2025 Auckland Council election

2025 Auckland Council election

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Turnout	341,976 (28.36% 7.05 pp)
Mayoral election
Candidate Wayne Brown Kerrin Leoni Ted Johnston Party Fix Auckland Independent Independent Popular vote 177,954 75,441 27,035 Percentage 52.67% 22.68% 7.91%
Mayor before election Wayne Brown Independent Elected mayor Wayne Brown Fix Auckland
Council election
20 seats on the Auckland Council 11 seats needed for a majority
Party Seats +/– Independents 6 −2 Labour 5 0 Fix Auckland 2 +2 Manurewa-Papakura Action Team 2 +1 City Vision 1 0 Putting People First 1 −1 Communities and Residents 1 0 WestWards 1 0 Team Franklin 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. By affiliation By political lean

The 2025 Auckland Council election was a local election held from 9 September to 11 October in the Auckland Region of New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Auckland, 20 councillors and 151 local board members (across 21 local boards) for the 2025–2028 term of the Auckland Council.

Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.

Incumbent mayor Wayne Brown won re-election to a second term.

Key dates

• 4 July 2025: Nominations for candidates opened
• 1 August 2025: Nominations for candidates closed at 12 pm
• 9 September 2025: Voting documents were posted and voting opened
• 11 October 2025: Voting closed at 12 pm and progress/preliminary results will be published
• 16-19 October 2025: Final results will be declared. ^[1]

Background

Further information: 2022–2025 term of the Auckland Council

Positions up for election

Voters in Auckland will elect 20 councillors from 13 wards, as well as the mayor of Auckland. They will also elect 151 members from 21 local boards and 35 trustees across 5 licensing trusts (Birkenhead, Mount Wellington, Portage, Waitākere, and Wiri Licensing Trust). ^[2]

Representation

Local boards

These are the first Auckland local elections since the 2024 Representation Review, which increased the number of local board members from 149 to 151, with the Howick Local Board gaining an additional 2 members for a total of 11. ^[3]

Pre-election report

The growth of Auckland was brought up in the pre-election report; the city now comprised over 1.8 million people (more than one third of the entire country) and contributed 40% of the country's GDP. The population was expected to grow by 520,000 in the next three decades. ^[4] Low productivity was another challenge identified in the pre-election report. ^[4]

The report noted that the council needed to invest $295 billion in the city's infrastructure. The State of Auckland Report (commissioned by the Committee for Auckland) ranked the city 99th against other peer cities globally in terms of productivity. ^[4]

Auckland was vulnerable to extreme weather including flooding and sea level rise, according to the pre-election report. ^[4]

Central government tensions

There were tensions between the council and central government during the 2022–2025 term, with mayor Brown saying that central government needed to be more collaborative with council when making decisions that would impact the city. ^[4]

Voting box used in the election

List of candidates

Incumbents not seeking re-election

• Angela Dalton, Manurewa-Papakura ward councillor since 2019 ^{[5] [6]}
• Chris Darby, North Shore Ward councillor since 2013 ^{[6] [7]}
• Kerrin Leoni, Whau ward councillor since 2022 (running for Mayor of Auckland) ^{[8] [6]}
• Sharon Stewart, Howick ward councillor since 2010 ^{[9] [6]}

Mayor

Main article: 2025 Auckland mayoral election § List of candidates

The incumbent Mayor of Auckland, Wayne Brown, who was first elected in 2022, ran for re-election in 2025. ^[10] Additional confirmed mayoral candidates included former New Conservatives Party co-leader Ted Johnston and Whau Ward councillor Kerrin Leoni. ^{[11] [8]}

Council

Albany ward

The Albany ward will return two councillors to the council. ^[12]

Candidate [13]	Affiliation [a]		Notes
Callum Blair		Independent	Upper Harbour Local Board member
Gary Brown		Fix Auckland	Hibiscus and Bays Local Board deputy chair [15] [16] [17] [18]
Dylan Davey		None
John McCallum		None
Samuel Mills		ACT Local	Hibiscus and Bays Local Board member [19] [17] [18]
Kyle Parker		None	Upper Harbour Local Board member
Victoria Short		Fix Auckland	Hibiscus and Bays Local Board member [15] [16] [17] [18]
Wayne Walker		Putting People First	Councillor since 2010
John Watson		Putting People First	Councillor since 2013

Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward

The Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward will return two councillors to the council. ^[12]

Candidate [13]	Photo	Affiliation [a]		Notes
Jacob Calvert			None
Samuel Clarke			Independent
Julie Fairey			City Vision	Councillor since 2022 [20] [17]
Christine Fletcher			Communities & Residents	Councillor since 2010 [17]
Mark Pervan			Communities & Residents	Puketāpapa Local Board member [17]
Paul Sun			Independent
Jon Turner			City Vision	Puketāpapa Local Board member [17] Green endorsed. [21]
Matt Zwartz			None

Franklin ward

The Franklin ward will return one councillor to the council. ^[12]

Candidate [13]	Affiliation [a]		Notes
Andy Baker		Team Franklin	Councillor since 2022 [5] [22]
Dene Green		ACT Local	Business owner. Also standing for the Franklin Local Board. [23] [18]
Les Thomas		Independent

Howick ward

The Howick ward will return two councillors to the council. ^[12]

Candidate [13]	Photo	Affiliation [a]		Notes
Bo Burns			None	Howick Local Board deputy chairperson; owner of Times Media [24]
Ali Dahche			ACT Local	Business owner and infrastructure specialist [25] [18]
Stephen Hill			None
Barry Jensen			None
Damian Light			Independent	Howick Local Board chairperson; former United Future party leader [26] [27]
Leanne Seniloli			None
Maurice Williamson			Independent	Councillor since 2022 [5] [28]
Paul Young			Independent	Former councillor from 2018 to 2022 [29]

Manukau ward

The Manukau ward will return two councillors to the council. ^[12]

Candidate [13]	Photo	Affiliation [a]		Notes
Carol Ah-Voa			None
Henrietta Devoe			ACT Local	Real estate agent [30] [17] [18]
Alf Filipaina			Labour	Councillor since 2010 [31]
Lotu Fuli			Labour	Councillor since 2022 [31]
Vicky Hau			Fix Auckland	Māngere Town Centre manager [32] [6]
Christopher Hughes			Independent
Luke Mealamu			Fix Auckland	Security firm owner, and brother of ex-All Black Keven Mealamu [32] [6]
Swanie Nelson			None
Malcolm Turner			Communities & Residents	[17]

Manurewa-Papakura ward

The Manurewa-Papakura ward will return two councillors to the council. ^[12]

Candidate [13]	Affiliation [a]		Notes
Joseph Allan		#LoveManurewaPapakura	Manurewa Local Board Member
Glenn Archibald		Independent
Angela Cunningham-Marino		#LoveManurewaPapakura	Manurewa Local Board Member
Karin Kirk		Independent
Daniel Newman		Manurewa-Papakura Action Team	Councillor since 2016 [33]
Matt Winiata		Manurewa-Papakura Action Team	Manurewa Local Board Chairperson
Tofa Winterstein		None

Maungakiekie-Tamaki ward

The Maungakiekie-Tamaki ward will return one councillor to the council. ^[12]

Candidate [13]	Photo	Affiliation [a]		Notes
John Alcock			None	Also running for Mayor of Auckland
Josephine Bartley			Labour	Councillor since 2018 [34]
Tabetha Elliott			Communities & Residents	Mount Wellington Licensing Trust Member [17]
Fa'afuhia Michael Fia			Independent	[34]
Patrick O'Meara			Independent	Perennial candidate

North Shore ward

The North Shore ward will return two councillors to the council. ^[12]

Candidate [13]	Affiliation [a]		Notes
Eric Chuah		Independent	Also running for Mayor of Auckland
John Gillon		Putting the North Shore First	Kaipātiki Local Board chairperson [35] [36]
Danielle Grant		The Shore Choice	Kaipātiki Local Board deputy chairperson [36]
Richard Hills		Positive Leadership for the Shore	Councillor since 2016 [36]
Helena Roza		ACT Local	Business owner [37] [18]

Ōrākei ward

The Ōrākei ward will return one councillor to the council. ^[12]

