Parliamentary Demographics
I’ve done an initial analysis of the demographics of the 50th New Zealand Parliament. This is based on initial results and is assuming Brendon Burns retains Christchurch Central, and hence Raymond Huo is not elected. I can update for final results.
The information is taken from public sources. Sometimes I have had to guess an age, where it is not documented. Happy to update with any corrections, if any details are wrong. Sexuality is of course based purely on public status. Only those who are openly gay or lesbian are classified as such, and all others are classified “straight”.
Gender
- 83 Males, 69%
- 38 Females, 31%
Ethnicity
- 90 European, 74%
- 21 Maori, 17%
- 6 Pacific, 5%
- 4 Asian, 3%
Age
- 2 20s, 2%
- 14 30s, 12%
- 37 40s, 31%
- 48 50s, 40%
- 19 60s, 16%
- 1 70s, 1%
Area
- 41 Auckland, 34%
- 16 Wellington, 13%
- 14 Christchurch, 12%
- 22 Provincial Cities, 18%
- 28 Rural, 23%
Islands
- 90 North Island, 74%
- 31 South Island, 26%
Sexuality
- 114 “Straight”, 94%
- 4 Gay, 3%
- 3 Lesbian, 2%
I was disappointed the number of women in Parliament has dropped. But apart from that, overall Parliament looks pretty diverse and not too distant from what NZ as a whole is.
UPDATE: Two minor errors corrected.