Changes During Parliamentary Term
48th New Zealand Parliament - changes during the term parliamentary term
| Party | New MP | Term started | Seat | Previous MP | |
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| Green | Nándor Tánczos | 02005-11-066 November 2005 | List | Rod Donald1 | |
| Labour | Charles Chauvel | 02006-08-011 August 2006 | List | Jim Sutton | |
| National | Katrina Shanks | 02007-02-077 February 2007 | List | Don Brash | |
| Labour | Lesley Soper | 02007-02-1515 February 2007 | List | Georgina Beyer | |
| NZ First | Dail Jones | 02008-02-1515 February 2008 | List | Brian Donnelly2 | |
| Labour | Louisa Wall | 02008-03-044 March 2008 | List | Ann Hartley | |
| Labour | Su'a William Sio | 02008-03-2929 March 2008 | List | Dianne Yates | |
| Green | Russel Norman | 02008-06-2626 June 2008 | List | Nándor Tánczos | |
| National | (vacant) | 02008-08-3131 August 2008 | Rakaia | Brian Connell3 | |
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1 Rod Donald died before being sworn in as MP. |
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Taito Phillip Field, Labour MP for Mangere, quit the Labour party after being threatened with expulsion on 16 February 2007. He continued to serve as an MP, and formed the New Zealand Pacific Party in January 2008. Gordon Copeland, a United Future list MP, left the party to become an independent MP in May 2007, and contested the 2008 election as a candidate for The Kiwi Party. |
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- Rod Donald, co-leader of the Green Party, died on 6 November 2005 before he was officially sworn in as a member of the 48th Parliament. He was replaced by the next person on the Green Party's list, former MP Nandor Tanczos, on 16 November.
- Jim Sutton, a Labour list MP, retired from politics on 31 July 2006. He was replaced by the next person on the Labour Party's list, Charles Chauvel.
- Don Brash, a National list MP and former leader of the National Party, retired from Parliament on 7 February 2007. He was replaced by the next person on the National Party's list, Katrina Shanks.
- Georgina Beyer, a Labour list MP, announced her retirement on 15 December 2006, and officially resigned from Parliament when it resumed on 13 February 2007. On 20 February she was replaced by the next person on the Labour Party's list, former MP Lesley Soper.
- Taito Phillip Field, Labour MP for Mangere, quit the Labour party after being threatened with expulsion on 16 February 2007. He continued to serve as an MP, and formed the New Zealand Pacific Party in January 2008.
- Gordon Copeland, a United Future list MP, left the party to become an independent MP in May 2007, and contested the 2008 election as a candidate for The Kiwi Party.
- Ann Hartley, a Labour list MP, was elected to the North Shore City Council in the 2007 local body elections. She left Parliament when it resumed in 2008, and was replaced by the next person on the Labour list, Louisa Wall, a former Silver Ferns netballer, on 4 February 2008.
- Brian Donnelly, a New Zealand First MP, resigned from Parliament from 12 February 2008, and was replaced by Dail Jones on 15 February 2008. Donnelly was appointed as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the Cook Islands.
- Dianne Yates, a Labour list MP, stood unsuccessfully for the Hamilton City Council in the 2007 local body elections. She resigned as an MP on 29 March 2008 and was replaced by Su'a William Sio on 1 April 2008 as the next person on Labour's list.
- Nandor Tanczos resigned from Parliament and was replaced by Green Party co-leader Russel Norman on 27 June 2008.
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