the Labour Party for the second time, and Garth McVicar stood for the Conservative Party. McVicar had a high-profile due to his previous involvement with the Sensible Sentencing Trust lobby group. In July 2014, Walford was referred to Police by the Electoral Commission for breaching the Electoral Act by failing to display an authorisation statement on his campaign vehicle. Nash had a majority of 3,850 votes over Walford. McVicar's 7,603 votes split the traditional National Party votes (24.8% of electors who gave their party vote to National gave their electorate vote to McVicar, a total of 4,465 votes), which helped Nash win the election. Members of Parliament Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at a general election. Key single-member electorate multi-member electorate single-member electorate List MPs Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Napier electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections. Election results 2020 election 2017 election 2014 election 2011 election Electorate (as at 26 November 2011): 44,266 2008 election 2005 election 2002 election 1999 election 1996 election 1993 election 1990 election 1987 election 1984 election 1981 election 1978 election 1975 election 1972 election 1969 election 1966 election 1963 election 1960 election 1957 election 1954 election 1951 election 1949 election 1946 election 1943 election 1938 election 1935 election 1931 election 1928 election 1925 election 1922 election 1919 election 1914 election 1911 election 1908 election 1905 election 1902 election 1899 election 1893 election 1890 election 1877 by-election 1861 by-election Table footnotes Notes References External links Electorate Profile Parliamentary Library New Zealand electorates Napier, New Zealand 1860 establishments in New Zealand