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Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
Right of Centre
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Sharp elbows on the backbench

OPINION: First-time MPs needing to be noticed will become harder to manage as the election approaches.

In 2020, 45 new Members of Parliament were sworn in. A mixture of electorate and list MPs they were the result of Labour’s high party vote, 18 retiring MPs (12 of them from National) and the complete clean sweep of NZ First. This is more than a third of the sitting MPs.  

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