Selwyn | |
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Single-member constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives | |
Region | Canterbury |
Area | 6,410.93 km2 (2,475.27 sq mi) |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1866 |
Current MP | Nicola Grigg |
Party | National |
Selwyn is a current electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives, composed of towns on the outskirts of Christchurch city. The electorate was first formed for the 1866 election and has been abolished three times during its history. It was last re-established for the 2008 election and has been held by Nicola Grigg for the National Party since the 2020 election.
The electorate is mainly rural, stretching from the Southern Alps to the Banks Peninsula, its borders broadly defined by the Rakaia River in the south and the Waimakariri River in the north. Major towns include Rolleston, Lincoln, Prebbleton, and Darfield, with smaller towns such as Tai Tapu, Leeston and Dunsandel. The electorate also includes parts of Christchurch city's territorial authority.
An electorate called Selwyn existed between 1866 and 1919. A Selwyn electorate also existed between 1946 and 1972 and again from 1978 until it was absorbed by Rakaia for the first MMP election in 1996. [1] The latest version of the Selwyn electorate was created for the 2008 election. This followed a review of electoral boundaries conducted after the 2006 Census, because of a general northwards population movement in the South Island. Even though the number of South Island electorates is fixed, the decline in the population of electorates from Rakaia south has resulted in the boundaries of electorates from Invercargill north to Rakaia shifting further northwards.
Due to the rapid growth of Selwyn relative to Christchurch (which lost population after the earthquakes), the 2013 redistribution had Selwyn losing Halswell and Westmorland to Port Hills and Harewood to Waimakariri while regaining the towns of Rakaia and Chertsey back from Rangitata. [2] Data from the 2018 census showed Selywn's population had continued to grow – it had the largest discrepancy of any electorate – and so the electorate would need to lose further area for the 2020 boundaries. [3] It shed an area around Hornby South to Wigram, the Banks Peninsula to the recreated Banks Peninsula, the area west of the Rakaia to Rangitata, and an area around Christchurch Airport to Ilam. [4]
Edward Stevens was the electorate's first representative in 1866; he was returned elected unopposed. [5]
The dominant topic for the 1875 election was the abolition of the Provinces. William Reeves, the incumbent, favoured the retention of the provincial system of government, while his opponent, Cecil Fitzroy, was an abolitionist. Fitzroy, who was 31 years old and 20 years Reeves' junior, narrowly won the election. [6] [7] Edward Lee acted as returning officer for the election. [8]
In the 1879 election, John Hall was returned unopposed. [9] In the 1881 election, Hall beat R. Lockhead by 467 to 169 votes. [10] [11]
In the 1890 election, Alfred Saunders, Thomas Hamilton Anson, and William Jerrington Popple received 536, 485 and 237 votes, respectively. [12]
The electorate is one of the National Party's safest seats. National have held the seat, whenever it has existed since it was first recreated in 1946. In 2011, the candidate for the other major New Zealand party, Labour, received less than 11% of the electoral vote and came third, behind the Greens in the 2011 election. In that election, the only polling booths where Adams didn't receive the most votes were Arthur's Pass and Diamond Harbour.
Key:
Independent Conservative Reform Liberal National Green
Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Selwyn electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.
