Maungakiekie has existed in various forms since its creation ahead of the introduction of
Mixed Member Proportional voting in the . It was created from merging most of with a large section of , both of them reasonably safe Labour seats. Its original incarnation included both
Onehunga and
Otahuhu, though for the nine years from , Onehunga was part of , and from 2008 onwards, Otahuhu formed the northernmost part of
Manukau East. The same boundary changes that took Otahuhu out put Panmure in at the expense of . Because of these seats' tendency to vote Labour, it was initially thought to be a safe Labour seat. The last MP for Onehunga,
Richard Northey, sought election in the new seat. However, Labour suffered its worst result since World War II in 1996, with votes splintering off to both the
Alliance and
New Zealand First. As a result, Northey found himself ousted from Parliament in 1996 at the hands of then unknown
National Party candidate
Belinda Vernon. Vernon's own party suffered a dramatic reversal of fortune that started at the and her three-year term as MP for Maungakiekie ended in favour of
Mark Gosche, who held the seat until , notching up a majority of around 6,500 in the intermediate elections.
Sam Lotu-liga captured the seat again for National in the large swing against Labour in 2008. On 13 December 2016, Lotu-liga announced that he was quitting politics, to take effect at the
2017 general election. The electorate was won by
Denise Lee at the election, retaining the seat for the National Party.
Members of Parliament Unless otherwise stated, all MPs' terms began and ended at general elections.
Key List MPs Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the Maungakiekie electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections. ==Election results==