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Megan Woods, chair of the Labor campaign for the 2020 elections, says the party is still taking stock after last night’s “extraordinary” results and has not yet considered its next steps.
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Woods says there is no plan yet for coalition talks or cabinet positions. Source: Q + A
Woods said there are still “talks to be had” in the “next few hours and days” to decide whether Labor will enter into a coalition agreement or rule alone.
“We will not see decisions on that today. We want to try to build as much consensus as possible, ”he said.
Senior Labor members are meeting in Auckland today to begin discussing a plan, Woods said.
He also said it would be up to the Prime Minister to decide the cabinet posts, but they had not yet been decided.
The party will also be awaiting the final results of the special votes, Woods said. There is still half a million to count.
“There is still a lot to play for. We also want to take a moment to celebrate the faith that New Zealanders have placed in us as a government. “
The party also received the support of Labor voters for the first time, and “it’s not something we take for granted,” Woods said.
“We know that we have a clear mandate for the plan that we are implementing.
“That will be our number one priority: continuing to implement that recovery plan.”
She said the Labor seizure of Christchurch Ilam by National’s deputy leader Gerry Brownlee was “unexpected”. Brownlee has had it since 1996, when it was created.
“I know that Sarah Pallet, our candidate there, will take some time to think about what style of MP the people of Ilam want now and what they need to do there.”
The current results have Labor at 49 percent of the party’s votes, giving it 64 seats and allowing it to govern alone.
