 Shanks, along with Dunne and Chauvel, contested the same seat again in 2008, within the newly named Ōhariu electorate (with modified boundaries from the former Ohariu-Belmont electorate).Shanks placed third again in the election, although National received 46.3% of the party vote in the electorate.Shanks was again placed 46th on the party's list for the 2008 general election, and her party's result meant that she returned to Parliament.