The current MP for Wellington Central is Tamatha Paul of the Green Party.

[2] As of 1999 Wellington Central covered the central city and its immediate suburban periphery, stretching from Karori, Wilton and Wadestown in the west, to the summit of Mount Victoria in the east, and southwards to a boundary with the Rongotai electorate near Wellington Hospital.

Prior to the 1999 election, its boundaries extended further north to include the suburbs of Ngaio and Khandallah.

Following the 2014 boundary review, Wellington Central lost the suburb of Wadestown to the Ōhāriu electorate.

A prominent holder of the seat was Labour Party leader Peter Fraser, who was Prime Minister from 1940 to 1949.

Wellington Central was nominally abolished in 1993, when a redistribution moved its boundary west, resulting in the new name of Wellington-Karori.

Three years later, a new, larger Wellington Central was created as one of the 65 original MMP constituencies in time for the 1996 election.

Prebble would eventually become the third representative from Wellington Central in three elections to face defeat after a single term in office.

Labour's Marian Hobbs held the seat from 1999, when she defeated Prebble, until 2008, when she retired.

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.

The 1996 election, the first under the new electoral system MMP, saw ACT candidate and former Labour Cabinet Minister Richard Prebble compete against former National Party Wellington-Karori MP Pauline Gardiner now standing for United New Zealand, the National party candidate Mark Thomas, Labour's Alick Shaw and Danna Glendining for the Alliance.