Sarah Pallett

Sarah Jean Pallett[1] is a New Zealand midwife and politician who was the Member of Parliament for Ilam in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party from 2020 to 2023.

Pallett was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, and spent her early years in the United Kingdom.

[6] In the 2020 election, Pallett won the seat of Ilam by a margin of 3,463 votes, ousting incumbent National Party Member of Parliament Gerry Brownlee.

[7] Dominic Harris of news website Stuff called it "perhaps the most unlikely of election night coups" which resulted in Labor taking every seat in Christchurch.

Pallett said after her election that she felt it was “really time to move forward” on cannabis leglisation and that the law disproportionately affected Māori and Pasifika.