47th New Zealand Parliament

The 47th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 2002 election, and it sat until 11 August 2005.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Labour Party and the Progressive Party, backed by United Future, commanded a majority throughout the 47th Parliament. The Labour-led administration was in its second term. The National Party, although dealt a significant blow in the last election, remained the largest opposition party. Other non-government parties were New Zealand First, ACT, the Greens, and (from mid-2004) the Māori Party.<ref name=":0" />

The 47th Parliament consisted of 120 representatives. Sixty-nine of these were chosen by geographical electorates, including seven Māori electorates. The remainder were elected by means of party-list proportional representation under the MMP electoral system.<ref name=":0" />

Electoral boundaries for the 47th Parliament

Overview of seats

The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 2002 election and at dissolution:Template:Citation needed

Affiliation		Members
		At 2002 election	At dissolution
Template:Party name with color	52	51
Template:Party name with color	2	2
Template:Party name with color {{#if:CS|CS|[1]}}	8	8
Government total		62	61
Template:Party name with color	27	27
Template:Party name with color	13	13
Template:Party name with color	9	9
Template:Party name with color {{#if:C|C|[2]}}	9	9
Template:Party name with color	Not yet founded	1 Template:Ref label
Opposition total		58	59
Total		120	120
Working Government majority Template:Ref label		4	2

Notes

• ^CS{{#if:| }} United Future supported the Labour-Progressive coalition on a confidence and supply basis.
• Template:Note label Tariana Turia resigned as MP and from the Labour Party on 30 April 2004 following the foreshore and seabed controversy. She won the resulting by-election under the banner of the new Māori Party.
• Template:Note label The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties.
• ^C{{#if:| }} The relationship differs from the one in the last Parliament in that the Greens are not now providing a guarantee of confidence and supply. The agreement notes that the government parties and the Green party share many similar aspirations and are keen to work together.

Initial composition of the 47th Parliament

The initial members of the 47th Parliament were as follows:<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

	Party	Name	Electorate	Term
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSeventh
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFourth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFourth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFourth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSixth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshEighth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshEighth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFifth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSeventh
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFifth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFourth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFifth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFourth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSeventh
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFifth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFifth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshThirteenth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFourth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshSixth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSixth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFourth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFifth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSixth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSixth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFourth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFourth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshEighth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFourth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshNinth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSixth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFifth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFifth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFifth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSeventh
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFifth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFifth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSixth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFifth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFifth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshFirst
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSixth
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:Hidden sort keyParty list	Template:NtshThird
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshSecond
Template:Party name with colour	Template:Sortname	Template:NZ electorate link	Template:NtshFourth

By-elections during 47th Parliament

There was one by-election held during the term of the 47th Parliament.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Template:New Zealand by-elections during the 47th Parliament

Electorate and by-election		Date	Incumbent		Cause	Winner

Summary of changes during term

• Graham Kelly, a Labour list MP, left Parliament on 29 July 2003 to take up a position as High Commissioner to Canada.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> Moana Mackey, the next candidate on Labour's party list, entered Parliament in his place.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

• Donna Awatere Huata, an ACT list MP, was officially declared an independent on 11 November 2003. This followed her suspension from the ACT caucus on 11 February 2003 after allegations of fraud were made against her. After a lengthy legal fight which went all the way to the Supreme Court, she was expelled from Parliament on 19 November 2004.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She was replaced by Kenneth Wang on 30 November.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref>

• Tariana Turia, the Labour MP for Te Tai Hauauru, resigned from Parliament over the foreshore and seabed issue on 17 May 2004.<ref name="Berry-Tunnah">Template:Cite news</ref> On 10 July, Turia won the resulting by-election under the banner of the new Māori Party, and took her seat again on 27 July.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref>

• Jonathan Hunt, a Labour list MP, left Parliament on 30 March 2005 to take up a position as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> Lesley Soper, the next candidate on Labour's party list, was sworn in to replace him on 5 April.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Seating plan

As on 10 August 2004

The chamber is in a horseshoe-shape.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Template:Party color cell [[Craig McNair|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Bill Gudgeon|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Edwin Perry|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Brent Catchpole|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Clem Simich|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Maurice Williamson|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Roger Sowry|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Lindsay Tisch|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Georgina te Heuheu|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Pansy Wong|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Shane Ardern|Template:Font color]]

colspan="2" Template:Party color cell [[Phil Heatley|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Paul Hutchison (politician)|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Lynda Scott|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Brian Connell|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Sandra Goudie|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Pita Paraone|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Barbara Stewart (politician)|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Gerry Eckhoff|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Heather Roy|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Deborah Coddington|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Richard Worth|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[John Carter (New Zealand politician)|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Lockwood Smith|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[David Carter (politician)|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Murray McCully|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[John Key|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Judith Collins|Template:Font color]]

colspan="2" Template:Party color cell [[Wayne Mapp|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Ron Mark|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Dail Jones|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Doug Woolerton|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Jim Peters (politician)|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Ken Shirley|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Stephen Franks|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Richard Prebble|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Metiria Turei|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Tony Ryall|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Gerry Brownlee|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Don Brash|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Simon Power (politician)|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Katherine Rich|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Bill English|Template:Font color]]

colspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | [[Winston Peters|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Peter Brown (New Zealand politician)|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Brian Donnelly (New Zealand politician)|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Rodney Hide|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Muriel Newman|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Jeanette Fitzsimons|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Nándor Tánczos|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Keith Locke|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Mike Ward (New Zealand politician)|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Donna Awatere Huata|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Rod Donald|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Sue Bradford|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Ian Ewen-Street|Template:Font color]]

style="background:Template:Party color;" rowspan="3" | [[Jonathan Hunt (New Zealand politician)|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Sue Kedgley|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Bernie Ogilvy|Template:Font colour]]

Template:Party color cell [[Peter Dunne|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Gordon Copeland|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Marc Alexander|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Trevor Mallard|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Jim Sutton|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Michael Cullen (politician)|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Helen Clark|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Jim Anderton|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Steve Maharey|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Phil Goff|Template:Font color]]

colspan="2" Template:Party color cell [[Annette King|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Pete Hodgson|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Harry Duynhoven|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Taito Phillip Field|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[David Cunliffe|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Tariana Turia|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Paul Adams (New Zealand politician)|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Larry Baldock|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Judy Turner|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Moana Mackey|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Marian Hobbs|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Mark Burton (politician)|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Darren Hughes|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Jill Pettis|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Margaret Wilson|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Parekua Horomia|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[George Hawkins (politician)|Template:Font color]]

colspan="2" Template:Party color cell [[Paul Swain (politician)|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Ruth Dyson|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Mita Ririnui|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Mahara Okeroa|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Lianne Dalziel|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Winnie Laban|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Ross Robertson|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Mark Gosche|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Murray Smith (New Zealand politician)|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Lynne Pillay|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Ann Hartley|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[John Tamihere|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Matt Robson|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Chris Carter (New Zealand politician)|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Rick Barker|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[David Benson-Pope|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Judith Tizard|Template:Font color]]

colspan="2" Template:Party color cell [[Dover Samuels|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Damien O'Connor|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Janet Mackey|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Mark Peck|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Dianne Yates|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Nanaia Mahuta|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Martin Gallagher|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Tim Barnett (politician)|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Clayton Cosgrove|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Georgina Beyer|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[David Parker (New Zealand politician)|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Helen Duncan|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Steve Chadwick|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Ashraf Choudhary|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Russell Fairbrother|Template:Font color]]

Template:Party color cell [[Dave Hereora|Template:Font color]]