Election | Winner | |
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2011 election | Eugenie Sage |
2023 general election results: Selwyn [13] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Nicola Grigg | 31,504 | 65.42 | +15.87 | 23,959 | 49.27 | +15.26 | ||
Labour | Luke Jones | 11,722 | 24.34 | -13.48 | 8,805 | 18.10 | -24.02 | ||
ACT | Ben Harvey | 2,822 | 5.86 | +1.40 | 5,895 | 12.12 | -0.44 | ||
New Zealand Loyal | Logan Courtney | 1,022 | 2.12 | 430 | 0.88 | ||||
New Conservatives | Abe Coulter | 506 | 1.05 | -1.10 | 136 | 0.28 | -1.49 | ||
Green | 4,340 | 8.93 | +4.06 | ||||||
NZ First | 2,633 | 5.42 | +3.42 | ||||||
Opportunities | 1,037 | 2.69 | +1.38 | ||||||
Te Pāti Māori | 235 | 0.48 | +0.34 | ||||||
NewZeal | 225 | 0.46 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 184 | 0.38 | +0.18 | ||||||
Animal Justice | 91 | 0.19 | |||||||
DemocracyNZ | 89 | 0.18 | |||||||
Freedoms NZ | 62 | 0.13 | |||||||
Leighton Baker Party | 41 | 0.08 | |||||||
Women's Rights | 39 | 0.08 | |||||||
New Nation | 30 | 0.06 | |||||||
Informal votes | 578 | 119 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 48,154 | 48,624 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 19,782 | 41.08 | +29.35 |
2020 general election: Selwyn [14] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Nicola Grigg | 20,986 | 49.55 | −16.31 | 14,616 | 34.01 | −25.00 | ||
Labour | Reuben Davidson | 16,018 | 37.82 | +17.05 | 18,102 | 42.12 | +16.01 | ||
ACT | Stuart Armstrong | 1,890 | 4.46 | +4.01 | 5,396 | 12.56 | +12.10 | ||
Green | Abe O'Donnell | 1,749 | 4.13 | −2.23 | 2,092 | 4.87 | −0.44 | ||
New Conservative | Bronwyn Lyell | 910 | 2.15 | — | 761 | 1.77 | +1.57 | ||
Independent | Calvin Payne | 436 | 1.03 | — | |||||
Advance NZ | Jerry Larason | 362 | 0.85 | — | 306 | 0.71 | — | ||
NZ First | 861 | 2.00 | −3.53 | ||||||
Opportunities | 564 | 1.31 | −1.25 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 85 | 0.20 | +0.02 | ||||||
Māori Party | 59 | 0.14 | −0.03 | ||||||
ONE | 49 | 0.11 | — | ||||||
Outdoors | 38 | 0.09 | +0.01 | ||||||
Sustainable NZ | 25 | 0.06 | — | ||||||
TEA | 9 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
Vision NZ | 5 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
Heartland | 4 | 0.01 | — | ||||||
Social Credit | 2 | 0.00 | −0.00 | ||||||
Informal votes | 654 | 219 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 42,351 | 42,975 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 4,968 | 11.73 | −33.36 |
2017 general election: Selwyn [15] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Amy Adams | 28,686 | 65.86 | -4.11 | 26,003 | 59.00 | -4.58 | ||
Labour | Tony Condon | 9,047 | 20.77 | +9.22 | 11,508 | 26.11 | +13.14 | ||
Green | Chrys Horn | 2,772 | 6.36 | -5.19 | 2,339 | 5.30 | -5.60 | ||
NZ First | Lindy Michelle Palmer | 1,345 | 3.08 | -2.15 | 2,440 | 5.53 | -1.42 | ||
Opportunities | Nicky Snoyink | 1,270 | 2.91 | — | 1,131 | 2.56 | — | ||
ACT | Brian Davidson | 198 | 0.45 | +0.21 | 201 | 0.45 | +0.06 | ||
Conservative | 87 | 0.2 | -3.29 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 79 | 0.2 | -0.13 | ||||||
Māori Party | 75 | 0.17 | -0.14 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 41 | 0.09 | -0.13 | ||||||
Outdoors | 36 | 0.08 | — | ||||||
United Future | 32 | 0.07 | -0.17 | ||||||
People's Party | 11 | 0.02 | — | ||||||
Internet | 6 | 0.01 | -0.5 [lower-alpha 1] | ||||||
Democrats | 3 | 0.01 | -0.02 | ||||||
