Preliminary results are in, with changes across Christchurch and surrounding electorates.
Five of the seven electorate seats have been won by returning MPs, while two new candidates are set to enter Parliament.
The returning MP’s are:
Hamish Campbell - National candidate for Ilam, securing 50.2 per cent of the vote.
Reuben Davidson - Labour candidate for Christchurch East, securing 50.6 per cent.
Matt Doocey - National candidate for Waimakariri, securing 55.2 per cent.
Nicola Grigg - National candidate for Selwyn, securing 56.5 per cent.
Tracey McLellan - Labour candidate for Banks Peninsula, securing 43.1 per cent.
McLellan is also making a change on how she enters Parliament. Formerly a list MP, she will now represent Banks Peninsula as an electorate MP.
List MPs are elected through their party's share of the party vote, rather than by winning a particular geographic electorate.
The two newly elected MPs will be headed to Wellington this week for an intensive “back to school” induction.
They are as follows.
George Hampton - who secured 40 per cent of the vote as Labour's candidate for Christchurch Central.
Dominik Yanzick - also a Labour candidate who won Wigram with 44.6 per cent.
But they won’t be the only new faces representing the region.
It is also important to mention Eden Skipper from the Opportunity party (TOP). He finished fifth in the Christchurch Central electorate candidate vote with 3.3% but despite this, Skipper is on track to enter Parliament as a list MP. Opportunity won seven list seats in the preliminary count, and Skipper is ranked number five on the Opportunity Party List.
MetroNews talked to Eden Skipper on election night and he told us it feels incredible to be in.
