Rangitata 'has needed Labour for so long', newly-elected MP says
Jo Luxton is feeling “pretty damn good,” the day after winning the Rangitata electorate for Labour in a surprise result.
She told Stuff a feeling of responsibility “will certainly come as the realisation sinks in more but I’m actually really looking forward to the challenge” she said on Sunday.
Luxton, who lost to disgraced former Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon in 2017 by a massive 6331 votes, secured an election night total of 18,876 while National candidate Megan Hands finished second with 15,392.
Luxton, who had been a list-MP since 2017, becomes the electorate’s first Labour MP since it was established in 2008. Hands became the National Party’s candidate after Falloon’s shock resignation in August. Jo Goodhew was Rangitata MP from 2008 to 2014, before Falloon was elected in 2017.
On Saturday night Luxton told her cheering supporters at a function in Timaru that the Rangitata electorate “has needed Labour for so long”.
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