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The 2007 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the 2007 New Zealand local elections. On 13 October 2007, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government roles. Kerry Prendergast was elected for a third consecutive term as mayor of Wellington. [1]
There were eleven candidates in the election: [2]
McGrath's campaign was filled with controversies. During the campaign he used an image of Auckland Mayor Dick Hubbard on a billboard without permission and was forced to admit he owed up to $40,000 from the launch of his bar which he later sold. His campaign manager resigned, claiming he owed her money. After the election he failed to file his candidate spending figures, blaming it on his accountant. [3]
The following table shows detailed results:
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Independent | Kerry Prendergast | 34.89 | 17,910 | 18,008 | 18,110 | 18,327 | 18,521 | 19,274 | 19,925 | 20,516 | 21,868 | |
| Independent | Ray Ahipene-Mercer | 13.55 | 6,954 | 7,065 | 7,168 | 7,360 | 7,642 | 8,003 | 8,632 | 9,389 | 10,899 | |
| Independent | Bryan Pepperell | 11.07 | 5,680 | 5,752 | 5,861 | 5,966 | 6,187 | 6,458 | 7,070 | 8,335 | 10,125 | |
| Independent | Helene Ritchie | 10.83 | 5,559 | 5,633 | 5,755 | 5,865 | 6,050 | 6,346 | 6,754 | 7,643 | ||
| Independent | Jack Ruben | 7.66 | 3,930 | 3,996 | 4,076 | 4,228 | 4,424 | 4,723 | 5,348 | |||
| Independent | Rob Goulden | 6.21 | 3,187 | 3,241 | 3,299 | 3,515 | 3,708 | 4,213 | ||||
| Independent | John McGrath | 6.05 | 3,106 | 3,155 | 3,188 | 3,344 | 3,473 | |||||
| Independent | Carl Gifford | 3.37 | 1,730 | 1,779 | 1,901 | 2,015 | ||||||
| Independent | Paul Bailey | 2.95 | 1,512 | 1,546 | 1,584 | |||||||
| Workers Party | Nick Kelly | 1.82 | 932 | 988 | ||||||||
| Independent | Nick Wang | 1.63 | 838 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 132,051 Valid: 51,328 Spoilt: 218 Quota: 21446 Turnout: 39.76 | ||||||||||||
Candidates were also elected from wards to the Wellington City Council.
| Party/ticket | Councillors | |
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| Independent | 11 | |
| Greens | 2 | |
| Labour | 1 |
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