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The Auckland local elections, 2016 took place between September and October by postal vote. The elections were the third since the merger of seven councils into the Auckland Council, composed of the mayor, 20 members of the Council, and 149 members of 21 Local Boards. Twenty-one district health board members and 41 licensing trust members were also elected.
The Auckland Council is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. The governing body consists of a mayor and 20 councillors, elected from 13 wards. There are also 149 members of 21 local boards who make decisions on matters local to their communities. It is the largest council in Oceania, with a $3 billion annual budget, $29 billion of ratepayer equity, and 9,870 full-time staff as of 30 June 2016. The council began operating on 1 November 2010, combining the functions of the previous regional council and the region's seven city and district councils into one "super council" or "super city".
The Mayor of Auckland is the directly elected head of the Auckland Council, the local government authority for the Auckland Region in New Zealand, which it controls as a unitary authority. The position exists since October 2010 after the amalgamation of various territorial authorities. The mayor is supported by a deputy mayor.
District Health Boards (DHBs) in New Zealand are organisations established by the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000, responsible for ensuring the provision of health and disability services to populations within a defined geographical area. They have existed since 1 January 2001 when the Act came into force. There are 20 DHBs. Initially there were 21 DHBs, and this was reduced to the current 20 organisations in 2010. DHBs receive public funding from the Ministry of Health on behalf of the Crown, based on a formula which takes into account the total number, age, socio-economic status and ethnic mix of their population. DHBs are governed by boards, which are partially elected and partially appointed by the Minister of Health.
Incumbent Len Brown, the only Mayor of Auckland since the position was created, did not contest the mayoralty. [1]
Leonard "Len" Brown is a former Mayor of Auckland, New Zealand and head of the Auckland Council. He won the 2010 Auckland mayoral election on 9 October 2010 and was sworn in as the Mayor of Auckland on 1 November 2010, being the first to hold that title for the amalgamated 'Auckland Super City', and was re-elected in 2013. Brown had previously been elected Mayor of Manukau City in October 2007, the second time he ran for that office. Brown is married to Shirley Anne "Shan" Inglis, and has three daughters: Samantha, Olivia and Victoria.
New Zealand Labour Party MP for Mount Roskill Phil Goff was elected mayor of Auckland. [2]
The New Zealand Labour Party, or simply Labour, is a centre-left political party in New Zealand. The party's platform programme describes its founding principle as democratic socialism, while observers describe Labour as social-democratic and pragmatic in practice. It is a participant of the international Progressive Alliance.
Mount Roskill is a parliamentary electorate in Auckland, New Zealand, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) to the New Zealand House of Representatives. Phil Goff of the Labour Party held the seat from the 1999 election until he resigned from Parliament on 12 October 2016 after contesting and being elected Mayor of Auckland on 8 October 2016 in the 2016 mayoral election. His resignation necessitated a byelection in this electorate which was won by Michael Wood.
Philip Bruce Goff is the Mayor of Auckland, in office since 2016; previously he was a Member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1981 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 2016. He served as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition between 11 November 2008 and 13 December 2011.
20 members were elected to the Auckland Council, across thirteen wards. There were 74 nominations and only one of the 13 wards was uncontested.
The incumbent was Penny Webster. She was defeated by Greg Sayers.
Penny Webster is a former mayor of Rodney District and a councillor on the Auckland Council. As mayor of Rodney she headed one of the six main local government entities generally considered as making up the Auckland metropolitan area, with her district being the northernmost entity. All of these entities were merged into the new Auckland Council in 2010. She was also a former New Zealand politician: an MP from 1999 to 2002, representing the ACT New Zealand party.
Alan Gregory "Greg" Sayers is a New Zealand politician who is an Auckland Councillor.
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Independent | Greg Sayers | 9,252 | |
Independent | Penny Webster | 6,073 | |
Independent | Steven Garner | 1,898 | |
<none> | Holly Southernwood | 1,342 | |
Informal/blank | 1,083 |
The incumbents Wayne Walker and John Watson were both elected to council for another term.
Wayne Walker is a New Zealand politician who is an Auckland councillor.
John Watson is a New Zealand politician who is a councillor on the Auckland Council.
