At the 2011 general election, she was number 14 on the list,[1] and stood again in Christchurch East. She finished third in her constituency, with 4.5% of the electorate vote,[11] but her main hopes had lain with being elected as a list MP. Indeed, opinion polls just prior to the election had indicated that the Greens could hope for up to fifteen MPs, and The Press reported that Mathers was "poised to become New Zealand's first deaf MP".