ELECTION 2020: The National Party MPs most at risk

ELECTION 2020: The National Party MPs most at risk
Pattrick Smellie
At least four sitting National Party list MPs appear to have no path to re-election to the next Parliament, based on their party list rankings announced today by leader Judith Collins, unless they can win territorial electorate seats they don't currently hold.Others are at risk in their electorate seats because of the size of the current swing against National, compared to its 2017 showing.With National polling between 25 percent and 30 percent in publicly available opinion polls, the party could expect to bring no more than 11 MPs to Parli...

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