Roman Travers: How significant is the Hamilton West byelection result?

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Dec 11, 2022 · 2m

So, over the weekend, The National Party completely flipped the seat for Hamilton West, which probably means that the Labour Party have flipped the desk with their visceral reaction to losing it; although Jacinda Ardern did appear most magnanimous.

With 100 percent of the vote counted, Potaka won with 6629 votes, with Labour's Georgie Dansey trailing by 2285 with 4344 votes.

The Labour candidate says it was a tough battle, but she’s still keen to represent Labour at next year's general election.

A big surprise for me was the Act Party candidate James McDowall - well behind with 1462 votes…