Candidate [13]	Photo	Affiliation [a]		Notes
Desley Simpson			Fix Auckland [38]	Incumbent councillor and deputy mayor [18]

Rodney ward

The Rodney ward will return one councillor to the council. ^[12]

Candidate [13]	Photo	Affiliation [a]		Notes
Greg Sayers			Independent	Councillor since 2016

Waitākere ward

The Waitākere ward will return two councillors to the council. ^[12]

Candidate [13]	Affiliation [a]		Notes
Peter Chan		Independent	Henderson-Massey Local Board member
Linda Cooper		None	Former councillor from 2013 to 2022 [39]
Michael Coote		Independent	Also running for Mayor of Auckland
Jim Cornes		Independent
Shane Henderson		Labour	Councillor since 2019 [39] [17]
Sunil Kaushal		WestWards	[40] [39]
Seamus Lal		None
Kay Luv		None
Ingrid Papau		Independent	Henderson-Massey Local Board member
Jessica Rose		Future West	[39] [41] [17] Green endorsed [21]
Serge Roud		None
Ken Turner		WestWards	Councillor since 2022 [40] [39] [17]

Waitematā and Gulf ward

The Waitematā and Gulf ward will return one councillor to the council. ^[12]

Candidate [13]	Photo	Affiliation [a]		Notes
Lester Bryant			None
Mike Lee			Auckland Independents	Councillor from 2010 to 2019, and again since 2022
Ian Loan			None
Selena Yanpei-Lu Renne			None
Patrick Reynolds			City Vision	Deputy chair of the City Centre Advisory Panel [20]
Genevieve Sage			Independent	Waitematā Local Board chairperson

Whau ward

The Whau ward will return one councillor to the council. ^[12]

Candidate [13]	Affiliation [a]		Notes
Paul Davie		Voice of the People	Perennial candidate
Anjana Iyer		Green	Designer. Also running for the Whau Local Board. [42]
Craig Lord		Westwards	Mayoral candidate in 2019 and 2022 [40] [39]
Morgan Luxton		None
Sarah Paterson-Hamlin		Labour	Whau Local Board member [39]
Bruce Xu		Independent

Results

Mayor

Main article: 2025 Auckland mayoral election § Results

Incumbent mayor Wayne Brown won re-election to a second term, receiving around 90,000 votes more than second place candidate Kerrin Leoni. ^[43]

Council

Summary

Ward	Previous			Elected
Albany		John Watson	Putting People First		John Watson	Putting People First
		Wayne Walker	Putting People First		Victoria Short	Fix Auckland
Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa		Christine Fletcher	C&R		Christine Fletcher	C&R
		Julie Fairey	City Vision		Julie Fairey	City Vision
Franklin		Andy Baker	Team Franklin		Andy Baker	Team Franklin
Howick		Sharon Stewart	Independent		Bo Burns	Independent
		Maurice Williamson	Independent		Maurice Williamson	Independent
Manukau		Lotu Fuli	Labour		Lotu Fuli	Labour
		Alf Filipaina	Labour		Alf Filipaina	Labour
Manurewa-Papakura		Angela Dalton	Independent		Matt Winiata	MPAT
		Daniel Newman	MPAT		Daniel Newman	MPAT
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki		Josephine Bartley	Labour		Josephine Bartley	Labour
North Shore		Chris Darby	Independent		John Gillon	Independent
		Richard Hills	Independent		Richard Hills	Independent
Ōrākei		Desley Simpson	Independent		Desley Simpson	Fix Auckland
Rodney		Greg Sayers	Independent		Greg Sayers	Independent
Waitākere		Shane Henderson	Labour		Shane Henderson	Labour
		Ken Turner	WestWards		Ken Turner	WestWards
Waitematā and Gulf		Mike Lee	Independent		Mike Lee	Independent
Whau		Kerrin Leoni	Labour		Sarah Paterson-Hamlin	Labour

Albany ward

Albany ward ^[44]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Fix Auckland	Victoria Short	16,410
	Putting People First	John Watson	15,449
	Putting People First	Wayne Walker	14,885
	Fix Auckland	Gary Brown	10,269
	ACT Local	Samuel Mills	7,771
	Independent	Dylan Davey	5,108
	Independent	Kyle Parker	4,977
	Independent	Callum Blair	3,172
	Independent	John McCallum	1,372
Informal			105
Blank			1,267
Turnout
Registered			141,257
	Fix Auckland gain from Putting People First
	Putting People First hold

Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward

Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward ^[44]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	City Vision	Julie Fairey	15,962
	Communities and Residents	Christine Fletcher	15,425
	City Vision	Jon Turner	12,990
	Communities and Residents	Mark Pervan	8,441
	Independent	Paul Sun	5,060
	Independent	Matt Zwartz	2,607
	Independent	Samuel Clarke	2,047
	Independent	Jacob Calvert	1,457
Informal			56
Blank			838
Turnout
Registered			121,436
	City Vision hold
	Communities and Residents hold

Franklin ward

Franklin ward ^[44]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Team Franklin	Andy Baker	10,912	56.82
	ACT Local	Dene Green	4,395	22.89
	Independent	Les Thomas	3,341	17.40
Informal			21	0.11
Blank			534	2.78
Turnout			19,203	31.88
Registered			60,244
	Team Franklin hold

Howick ward

Howick ward ^[44]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bo Burns	12,038
	Independent	Maurice Williamson	11,535
	Independent	Paul Young	9,615
	Independent	Damian Light	7,873
	Independent	Barry Jensen	5,461
	Independent	Stephen Hill	4,736
	ACT Local	Ali Dahche	3,902
	Independent	Leanne Seniloli	2,947
Informal			108
Blank			642
Turnout
Registered			113,367
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold

Manukau ward

Manukau ward ^[44]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alf Filipaina	13,406
	Labour	Lotu Fuli	12,193
	Independent	Carol Ah-Voa	5,599
	Independent	Swanie Nelson	5,087
	Fix Auckland	Luke Mealamu	4,422
	Fix Auckland	Vicky Hau	4,301
	ACT Local	Henriette Devoe	3,328
	Independent	Christopher Hughes	2,116
	Communities and Residents	Malcolm Turner	2,065
Informal			74
Blank			784
Turnout
Registered			113,942
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Manurewa-Papakura ward

Manurewa-Papakura ward ^[44]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Manurewa-Papakura Action Team	Daniel Newman	15,661
	Manurewa-Papakura Action Team	Matt Winiata	13,270
	#LoveManurewaPapakura	Joseph Allan	7,605
	#LoveManurewaPapakura	Angela Cunningham-Marino	7,388
	Independent	Karin Kerr	2,754
	Independent	Glenn Archibald	1,982
	Independent	Tofa Winterstein	1,741
Informal			45
Blank			596
Turnout
Registered			112,853
	Manurewa-Papakura Action Team hold
	Manurewa-Papakura Action Team gain from Independent

Maungakiekie-Tāmaki ward

Maungakiekie-Tāmaki ward ^[44]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Josephine Bartley	7,818	52.94
	Communities and Residents	Tabetha Elliott	3,567	24.15
	Independent	John Alcock	1,590	10.77
	Independent	Patrick O'Meara	850	5.76
	Independent	FaAfuhia Michael Fia	593	4.02
Informal			25	0.17
Blank			326	2.21
Turnout			14,769	26.23
Registered			56,301
	Labour hold

North Shore ward

North Shore ward ^[44]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Richard Hills	21,325
	Independent	John Gillon	17,166
	Independent	Danielle Grant	12,585
	ACT Local	Helena Roza	6,368
	Independent	Eric Chuah	3,625
Informal			45
Blank			471
Turnout
Registered			110,097
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent

Ōrākei ward

Ōrākei ward ^[44]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Fix Auckland	Desley Simpson	unopposed
Registered			68,441
	Fix Auckland gain from Independent (incumbent changed affiliation)

Rodney ward

Rodney ward ^[44]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Greg Sayers	unopposed
Registered			56,644
	Independent hold

Waitākere ward

Waitākere ward ^[44]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Shane Henderson	14,589
	WestWards	Ken Turner	9,073
	Independent	Linda Cooper	6,852
	Future West	Jess Rose	6,430
	WestWards	Sunil Kaushal	6,202
	Independent	Ingrid Papau	5,011
	Independent	Peter Chan	4,556
	Independent	Jim Cornes	4,481
	Independent	Serge Roud	2,498
	Independent	Kay Luv	2,287
	Independent	Michael Coote	2,190
	Independent	Seamus Lal	1,545
Informal			97
Blank			688
Turnout
Registered			127,687
	Labour hold
	WestWards hold

