Hawke's Bay voters have kept their three National MPs, lost their Labour list MP but kept the Labour MP for the Maori seat of Ikaroa-Rawhiti following results of the general election last night.
National's Craig Foss, Chris Tremain and John Hayes will serve in government for another term while Napier-based list
MP Stuart Nash is out following Labour's poor showing in the party vote sector.
Tukituki MP Mr Foss heads into parliament for a third term, his second in government, after recording a majority of
9032 votes ahead of his nearest challenger, Labour's Julia Haydon- Carr. The margin is up on the 7827-vote majority Mr Foss made at the last election.
Mr Foss held his election party at the Havelock North community centre last night while Ms Haydon-Carr was watching the results from home.
In the Wairarapa electorate, which includes parts of Central Hawke's Bay and Tararua, National MP Mr Hayes
returns with a 6695 majority vote over nearest rival Labour's Michael Bott. Mr Hayes increased his majority from the 2752 margin in the 2008 election.
Mr Hayes was with party supporters in Masterton on election night.
In Napier, National MP Mr Tremain returns also for his third term after moving past Mr Nash. Mr Tremain won by a 3382-vote majority, slightly down on the 3591 winning margin he made in 2008.
Mr Tremain spent election night among supporters at the Thirsty Whale in Napier while Mr Nash was at the Westshore Inn.
Labour's only victory in the Hawke's Bay region has been delivered by Parekura Horomia, who increased his majority to retain the Maori seat of Ikaroa-Rawhiti for a fifth term, his second as an opposition MP.
The seat stretches from the East Cape, through Gisborne, Hawke's bay, Wairarapa and Hutt Valley down to
Wainuiomata and Mr Horomia was watching results from his marae in Tologa Bay last night.
He reclaims the seat over Hastings man and Maori Party's Na Raihania, by a 5924-vote majority, an increase on
the 1645 winning margin in 2008.
Maori Party co-leader Dr Pita Sharples, who was born in Waipawa and went to school in Central Hawke's Bay, retains his Maori seat of Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland city.
