`How has Labour’s Class of 2017 gone?
Eighteen Labour MPs entered Parliament in 2017. which ones have become Ministers and which have been sent a message saying thanks but no thanks?
Allan, Kiri – Minister of Justice
Andersen, Virgina – Minister of Communications
Coffey, Tamati – Chair, Maori Affairs Committee
Craig, Liz – none
Eagle, Paul – retiring
Jackson, Willie
Kanongata’a-Suisuiki, Anahila – none
Lubeck, Marja – Chair, Education Committee, retiring
Luxton, Jo – Under-Secretary for Education, Agriculture
McAnulty, Kieran – Minister for Local Government
O’Connor, Greg – Deputy Speaker
Prime, Willow-Jean – Minister of Conservation
Radhakrishan, Priyance – Minister for Community
Russell, Deborah – Minister of Statistics
Strange, Jamie – Chair, Economic Dev Cmte, retiring
Tinetti, Jan – Minister of Education
Warren-Clark, Angie – Chair, Social Services Committee
Webb, Duncan – Minister of Commerce
So there are five 2017 MPs who are standing again but haven’t been trusted with a role in the executive. They are bolded above.
Four of them are List MPs, so it is doubtful they will receive a high list ranking. The other is Greg O’Connor who holds Ohariu. He is the only (non retiring) electorate MP who came in, in 2017, not to have been promoted to the Executive.