Senior Whip of the Labour Party
Incumbent
Tangi Utikere
since 31 January 2023
Reports toLeader of the Labour Party
PrecursorDuncan Webb
Inaugural holderAndrew Walker
Formation7 July 1916
DeputyCamilla Belich

The New Zealand Labour Party's senior whip administers the "whipping in" system that tries to ensure that party MPs attend and vote according to the party leadership's wishes.[1] The position is elected by the Labour caucus members. The senior whip also acts as an intermediary between the backbenchers and the party leadership. Whenever Labour is in government the senior whip serves as the chief government whip and when out of government serves as chief opposition whip. Thus the position is also referred to as "chief whip".

All Labour whips have been members of the House of Representatives, with none coming from the Legislative Council before its abolition in 1950.

The current senior whip is Tangi Utikere.[2]

List

The following is a list of all senior whips of the Labour Party:[3]

No. Name Portrait Electorate Term of office
1 Andrew Walker Dunedin North 7 July 1916 28 August 1919
2 James McCombs Lyttelton 28 August 1919 10 March 1921
3 Dan Sullivan Avon 10 March 1921 5 December 1935
4 Bill Jordan Manukau 5 December 1935 11 June 1936
5 Robert McKeen Wellington South 11 June 1936 11 May 1939
6 James O'Brien Westland 11 May 1939 2 December 1942
7 Arthur Shapton Richards Mount Albert 2 December 1942 5 August 1947†
8 Robert McFarlane Christchurch Central 19 September 1947 27 June 1951
9 Phil Connolly Dunedin Central 27 June 1951 10 July 1952
10 Joe Cotterill Wanganui 10 July 1952 9 January 1958
11 Henry May Onslow 9 January 1958 29 November 1972
12 Ron Barclay New Plymouth 29 November 1972 29 January 1976
13 Roger Drayton St Albans 29 January 1976 5 May 1978
14 Russell Marshall Wanganui 5 May 1978 13 February 1980
15 Jonathan Hunt New Lynn 13 February 1980 19 July 1984
16 Michael Cullen St Kilda 19 July 1984 18 August 1987
17 Margaret Austin Yaldhurst 18 August 1987 8 February 1990
18 Trevor Mallard Hamilton West 8 February 1990 31 October 1990
(15) Jonathan Hunt New Lynn 31 October 1990 19 December 1996
19 Mark Burton Taupo 19 December 1996 10 December 1999
20 Rick Barker Tukituki 10 December 1999 15 August 2002
21 David Benson-Pope Dunedin South 15 August 2002 26 February 2004
22 Jill Pettis Wanganui 26 February 2004 1 November 2005
23 Tim Barnett Christchurch Central 1 November 2005 8 November 2008
24 Darren Hughes List MP 8 November 2008 25 March 2011
– Steve Chadwick (acting) List MP 25 March 2011 5 April 2011
(20) Rick Barker List MP 5 April 2011 13 December 2011
25 Chris Hipkins Rimutaka 13 December 2011 17 September 2013
26 Sue Moroney List MP 17 September 2013 23 September 2014
(25) Chris Hipkins Rimutaka 23 September 2014 15 December 2016
27 Kris Faafoi Mana 15 December 2016 31 October 2017
28 Ruth Dyson Port Hills 31 October 2017 27 June 2019
29 Michael Wood Mount Roskill 27 June 2019 2 November 2020
30 Kieran McAnulty Wairarapa 2 November 2020 14 June 2022
31 Duncan Webb Christchurch Central 14 June 2022 31 January 2023
32 Tangi Utikere Palmerston North 31 January 2023 present

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 278.
  2. ↑ "Tangi Utikere". New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  3. ↑ Wilson 1985, pp. 279–80.

References

  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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