1986 Wellington City Council election

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1986 Wellington City Council election
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Leader Helene Ritchie Gavin Wilson
Party Labour Citizens'
Leader since13 October 198013 October 1983
City Council11 seats9 seats
Harbour3 seats2 seats
Hospital3 seats3 seats
Regional5 seats3 seats
Total Seats22 seats17 seats
Seat ChangeIncrease2.svg 8Decrease2.svg 3
1986 Wellington City Council election results.svg
Results by ward, shaded by highest polling party

The 1986 Wellington City Council election was part of the 1986 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The polling was conducted using the first-past-the-post electoral method.

Contents

Council

The Wellington City Council consists of a mayor and nineteen councillors elected from seven wards (Brooklyn, Eastern, Karori, Lambton, Northern, Otari, Southern).

Mayor

1986 Wellington mayoral election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Belich 18,873 50.58
Citizens' Ian Lawrence 16,51944.27−4.97
Independent Norm Thomas1,3443.60
McGillicuddy Serious Mark Servian2600.69
Private EnterpriseFrank Moncur2510.67+0.27
Informal votes2940.78+0.16
Majority 2,3546.30
Turnout 37,01741.77+4.18
Registered electors 89,328

Brooklyn Ward

The Brooklyn Ward elects two members to the Wellington City Council

Brooklyn Ward [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helene Ritchie 2,369 68.34
Labour John Blincoe 2,044 58.97
Citizens' Ian Bartram1,06230.64
Citizens' Paul Douche69720.10
Independent Citizens' Saul Goldsmith 54415.69
Independent Bill Maung1624.67
Informal votes551.58
Turnout 3,46638.69
Registered electors 8,957

Eastern Ward

The Eastern Ward elects four members to the Wellington City Council

Eastern Ward [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens' Ruth Gotlieb 3,226 50.21
Citizens' Les Paske 3,025 47.08
Labour Nic Dalton 2,904 45.20
Labour Geoff Turner 2,796 43.52
Labour Lloyd Brown2,54339.58
Citizens' Kevin Allen2,52639.32
Labour Allan Jenkins2,43637.92
Citizens' Cress Thirkell1,96430.57
Independent Jenny Harris1,59624.84
Independent Bruce Harris1,38521.55
Independent David Mitchell81612.70
Private EnterpriseFrank Moncur3926.10
Informal votes871.35
Turnout 6,42539.37
Registered electors 16,316

Karori Ward

The Karori Ward elects two members to the Wellington City Council

Karori Ward [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens' Gavin Wilson 2,281 54.40
Independent Val Bedingfield 2,177 51.91
Citizens' Bryan Weyburne1,94746.43
Labour Tracey Crampton-Smith1,02124.35
Labour David Davies91521.82
Informal votes451.07
Turnout 4,19347.67
Registered electors 8,795

Lambton Ward

The Lambton Ward elects three members to the Wellington City Council

Lambton Ward [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Bonner 2,346 50.50
Labour Terry McDavitt 2,248 48.39
Citizens' Rex Nicholls 2,147 46.22
Labour Myra Giese1,87940.45
Independent Labour Joe Aspell1,76037.89
Citizens' William Brien1,54833.32
Citizens' John Wedde1,50132.31
Independent George Crombie4138.89
Informal votes952.04
Turnout 4,64536.71
Registered electors 12,651

Northern Ward

The Northern Ward elects three members to the Wellington City Council

Northern Ward [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens' David Bull 2,223 51.43
Citizens' Sarah Lysaght 2,175 50.32
Labour Ken Boyden 1,947 45.04
Labour Pip Piper1,83342.41
Labour Jan Gould1,72839.98
Citizens' Stephen Bourne1,62637.62
Independent Norm Thomas1,34931.21
Informal votes861.98
Turnout 4,32232.71
Registered electors 13,210

Otari Ward

The Otari Ward elects four members to the Wellington City Council

Otari Ward [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Belich [nb 1] 5,023 65.68
Citizens' Rosemary Young-Rouse 4,373 57.18
Citizens' Sally Baber 4,025 52.63
Labour Sue Driver 3,898 50.97
Citizens' Anna Weir 3,575 46.75
Citizens' Arthur Kinsella 3,54046.29
Labour Harold Dixon3,29643.10
Labour Henk Huber2,74435.88
Informal votes1151.50
Turnout 7,64744.03
Registered electors 17,364

Table footnotes:

  1. ↑ As Belich won the Mayoralty his election to the council was voided and his seat was awarded to the highest polling unsuccessful candidate.

Southern Ward

The Southern Ward elects three members to the Wellington City Council

Southern Ward [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Gilberthorpe 2,792 68.38
Labour Neville Taylor 2,706 66.27
Labour Tala Cleverley 2,588 63.38
Citizens' Kevin O'Brien1,60139.21
Citizens' Rama Ramanathan1,36733.48
Citizens' Lagi Sipeli1,09526.81
Informal votes1002.44
Turnout 4,08333.92
Registered electors 12,035

Other local elections

Wellington Harbour Board

Wellington Harbour Board [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Belich 21,702 67.12
Labour Keith Spry 20,670 63.92 +6.46
Labour Hazel Bibby 19,471 60.22 +8.64
Citizens' Ruth Gotlieb 17,547 54.26
Citizens' Brian Barraclough 14,564 45.04 −8.32
Citizens' Alister Macalister14,47844.77−5.08
Labour David Wilkin13,83342.78
Citizens' Kevin O'Brien13,46041.62
Labour Terry O'Brien13,11840.57
Citizens' James Stewart12,91539.94
Informal votes6892.13−1.52
Turnout 32,48936.37+3.94
Registered electors 89,328

Wellington Hospital Board

Wellington Hospital Board [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Bonner 24,040 67.98 +16.45
Citizens' Bridget-Anne Fowler 17,894 50.60
Citizens' Doug Catley 17,397 49.20 +2.99
Citizens' Ella McLeod 17,283 48.87 +6.12
Labour Val Taylor 17,160 48.53
Labour Anne Town 16,391 46.35
Citizens' Malcolm Nicholson15,89044.93+3.19
Labour Tracey Crampton-Smith15,21943.04
Citizens' Ralph Johnson14,64741.42
Labour John Morgan14,61141.32
Labour Henk Huber13,65938.62+14.66
Informal votes9602.71+0.61
Turnout 35,35939.58+6.05
Registered electors 89,328

Wellington Regional Council

Wellington Regional Council [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Belich 23,096 61.68
Labour Keith Spry 21,750 58.09 −6.09
Labour Hazel Bibby 21,097 56.35 +1.02
Labour Ken Boyden 16,561 44.23 +4.19
Citizens' Les Paske 16,292 43.51 −17.92
Labour Raewyn Good 15,956 42.61
Citizens' Mike Gibson 15,145 40.45 −9.67
Citizens' Sarah Lysaght 14,706 39.27
Citizens' Kevin O'Brien14,33338.28
Labour Paul Swain 14,28938.16
Citizens' Bob Moodie14,18937.89
Citizens' Lloyd Brown13,77336.78
Labour John Gilberthorpe12,33932.95
Citizens' Rama Ramanathan11,48630.67
Citizens' Paul Douche10,87129.03
Independent Saul Goldsmith 9,56025.53
Independent Ron England4,42111.80
Informal votes4861.29−2.38
Turnout 37,43941.91+9.31
Registered electors 89,328

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bly, Ross (24 October 1986). Declaration of Election Results (Report). Wellington City Council.
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