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
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Putting People First | John Watson | 19,324 | |
Putting People First | Wayne Walker | 17,938 | |
Auckland Future | Lisa Whyte | 15,926 | |
Auckland Future | Graham Lowe | 15,549 | |
Independent | John Bensch | 5,126 | |
Independent | Alezix Heneti | 1,538 | |
Informal/blank | 3,926 |
The incumbents were Chris Darby and George Wood. Wood did not contest the ward in 2016. [3] Darby was reelected as councillor. The second councillor elected was Richard Hills, although as preliminary results were extremely close between himself and next rival Grant Gillon, he was not confirmed until after the final results were announced.
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
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Taking the Shore Forward | Chris Darby | 19,396 | |
A Positive Voice for the Shore | Richard Hills | 12,651 | |
Shore Action | Grant Gillon | 12,523 | |
Auckland Future | Danielle Grant | 6,415 | |
Shore Action | Anne-Elise Smithson | 5,967 | |
Auckland Future | Fay Freeman | 5,308 | |
Independent | Mary-Anne Benson-Cooper | 2,706 | |
Independent | John Hill | 2,363 | |
Independent | Lesley Kahn | 2,133 | |
United Future | Damian Light | 1,437 | |
Independent | Michael Buttle | 940 | |
Independent | Tate Robertson | 739 | |
Informal/blank | 2,728 |
The incumbents deputy mayor Penny Hulse and Linda Cooper were both re-elected.
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
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Independent/West at Heart | Penny Hulse | 19,935 | |
Independent | Linda Cooper | 12,442 | |
Labour/Future West | Greg Presland | 11,744 | |
Independent | Peter Chan | 7,427 | |
WestWards | Ken Turner | 5,129 | |
Independent | David Rankin | 4,520 | |
Independent | John Riddell | 3,230 | |
Independent | Rochelle Gormly | 2,588 | |
United Future | JB Woolston | 1,779 | |
Informal/blank | 1,871 |
The incumbent Mike Lee was re-elected ahead of media personality Bill Ralston.
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
<none> | Mike Lee | 9,424 | |
Independent | Bill Ralston | 8,341 | |
Independent | Rob Thomas | 4,475 | |
Informal/blank | 2,271 |
The incumbent Ross Clow was reelected.
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
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Labour | Ross Clow | 6,895 | |
Community First | Duncan MacDonald | 3,563 | |
Auckland Future | Mark Brickell | 2,929 | |
Independent | Anne Degia-Pala | 2,106 | |
Shadbolt's Independent | Wayne Davis | 1,195 | |
United Future | John Hubscher | 619 | |
Informal/blank | 1,795 |
The incumbents Christine Fletcher and Cathy Casey were both reelected.
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
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City Vision | Cathy Casey | 19,256 | |
Communities and Residents | Christine Fletcher | 16,925 | |
Auckland Future | Rob Harris | 10,000 | |
City Vision | Peter Haynes | 9,935 | |
Communities and Residents | Benjamin Lee | 9,070 | |
Independent | Greg McKeown | 8,472 | |
Independent | Boris Sokratov | 2,879 | |
<none> | Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor | 1,177 | |
Informal/blank | 3,945 |
The incumbent Denise Krum was re-elected after switching from Communities and Residents to Auckland Future; at the same time, she reverted to her maiden name Denise Lee. Auckland Future mistakenly entered two candidates to contest the ward. [4] [5] While they could not remove Tiseli from the ballot, Auckland Future were able to remove their affiliation from his candidacy.
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
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Auckland Future | Denise Lee | 9,361 | |
Labour | Patrick Cummuskey | 4,920 | |
<none> | Viliami Teli Tiseli | 1,748 | |
Informal/blank | 1,345 |
The incumbents were Alf Filipaina and Arthur Anae. Anae did not contest the ward in 2016. Filipaina was reelected and joined by new councillor Efeso Collins. [3]
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
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Labour | Alf Filipaina | 17,327 | |
Labour | Efeso Collins | 16,500 | |
Respect Our Community Campaign | Brendan Corbett | 7,738 | |
Auckland Future | Sooalo Setu Mua | 5,550 | |
Auckland Future | Ika Tameifuna | 5,304 | |
Informal/blank | 2,388 |
The incumbents were John Walker and Calum Penrose. Walker was reelected however Penrose was ousted by Daniel Newman, the only candidate not already a councillor.
