18 Nov 2014

Andrew Little becomes new Labour leader

2:11 pm on 18 November 2014

Andrew Little has become the Labour Party's new leader, fending off competition from Grant Robertson, Nanaia Mahuta and David Parker.

Labour MPs' votes counted for 40 per cent of the final result; the party members were also worth 40 per cent, and the affiliated unions 20 per cent.

The contest was triggered by the resignation of David Cunliffe a week after the general election, in which Labour's share of the vote fell to an historic low of just over 25 percent.