Mana | 2 | 0 | -0.51 [lower-alpha 2] | ||||||
Informal votes | 235 | 74 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 43,553 | 44,068 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 19,639 | 45.09 | -13.33 |
2014 general election: Selwyn [16] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Amy Adams | 24,625 | 69.97 | +0.83 | 22,809 | 63.58 | +0.93 | ||
Green | Peter Selwyn Hill | 4,064 | 11.55 | +1.37 | 3,910 | 10.90 | -0.54 | ||
Labour | Gordon John Dickson | 3,835 | 10.90 | -4.37 | 4,654 | 12.97 | -3.15 | ||
NZ First | Bill Woods | 1,841 | 5.23 | +1.69 | 2,494 | 6.95 | +2.20 | ||
Conservative | Roger Clibborn | 619 | 1.76 | -0.12 | 1,253 | 3.49 | +1.03 | ||
Māori Party | Sheryl Gardyne | 129 | 0.37 | +0.37 | 111 | 0.31 | -0.06 | ||
ACT | Paul Gilbert | 83 | 0.24 | +0.24 | 139 | 0.39 | -0.52 | ||
Internet Mana | 184 | 0.51 | +0.37 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 120 | 0.33 | +0.00 | ||||||
United Future | 87 | 0.24 | -0.45 | ||||||
Ban 1080 | 78 | 0.22 | +0.22 | ||||||
Civilian | 16 | 0.04 | +0.04 | ||||||
Democrats | 10 | 0.03 | -0.01 | ||||||
Focus | 5 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Independent Coalition | 5 | 0.01 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 182 | 65 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 35,196 | 35,875 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 20,561 | 58.42 | +4.54 |
2011 general election: Selwyn [17] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Amy Adams | 24,963 | 69.14 | +8.65 | 23,086 | 62.65 | +7.74 | ||
Labour | Jo McLean | 5,512 | 15.27 | -14.54 | 5,942 | 16.12 | -9.49 | ||
Green | Eugenie Sage | 3,674 | 10.18 | +10.18 | 4,215 | 11.44 | +3.91 | ||
NZ First | Bill Woods | 1,277 | 3.54 | +3.54 | 1,750 | 4.75 | +1.71 | ||
Conservative | Wilton Gray | 677 | 1.88 | +1.88 | 906 | 2.46 | +2.46 | ||
ACT | 336 | 0.91 | -2.77 | ||||||
United Future | 256 | 0.69 | -0.45 | ||||||
Māori Party | 137 | 0.37 | -0.04 | ||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 123 | 0.33 | +0.07 | ||||||
Mana | 52 | 0.14 | +0.14 | ||||||
Alliance | 24 | 0.07 | +0.02 | ||||||
Democrats | 13 | 0.04 | +0.02 | ||||||
Libertarianz | 11 | 0.03 | +0.01 | ||||||
Informal votes | 526 | 192 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 36,103 | 36,851 | |||||||
National hold | Majority | 19,451 | 53.88 | +23.20 |
Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 46,937 [18]
2008 general election: Selwyn [19] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% | ||
National | Amy Adams | 21,836 | 60.49 | 20,141 | 54.91 | ||||
Labour | David Coates | 10,761 | 29.81 | 9,395 | 25.61 | ||||
Progressive | Philippa Main | 1,316 | 3.65 | 672 | 1.83 | ||||
Independent | Bill Woods | 603 | 1.67 | ||||||
ACT | Ivor Watson | 539 | 1.49 | 1,350 | 3.68 | ||||
Family Party | Samuel Dennis | 493 | 1.37 | 141 | 0.38 | ||||
Kiwi | Eleanor Williamson | 296 | 0.82 | 191 | 0.52 | ||||
United Future | Victoria Norman | 253 | 0.70 | 421 | 1.15 | ||||
Green | 2,761 | 7.53 | |||||||
NZ First | 1,115 | 3.04 | |||||||
Bill and Ben | 201 | 0.55 | |||||||
Māori Party | 151 | 0.41 | |||||||
Legalise Cannabis | 97 | 0.26 | |||||||
Alliance | 17 | 0.05 | |||||||
Libertarianz | 8 | 0.02 | |||||||
Democrats | 7 | 0.02 | |||||||
Workers Party | 5 | 0.01 | |||||||
RAM | 3 | 0.01 | |||||||
Pacific | 2 | 0.01 | |||||||
RONZ | 1 | 0.00 | |||||||
Informal votes | 409 | 155 | |||||||
Total valid votes | 36,097 | 36,679 | |||||||
