2013 Wellington City Council election

2013 Wellington City Council election
	Position of Wellington within the Greater Wellington region
	Mayoral election
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Mayor before election; Celia Wade-Brown ; Independent	Elected mayor; Celia Wade-Brown ; Independent

Last updated September 05, 2025

The 2013 Wellington City Council election was part of the 2013 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards.

Results

The Wellington City Council consists of a mayor and fourteen councillors elected from five wards (Northern, Onslow-Western, Lambton, Eastern, Southern) using the Single Transferable Vote system.

Mayor

2013 Wellington City mayoral election^[1]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Celia Wade-Brown	37.61	21,259	21,449	22,021	23,228	27,171
	Independent	John Morrison	33.44	18,904	19,064	19,769	21,433	24,691
	Independent	Jack Yan	14.33	8,105	8,346	8,782	9,996
	Independent	Nicola Young	7.99	4,520	4,612	5,108
	Independent	Rob Goulden	4.47	2,531	2,607
	Independent	Karunanidhi Muthu	1.65	935
Electorate: Valid: 56,524 Spoilt: 71 Quota: 25,931 Turnout: 40.85%

Councillors

Eastern ward

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

Eastern Ward (3 vacancies)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Simon (Swampy) Marsh	2,752
	Independent	Ray Ahipene-Mercer	2,705
	Green	Sarah Free	2,659
	Labour	Leonie Gill	2,322
	Independent	Rob Goulden	1,202
	Independent	John Coleman	849
	Independent	Jennifer Stephen	601
	Independent	Karunanidhi Muthu	637
	Independent	Va'ai Va'a Potoi	359
	Independent	Graham McCready	239
	Independent	Peter Kennedy	161
Majority			2,572
Turnout

Lambton ward

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

Lambton Ward (3 vacancies)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Iona Pannett	3,430
	Independent	Nicola Young	2,518
	Labour	Mark Peck	2,388
	Independent	Rex Nicholls	1,949
	Independent	John Dow	1,044
	Independent	John Woolf	789
	Independent	Jennifer Stephen	601
	Independent	Mark Wilson	442
	Legalise Cannabis	Michael Appleby	390
	Independent	Stephen Preston	313
	Independent	Milton Hollard	139
Majority			2,253
Turnout

Northern ward

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

Northern Ward (3 vacancies)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Justin Lester	3,841
	Independent	Malcolm Sparrow	3,039
	Independent	Helene Ritchie	2,759
	Labour	Peter Gilberd	2,732
	Independent	Regan Cutting	906
	Independent	Jacob Toner	378
Majority			2,754
Turnout

Onslow-Western ward

The Onslow-Western ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:

Onslow-Western Ward (3 vacancies)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Andy Foster	4,381
	Independent	Jo Coughlan	3,495
	Independent	Simon Woolf	3,579
	Labour	Malcolm Aitken	1,982
	Independent	Hayley Robinson	970
	Independent	Phil Howison	707
	Independent	Martin Wilson	607
	Independent	Dan Coffey	502
	Independent	Sridhar Ekambaram	342
	Independent	Arie Ketel	224
	Independent	Emma MacRae	202
	Independent	Gill Holmes	80
Majority			3,419
Turnout

Southern ward

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

Southern Ward (2 vacancies)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Paul Eagle	3,626
	Green	David Lee	2,336
	Independent	Ginette McDonald	2,235
	Independent	Bryan Pepperell	961
	Independent	Will Moore	618
	Independent	Brent Pierson	409
	Independent	Don McDonald	137
Majority			2,295
Turnout

References

↑ "2013 Triennial Election: Calculator Commentary and Iteration Report" (PDF). Wellington City Council . Retrieved 19 May 2022.
1 2 3 4 5 Inggs, Charlie (16 October 2013). "2013 Triennial Election: declaration of results" (PDF). Wellington City Council . Retrieved 10 March 2016.

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[1] "2013 Triennial Election: Calculator Commentary and Iteration Report" (PDF). Wellington City Council . Retrieved 19 May 2022.

[Declaration-2] 1 2 3 4 5 Inggs, Charlie (16 October 2013). "2013 Triennial Election: declaration of results" (PDF). Wellington City Council . Retrieved 10 March 2016.

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