Labour's list: winners and losers

Labour has published its party list for the next election. Just Left has some commentary here, which focuses on the new faces. Meanwhile, I've been comparing it to their 2002 list. There's some obvious big winners: Ashraf Choudray has been elevated 15 places, and the Maori Caucus has generally done well. Big losers include Lianne Dalziel (dropping 12 places for dishonesty over a guinea pig), Mark Gosche (dropping 19 places for doing nothing much), Georgina Beyer (who publicaly wibled over the foreshore) and Nanaia Mahuta, who has disappeared entirely.

Here's a list showing the top 42 candidates and their relative placements with last time.

2005 Rank	Name	2002 Rank	Difference
1	Rt. Hon Helen Clark	1	0
2	Hon Michael Cullen	2	0
3	Hon Margaret Wilson	9	+6
4	Hon Steve Maharey	4	0
5	Hon Parekura Horomia	5	0
6	Hon Phil Goff	6	0
7	Hon Annette King	7	0
8	Hon Trevor Mallard	12	+4
9	Hon Marian Hobbs	17	+8
10	Hon Dover Samuels	11	+1
11	Hon Jim Sutton	8	-3
12	Hon Pete Hodgson	13	+1
13	Hon Taito Phillip Field	--	--
14	Hon Ruth Dyson	22	+8
15	Hon Mita Ririnui	32	+17
16	Hon Mark Burton	16	0
17	Hon Paul Swain	18	+1
18	Hon Judith Tizard	21	+3
19	Hon Chris Carter	25	+6
20	Luamanuvao Winnie Laban	20	0
21	Hon Rick Barker	24	+3
22	Mahara Okeroa	33	+11
23	Hon David Benson-Pope	36	+13
24	Jill Pettis	27	+3
25	Ashraf Choudhary	40	+15
26	Lianne Dalziel	14	-12
27	Shane Jones	--	--
28	Dianne Yates	29	+1
29	Hon Mark Gosche	10	-19
30	Ann Hartley	35	+5
31	Hon David Cunliffe	37	+6
32	Martin Gallagher	31	-1
33	Steve Chadwick	34	+1
34	Darren Hughes	51	+17
35	Georgina Beyer	23	-12
36	Maryan Street	--	--
37	David Parker	47	+10
38	Russell Fairbrother	--	--
39	Dave Hereora	38	-1
40	Lynne Pillay	39	-1
41	Moana Mackey	41	0
42	Steven Ching	56	+14

One other thing that is very noticable is that this is a very multicultural list; it looks like New Zealand. It will be interesting comparing it with National's, given that party's seeming desire to eject or demote anyone who isn't a dead white male or a sufficiently submissive servant thereof...

Update: Fixed title. It's really embarassing when your browser suddently steals the focus and you don't notice.