National win new seat | Majority | 11,075 | 30.68 |
A by-election was held following the resignation of Ruth Richardson. [20]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | David Carter | 8,906 | 42.32 | ||
Alliance | John Wright | 8,488 | 40.33 | ||
Labour | Marian Hobbs | 2,173 | 10.33 | ||
NZ First | Tim Shadbolt | 1,165 | 5.54 | ||
Christian Heritage | Rosemary Francis | 182 | 0.86 | ||
NORML | Warren Bryson | 39 | 0.19 | ||
Kiwis Against Further Immigration | Bruce Annan | 29 | 0.14 | ||
McGillicuddy Serious | Tim Owens | 26 | 0.12 | ||
Natural Law | Warwick Jones | 22 | 0.10 | ||
NZ Coalition | Kieron Daok | 10 | 0.05 | ||
Christ's Ambassadors Union | Victor Bryer | 2 | 0.01 | ||
Majority | 418 | 1.99 | |||
Turnout | 21,042 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Ruth Richardson | 9,463 | 41.23 | −12.89 | |
Labour | Ron Mark | 8,575 | 37.36 | ||
Alliance | John McCaskey | 2,898 | 12.62 | ||
NZ First | Brooke McKenzie | 1,496 | 6.51 | ||
Christian Heritage | Gordon Dennis | 425 | 1.85 | +0.91 | |
Natural Law | Russell Mack | 92 | 0.40 | ||
Majority | 888 | 3.86 | −22.47 | ||
Turnout | 22,949 | 84.48 | −0.14 | ||
Registered electors | 27,162 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Ruth Richardson | 11,183 | 54.12 | −0.88 | |
Labour | Val Elley | 5,742 | 27.79 | ||
Green | Chris Newsom | 1,693 | 8.19 | ||
NewLabour | Maevis Watson | 1,246 | 6.03 | ||
Democrats | Jonathan Palmer | 227 | 1.09 | −2.19 | |
McGillicuddy Serious | Steve Richards | 225 | 1.08 | ||
Independent National | Gordon Dennis | 195 | 0.94 | −0.05 | |
Social Credit | Kieron Daok | 151 | 0.73 | ||
Majority | 5,441 | 26.33 | +11.14 | ||
Turnout | 20,662 | 84.62 | −3.32 | ||
Registered electors | 24,416 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Ruth Richardson | 10,720 | 55.00 | +5.02 | |
Labour | Bill Woods | 7,758 | 39.80 | ||
Democrats | Jonathan Palmer | 640 | 3.28 | ||
Independent National | Gordon Dennis | 194 | 0.99 | ||
Wizard Party | Cyril Walker | 177 | 0.90 | ||
Majority | 2,962 | 15.19 | −3.80 | ||
Turnout | 19,489 | 87.94 | −10.61 | ||
Registered electors | 22,160 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Ruth Richardson | 10,076 | 49.98 | +2.55 | |
Labour | Charles Manning | 6,247 | 30.98 | ||
NZ Party | Murray MacDonald | 2,859 | 14.18 | ||
Social Credit | James Gribben | 977 | 4.84 | −10.92 | |
Majority | 3,829 | 18.99 | +8.36 | ||
Turnout | 20,159 | 98.55 | +8.75 | ||
Registered electors | 20,455 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Ruth Richardson | 9,496 | 47.43 | ||
Labour | Bill Woods | 7,367 | 36.79 | −1.84 | |
Social Credit | James Gribben | 3,157 | 15.76 | +1.97 | |
Majority | 2,129 | 10.63 | |||
Turnout | 20,020 | 89.80 | +23.86 | ||
Registered electors | 22,293 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Colin McLachlan | 8,335 | 45.33 | ||
Labour | Bill Woods | 7,103 | 38.63 | ||
Social Credit | James Gribben | 2,537 | 13.79 | ||
Values | A G Fairweather | 411 | 2.23 | ||
Majority | 1,232 | 6.70 | |||
Turnout | 18,386 | 65.94 | |||
Registered electors | 27,882 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Colin McLachlan | 7,374 | 52.46 | ||
Labour | Thomas Kelvin Campbell | 4,777 | 33.99 | ||
Social Credit | Maurice McConnell | 1,903 | 13.54 | ||
Majority | 2,597 | 18.47 | |||
Turnout | 14,054 | 84.95 | −2.57 | ||
Registered electors | 16,542 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | John McAlpine | 8,164 | 56.41 | +0.17 | |
