Elected member for this seat in the current Parliament. Open their profile for background, promises and coverage.
Current list MP in the 54th Parliament; Incumbent list MP; infectious-diseases specialist and former Health Minister.
Priorities: Defend universal and affordable healthcare, including free prescriptions and other public health services; act as an active local MP and help young people see a future in Wellington.
Public servant with transport, health, disability and Māori economic-development policy experience.
Priorities: Radical tax reform to address living costs, investment in research and science jobs, and durable cross-party policy that stops repeated repeal of legislation.
Corporate and commercial lawyer; former law-firm senior associate and PwC director.
Priorities: Address job-market uncertainty, grow private-sector opportunities and improve central-city safety; use professional networks to connect constituents with services and industry.
Former Navy, Defence Force and Police member and director of a litigation practice with experience through to the Supreme Court.
Priorities: Justice, defence, community service, rule of law and effective frontline representation.
Current MP for Wellington Central in the 54th Parliament; Incumbent electorate MP; former Wellington city councillor and housing/planning advocate.
Priorities: Restore fees-free tertiary study, deliver hands-on electorate casework and defend Wellington from policies she says damage the city; housing and justice remain central priorities. Social-media evidence: Public campaign Linktree highlights housing as a human right, a Home for Everybody, renters’ rights, Te Tiriti, prisons and criminal-justice reform.
Policy and Official Information Act specialist; former party research assistant.
Priorities: Revive a universal allowance for full-time students and student-debt write-offs tied to working in New Zealand; support film-sector jobs and advocate for Wellington within NZ First.