamed

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Renamed

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Party Facts reference profile

Historical Party Facts reference: vote or seat share in a national election. It is not a poll, a certified result, necessarily the latest election, or a current value.

Labour Party

Dataset coverage period
1916–—
Party Facts reference percentage
55.8% · 1938
Original value
55.8
ISO alpha-3
NZL
Party Facts ID
1049
Reference names
LP · Labour Party
Created in source
Dec 29, 2012
Updated
Jul 7, 2018
Wikipedia referenceParty FactsCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026

Ideology · Political spectrum

Social democracy

Source classification · Confidence: 80.0%

Party leadership

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Party significance

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Candidacy

Independent media clusters

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Polls

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Forecasts

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Top issues

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Prediction components

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Media profile

Approval · Favorability · Negativity

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Media profile

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Strengths · Weaknesses · Attacks · Controversies

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Campaign signals

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Electoral history

New Zealand — Parliamentary election — 2020-10-17 · Labour Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
1,443,545
Seats
65
Original value
50.01
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share50.0%

2011 New Zealand general election · Labour Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
614,935
Seats
34
Original value
27.48
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share27.5%

2008 New Zealand general election · Labour Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
796,880
Seats
43
Original value
33.99
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share34.0%

2002 New Zealand general election · Labour Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
838,219
Seats
52
Original value
41.26
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share41.3%

2005 New Zealand general election · Labour Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes
935,319
Seats
50
Original value
41.10
Published precision
2
Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e
Published share41.1%

Sources

3

  1. 1WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  2. 2Party FactsCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  3. 3Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026