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
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Manurewa-Papakura Action Team | Daniel Newman | 15,423 | |
Independent | John Walker | 14,794 | |
Independent | Calum Penrose | 13,790 | |
Informal/blank | 1,431 |
The incumbent, Bill Cashmore, was the only candidate and so was declared elected unopposed. [6]
Affiliation (if any) | Name | |
---|---|---|
Team Franklin | Bill Cashmore |
The incumbent, Cameron Brewer, was elected unopposed in 2013 but did not contest the ward in 2016. Desley Simpson was comfortably elected. [3]
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Communities and Residents | Desley Simpson | 18,255 | |
Green Party | Richard Leckinger | 4,313 | |
Community Voice | Mike Padfield | 3,414 | |
<none> | Ian Wilson | 996 | |
Informal/blank | 3,269 |
The incumbents, Dick Quax and Sharon Stewart, were elected unopposed in 2013. Despite eight other candidates contesting the ward in 2016, both were reelected.
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sharon Stewart | 17,923 | |
Independent | Dick Quax | 15,516 | |
Independent | Paul Young | 7,046 | |
Independent | David Hay | 5,757 | |
Green Party | Julie Zhu | 5,732 | |
<none> | Matthew Cross | 5,034 | |
<none> | Olivia Montgomery | 4,409 | |
Labour | Gyanandra Kumar | 3,129 | |
Labour | Tofik Mamedov | 2,743 | |
<none> | Ian Colin Ireland | 1,120 | |
Informal/blank | 2,042 |
35 Members were elected to 5 licensing trusts across Auckland. [7]
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Shore Action | Paula Gillon | 5,012 | |
Kaipātiki Voice | Scott Espie | 4,523 | |
Independent | Bill Plunkett | 4,184 | |
Independent | Marilyn Nicholls | 4,088 | |
Shane Prince | 3,824 | ||
Stuart Wier | 3,357 | ||
Kevin OGrady | 2,963 | ||
Independent | Gareth Teahan | 2,026 |
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Gosche | 3,959 | |
Labour | Alan Verrall | 3,733 | |
Labour | Nerissa Henry | 3,718 | |
Labour | Maureen Benson-Rea | 3,553 | |
Labour | Jean Dolheguy | 3,208 | |
Independent | Leanne Cross | 2,973 | |
Independent | Leon Matthews | 2,623 | |
Independent | Bryan Mockridge | 2,358 | |
Independent | Patrick O'Meara | 2,195 |
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
City Vision | Catherine Farmer | 5484 | |
Community First | Paul Davie | 4787 | |
City Vision | Margi Watson | 4714 | |
Community First | Kathryn Davie | 4704 | |
City Vision | Jaclyn Bonnici | 4615 | |
Community First | Alan Thompson | 3741 |
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leanne Taylor | 1685 | |
Labour | Clera Matafai | 1229 | |
Independent | Sandy Taylor | 1205 | |
Shadbolt's Independent | Davis Wayne | 981 | |
United Future | John Hubscher | 656 | |
Community First | Tam Canter-Visscher | 555 |
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Future West | Neil Henderson | 1834 | |
Independent | Janet Clews | 1834 | |
Independent | Stefanie O'Brien | 1109 | |
Alan Mcardle | 676 |
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Future West | Sandra Coney | 4496 | |
Independent | Ross Clow | 3786 | |
Independent | Ngarimu Blair | 2045 | |
JB Woolston | 1963 |
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ami Chand | Elected Unopposed |
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Independent – West at Heart | Penny Hulse | 5140 | |
Labour | Shane Henderson | 3705 | |
Independent | Jack Burton | 2690 | |
Green Party | Francisco Hernandez | 1862 |
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Independent | Linda Cooper | 7744 | |
Independent | Warren William Flaunty | 5906 | |
Independent | John Riddell | 4245 | |
Independent | Deborah Dougherty | 3972 | |
Independent | John Carrodus | 3783 | |
Independent | Mahendra Sharma | 1787 |
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Future West | Steve Tollestrup | 2091 | |
Independent | Judy Lawley | 1481 | |
Independent | Tracy Kirkley | 1213 | |
Regulate Cannabis Like Alcohol | Chris Fowlie | 732 |
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Independent | Lynette Adams | 2862 | |
Independent | Mike Jolley | 2468 |
Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Manurewa Action Team | Grant Dalton | 7702 | |
Manurewa Action Team | Alan Johnson | 7249 | |
Manurewa Action Team | Rangi Mclean | 7053 | |
Manurewa Action Team | Stella Cattle | 7030 | |
Manurewa Action Team | Duncan White | 6430 | |
Manurewa Action Team | Denis Kim | 6163 | |
Independent | John Hall | 5096 | |
It's Worth It Manurewa | Tanya Kaihe | 4816 |
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