1995 Auckland City local elections

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1995 Auckland City local elections
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  1992 14 October 1995 1998  

All 24 seats on the Auckland City Council
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Citizens & Ratepayers Alliance Labour
Last election1751
Seats won1722
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 1

The 1995 Auckland local elections were part of the 1995 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Auckland elections covered one regional council (the Auckland Regional Council), city council, health board, and various local boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

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Auckland City Council

The Auckland City Council consisted of a mayor and twenty-four councillors elected from ten wards (Avondale, Eastern Bays, Hauraki Gulf Islands, Hobson, Maungakiekie, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, Mount Roskill, Tamaki and Western Bays). [1]

Mayor

1995 Auckland mayoral election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Les Mills 53,411 50.96 -10.58
Independent Pam Corkery 43,74841.74
Independent Robert Rakete1,7581.67
Independent Sue Henry1,4511.38
Christians Against AbortionPhil O'Connor1,4501.38
Independent Steven John Atwood1,1261.07
Blokes Liberation FrontChris Brady4960.47
McGillicuddy Serious Marc de Boer4790.45
Independent Victor Bryers4070.38
STD Party Laurence Watkins2770.26+0.02
Communist League James Robb1860.17
Majority9,6639.21-0.13
Turnout 104,80649.50

Avondale Ward

The Avondale Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Avondale Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Brian Maude3,60738.52+1.40
Independent Phil Raffills 2,66528.46
Citizens & Ratepayers Jim Gilbert2,36825.29-9.98
Labour Lorraine Wilson1,78519.06
Independent Graeme Dabb1,73918.57
Alliance Jack Henderson1,66617.79
Independent Veronica Egan1,65417.66-16.75
Labour Ian Dunwoodie1,63117.42
Alliance Robert Neville1,61017.19
Majority2973.17
Turnout 9,362

Eastern Bays Ward

The Eastern Bays Ward elects three members to the Auckland City Council

Eastern Bays Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Juliet Yates12,05189.61+15.02
Citizens & Ratepayers Gray Bartlett 10,85880.74+9.76
Citizens & Ratepayers Colin Davis8,54863.56
Independent Gordon Wilmot Ragg5,54541.23
Alliance Doug Ogle3,34024.83
Majority3,00322.33
Turnout 13,448

Hauraki Gulf Islands Ward

The Hauraki Gulf Islands Ward elects one member to the Auckland City Council

Hauraki Gulf Islands Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Greg Davenport1,33645.75+16.46
Independent Judy Voullaire89030.47
Labour Dave Robinson 37212.73
Green Bruce Bisset32211.02
Majority44615.27
Turnout 2,920

Hobson Ward

The Hobson Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Hobson Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Barbara Goodman 6,04357.30-20.72
Citizens & Ratepayers John Strevens5,10448.39-16.29
Independent Hamish Keith 3,18330.18
Independent Ron Wright2,67525.36
Independent Chris Cotton2,08519.77
Independent Tim Mahon1,14010.80
Independent Peter Buchanan8628.17
Majority1,92118.21
Turnout 10,546

Maungakiekie Ward

The Maungakiekie Ward elects three members to the Auckland City Council

Maungakiekie Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Ken Graham6,11160.17-8.49
Citizens & Ratepayers Catherine Harland5,67455.86
Citizens & Ratepayers John Williams5,54954.63-5.75
Alliance Dawn Patchett2,67526.33
Alliance Petronella Townsend2,37523.38
Independent Mahe Tupouniua2,00519.74-28.82
Alliance John-Soane Foliaki1,83518.06
Labour Stephen Hurring1,56615.41
Labour Peter Donald Haynes1,46014.37
Labour Mark Wilkins1,21711.98
Majority2,87428.29
Turnout 10,156

Mount Albert Ward

The Mount Albert Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Mount Albert Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Frank Ryan 3,89044.25-8.69
Citizens & Ratepayers Patricia Goddard2,58929.45
Alliance Jennie Walker2,45427.92-15.75
Alliance Gillian Dance2,20325.06
Labour Devon Diggle1,85521.10
Independent Elizabeth Anderson1,79320.40
Labour Syd Walker1,50417.11
Independent Donna McCartney1,29014.67
Majority1351.53
Turnout 8,789

Mount Eden Ward

The Mount Eden Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Mount Eden Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Astrid Malcolm 5,10766.33+6.60
Citizens & Ratepayers Gordon Johns4,94764.25+10.74
Alliance Susan Bulmer2,92537.99
Alliance Vivien Rickard2,41931.41
Majority2,02226.26
Turnout 7,699

Mount Roskill Ward

The Mount Roskill Ward elects two members to the Auckland City Council

Mount Roskill Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers David Hay 8,13868.86+2.11
Citizens & Ratepayers Doug Astley7,97767.49+14.35
Citizens & Ratepayers Grahame Breed7,44562.99+14.88
Alliance Chris Anderton4,10734.75
Alliance Rex Stanton4,05634.32
Alliance Mark Allen3,73131.57
Majority3,33828.24
Turnout 11,818

Tamaki Ward

The Tamaki Ward elects three members to the Auckland City Council

Tamaki Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bill Christian4,41849.35+5.34
Labour Ian Shaw3,99444.62+6.33
Labour Jan Welch3,84642.96
Alliance Trevor Barnard3,65240.79-2.20
Labour Carol Gosche3,34937.41
Alliance Desne Charmaine Harris3,26836.50
Alliance Christopher Henry Mason2,95633.02
Independent Selwyn Abaford1,37015.30
Majority1942.16
Turnout 8,951

Western Bays Ward

The Western Bays Ward elects three members to the Auckland City Council

Western Bays Ward [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Bruce Hucker6,17656.00-15.43
Citizens & Ratepayers Penny Whiting6,11055.40+7.30
Alliance Penny Sefuvia5,14846.68
Alliance Sue Corbett5,13646.57-18.55
Citizens & Ratepayers Gary Gotlieb4,58441.57
Independent Stephen James Boyle2,87726.09
Independent Jo Crowley1,94817.66
Independent Brian Ian Kirby1,1019.98
Majority120.10
Turnout 11,027

Auckland Regional Council

Auckland Isthmus Ward

The Auckland Isthmus Ward elects four members to the Auckland Regional Council

Auckland Isthmus Ward [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Phil Warren 50,83562.11
Citizens & Ratepayers Patricia Thorp49,52460.51
Citizens & Ratepayers Selwyn Bartlett42,47751.90
Citizens & Ratepayers Ron Greer41,78451.05
Alliance Maire Leadbeater 34,88642.62
Alliance Chris Harris29,86036.48
Alliance Mike Lee 29,33035.83
Alliance Jan Riddick28,74835.12
Independent Jack McCormick19,91824.33
Majority6,8988.42
Turnout 81,841

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Auckland City - Declaration of Results of Elections". The New Zealand Herald . 24 October 1995. p. 6-7.
  3. "Auckland Regional Council - Declaration of Results of Elections". The New Zealand Herald . 24 October 1995. p. 6.