2022 Auckland local elections

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2022 Auckland local elections
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  2019 8 October 20222025 
Mayoral election
  2019 8 October 2022 (2022-10-08)2025 
Registered1,142,237
Turnout404,541 (35.4%)
  Wayne Brown 2024.jpg Efeso Collins (cropped2).jpg
Candidate Wayne Brown Efeso Collins
PartyFix Auckland Independent [lower-alpha 1]
Popular vote181,810124,802
Percentage44.9%30.9%

2022 Auckland mayoral election map.svg

Mayor before election

Phil Goff

Elected Mayor

Wayne Brown

Council election

2022 Auckland Council election map.svg

The 2022 Auckland local elections took place between September and October 2022 by postal vote as part of nation-wide local elections. The elections were the fifth since the merger of seven councils into the Auckland Council, which is composed of the mayor and 20 councillors, and 149 members of 21 local boards. Thirty-five members of 5 licensing trusts were also elected.

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Mayoral election

The incumbent mayor, Phil Goff, did not stand for re-election. [1] Wayne Brown was elected mayor.

Governing body elections

Twenty members were elected to the Auckland Council, across thirteen wards, using the first past the post vote system. [2]

The final candidate list was released on 16 August. [3] Provisional results were announced on 8 October. [4] Preliminary results were released on 9 October. [5] Official and final results were released on 15 October. [6]

Rodney ward (1)

Incumbent Greg Sayers was re-elected. [6]

Affiliation (if any)NameVotesNotes
Independent Greg Sayers 13,539
Rodney First Beth Houlbrooke 5,850
IndependentRob Ryan1,447
IndependentAnne Perratt1,109
Hannah North1,048
Informal/blank842

Albany ward (2)

Incumbents Walker and Watson were re-elected. [6]

Affiliation (if any)NameVotesNotes
Putting People First John Watson 20,575
Putting People First Wayne Walker 20,007
Independent LocalsVictoria Short14,968
Your Community LawJake Law9,120
Your Community LawSylvia Yang7,298
IndependentTony Corbett6,529
IndependentCallum Blair6,480
Communities FirstJohn Davies3,189
IndependentAlezix Heneti1,381
Informal/blank3,160

North Shore ward (2)

Incumbents Darby and Hills were re-elected. [6]

Affiliation (if any)NameVotesNotes
A Positive Voice for the Shore Richard Hills 19,269
For the Shore Chris Darby 17,123
C&R North ShoreDanielle Grant14,584
C&R North Shore George Wood 12,009
IndependentTony Bunting4,370
Raymond Tan3,857
Adrian Tyler3,270
Informal/blank1,237

Waitākere ward (2)

Incumbents Linda Cooper and Shane Henderson sought re-election. Henderson was re-elected and Cooper lost her seat to Ken Turner. [6]

Affiliation (if any)NameVotesNotes
Labour Shane Henderson 16,545
WestWards Ken Turner 14,654
Independent Linda Cooper 13,995
WestWardsShawn Blanchfield8,472
IndependentPeter Chan8,199
IndependentTua Schuster3,278
IndependentAimela Hansen2,648
IndependentMichael Coote2,550
Informal/blank1,589

Waitemata and Gulf ward (1)

Incumbent Pippa Coom sought re-election and was defeated by Mike Lee. [6]

Affiliation (if any)NameVotesNotes
Auckland Independents Mike Lee 9,415
City Vision Pippa Coom 8,254
Rock The VoteMike Burton1,032
Andi Liu636
Informal/blank1,495

Whau ward (1)

Incumbent Tracy Mulholland sought re-election and was defeated by Kerrin Leoni. [6]

Affiliation (if any)NameVotesNotes
Labour Kerrin Leoni 8,373
C&R – Communities and Residents Tracy Mulholland 8,011
Informal/blank1,559

Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward (2)

Incumbent Christine Fletcher sought re-election and Cathy Casey retired. [6]

Affiliation (if any)NameVotesNotes
C&R – Communities and Residents Christine Fletcher 20,021
City Vision Julie Fairey 16,966
C&R – Communities and Residents Will McKenzie16,182
City Vision Red Tsounga14,013
IndependentStewart Brown6,211
Frank Fu3,662
Informal/blank2,248

Maungakiekie-Tamaki ward (1)

Incumbent Josephine Bartley was re-elected. [6]

Affiliation (if any)NameVotesNotes
Labour Josephine Bartley 8,877
C&R – Communities and Residents Troy Elliott6,868
IndependentJohn Pebbles1,812
Christopher Carroll1,213
Informal/blank983

Manukau ward (2)

Incumbents Alf Filipaina was re-elected and Efeso Collins retired to stand for Mayoralty. Lotu Fuli was elected in Collins' place. [6]

Affiliation (if any)NameVotesNotes
Labour Alf Filipaina 16,734
Labour Lotu Fuli 14,935
C&R – Communities and Residents Malcolm Turner8,512
Outdoors Hine Afeaki5,699
Informal/blank1,372

Manurewa-Papakura ward (2)

Incumbents Daniel Newman and Angela Dalton were re-elected. [6]

Affiliation (if any)NameVotesNotes
Manurewa-Papakura Action Team Daniel Newman 15,214
Angela Dalton 12,055
Manurewa-Papakura Action TeamRangi McLean7,948
Labour Sago Feagaiga6,315
Labour Ilango Krishnamoorthy4,049
Karin Kerr3,046
Informal/blank966

Franklin ward (1)

Incumbent Bill Cashmore did not stand for re-election. The contest was won by Andy Baker. [6]

