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Labour leadership contenders compared

by Whaleoil on November 28, 2011

Potential aspirants for the leadership of Labour “achieved” interesting voting figures on Saturday


Electorate Vote Party Vote
David Cunliffe 15192 10789
David Parker 3093 4777
Shane Jones 5649 6502
David Shearer 16525 10492
Andrew Little 12420 8039
Grant Robertson 15515 8304

Didn’t Parker do well!

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  • Anonymous

    I’m hardly bothered by whoever gets the Labour leadership. 
    All of them seem to have the same amount of personality as a lump of clay. 

  • Michael

    All of the above are grey, carbon copies of each other. Labour may need to look to its 2008 intake for new leadership. A risk, but one they really don’t have a choice to avoid.

    • greenmuppet

      Agree. Doubt any of them will be able to reconnect with the middle class. Shearer might be better than the rest just because he hasn’t been seen mudslinging. Otherwise, Phil could as well stay if he changed the colour of his hair.

      • Misanthropic Curmudgeon

        Again

    • Troy

      I wonder who all the wankers (literally) were who voted for shane jones (maybe they are carbon copies of him lol).

  • Ngrim

    Shearer will be the next labour pm. Typical UN type with loads of international connections i bet. Suits the red team.

  • tas

    Why did Parker stand in Epsom? Seriously, I don’t understand the logic. He is too senior to be a sacrificial lamb. Did he think he had a chance of winning it? Did he think he’d get through with National and ACT splitting the right vote? Did he think he was going to hurt ACT?

    I don’t know much about Parker. But his Epsom candidacy brings his judgement into question.

    • James Stephenson

      I thought it was a case of needing to be in Auckland if he had serious leadership aspirations and hoping for an easy side-step to Mt Roskill when Goff goes.

    • Chris

      More to the point, those who voted for Parker effectively put ACT back in Parliament.  They must be feeling like absolute idiots for doing this.  This’d have to be the funniest thing that’s come out of this election – the own goal of the century – bloody brilliant.

  • abjv

    Parker did well for list vote because he told his supporters to vote for the National candidate.

    • Chris

      Yeah, and he still scored more votes than Banks’ majority.  What dickheads. 

  • EvanJ

    I don’t think David Parker is the first senior MP to stand in the safe seat of an opposing party.  He was there to stir the pot, and probably to get closer to the Auckland scened.  He did it quite well, showed great humour in a very humorous situation as it developed.  With all the strategic voting in Epsom, I’d not read too much into his numbers there.  He remains the hottest tip for the job.

    I was surprised Winston Peters did not stand there too, but in hindsight NZ First took the right option there, didn’t they now!

    Shane Jones has already ruled himself out.  Standing for a Maori electorate makes his statistics special, but I was told he gave Pita Sharples a very good run.  

    Other than that, Labour might be encouraged to see that their senior candidates are on the whole more popular than the party.  A signpost to change the leader.

  • Gazzaw

    It is interesting to hear today that Silent T is not popular in caucus. If labour is to survive then he is the last man that they need as leader – he is such an unpleasant prick and his nature was well and truly displayed with his adlib performance off the back of a truck in deep south Auckland. The true nature of Cunliffe was exposed for all to see & I wonder how many votes that performance cost labour.   

    If Parker or Shearer want the leadership then they need to strike tomorrow and not allow Silent T either the oxygen or the time to for that performance in Otara to fade into distant memory. 

    Whether Parker is the man or not is debatable. He may have the smarts but he has no charisma and has poor speaking abilities. References to ‘sticking out like dogs balls’ and the use of slang do not sit well. He maybe only 51 but he looks old and is unlikely to attract the young vote.

    If labour really had the balls they would go straight to Robertson.

    If Cunliffe doesnt get the job where will they put him because he would be a really dangerous prick to have lurking around plotting and undermining the leadership.

    • MrV

      I don’t think that performance is going to be forgotten somehow.

    • Troy

      Although i detest Cunliffe because of his snooty nosed smarmy demeanour – I hope they vote him in as leader – it willl guarantee the opposition for Labour for another 6 years – seriously, he really doesn’t relate well to the staunch labour supporter.

      • Gazzaw

        I agree with you Troy but whatever his position is in that caucus he’s going to be an embarassment for labour. Fuck, I would love to be a fly on the wall in the caucus room tomorrow if he doesn’t get the leadership.

  • EX Navy Greg

    They are all tits, IMHO

  • dutyfree

    Parker is a little man syndrome plocker

  • Kiwi

    I have had dealings with David Cunliffe.I have found him to be very self-serving and quite honestly someone who has hoppped onto the Taxpayer-funded Gravy Train for all he can get.He is in no way interested in helping those in the electorate he is supposed to represent.Like many self-serving politicians the world over he is only interested in the pay packet plus perks.If he became Leader of the Labour opposition then I would never vote for Labour ever again until he is out.But then lets be sure he doesn’t milk the former MP perks as much as he can or looking forward to doing.