At the New Zealand general election 2020, the New Conservatives managed to secure 35,594 votes. Although this was a significant improvement on its polling at the previous New Zealand election in 2017, its total voter share was 1.5%. This fell short of the five percent party list only threshold for representation within the New Zealand Parliament under New Zealand's Mixed Member Proportional electoral system. A fortnight after the election, Elliot Ikilei Pascoe was appointed the New Conservative Party leader, the third person to lead the party and the first Pacific Island person to lead a conservative Christian political party. However, on 19 November 2020, Ikilei resigned in his turn as party leader after forty days in the position. The New Conservative board has said it will not select another leader at present and will govern the party and make media releases.