new_zealand labour_party leadership election new zealand labour_party leadership election held december choose thirteenth leader deputy leader senior junior whip elected following labour_party loss general election leader deputy leader resigned prompting leadership election conducted secret ballot labour caucus stood leadership contested deputy position ran ticket campaign parker pulled race endorsed won votes respective positions chosen senior junior respectively background general election led defeated following clark election night resignation unanimously elected party leader deputy senior junior respectively party lost support november general election popular vote worst result mixed member proportional representation system number mps reduced thirty november king announced effective december new chosen replaced hughes senior whip april following hughes leaving parliament elected parliament candidates cabinet ministers new ran ticket leadership deputy leadership respectively minister list election winner candidates party leadership representative sought deputy leadership considered standing deputy leadership end run parker stated preference deputy leader indicate preferred deputy viewed unlikely win election new zealand herald originally expected parker run leader role small wrote bid seen way lift profile political commentator said appealing candidate public described parker sort clones campaign labour_party president stated leadership contest robust contest ideas suggested party caucus series meetings party members held new_zealand held december major cities hamilton wellington party membership encouraged feedback party caucus vote election november parker interviewed current affairs programme close television held text message poll viewers voted preferred leader party people took received support parker following day parker pulled leadership race support interviewed political december interview candidates indicated support introduction capital gains tax key labour tax policy general election campaign disagreed day workplace trial wanted new_zealand invest research development mentioned green economy december released weighted survey found adult new supported bid leadership backed outcome aftermath election took place december comprised secret ballot thirty labour caucus members meaning candidate receive support eighteen mps win elected party leader deputy leader senior whip junior whip election stated fresh face labour represent fresh start new_zealand reported received thirty votes leadership position news source claimed similar number stipulated election secret person access ballot papers destroyed publicly supported backed december announced labour bench parker replaced finance portfolio number ranking took number spot social development spokesperson moved number gained economic development portfolio number responsible state owned enterprises commerce jones number seven took regional development fisheries number picked education took science innovation portfolio environment spokesperson
New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, 2011