New Lynn is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, returning one member to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for New Lynn is Paulo Garcia of the National Party. He has held the seat since 2023.

The electorate will be abolished ahead of the 2026 general election.

Population centres

New Lynn is based in West Auckland, straddling the borders of the former Auckland City and areas of Waitakere City. It contains the areas of New Lynn, Titirangi and Waitākere Ranges to cover all the beach-side towns on the north coast of the Manukau Harbour and then up the West Coast till Bethell's Beach.

History New Lynn was first formed for the . It has always been held by members of the Labour Party. The electorate's first representative was Rex Mason, who had been an MP since and who retired at the end of the term. Mason was succeeded by Jonathan Hunt, who held the electorate for the next 30 years until he contested the electorate in the instead. Phil Goff became the representative in New Lynn in 1996.

The electorate was abolished in 1999 and Goff successfully stood in . Titirangi replaced New Lynn in 1999 when population changes in Auckland lead to the creation of Mount Roskill, and Titirangi was won by David Cunliffe. Three years later, population growth in north Auckland led to the creation of the Helensville electorate. The flow-on effect of this was to pull Titirangi eastwards, resulting in the reclamation of its former name for the . Cunliffe represented the New Lynn electorate until 2017.

In November 2016, Labour leader Andrew Little announced that Cunliffe would not seek re-election at the 2017 general election, and the seat was won in the election by Deborah Russell, retaining it for the Labour Party. She was defeated by National candidate Paulo Garcia in the 2023 general election.

The 2025 boundary review saw the reconfiguration of electorates in West Auckland resulting in the disestablishment of Te Atatū, Kelston and New Lynn. Most of the population of New Lynn has been redistributed to the new electorate of Waitakere, with some communities being redistributed into or .

Members of Parliament Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at general elections.

Key

Election Winner Rex Mason Jonathan Hunt Phil Goff(Electorate abolished 1999–2002; see ) David Cunliffe Deborah Russell Paulo Garcia

List MPs Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested New Lynn. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections. Election Winner Tim Groser2019 Paulo Garcia Steve Abel Deborah Russell

Election results 2023 election

2020 election

2017 election

2014 election

2011 election

Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 46,139

2008 election

2005 election

2002 election

1996 election

1993 election

1990 election

1987 election

1984 election

1981 election

1978 election

1975 election

1972 election

1969 election

1966 election

1963 election

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External links Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library