2019 Wellington local elections

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2019 Wellington local elections
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  2016 12 October 2019 2022  

The 2019 Wellington Region local elections were part of the wider 2019 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. These elections covered one regional council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authorities (city and district councils), three district health boards, and various community boards and licensing trusts. [1]

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Greater Wellington Regional Council

Councillors standing down

By July 2019 four councillors had announced that they would not be standing for re-election to the Wellington Regional Council; Sue Kedgley, Chris Laidlaw, Ian McKinnon and Paul Swain. The GWRC has been "under fire" for changes to the bus services, particularly in Wellington city. [2]

Kapiti Coast constituency (1)

Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta/Upper Hutt constituency (1)

Wairarapa constituency (1)

Porirua-Tawa constituency (2)

Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt constituency (3)

Poneke/Wellington constituency (5)

  • Roger Blakeley
  • Gavin Bruce
  • Tony de Lorenzo
  • Jill Ford
  • Alexander Garside
  • Glenda Hughes (Wellington Party)
  • Tony Jansen
  • John Klaphake
  • Anand Kochunny
  • David Lee
  • Yvonne Legarth
  • Troy Mihaka (Wellington Party)
  • Deane Milne
  • Thomas Nash (Green)
  • Philip O'Brien (Wellington Party)
  • Bryce Pender
  • Daran Ponter (Labour)
  • Phil Quin
  • Victoria Rhodes-Carlin
  • Helene Ritchie
  • Lesleigh Salinger
  • Sam Somers
  • Ray Wilson

Kapiti Coast District Council

Porirua City Council

Upper Hutt City Council

Mayor (1)

Councillors (10)

  • Michael Anderson
  • Dylan Bentley
  • Chris Carson
  • Luke Cooke
  • Ted Cooper
  • Blair Griffiths
  • Michael Hurle
  • Harry Dale Kent
  • Paul Lambert
  • Rebecca Macann
  • Glenn McArthur
  • Angela McLeod
  • D J McNicholas
  • Heather Newell
  • Michael Newell
  • Hellen Swales
  • Steve Taylor
  • Paul Thompson
  • Tracy Ultra
  • Dave Wheeler

[3]

Hutt City Council

Mayor (1)

Councillors – at-large (6)

  • James Anderson
  • Campbell Barry (Labour)
  • Josh Briggs
  • Brady Dyer
  • Simon Edwards
  • Michael Gray
  • Deborah Hislop
  • Tesh Kells
  • Michael Lulich
  • George MacKay
  • Chris Norton (Green)
  • Ashok Neil Parbhu
  • Joshua Peauafi
  • Shazly Rasheed
  • Naomi Shaw
  • Phil Sprey
  • Kamiria Mid Thomas-Savelio
  • Gabriel Tupou
  • Karen Yung

Councillor – Central ward (1)

Incumbent councillor David Bassett was re-elected unopposed.

Councillor – Eastern ward (1)

Councillor – Harbour ward (1)

Councillor – Northern ward (1)

Councillor – Wainuiomata ward (1)

Councillor – Western ward (1)

[4]

Wellington City Council

Mayor

2019 Wellington City mayoral election (final results) [5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Independent Andy Foster 31.919,32319,345 19,411 19,493 19,567 20,457 22,062 27,364
Labour Justin Lester 34.420,83020,84520,90420,96521,08422,44624,62027,302
Independent Diane Calvert13.88,3858,405 8,429 8,493 8,584 9,335 11,471  
Independent Jenny Condie9.75,9015,925 5,957 6,005 6,143 7,227   
Independent Conor Hill7.54,5554,566 4,612 4,658 4,796    
Independent Norbert Hausberg0.9562576 592 632     
Independent Ajay Rathod0.6399406 426      
Independent Don McDonald0.5329340       
Independent Andrew Cox0.2151       
Electorate:  Valid: 60,435  Quota:  Turnout: 40.12%  

    Motukairangi/Eastern Ward Ward

    The Motukairangi-Eastern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Sarah Free, Simon Marsh, and Chris Calvi-Freeman—Free and Calvi-Freeman sought re-election; Marsh did not.

    Free was re-elected in the first count, and newcomer Teri O'Neill was elected in the fourth (after the elimination of Ajay Rathod, Bernard O'Shaughnessy, and Steph Edlin, in that order). The final seat was taken in the fifth count by Sean Rush, who had overtaken Calvi-Freeman after starting narrowly behind him.

    2019 Wellington City Motukairangi-Eastern Ward [5]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Green Sarah Free26.43,0192,8832,9203,0522,799
    Labour Teri O'Neill19.32,2042,305 2,408 2,8722,895
    Independent Chris Calvi-Freeman17.51,9982,072 2,176 2,416 2,501
    Wellington PartySean Rush17.41,9882,061 2,247 2,692 2,764
    Independent Steph Edlin11.41,3051,368 1,488   
    Independent Bernard O'Shaughnessy5.2594645    
    Independent Ajay Rathod2.6295    
    Electorate:  Valid: 11,403  Spoilt: 528  Quota: 2,739.83 (final)  Turnout:  

      Paekawakawa/Southern Ward

      The Paekawakawa/Southern ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Fleur Fitzsimons and David Lee—Fitzsimons sought re-election; Lee did not.

      Fitzsimons and newcomer Laurie Foon (from the same party as outgoing councillor Lee) were both elected in the first count. Since there were only two seats to be filled, no further counts were necessary.

