Election 2020: Wairarapa swings from blue to red
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The Wairarapa electorate has kept it's true blue status for five consecutive elections but on Saturday turned red for the first time in fifteen years.
The last Labour MP to win the seat was Georgina Beyer who served as Wairarapa MP for two terms before she conceded the seat in 2005.
The Wairarapa's new MP Kieran McAnulty speaks to Susie Ferguson.