2010 Auckland mayoral election

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2010 Auckland mayoral election
Auckland Council pohutukawa logo.png
  2007 Auckland City
six other councils
9 October 2010 [1] 2013  
Registered961,536
Turnout487,703 (50.1%) [2]
  Len Brown.jpg John Banks (cropped2).jpg
Candidate Len Brown John Banks
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote237,487171,542
Percentage49.2%35.6%

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Mayor before election

Position created

Elected Mayor

Len Brown

The 2010 Auckland mayoral election, was part of the 2010 New Zealand local elections. It was the first election of a mayor for the enlarged Auckland Council, informally known as the "super-city". The election was won by sitting mayor of Manukau City Len Brown with 48.7% votes, over sitting mayor of Auckland City John Banks with 35.17% and first-time candidate Colin Craig with 8.73%. The sitting mayor of North Shore City Andrew Williams polled fourth and actor/director Simon Prast fifth. [2]

Contents

The election occurred on Saturday 9 October 2010, as per the Local Electoral Act 2001. [3] Like the majority of New Zealand mayoral elections, the election was held by postal voting using the first-past-the-post system. It was the largest election of the 2010 local elections, with some 961,536 eligible voters (32.5% of all registered voters nationally) able to vote in the election. [4] [5]

Candidates

Several candidates announced their intentions to run for mayor of Auckland before official nominations opened.

Nominations opened on 23 July 2010, and closed at 12 noon NZST (UTC+12) on 20 August 2010. At the close of nominations, 23 candidates had put their name forward.

Opinion polls and campaigns

SourceDate (published) Banks Brown Williams Lee Tindall Margin of error
UMR - New Zealand Herald April 200917%6%1%
23 July 200934%35%4.5%
UMR - New Zealand Herald November -December, 200931%42%4.5%
Herald on Sunday/Buzz Channel December, 20098.2%23.8%5.7%11.6%
Curia February, 201042.5%38.1%1.3%4.8%
UMR - New Zealand Herald 30 April and 12 May37%48.4%3.6%
Digipoll - New Zealand Herald (14 August 2010)28.7%29.6%3.9%3.5%
Digipoll - New Zealand Herald (16 September 2010)27.8%29.8%1%3.5%

Mike Lee and Stephen Tindall did not stand for mayor (though Lee stood as a councillor) but they were included in several opinion polls on a "what if" basis only.

Because Len Brown is generally associated with Labour, and John Banks with National, some analysts remarked that the election was likely to involve more party politics than usual in Auckland. [12]

The two front-running candidates Brown and Banks were estimated to have spent around $1 million each on their campaigns, most from bigger donors. It was commented that the fact that Banks' advertising concentrated too much on the old Auckland City area, missing out other parts of the new council areas, and especially the south, may have played a role in his poorer than expected showing. [13]

Results

2010 Auckland Mayoral Election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Len Brown 237,487 49.24 +23.91a
Independent John Banks 171,54235.57−11.20a
Independent Colin Craig 42,5988.83
Independent Andrew Williams 4,0230.83−98.13a
Independent Simon Prast 3,8410.80
Independent Mark Ross3,2460.67
Independent Vanessa Neeson3,0510.63
Independent Penny Bright 2,7060.56
Independent Hugh Chapman2,0150.42
Independent Aileen Austin1,6320.34
Independent Alan McCulloch 1,5890.33
Independent Harry Fong1,4870.31
Christians Against AbortionPhil O'Connor1,2970.27
Independent Vinnie Kahui1,1770.24
Independent Nga Dave8930.19
Independent Marlene Barr7180.15
Independent Steve McDonald6770.14
Independent Wayne Young5740.12
Roads FirstDavid Willmott5420.11
Independent Shannon Gillies4860.10
Communist League Annalucia Vermunt4510.09
Independent Raymond Presland2940.06
Total valid votes482,326
Rejected ballots5377
Turnout 487,70350.17b

a Relative to their percentage win in their respective cities in 2007.
b Based on 20 August 2010 close of roll figure of 961,536 enrolled electors. [4]

Results (final)

For final results of the voting, see here.

See also

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