National releases 2011 election party list

National Party president Peter Goodfellow this morning released the party list for the November 26 election.

Sitting Cabinet Ministers (and Ministers outside Cabinet) retaining the top 21 places. 

Waitakere MP Paula Bennett's jumped from 41 to 14, while Hekia Parata has been elevated from 36 to 18 on the list. A number of backbench MPs have also been elevated.

First-term Selwyn MP Amy Adams is one of the biggest movers on the list. She is up from 52 in 2008 to be placed at 28 this year, just in front of fellow first-termer, Maungakiekie's Peseta Sam Lotu-liga who is up from 35.

Auckland Central MP Nikki Kaye has been placed at 33 (formerly 57), while Tauranga’s Simon Bridges has been placed at 30 (formerly 51).

Katrina Shanks has been placed at 38, while Epsom candidate Paul Goldsmith has slotted in at 39 on the list.

MPs including Melissa Lee, Kanwaljit Bakshi, and new candidates Jian Yang and Alfred Ngaro, have all been offered winnable slots in the mid-30's.

National Party 2011 List (2008 ranking)
1 John Key (1)
2 Bill English (2)
3 Lockwood Smith (12)
4 Gerry Brownlee (3)
5 Tony Ryall (6)
6 Nick Smith (5)
7 Judith Collins (7)
8 Anne Tolley (10)
9 Chris Finlayson (14)
10 David Carter (9)
11 Murray McCully (11)
12 Tim Groser (15)
13 Steven Joyce (16)
14 Paula Bennett (41)
15 Phil Heatley (22)
16 Jonathan Coleman (29)
17 Kate Wilkinson (30)
18 Hekia Parata (36)
19 Maurice Williamson (8)
20 Nathan Guy (18)
21 Craig Foss (33)
22 Chris Tremain (31)
23 Jo Goodhew (39)
24 Lindsay Tisch (19)
25 Eric Roy (28)
26 Paul Hutchison (23)
27 Shane Ardern (24)
28 Amy Adams (52)
29 Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga (35)
30 Simon Bridges (51)
31 Michael Woodhouse (49)
32 Chester Borrows (32)
33 Nikki Kaye (57)
34 Melissa Lee (37)
35 Kanwaljit Bakshi (38)
36 Jian Yang (-)
37 Alfred Ngaro (-)
38 Katrina Shanks (46)
39 Paul Goldsmith (-)
40 Tau Henare (26)
41 Jacqui Dean (40)
42 Nicky Wagner (43)
43 Chris Auchinvole (42)
44 Louise Upston (53)
45 Jonathan Young (66)
46 Jackie Blue (45)
47 Todd McClay (54)
48 Alan Peachey (34)
49 David Bennett (44)
50 Tim Macindoe (55)
51 Cam Calder (58)
52 John Hayes (50)
53 Colin King (47)
54 Aaron Gilmore (56)
55 Jami-Lee Ross (-)
56 Paul Quinn (48)
57 Paul Foster-Bell (-)
58 Maggie Barry (-)
59 Ian McKelvie (-)
60 Mark Mitchell (-)
61 Mike Sabin (-)
62 Scott Simpson (-)
63 Claudette Hauiti (-)
64 Joanne Hayes (-)
65 Leonie Hapeta (-)
66 Sam Collins (-)
67 Jonathan Fletcher (-)
68 Heather Tanner (-)
69 Denise Krum (-)
70 Carolyn O'Fallon (-)
71 Viv Gurrey (71)
72 Karen Rolleston (-)
73 Brett Hudson (-)
74 Linda Cooper (-)
75 Karl Varley (-)