Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/politics/New MPs/Emma Chatterton

Emma Chatterton is a New Zealand politician, representing the New Zealand National Party as a Member of Parliament since the 2023 New Zealand general election.

Early life and career
Chatterton attended Columba College in Dunedin. She later studied music at Cambridge University.

Chatterton worked as a senior leader at Wellington-based social investment company ImpactLab. She has previously worked as a teacher.

Political career
Chatterton was selected by the National Party to contest the electorate at the. She was 27th on the party list. On election night, Chatterton lost to Chris Hipkins by more than 7600 votes, although as there was a possibility of her entering parliament through her list position, she still attended the induction for new MPs.

During the School Strike for Climate, while still a candidate, Chatterton spoke to the crowd outside parliament. She was heckled for it, and as other parties had sent sitting MPs to speak, it led James Shaw to say she had been "strung out to dry" by the National Party. During her campaign, Chatterton walked into a dairy to hand out pamphlets to find an attempted robbery was in progress.

Personal life
Chatterton has four children with her husband Tom.