2010 Greater Wellington Regional Council election

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2010 Greater Wellington Regional Council election
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The 2010 Wellington Region local elections were part of the 2010 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. These elections covered the Wellington Region council (known as the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authority (city and district) councils, three district health boards, and various community boards and licensing trusts.

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As per the Local Electoral Act 2001, all the elections occurred on Saturday 9 October 2010. [1] Voting was carried out by postal ballot, using one of two voting systems: Single Transferable Vote for the district health boards and three of the territorial authority councils, and First Past The Post for the remaining territorial authority councils, the regional council, and all the local boards and trusts.

Greater Wellington Regional Council

The Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) is the regional council covering the whole Wellington Region. It represents a population of 478,600 as of the Statistics New Zealand's June 2009 estimate, [2] and consists of thirteen councillors elected from six constituencies (Wellington, Lower Hutt, Porirua-Tawa, Kāpiti Coast, Upper Hutt, Wairarapa) using the First Past The Post voting system.

Wellington constituency

The Wellington constituency returns five members to the GWRC. At the close of nominations at 12 noon on 20 August 2010, the candidates nominated for the Wellington constituency were: [3]

NameAffiliation (if any)Notes
Judith Aitken Incumbent
Sally BaberIncumbent
Paul Bruce Green Incumbent
Dianne Buchan Independent
Charles Finny
Michael GibsonREFORM
Chris Laidlaw IndependentIncumbent
Chris Lipscombe Labour
Terry McDavitt Independent
Daran Ponter Labour
Bill RaineyIndependent
Fran Wilde IndependentIncumbent, Regional Council Chair

Lower Hutt constituency

Greater Wellington Regional Council Lower Hutt constituency councillor election, 2010 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Peter Glensor15,600
Sandra Greig14,643
Prue Lamason13,866
John Terris 12,640
Rose Thomas10,001

Porirua-Tawa constituency

The Porirua-Tawa constituency returns two members to the GWRC. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Porirua-Tawa constituency were: [3]

NameAffiliation (if any)Notes
Jenny Brash IndependentCurrent Porirua City Council mayor
John Burke IndependentIncumbent
Barbara DonaldsonIncumbent
Pat HanleyIndependent

Kāpiti Coast constituency

One member from the Kapiti constituency was elected to GWRC. Incumbent Nigel Wilson retained the seat against former Kāpiti Coast District councillor Ann Chapman.

Greater Wellington Regional Council Kapiti Coast constituency councillor election, 2010 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nigel Wilson842754.69+46.31
Ann Chapman698245.31
Turnout 15,409

Upper Hutt constituency

Greater Wellington Regional Council Upper Hutt constituency councillor election, 2010 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Paul Swain 507942.52
Rex Kirton 376431.51
Stephanie Lambert194616.29
Alan Jefferies11559.67
Turnout 11,994

Wairarapa constituency

One member from the Wairarapa constituency was elected to GWRC. Former Carterton District Council mayor Gary McPhee won the constituency, defeating incumbent Ian Buchannan.

Greater Wellington Regional Council Wairarapa constituency councillor election, 2010 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Gary McPhee664444.15
Ian Buchannan593739.45−37.11
Perry Cameron246716.39−32.69
Turnout 15,048

References

  1. ↑ "Local Electoral Act 2001 No 35 (as at 24 January 2009), Public Act". Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "Subnational population estimates at 30 June 2006–09". Statistics New Zealand. 23 October 2009. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Candidates – Greater Wellington Regional Council". 18 August 2010. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Greater Wellington Regional Council – preliminary results as at 1545hrs, 11 October 2010". 11 October 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
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