2024 Tauranga mayoral election

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2024 Tauranga mayoral election
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Turnout42,632 (38.77% [lower-alpha 1] Decrease2.svg1.64 pp)
  Mahe Drysdale (cropped).JPG Greg Brownless (cropped).jpg
Candidate Mahé Drysdale Greg Brownless
Affiliation None [lower-alpha 2] None [lower-alpha 3]
Vote count——
 •First10,147
23.8%		5,785
13.57%
 • Final (14th)16,606
38.95%
Steady2.svg		10,510
24.65%
(Decrease2.svg 7.70 pp)
2024 Tauranga mayoral election - first preference margin of victory by ward map.svg
Map of first preference margin of victory by ward
Mayor before election

none

Elected Mayor

Mahé Drysdale

The 2024 Tauranga mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of Tauranga as part of the 2024 Tauranga local elections. The election took place between 29 June and 20 July 2024, with provisional results released on the evening of the latter. It is the first election since the Minister of Local Government appointed a Crown Commission on 9 February 2021 to oversee all of Tauranga City Council's governance responsibilities. The election was held using the Single Transferable Vote system. [1]

Contents

Provisional results indicated that Mahé Drysdale was elected.

Background

The last mayor, Tenby Powell, was elected to the office in October 2019 but resigned in November 2020, eight months after he was unanimously censured by his council for an angry outburst. [2] [3] Following further mayoral "outbursts," [4] [5] Powell publicly called for the Minister of Local Government to appoint a commission to replace the "dysfunctional" council. [6] [7] The decision to cancel the election for a new mayor and councillors, and the appointment of a crown commission instead by Local Government minister Nanaia Mahuta was not without controversy. A legal opinion by law firm Russell McVeagh found her decision may have been "unlawful" [8] and Tauranga MP Simon Bridges called the decision "dramatic and draconian", [9] while saying that Powell quitting removed "a significant source of friction" and it was reasonable to assume the council would become more functional with the election of a new Mayor and Councillors. [10]

The 2022 local elections were cancelled by the government and the commission will remain in place until an election for members of the Tauranga City Council is held on 20 July 2024. Additionally, the Minister also decided to postpone the 2025 local election in Tauranga until 2028. [11] The council elected in 2024 will thus serve a four year term, a first for New Zealand. [12]

Key dates

Key dates for the election are: [13]

Candidates

Candidate Ticket (if any)Notes
Tanya Bamford-King Independent
Aureliu BragutaIndependent
Greg Brownless Community Focus - Responsible SpendingMayor 2016–2019 [14]
Andrew CaieIndependent
Mahé Drysdale Olympic champion rower, grandson of former mayor Bob Owens [15]
Anthony Goddard
Chudleigh Haggett
Ria Hall Musician and television presenter [16]
Donna Hannah
BOP HoriAlso stood in 2016 [14]
Tim MaltbyOur Rates are too High
Jos NagelsVisionary Leadership, Not Repeatership
Douglas OwensIndependentFormer Bay of Plenty regional councillor. [14] Son of former mayor Bob Owens, uncle of Mahé Drysdale [15]
John Robson [17] Principled; Professional; DemocraticCouncillor 2013-2016, 2018-2021 [14] [18]
Tina SalisburyPeople and Progress over PoliticsDeputy mayor 2020–2021 [19]

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Results

According to the preliminary results, Mahé Drysdale looks to have been elected as mayor. [24] The official results will be released on 25 July. [25] Voter turnout was 37.88%, which compares with a turnout of 40.28% at the 2019 election. [26] [24]

2024 Tauranga mayoral election (preliminary results) [24] [27]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567891011121314
Strong Accountable Leadership Mahé Drysdale 24.11%99159926 9950 9980 10053 10161 10247 10374 10594 10851 11676 12476 14003 16178
Community Focus - Responsible SpendingGreg Brownless13.84%56925699 5710 5735 5776 5817 5884 5950 6019 6687 7439 8525 9582 10293
Ria Hall15.63%64266456 6476 6484 6490 6563 6636 6762 7095 7186 7320 7499 8612
People and Progress over PoliticsTina Salisbury12.06%49584965 4973 4990 5013 5103 5183 5371 5647 5965 6503 7183
Our Rates Are Too HighTim Maltby7.85%32303238 3246 3289 3380 3467 3627 3698 3790 4440 4988
Independent Douglas Owens8.32%34213426 3432 3450 3479 3503 3555 3603 3680 4043
Principled; Professional; DemocraticJohn Robson7.11%29242930 2933 2953 2969 3007 3078 3114 3174
Independent Andrew Caie2.99%12281234 1240 1246 1298 1379 1449 1592
Independent Tanya Bamford-King2.12%873884 884 889 921 958 995
Real Leadership, Not RepeatershipJos Nagels1.89%778785 788 800 810 828
Anthony Goddard1.69%697702 709 717 756
Aureliu Braguta1.15%474481 482 487
Chudleigh Haggett0.56%231234 240
BOP Hori0.34%139 [lower-alpha 4] 140
Donna Hannah0.34%139 [lower-alpha 4]
Valid: 41125  Spoilt: 125 + 177 blank  Quota: 1st iteration: 20,563; last iteration: 13,236  

    Notes

    1. ↑ of eligible voters
    2. ↑ Ran on the ticket "Strong Accountable Leadership".
    3. ↑ Ran on the ticket "Community Focus - Responsible Spending".
    4. 1 2 Tie resolved by pseudo–random process

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