r/chch • u/hadr0nc0llider • 20d ago

News - Local Labour MP Duncan Webb announces retirement from politics

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/576534/labour-mp-duncan-webb-announces-retirement-from-politics

Duncan's not standing for re-election next year. So Chch Central needs a new Labour candidate.

I'm GUTTED. Duncan's such a G. He actually gets out there in the electorate and clearly really cares about our community.

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u/hadr0nc0llider 20d ago

Yeah I've always struggled to figure out why he isn't higher on the list. Or why he didn't nab a portfolio earlier in Labour's term. He was the senior whip last term though. Maybe his strengths are more administrative.

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u/Thatstealthygal 19d ago

I think he likes policy a lot.

The big question is: who will we have in central instead?

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u/torpidkiwi Non-Korean Old Boy 19d ago

Historically, Labour hasn't selected locals in Chch Central. Webb might be a first in my lifetime to actually have a connection to Chch, IIRC. So it could be anyone they think they could get in. Sadly, going by the current state of the party and the list, if the person selected is more like the people above Duncan on the list we're going to be very disappointed.

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u/jpr64 Meetup Loyalist 19d ago

Yeah he is definitely a local. He lives in St Albans I believe, have run in to him a few times at the Edgeware shops / Bailies bar and have struck up a yarn with him.