Clevedon was a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 Parliamentary electorate

New Zealand electorates

An electorate is a voting district for elections to the Parliament of New Zealand. In informal discussion, electorates are often called seats. The most formal description, electoral district, is rarely seen outside of electoral legislation. Before 1996, all Members of Parliament were directly...

 from 2002 to 2008.

It was held by Judith Collins

Judith Collins

Judith Anne Collins is a New Zealand National Party politician and a lawyer. She is a front bench Cabinet minister with the portfolios of Police, Corrections and Veterans' Affairs in the Fifth National Government....

 MP throughout its existence.

Population Centres

Clevedon takes in the urban population centres of Flat Bush

Flat Bush

Flat Bush is a developing suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. Located near Manukau Heights, it is governed by the Auckland Council, which has planned for the area to undergo substantial development since buying 290 hectares there in 1996...

, Botany Downs and Dannemora

Dannemora, New Zealand

Dannemora is a new residential suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It is located in the east of the city, close to Pakuranga and Botany Downs, and in the new Howick ward, one of the thirteen administrative areas of Auckland city....

 to the west, Beachlands

Beachlands, New Zealand

Beachlands is an outer suburb of Auckland City, New Zealand. It is located on the "Pohutakawa Coast" and in close proximity to Maraetai. The two areas have a combined population of around 4422 ....

 and Maraetai

Maraetai

Maraetai is one of the towns which make up Manukau city and is the easternmost suburb of greater Auckland in New Zealand.The closest town Beachlands lies approximately 4km to the West. Its name is Māori meaning "marae by the sea"...

 to the north and the sparsely populated Hunua Ranges

Hunua Ranges

The Hunua Ranges form a block of hilly country to the southeast of Auckland in New Zealand's North Island. They cover some 250 square kilometres , containing 178 km² of parkland, and rise to 688 metres at Kohukohunui...

 to the east.

History

The Clevedon seat was first created in 2002, replacing the seat of Hunua

Hunua

The Hunua electorate existed three times for the New Zealand House of Representatives beginning in 1978, based at the south end of the Auckland urban area, and named for the Hunua Ranges. It covered different geographical areas over those periods...

.

Under finalised boundary changes for the 2008 general election, the Clevedon seat ceased to exist, with its population centres being distributed among the new seat of Botany

Botany (New Zealand electorate)

Botany is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. It was contested for the first time at the 2008 general election, and won by Pansy Wong for the National Party...

, a redrawn and renamed seat of Papakura

Papakura (New Zealand electorate)

rightPapakura has been the name of two seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives, both based around the south Auckland town of Papakura. Historically, the name refers to an electorate that existed between 1978 and 1996, which with the advent of Mixed Member Proportional voting and resulting...

 and the resurrected seat of Hunua

Hunua

The Hunua electorate existed three times for the New Zealand House of Representatives beginning in 1978, based at the south end of the Auckland urban area, and named for the Hunua Ranges. It covered different geographical areas over those periods...

. National Party MP Judith Collins

Judith Collins

Judith Anne Collins is a New Zealand National Party politician and a lawyer. She is a front bench Cabinet minister with the portfolios of Police, Corrections and Veterans' Affairs in the Fifth National Government....

, who held Clevedon since its inception, won Papakura

Papakura (New Zealand electorate)

rightPapakura has been the name of two seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives, both based around the south Auckland town of Papakura. Historically, the name refers to an electorate that existed between 1978 and 1996, which with the advent of Mixed Member Proportional voting and resulting...

 in 2008.

Clevedon was always a safe National Party seat.

Election results

Name	Party	Elected	Left Office	Reason
Judith Collins Judith Collins Judith Anne Collins is a New Zealand National Party politician and a lawyer. She is a front bench Cabinet minister with the portfolios of Police, Corrections and Veterans' Affairs in the Fifth National Government....	National New Zealand National Party The New Zealand National Party is the largest party in the New Zealand House of Representatives and in November 2008 formed a minority government with support from three minor parties.-Policies:...	2002 New Zealand general election, 2002 The 2002 New Zealand general election was held on 27 July 2002 to determine the composition of the 47th New Zealand Parliament. It saw the reelection of Helen Clark's Labour Party government, as well as the worst-ever performance by the opposition National Party.Arguably the most controversial... , 2005 New Zealand general election, 2005 The 2005 New Zealand general election held on 17 September 2005 determined the composition of the 48th New Zealand Parliament. No party won a majority in the unicameral House of Representatives, but the Labour Party of Prime Minister Helen Clark secured two more seats than nearest rival, the...	2008 New Zealand general election, 2008 The 2008 New Zealand general election was held on 8 November 2008 to determine the composition of the 49th New Zealand parliament. The conservative National Party, headed by its Parliamentary leader John Key, won a plurality of votes and seats, ending 9 years of government dominated by the social...	Electorate abolished; contested Papakura Papakura (New Zealand electorate) rightPapakura has been the name of two seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives, both based around the south Auckland town of Papakura. Historically, the name refers to an electorate that existed between 1978 and 1996, which with the advent of Mixed Member Proportional voting and resulting...  instead

2005 election

2002 election

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