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Turnout | 12,927 (41.16%) | |||||||||
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12 seats on the Queenstown-Lakes District Council 7 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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The 2025 Queenstown-Lakes District Council election was a local election held from 9 September to 11 October in the Queenstown-Lakes District of New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Queenstown-Lakes, 11 district councillors, and other local representatives for the 2025–2028 term of the Queenstown-Lakes District Council. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.
John Glover won the mayoralty, defeating incumbent mayor Glyn Lewers.
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Voters in the district elected the mayor of Queenstown-Lakes, 11 district councillors in 3 wards, and the members of the Wānaka-Upper Clutha Community Board. [2] They also elected several members to the Otago Regional Council. [a] [3] [4]
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Candidate [8] | Affiliation [b] | Notes | |
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Al Angus | None | Previously ran for mayor in 2022 [10] | |
John Glover | None | Hotel owner. [11] Ran in the 2023 Arrowtown-Kawarau by-election. | |
Nik Kiddle | Independent | Mayoral candidate in 2019 [12] | |
Glyn Lewers | None | Incumbent mayor since 2022 [6] [7] | |
Darren Rewi | None | Chair of Mana Tahuna Charitable Trust [13] [14] | |
Daniel Shand | Independent (Direct Democracy) | Previously ran for the mayoralty in 2022 [15] |
Queenstown-Whakatipu general ward will return four councillors to the district council. [2]
Candidate [8] | Affiliation [b] | Notes | |
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Gavin Bartlett | None | Incumbent councillor [6] [7] | |
Stephen Brent | None | Lawyer and chair of 45South Community Foundation [16] | |
Aaron Cowie | Independent | [17] | |
Craig "Ferg" Ferguson | None | Incumbent councillor [7] | |
Jon Mitchell | Independent | Previously ran for the mayoralty in 2022 [18] | |
Rene Smith | None | ||
Matt Wong | Independent | Incumbent councillor [7] |
Wānaka-Upper Clutha general ward will return four councillors to the district council. [2]
Candidate [8] | Affiliation [b] | Notes | |
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Barry Bruce | None | Incumbent councillor [6] [7] | |
Lyal Cocks | None | Incumbent councillor [6] [7] | |
Craig Gasson | None | [19] | |
Niki Gladding | Independent | Incumbent councillor for the Queenstown-Whakatipu ward [20] [7] | |
Nicola King | None | ||
Yeverley McCarthy | None | ||
Quentin Smith | None | Incumbent deputy mayor [6] [7] | |
Cody Tucker | None | Incumbent councillor [6] [7] | |
Thorsk G Westphal | None |
Arrowtown-Kawarau general ward will return three councillors to the district council. [2]
Candidate [8] | Affiliation [b] | Notes | |
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"Q" (Samuel) Belk | None | ||
Heath Copland | None | Previously ran for council in 2019 [21] | |
Lisa Guy | None | Incumbent councillor [6] [7] | |
Tim Manning | None | ||
Melissa White | None | Incumbent councillor [6] [7] |
Overall turnout for this election was 41.16%, with 12,927 voting papers returned. [22]
With the final results, the following candidates were declared elected: [22]
John Glover won the mayoralty, defeating incumbent mayor Glyn Lewers. [23]
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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None | John Glover | 4,599 | 35.6% | |
None | Glyn Lewers | 3,244 | 25.1% | |
Independent | Nik Kiddle | 2,108 | 16.3% | |
None | Darren Rewi | 1,671 | 12.9% | |
None | Al Angus | 874 | 6.8% | |
Independent (Direct Democracy) | Daniel Shand | 125 | 1% | |
Informal | 36 | 0.3% | ||
Blank | 270 | 2.1% | ||
Majority | 1,355 | 10.5% | ||
Turnout | 12,927 | |||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Independent | Matt Wong | 2,287 | ||
None | Gavin Bartlett | 2,002 | ||
None | Stephen Brent | 1,924 | ||
Independent | Jon Mitchell | 1,689 | ||
None | Craig 'Ferg' Ferguson | 1,648 | ||
Independent | Aaron Cowie | 1,349 | ||
None | Rene Smith | 904 | ||
Informal | 4 | |||
Blank | 55 | |||
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Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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None | Nicola King | 3,610 | ||
None | Quentin Smith | 3,394 | ||
Independent | Niki Gladding | 2,863 | ||
None | Cody Tucker | 2,039 | ||
None | Craig Gasson | 2,005 | ||
Independent | Yeverley McCarthy | 2,005 | ||
None | Lyal Cocks | 1,667 | ||
None | Barry Bruce | 1,241 | ||
None | Thorsk G Westphal | 1,083 | ||
Informal | 15 | |||
Blank | 28 | |||
Turnout | ||||
Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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None | Heath Copland | 1,927 | ||
None | Melissa White | 1,730 | ||
Independent | Q (Samuel) Belk | 1,703 | ||
None | Lisa Guy | 1,518 | ||
None | Tim Manning | 1,448 | ||
Informal | 7 | |||
Blank | 117 | |||
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