POLITIK reports Hutt South MP Trevor Mallard won’t contest his electorate at the next election but will seek a list seat:
He says he is doing this because Labour will nominate him as Speaker and he told them he had come to the view that it is very hard to be both an effective electorate MP and chair the house in an unbiased manner.
And he says the move will help the party with its process of renewal by bringing in a new MP.
That means that he is not expecting Leader Andrew Little who does not have an electorate, to stand in the seat.
Labour’s Deputy Leader Annette King appeared to confirm this last night when she told POLITIK that she did not expect Mr Little to stand in any seat.
A leader’s workload is one reason for Little to continue to be a list MP. But that also makes…
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