Labour reveals party list

ONE NEWS: Labour is seeking to show its diversity by bringing a host of new faces onto its party list.

The list has been revealed on Sunday afternoon, and shows eight new MPs are likely to join Labour's ranks in Parliament after the election.

Former Race Relations conciliator Rajan Prasad is one of the highlights of the party list.

Dr Prasad is the highest-ranking non MP on the list at number 12.

Other newcomers include 28-year-old Jacinda Ardern at number 20, currently based in the UK where she is employed as Senior Policy Advisory to the Home Secretary, and Auckland-based Asian lawyer Raymond Huo.

Also new on the list and likely to enter Parliament is former global head of policy for Oxfam Phil Twyford, CTU Secretary Carol Beaumont, and Maori education advocate Kelvin Davis.

Labour's front bench takes the top eight places, while Maryan Street, Nanaia Mahuta and Winnie Laban are at nine, 10, and 11 respectively.

Labour President Mike Williams says the party's been operating a programme of renewal for the last few years and it's paying off.

Williams says Labour's had an embarrassment of riches in terms of selecting who would be the list.

Top 55 on Labour's list

1 Helen Clark (Mt Albert)
2 Michael Cullen (list only)
3 Phil Goff (Mt Roskill)
4 Annette King (Rongotai)
5 Parekura Horomia (Ikaroa-Rawhiti)
6 Pete Hodgson (Dunedin North)
7 Chris Carter (Te Atatu)
8 David Cunliffe (New Lynn)
9 Maryan Street (Nelson)
10 Nanaia Mahuta (Hauraki-Waikato)
11 Winnie Laban (Mana)
12 Rajen Prasad (list only)
13 Ruth Dyson (Port Hills)
14 Trevor Mallard (Hutt South)
15 Lianne Dalziel (Christchurch East)
16 Shane Jones (Northland)
17 David Parker (Waitaki)
18 Clayton Cosgrove (Waimakariri)
19 Darren Hughes (Otaki)
20 Jacinda Ardern (list only)
21 Raymond Huo (list only)
22 Sue Moroney (Hamilton East)
23 Mita Ririnui (Waiariki)
24 Sua William Sio (Mangere)
25 Moana Mackey (East Coast)
26 Phil Twyford (North Shore)
27 Charles Chauvel (Ohariu)
28 Carol Beaumont (Maungakiekie)
29 Kelvin Davis (Te Tai Tokerau)
30 Steve Chadwick (Rotorua)
31 Ashraf Choudhary (list)
32 Lynne Pillay (Waitakere)
33 Darien Fenton (Helensville)
34 Rick Barker (Tukituki)
35 Carmel Sepuloni (list)
36 Stuart Nash (list)
37 Damien O'Connor (West Coast-Tasman)
38 Judith Tizard (Auckland Central)
39 Mark Burton (Taupo)
40 Mahara Okeroa (Te Tai Tonga)
41 Martin Gallagher (Hamilton West)
42 Dave Hereora (Papakura)
43 Louisa Wall (Tamaki Makaurau)
44 Lesley Soper (Invercargill)
45 Clare Curran (Dunedin South)
46 Grant Robertson (Wellington Central)
47 Chris Hipkins (Rimutaka)
48 Iain Lees-Galloway (Palmerston North)
49 Brendon Burns (Christchurch Central)
50 Hamish McCracken (Northcote)
51 Erin Ebborn-Gillespie (Wigram)
52 Errol Mason (Te Tai Hauauru)
53 Chris Yoo (list)
54 Jo Bartley (Tamaki)