The current MP for Māngere is Lemauga Lydia Sosene of the Labour Party.

In the 2007 boundary redistribution, Papatoetoe and Middlemore were transferred to the Manukau East electorate.

[8] Māngere, and all of South Auckland, forms the safest part of the Labour Party's core vote.

Even during landslide elections in the National Party's favour, such as in 1975 and 1990, no Labour candidate for Māngere was seriously troubled.

Moyle represented the electorate until his resignation in 1977 over what became known as the 'Moyle Affair', and a subsequent by-election was won by a young barrister named David Lange, who would become Prime Minister after Labour's 1984 election victory.

Lange retired in 1996 and the nomination was handed to Taito Phillip Field, at the time the MP for Otara.

Field was returned with a high share of the vote in subsequent elections, but following his expulsion from the Labour caucus in 2007, his former party nominated former Manukau City deputy mayor William Sio in his place, who won the seat with a majority of over 7,000 votes in the 2008 election.

Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.

Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.

Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.

Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.

Note: lines coloured beige denote the winner of the electorate vote.

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