Waitematā and Gulf ward

Waitematā and Gulf ward ^[44]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mike Lee	7,991	36.87
	City Vision	Patrick Reynolds	6,135	28.30
	Independent	Genevieve Sage	3,594	16.58
	Independent	Ian Loan	1,268	5.85
	Independent	Selena Renner	997	4.60
	Independent	Lester Bryant	735	3.39
Informal			37	0.17
Blank			918	4.24
Turnout			21,675	33.83
Registered			64,073
	Independent hold

Whau ward

Whau ward ^[44]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sarah Paterson-Hamlin	5,171	34.10
	WestWards	Craig Lord	3,376	22.26
	Green	Anjana Iyer	1,922	12.67
	Independent	Paul Davie	1,882	12.41
	Independent	Morgan Luxton	1,301	8.58
	Independent	Bruce Xu	955	6.30
Informal			30	0.20
Blank			529	3.49
Turnout			15,166	25.53
Registered			59,407
	Labour hold

Local boards

Summary

Local board	Electoral System	Seats	Control		Turnout	details	Source
			previous	Result
Albert-Eden	FPP	8	4 C&R   4 City Vision	5 City Vision   3 C&R		Details
Aotea-Great Barrier	FPP	5	5 Independents	5 Independents		Details	[45]
Devonport-Takapuna	FPP	6	4 A Fresh Approach   2 C&R North Shore	2 C&R   2 Independents   2 A Fresh Approach		Details
Franklin	FPP	9	8 Team Franklin   1 Independent	8 Team Franklin   1 Independent		Details
Henderson-Massey	FPP	8	5 Labour   3 Independents	6 Labour   1 WestWards   1 Independent		Details
Hibiscus and Bays	FPP	8	3 Coast People   3 Backing the Bays   1 Independent Locals   1 Team Coast	4 Backing the Bays   2 Coast Community   2 Coast People		Details
Howick	FPP	11	4 #weknow   2 Practical not Political   2 C&R   1 Independents	3 Independents   3 C&R   3 #weknowhowick   2 Healthy and Happy   1 Practical not Political		Details
Kaipātiki	FPP	8	8 Shore Action	7 Shore Action   1 Independents		Details
Māngere-Ōtāhuhu	FPP	7	6 Labour   1 C&R	7 Labour		Details
Manurewa	FPP	8	5 Manurewa Action Team   3 #LoveManurewa	7 Manurewa Action Team   1 #LoveManurewa		Details
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki	FPP	7	4 Labour   3 C&R	4 C&R   3 Labour		Details
Ōrākei	FPP	7	7 C&R	6 C&R   1 ACT Local		Details
Ōtara-Papatoetoe	FPP	7	5 Labour   1 Independently Papatoetoe   1 Independents	4 Papatoetoe-Otara Action Team   3 Labour		Details	[45]
Papakura	FPP	6	6 Papakura Action Team	6 Papakura Action Team		Details
Puketāpapa	FPP	6	4 C&R   2 Roskill Community Voice	4 C&R   2 City Vision		Details
Rodney	FPP	9	5 Rodney First   3 Independents	9 Independents		Details
Upper Harbour	FPP	6	3 Living Upper Harbour   3 Independents	4 Living Upper Harbour   2 Independents		Details
Waiheke	FPP	5	5 Independents	5 Independents		Details
Waitākere Ranges	FPP	6	4 Future West   2 WestWards	5 Future West   1 WestWards		Details
Waitematā	FPP	7	4 C&R   3 City Vision	5 City Vision   2 C&R		Details
Whau	FPP	7	5 Labour   2 Independents	4 Labour   3 Independents		Details
All 21 local boards		151

Notes

1. A candidate may leave their affiliation blank, run as an independent, or run with an affiliation to an organisation, local body ticket or political party. Auckland Council does not allow election slogans to be used for the affiliation. ^[14]

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