(7 February - 2 May 2017) Jo Hayes (until 7 February 2017) Senior Opposition (Labour) Whip: Kris Faafoi (from 15 December 2016) Chris Hipkins (until 15 December 2016) Junior Opposition Whip: Carmel Sepuloni Assistant Opposition Whip: Kris Faafoi (30 November 2015 - 15 December 2016) Green Party Whip (Musterer): David Clendon (until 8 August 2017) New Zealand First Whip: Barbara Stewart Associate Whip: Clayton Mitchell (from 3 July 2015) Members The tables below show the members of the 51st Parliament based on preliminary counts of the 2014 general election. Overview The table below shows the number of MPs in each party following the 2014 election and at dissolution: Notes The Māori Party, United Future and ACT once again entered into confidence and supply agreements to form a majority, as they did in the previous two parliaments. The Working Government majority is calculated as all Government MPs less all other parties. New Zealand National Party (60) The National Party won 47.04% of the vote, entitling it to 60 seats. As it won 41 electorates, an additional 19 members were taken from the party list. After the resignation of Northland MP Mike Sabin a by-election was held and lost to New Zealand First. The party's share of seats was reduced to 59. 15 new National Party members were elected, nine from electorates and six from the list. 45 members from the 50th Parliament were returned. New Zealand Labour Party (32) The Labour Party won 25.13% of the vote, entitling it to 32 seats. As it won 27 electorates, an additional 5 members were taken from the party list. After the resignation of David Shearer in December 2016, the party's share of seats was reduced to 31 until Raymond Huo was sworn in in March 2017. Three new Labour Party members were elected from the list. 29 members from the 50th Parliament were returned. Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand (14) The Green Party won 10.7% of the vote, entitling it to 14 seats. As it did not win any electorate, all members were taken from the party list. One new Green Party members were elected, with thirteen members from the 50th Parliament returning. New Zealand First (11) New Zealand First won 8.66% of the vote, entitling it to eleven seats from the party list. An additional seat was gained for the party when Winston Peters won the Northland by-election. Māori Party (2)