With the creation of the Ponsonby electorate for the 1887 election, Auckland West was moved south to include Grey Lynn, Newton and Kingsland.
[9] On 8 July, the report of the committee inquiring into Sir George Grey's election for the Thames was read to the House.
[10] On 15 July 1876, Grey announced that he would represent Thames, and he moved that a by-election be held in Auckland West for the seat that he would vacate there.
It was held for 1905–11 & 1914–19 by Charles Poole, 1911–14 by James Bradney, and from 1919 until he died in 1940 by revered Labour prime minister Michael Joseph Savage.
Key Independent Liberal Reform Labour From 1861 to 1881, City of Auckland West was a two-member electorate.