Andrew Little elected Leader of Labour Party
18 November 2014 MEDIA STATEMENT
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Andrew Little elected Leader of Labour Party
“The Labour Party congratulates Andrew Little, who has been elected as party leader in a robust and highly democratic process,” says Labour Party President Moira Coatsworth. “Andrew’s leadership will have the full support of the whole Labour Party.”
“Our members, caucus and affiliates had a very strong field of candidates to choose from. Andrew, David, Grant and Nanaia all ran strong campaigns and, collectively, they formed an attractive and compelling face for Labour. Our heartfelt thanks go to them for the positive and uplfting tone of the campaign, and for the personal effort they put in over the past seven weeks since the election was triggered”.
“Andrew has the leadership skills and the vision to win the trust of New Zealanders and take Labour to victory in 2017. I have no doubt he will go on to become a great Labour Prime Minister who builds a stronger, fairer and more sustainable New Zealand.”
Andrew Little was elected by a majority in the third round of a preferential four-way Electoral College contest. The turnout in the Party section was just under 70% (7% more than in 2013), and Party individual financial membership has increased by over 48% since General Election Day September 20th 2014.
Andrew Little is Labour’s 15th leader in the party’s 98 year history.
Detailed results are displayed on page 2.d [below]
BACKGROUND
NOTES
The election was administered by
Christchurch-based electionz.com, which provides election
services worldwide to corporate, local government and NGO
clients.
ENDS
Labour Party
Leadership Election Results
18 November
2014
HOW LABOUR’S LEADERSHIP ELECTION VOTING
SYSTEM WORKS
In Labour’s single round
preferential voting system the winner needs to gain
the support of a simple majority of the entire Electoral
College. That requires all voters to return individual
ballot papers detailing the preference votes cast for each
of the candidates. The first preference votes cast for each
candidate are then aggregated nationally,
appropriately weighted according to the strength of
vote attached to each voter, across all three
sections of the Electoral College. If no candidate gets a
simple majority of the Electoral College votes in the first
round, the Electoral College result will be recalculated,
eliminating the candidate with the lowest percentage of
Electoral College and redistributing those votes according
to expressed preferences until one candidate exceeds the 50%
threshold.
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