Wellington Central

Grant Robertson has done well as Labour’s MP for Wellington Central. Previous National names, (Hekia Parata and Paul Quinn) mentioned for possibly standing have (maybe) seen the light. I suspect polling will be confirming that it will be difficult for National to win. Standing for Wellington Central would be unlikely to improve their list rankings. Why would either want to but in the hard yakka required to actually win the seat, when they are likely to be guaranteed an easier ride standing in Mana and Hutt South.