2018 New Zealand National Party leadership election information
2018 election to determine the 12th leader of the National Party
2018 New Zealand National Party leadership election
← 2016
27 February 2018
May 2020 →
Candidate
Simon Bridges
Amy Adams
1st Rd.
Qualified to 2nd Rd.
Qualified to 2nd Rd.
2nd Rd.
≥29
<29
Candidate
Judith Collins
Steven Joyce
1st Rd.
Eliminated
Eliminated
Leader before election
Bill English
Leader after election
Simon Bridges
2018 New Zealand National Party deputy leadership election
← 2016
27 February 2018
May 2020 →
Candidate
Paula Bennett
Judith Collins
1st Rd.
≥29
≤29
Deputy Leader before election
Paula Bennett
Deputy Leader after election
Paula Bennett
The 2018 New Zealand National Party leadership election was held on 27 February 2018 to determine the 12th Leader of the National Party. On 13 February 2018, Bill English announced his resignation as leader of the National Party, effective on 27 February 2018. He left Parliament on 13 March 2018. On 20 February, Deputy Leader Paula Bennett announced that a concurrent deputy leadership election would take place, in which she would stand.[1]
After a secret caucus ballot Simon Bridges was declared the new leader of the National Party and Paula Bennett was re-elected as deputy.[2]
^"Paula Bennett and Ron Mark's job on line as Nat's and NZ First mull deputy leadership". Stuff.co.nz. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
^Bracewell-Worrall, Anna (27 February 2018). "National chooses Simon Bridges". Newshub. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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