2007 Christchurch mayoral election

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2007 Christchurch mayoral election
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  2004 13 October 2007 [1] 2010  
Turnout102,495 (40.81%)
  Bob Parker 20 Sept 09.jpg Megan Woods.jpg No image.png
Candidate Bob Parker Megan Woods Jo Giles
Party Independent Christchurch 2021 City Vision
Popular vote47,03332,82114,454
Percentage45.4431.7113.96

Mayor before election

Garry Moore

Elected Mayor

Bob Parker

The 2007 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the 2007 New Zealand local elections. On 13 October of that year, elections were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus other local government roles. Incumbent Garry Moore retired in 2007 after nine years in the office. [1] Bob Parker, previously mayor of Banks Peninsula, beat the Christchurch 2021 representative, Megan Woods, with a majority of 14,212 votes (13.73%). [2] Media personality Jo Giles, who had previously contested the Ilam electorate for the ACT Party for Parliament, came a distant third. [3] A further seven candidate contested the election. [1] Parker's campaign was supported by businessman and Ngāi Tahu board member Nuk Korako, who himself was elected to the House of Representatives in 2014 for the National Party. [4]

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Results

2007 Christchurch mayoral election [1] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bob Parker 47,03345.44
Christchurch 2021 Megan Woods 32,82131.71
Christchurch City Vision Jo Giles 14,45413.96
Independent Mark Ross4,5054.35
Independent Peter Wakeman1,8681.80
Independent Blair Anderson8980.87-0.07
Workers Party Byron Clark7200.70
National Front Kyle Chapman 6800.66-1.24
Independent Paul Telfer2950.29-1.49
Independent Michael Hansen2280.22-0.20
Informal votes2290.22-0.06
Rejected ballots1,5441.47-2.20
Majority14,21213.73-42.90

Voting statistics

Participation in local elections has been falling for years. In the 2007 local election, 40.81% of registered voters cast their vote, some two percentage points higher than in 2004. The following table shows the voting statistics since the 1989 local elections: [5]

1989199219951998200120042007
Electors on rolls200,915208,533215,621223,832227,793235,930251,173
Voters121,680105,982107,450116,511110,06891,027102,495
Percentage voted60.56%50.82%49.83%52.05%48.32%38.58%40.81%

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