Affiliation (if any)NameVotesNotes
Team Franklin Andy Baker 14,187
Independent Keven Mealamu 9,279
Informal/blank830

Ōrākei ward (1)

Incumbent Desley Simpson was re-elected. [6]

Affiliation (if any)NameVotesNotes
C&R – Communities and Residents Desley Simpson 24,634
IndependentFatin Aaron4,724
Informal/blank2,059

Howick ward (2)

Incumbents Stewart and Young both sought re-election. Stewart was re-elected and Young lost his seat to former MP Maurice Williamson. [6]

Affiliation (if any)NameVotesNotes
Independent Sharon Stewart 16,013
Independent Maurice Williamson 14,544
#Burns&Young Paul Young 11,876
#Burns&YoungBo Burns11,491
Independent Damian Light 9,825
Morgan Xiao3,840
Informal/blank1,325

Local board elections

Licensing trustee elections

35 members were elected to 5 licensing trusts across Auckland. [6]

Birkenhead Licensing Trust (6)

Affiliation (if any)NameVotes
Your Community Trust/Shore Action Paula Gillon5,513
Your Community TrustStuart Weir4,834
Shore Action Alexander Croft4,586
Your Community TrustMarilyn Nicholls4,302
Your Community TrustShane Prince4,209
Labour Liz Hurley3,319
Labour Sesalina Setu3,250
Frances Mary Waaka2,325
James Mark Doleman1,349
Informal/blank1,031

Mt Wellington Licensing Trust (6)

Affiliation (if any)NameVotes
C&R – Communities and Residents Tania Batucan2,775
C&R – Communities and Residents Troy Elliott2,623
Labour Nerissa Henry2,523
C&R – Communities and Residents Tabetha Elliott2,485
C&R – Communities and Residents Michael Pepper2,276
Labour Tanner Vili2,129
Labour Deborah Misiuepa2,007
C&R – Communities and Residents Shengtong Xin1,817
United LocalLeanne Cross1,789
Labour Ian Pattison1,777
United LocalAlan Verrall1,693
United LocalAllyson Wood1,587
IndependentPatrick Gordon O'Meara1,429
United LocalGreg Woodcock1,404
Informal/blank878

Portage Licensing Trust

Ward No. 1 – Auckland City (3)

Affiliation (if any)NameVotes
City Vision Marcus Amosa5,149
City Vision Margi Watson4,903
City Vision Mark Beavis4,093
Trusts Action GroupBarry Hutchison3,353
IndependentPeter Hine3,149
Community IndependentsKathryn Mary Davie2,703
Community IndependentsPaul Clifford Davie2,367
Informal/blank1,561

Ward No. 2 – New Lynn (2)

Affiliation (if any)NameVotes
Labour Leanne Taylor2,153
IndependentRob Hulse1,864
Labour Gayleen Maurice1,678
Informal/blank441

Ward No. 3 – Glen Eden (2)

Affiliation (if any)NameVotes
Trusts Action GroupJoe Bergin1,940
IndependentJacqui Harema1,607
IndependentJanet Clews1,535
Informal/blank379

Ward No. 4 – Titirangi/Green Bay (2)

Affiliation (if any)NameVotes
Trusts Action GroupBen Goodale3,850
IndependentRoss Clow3,422
Future WestMark Roberts3,297
Future WestBarrie-John Partridge2,583
Informal/blank1,130

Ward No. 5 – Kelston West (1)

Affiliation (if any)NameVotes
IndependentDarren Leckey1,119
Ami Chand684
Trusts Action GroupJordan Tarplett-Lee447
Informal/blank312

Waitākere Licensing Trust

Ward No. 1 – Te Atatū (2)

Affiliation (if any)NameVotes
Trusts Action GroupAmanda Roberts3,349
Labour Brooke Loader3,307
Trusts Action GroupNick Smale3,085
Labour Peter Kaiser2,920
Rex Chaney968
Informal/blank737

Ward No. 2 – Lincoln (3)

Affiliation (if any)NameVotes
Independent Linda Cooper 8,057
IndependentWarren William Flaunty5,753
Trusts Action GroupJared Patterson5,113
IndependentJohn Loau4,819
TransparencyJohn Riddell4,509
Labour Gurdeep Singh Talwar3,613
Informal/blank1,771

Ward No. 3 – Waitākere (1)

Affiliation (if any)NameVotes
Future WestMark AllenElected Unopposed

Ward No. 4 – Henderson (1)

Affiliation (if any)NameVotes
IndependentSunil Kaushal2,795
Labour Vincent Naidu2,175
Informal/blank739

Wiri Licensing Trust (6)

Affiliation (if any)NameVotes
Manurewa Action Team Daniel Newman 6,504
Manurewa Action TeamRangi Mclean5,457
#LoveManurewaJoseph Allan4,811
Manurewa Action TeamGlenn Murphy4,507
#LoveManurewaAndrew Lesa4,468
Manurewa Action TeamBrian Blake4,342
Labour Sago Feagaiga4,163
Labour Gadiel Asiata4,025
Manurewa Action TeamCheryl Louise Hunia3,839
Labour Jonaan Ngamoni Mcleod3,547
#LoveManurewaAlly Billaney3,526
Manurewa Action TeamKelvin Hieatt3,508
#LoveManurewaKriss Rapana2,955
#LoveManurewaJoe Lukupa2,801
#LoveManurewaLuella Linaker2,451
Informal/blank979

Notes

  1. Endorsed by Labour and the Greens

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