1998 Wellington City Council election

1998 Wellington City Council election

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All 17 ward seats on the Wellington City Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Wellington Alive Labour For The Public Interest Last election new 4 new Seats won 7 3 1 Seat change 7 1 1 Popular vote 55,115 24,771 12,139 Percentage 33.40% 15.01% 7.36%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Green Alliance Last election 3 1 Seats won 1 1 Seat change 2 0 Popular vote 11,835 5570 Percentage 7.17% 3.38%
Results by ward

The 1998 Wellington City Council election was part of the 1998 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.

Council

The Wellington City Council consists of a mayor and eighteen councillors elected from six wards (Eastern, Lambton, Northern, Onslow, Southern, Western).

Mayor

Main article: 1998 Wellington City mayoral election

1998 Wellington mayoral election ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wellington Alive	Mark Blumsky	33,828	58.81	+14.82
	Alliance	Stephanie Cook	12,918	22.46
	For The Public Interest	Bryan Pepperell	7,402	12.87	+11.25
		Rama Ramanathan	1,381	2.40
	Independent	Hugh Baker-Boyd	1,374	2.38
	Tumeke	Robert Te Whare	609	1.05
Majority			20,910	36.35	+11.84
Turnout			57,512	48.46	−4.64
Registered electors			118,669

Eastern ward

The Eastern ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Eastern Ward (4 vacancies) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sue Kedgley	5,914	56.15	−10.14
	Independent	Ruth Gotlieb	5,695	54.07	−17.49
	Labour	Leonie Gill	4,285	40.68
	Wellington Alive	Rob Goulden	4,050	38.45
	Wellington Alive	Jo Morgan	4,008	38.05
	Labour	Kevin Burrows	3,298	31.31
	Independent	Brian Barraclough	3,214	30.51	−11.54
		Rama Ramanathan	3,098	29.41	−9.93
	Labour	Kathy Moe	2,917	27.69
	Wellington People's Resource Centre	Linda Hobman	1,940	18.42
	Independent	Phil Sprey	1,912	18.15
	For The Public Interest	Arthur Attrill	1,798	17.07
Turnout			10,532	43.03	+0.53
Registered electors			24,474

Lambton ward

The Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Lambton Ward (3 vacancies) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mary Varnham	4,197	47.22
	Alliance	Stephanie Cook	3,971	44.68
	Wellington Alive	Chris Parkin	3,513	39.52
	Wellington Alive	Francine Russell	3,447	38.78
	Wellington Alive	David Simms	3,037	34.17
	Labour	Michael Gibbs	2,488	27.99
	Green	Craig Palmer	2,189	24.63
	For The Public Interest	Alistair Shaw	1,987	22.35
	Legalise Cannabis	Michael Appleby	791	8.90
		Peter Isaac	604	6.79
		Rosamund Averton	438	4.92
Turnout			8,887	39.80
Registered electors			22,327

Northern ward

The Northern ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Northern Ward (4 vacancies) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wellington Alive	Kerry Prendergast	6,789	58.41
	Wellington Alive	Robert Armstrong	6,046	52.02
	Wellington Alive	Ian Hutchings	5,403	46.48	+20.26
	Independent	Helene Ritchie	4,708	40.50	+15.42
	Wellington Alive	Phil Guerin	4,487	38.60
	Independent	Kent Clark	3,027	26.04	+0.01
	Independent	Lois Robertson	2,620	22.54
	Independent	Alex Tan	2,610	22.45
	Green	Deirdre Kent	2,268	19.51
	Independent	Roger Bradshaw	2,098	18.05
	For The Public Interest	Vryn Evans	1,612	13.87
	Alliance	Ron England	1,599	13.75
	Independent	Hugh Baker-Boyd	1,238	10.65
	For The Public Interest	John Fourier	1,209	10.40
	Tumeke	Eugene Ryder	772	6.64
Turnout			11,622	45.73	+4.00
Registered electors			25,411

