The 2009 Transtasman Ratings
Transtasman has published its annual ratings for our 122 MPs. As usual, I do some analysis. The overall average rating is 4.5
Average Ratings per Party
- Maori 5.2
- National 5.1
- ACT 4.5
- United Future 4.0
- Labour 3.9
- Green 3.7
- Progressive 3.0
The influx of new MPs saw the overall average rating drop from 4.8 to 4.5. All parties except National had their average drop. National went up 0.3.
Top MPs
- Lockwood Smith 9.25
- John Key 9.0
- Simon Power 8.5
Bottom MPs
- Hone Harawira 0.0
- Ashrad Choudary 1.0
Top Labour MPs
- Annette King 6.5
- David Parker 6.0
- Darren Hughes 6.0
Top Third Party MPs
- Pita Sharples & Tariana Turia – 7.0
- Jeanette Fitzsimons – 6.0
- Roger Douglas & Heather Roy – 5.0
- Peter Dunne – 4.0
- Jim Anderton – 3.0
Top New MPs
- Steven Joyce 7.5
- Rahui Katene 6.0
- Amy Adams 5.0
Group Ratings
- Ministers 6.2
- Cabinet 6.7
- National frontbench 7.7
- Labour frontbench 4.5
- National 2008 intake 4.2
- Labour 2008 intake 3.7
It will be interesting to see in a year how the ratings have changed. Hopefully by then the Labour frontbench has had a reshuffle. That is a huge disparity between the frontbenches.