      2019 Wellington City Paekawakawa/Southern Ward [5]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Labour Fleur Fitzsimons41.13,967
      Green Laurie Foon39.43,805
      Independent Humphrey Hanley12.91,249
      Independent Thomas Morgan6.5632
      Electorate:  Valid: 9653  Spoilt: 414  Quota: 3,217.67 (final)  Turnout:  

        Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward

        The Pukehīnau/Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Iona Pannett, Nicola Young, and Brian Dawson—all three sought re-election.

        Pannett and Young received enough votes in the first count to be elected immediately. Dawson lost his seat in the sixth count to newcomer Tamatha Paul, after all other candidates (Harry Smith, Lee Orchard, and Shan Ng) had been eliminated.

        2019 Wellington City Takapū/Northern Ward [5]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        Green Iona Pannett31.83,2202,5392,5782,5122,6072,571
        Independent Nicola Young25.32,5652,6522,5472,5172,5612,678
        Independent Tamatha Paul19.21,9472,134 2,253 2,279 2,483 2,770
        Labour Brian Dawson12.01,2191,431 1,500 1,530 1,624 1,758
        Independent Shan Ng5.0502544 592 606 670  
        Independent Lee Orchard4.1417490 549 561   
        Independent Harry Smith2.6263290     
        Electorate:  Valid: 10,133  Spoilt: 287  Quota: 2,444.18 (final)  Turnout:  

          Takapū/Northern Ward

          The Takapū/Northern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Jill Day, Malcolm Sparrow, and Peter Gilberd—all three sought re-election.

          Day and Sparrow retained their seats (the former being re-elected in the first round). Gilberd was beaten for the last seat by a newcomer, Jenny Condie, after the elimination (in order) of Tracy Hurst-Porter, John Peters, Graeme Sawyer, and John Apanowicz.

          2019 Wellington City Takapū/Northern Ward [5]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Independent Jill Day 27.83,4043,0653,1253,1253,1342,9813,316
          Moderate IndependentMalcolm Sparrow17.12,0982,173 2,220 2,322 2,507 2,546 2,997
          YIMBY Futureproof WellingtonJenny Condie16.42,0072,079 2,136 2,220 2,367 2,402 2,900
          Labour Peter Gilberd13.31,6351,717 1,761 1,859 1,989 2,029 2,259
          Wellington PartyJohn Apanowicz12.21,5001,533 1,598 1,664 1,925 1,944  
          Political Parties have NO PLACE in Local GovtGraeme Sawyer6.0731747 818 866    
          Independent John Peters3.9482493 519     
          Independent Tracy Hurst-Porter3.3401420      
          Electorate:  Valid: 12,258  Spoilt: 452  Quota: 2,868.02 (final)  Turnout:  

            Wharangi/Onslow-Western Ward

            The Wharangi/Onslow-Western ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Andy Foster, Simon Woolf, and Diane Calvert—all three were on the ballot again, although Foster's candidacy was superseded by his victory in the mayoral race, and his votes were redistributed according to next preferences.

            Calvert was re-elected in the first count. Woolf was re-elected in the seventh, after Ray Chung, Richard McIntosh, and Rohan Biggs were eliminated. Newcomer Rebecca Matthews was elected in the tenth, after the elimination of Conor Hill and over Michelle Rush, the other remaining candidate.

            2019 Wellington City Wharangi/Onslow-Western Ward [5]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345678910
            Your AdvocateDiane Calvert26.94,1413,8464,0823,7933,9043,7564,1333,7143,7243,945
            Independent Simon Woolf19.02,9233,014 3,211 3,306 3,398 3,447 3,7563,8523,6843,916
            Labour Rebecca Matthews14.62,2432,277 2,358 2,393 2,896 2,916 3,073 3,142 3,166 3,815
            Green Richard McIntosh8.41,2931,307 1,359 1,374       
            Independent Rohan Biggs8.31,2741,307 1,426 1,464 1,549 1,569     
            For a Better WellingtonConor Hill8.11,2391,269 1,365 1,396 1,597 1,614 1,867 1,932 1,959  
            Independent Michelle Rush7.81,1961,232 1,372 1,412 1,680 1,703 1,946 2,036 2,073 2,472
            Independent Ray Chung7.01,0731,108         
            Electorate:  Valid: 15,382  Spoilt: 310  Quota: 3,536.95 (final)  Turnout:  

              Masterton District Council

              Mayor (1)

              Councillors (10)

              • Gary Caffell
              • Deborah Davidson
              • Brent Gare
              • Carys Gibbs
              • David Holmes
              • Jonathan Hooker
              • Peter James
              • Bex Johnson
              • Ronald Karaitiana
              • Donna Laing
              • John Lapslie
              • Britt Leveridge
              • Frazer Mailman
              • Graham McClymont
              • Isabella McClymont
              • Tim Nelson
              • Tina Nixon
              • Chris Peterson
              • Sandy Ryan
              • David Wright

              [6]

              Carterton District Council

              Mayor (1)

              Councillors (8)

              • Dalina Armstrong
              • Steffen Bertram
              • Bernard Bottrill
              • Roger Boulter
              • Ruth Carter
              • Robyn Cherry-Campbell
              • Steve Cretney
              • Brian Deller
              • John Fairbrother
              • Jill Greathead
              • Jenna Hagan
              • Russell Keys
              • Douge Mende
              • Hank Optland
              • Mike Osborne
              • Marty Sebire
              • Ron Shaw
              • Rob Stockley
              • Rebecca Vergunst
              • Justus Verheij
              • Dale Williams

              [7]

              South Wairarapa District Council

              Mayor (1)

              Councillors – Greytown ward (3)

              Councillors – Featherston ward (3)

              Councillors – Martinborough ward (3)

              [8]

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