The 2014 Trans-Tasman Ratings

Transtasman has published its annual ratings for the 120 (currently) MPs. As usual, I do some analysis.

The overall average rating is 5.3 (+0.6 from 2013, which is a big increase, probably influenced by retiring MPs)

Average Ratings per Party

1. Maori 6.5 (+1.3)
2. National 5.8 (+0.7)
3. Labour 5.1 (+0.5)
4. United Future 5.0 (+1.0)
5. Green 4.3 (-0.1)
6. NZ First 4.1 (+0.8)

Of the four main parties, their average rankings in order are National, Labour, Greens, NZ First

Top MPs

1. John Key 9.5 (+0.5)
2. Bill English 9.0 (nc)
3. Steven Joyce 8.0 (+0.5)
   Chris Finlayson 8.0 (+0.5)

Bottom MPs

1. Catherine Delahunty 2.0 (-1.0)
   Richard Prosser 2.0 (+0.5)
2. Steffan Browning 2.5 (-0.5)
   Rino Tirikatene 2.5 (-0.5)

Top Labour MPs

1. Annette King 7.5 (+0.5)
2. Andrew Little 7.0 (+2.5)
3. Grant Robertson 6.5 (+0.5)

Top Third Party MPs

1. Winston Peters 7.5 (+0.5)
2. Russel Norman 7.0 (nc)
3. Te Ururoa Flavell 6.5 (+0.5)
   Kevin Hague 6.5 (+0.5)

Biggest Increases

1. Andrew Little +2.5
   Maggie Barry +2.5
2. Hekia Parata +2.0
   Alfred Ngaro +2.0
   Megan Woods +2.0
   David Shearer +2.0
   Scott Simpson +2.0

Biggest Decreases

1. Judith Collins -2.5
2. David Cunliffe -1.5

Group Ratings

1. Ministers 6.3 (nc)
2. Cabinet 6.9 (+0.2)
3. National frontbench 7.7 (+0.3)
4. Labour frontbench 6.0 (+0.2)
5. National backbench 4.7 (+0.7)

All groups improved their ratings this year except Ministers (but Cabinet went up). The biggest improvement was the National backbench, due to rejuvenation. New MPs will be rated next year.

Worth noting that as always, I of course disagree with some of the ratings. They are the opinions of the three authors at Trans-Tasman.