Onslow ward

The Onslow ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Onslow Ward (2 vacancies) ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Judy Siers	2,981	51.69
	Wellington Alive	Allan Johnston	2,920	50.64
	Wellington Alive	Reece Mead	2,442	42.35
	Citizens Choice	Jack Ruben	1,559	27.03
	For The Public Interest	John Fanning	762	13.21
	Independent	Alexander Schiff	348	6.03
	Citizens Watch	Phillip Rennie	237	4.11
	Tumeke	Matthew Hodgetts	149	2.58
		Craig Ranapia	134	2.32
Turnout			5,766	49.66
Registered electors			11,610

Southern ward

The Southern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Southern Ward (3 vacancies) ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Piper	4,727	55.96	+2.55
	Labour	Alick Shaw	4,304	50.95
	For The Public Interest	Bryan Pepperell	3,358	39.75	+9.24
	Labour	Rupert Watson	2,752	32.58
	Wellington Alive	Coleen Singleton	2,658	31.47
	Wellington Alive	Matt Taylor	2,661	31.50
	Independent	Ray Clegg	1,673	19.80
	Green	John Robinson	1,464	17.33
	Your Voice	Maurice Moresi	779	9.22
	Tumeke	Robert Te Whare	653	7.73	−17.50
		Victoria Loisei	308	3.64
Turnout			8,446	41.51	+4.62
Registered electors			20,345

Western ward

The Western ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Western Ward (2 vacancies) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andy Foster	4,059	59.39	−3.04
	Wellington Alive	John Morrison	3,654	53.46
	Independent	Barbara Nef	3,564	52.15	+6.02
	For The Public Interest	Guy Nunns	1,413	20.67
	Independent	Craig Wylie	564	8.25	−21.31
	Tumeke	Beverly Murta	414	6.05
Turnout			6,834	47.12	+6.54
Registered electors			14,502

Results of the city council election

Following the 1998 Wellington City Council election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Summary

Ward	Previous		Elected
Mayor		Mark Blumsky		Mark Blumsky
Eastern Ward		Ruth Gotlieb		Sue Kedgley
		Sue Kedgley		Ruth Gotlieb
		Chris Parkin		Leonie Gill
		Brian Barraclough		Rob Goulden
Lambton Ward	Ward in abbeyance			Mary Varnham
				Stephanie Cook
				Chris Parkin
Northern Ward		Judy Siers		Kerry Prendergast
		Sally Baber		Robert Armstrong
		Allan Johnston		Ian Hutchings
		Kent Clark		Helene Ritchie
Onslow Ward	Ward in abbeyance			Judy Siers
				Allan Johnston
Southern Ward		John Gilberthorpe		Sue Piper
		Sue Piper		Alick Shaw
		Celia Wade-Brown		Bryan Pepperell
		Stephen Rainbow	Three seats only
Tawa Ward		Kerry Prendergast	Ward abolished
		Robert Armstrong
Western Ward		Andy Foster		Andy Foster
		Rex Nicholls		John Morrison
		Stephanie Cook	Two seats only
		Stephen Rainbow

Other local elections

Wellington Regional Council – Wellington Ward

The Wellington ward returns five councillors to the Wellington Regional Council.

Wellington Ward (5 vacancies) ^{[2] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chris Laidlaw	28,315	65.81
	Labour	Margaret Bonner	23,641	54.95
	Labour	Terry McDavitt	21,770	50.60
	Independent	Euan McQueen	17,692	41.12
	Independent	Michael Gibson	15,722	36.54
	Citizens'	Martyn Turner	15,445	35.90
	Labour	Jim Turner	15,236	35.41
	Green	Toni Atkinson	14,655	34.06
	Labour	Daran Ponter	14,592	33.91
	Citizens'	Bob Henare	13,676	31.79
	Alliance	Tony Simpson	13,083	30.41
	Green	Roland Sapsford	12,063	28.04
	Alliance	Russell Taylor	9,239	21.47
Turnout
Registered electors			118,669

References

1. "Wellington City Council – Declaration of Result of Election". The Evening Post . 17 October 1998. p. 22.
2. "How You Voted – Provisional Results". The Evening Post . 12 October 1998. p. 6.
3. "Leading Wellington 1998–2001 CITY VOICE Local Body Election Guide". City Voice. 24 September 1998. p. 13-21.
4. "Declaration of results of election Wellington Region". The Evening Post . 17 October 1998. p. 23.