Labour | Francis Edward Smith | 4,793 | 33.12 | ||
Social Credit | Ron Morton | 942 | 6.50 | −0.73 | |
Liberal | Eric Lester May | 572 | 3.95 | ||
Majority | 3,371 | 23.29 | +3.57 | ||
Turnout | 14,471 | 87.52 | −2.03 | ||
Registered electors | 16,534 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | John McAlpine | 8,096 | 56.24 | +3.05 | |
Labour | John Palmer | 5,257 | 36.51 | ||
Social Credit | Ron Morton | 1,042 | 7.23 | +1.45 | |
Majority | 2,839 | 19.72 | +7.55 | ||
Turnout | 14,395 | 89.55 | −2.18 | ||
Registered electors | 16,074 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | John McAlpine | 7,564 | 53.19 | +2.27 | |
Labour | Stanley Marshall Cook | 5,833 | 41.01 | ||
Social Credit | Ron Morton | 823 | 5.78 | ||
Majority | 1,731 | 12.17 | −7.66 | ||
Turnout | 14,220 | 91.73 | +4.74 | ||
Registered electors | 15,501 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | John McAlpine | 6,473 | 50.92 | −4.94 | |
Labour | Daniel Clinton | 3,852 | 30.30 | ||
Social Credit | Terence Ward | 2,387 | 18.77 | ||
Majority | 2,521 | 19.83 | +8.10 | ||
Turnout | 12,712 | 86.99 | −4.09 | ||
Registered electors | 14,612 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | John McAlpine | 8,738 | 55.86 | +1.47 | |
Labour | Jim Barclay | 6,902 | 44.13 | ||
Majority | 1,836 | 11.73 | +2.94 | ||
Turnout | 15,640 | 91.08 | −2.98 | ||
Registered electors | 17,170 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | John McAlpine | 8,205 | 54.39 | +2.64 | |
Labour | Alan Sharp | 6,878 | 45.60 | −2.65 | |
Majority | 1,327 | 8.79 | +5.29 | ||
Turnout | 15,083 | 94.06 | −0.94 | ||
Registered electors | 16,035 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | John McAlpine | 6,970 | 51.75 | ||
Labour | Alan Sharp | 6,498 | 48.25 | ||
Majority | 472 | 3.50 | |||
Turnout | 13,468 | 93.12 | |||
Registered electors | 14,463 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Hardy | 1,308 | 38.96 | ||
Liberal | John Rennie | 1,168 | 34.79 | ||
Liberal | John Barrett | 454 | 13.52 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Wilson | 427 | 12.72 | ||
Majority | 140 | 4.17 | −1.57 | ||
Turnout | 3,357 | 74.93 | −10.05 | ||
Registered electors | 4,480 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Cathcart Wason | 1,676 | 52.87 | ||
Independent | Alfred Saunders | 1,494 | 47.13 | ||
Majority | 182 | 5.74 | |||
Turnout | 3,170 | 84.99 | |||
Registered electors | 3,730 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Alfred Saunders | 536 | 42.61 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Hamilton Anson | 485 | 38.55 | ||
Liberal | William Jerrington Popple | 237 | 18.84 | ||
Majority | 51 | 4.05 | |||
Turnout | 1,258 | 62.49 | |||
Registered electors | 2,013 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Edward Wakefield | 479 | 60.25 | ||
Independent | John McLachlan | 316 | 39.75 | ||
Majority | 163 | 20.50 | |||
Turnout | 795 | +177 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Edward Lee | 258 | 41.75 | ||
Independent | Edward Richardson | 220 | 35.60 | ||
Independent | John McLachlan | 140 | 22.65 | ||
Turnout | 618 | ||||
Majority | 38 | 6.15 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Cecil Fitzroy | 244 | 51.48 | ||
Independent | William Reeves | 230 | 48.52 | ||
Majority | 14 | 2.95 | |||
Turnout | 474 | 68.30 | |||
Registered electors | 694 |
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