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An election was held for the Mayor of Auckland in September and October 2016, closing on 8 October, as part of the 2016 Auckland local government elections. [1] Phil Goff was elected. [2]
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.
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.
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Goff, Crone and Thomas participated in a 17 June debate, [34] in which traffic congestion was discussed, and Goff lamented the late commitment to the City Rail Link as an example of poor investment in public infrastructure. [35] A debate was scheduled for 8 September at the University of Auckland's School of Architecture and Planning, to be chaired by journalist Rod Oram. [36]
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Poll source | Date(s) | Sample size | Margin of error | Len Brown | Phil Goff | Victoria Crone | John Palino | Chlöe Swarbrick | Penny Bright | Mark Thomas | David Hay | Other | Don't know/won't vote |
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Horizon Research [37] | 19–26 March 2015 | 591 | ±4.1% | 5% | 20% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28% | — |
The Spinoff/Survey Sampling International [38] | 17–19 August 2016 | 760 | ±3.6% | N/A | 31.2% | 8.0% | 7.9% | — | 2.4% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 2.9% | 48.3% |
Aera Foundation/Horizon Research [39] | 8–12 September 2016 | 748 | ±3.6% | N/A | 38% | 11% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 8% | 27% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | Phil Goff | 187,622 | 47.29 | — | |
Independent | Victoria Crone | 111,731 | 28.16 | — | |
Independent | Chlöe Swarbrick | 29,098 | 7.33 | — | |
Independent | John Palino | 22,387 | 5.64 | -26.03 | |
Independent | Mark Thomas | 9,573 | 2.41 | — | |
Independent | Penny Bright | 7,022 | 1.77 | -1.64 | |
Independent | David Hay | 2,845 | 0.72 | — | |
Greater Auckland | Tyrone Raumati | 2,387 | 0.60 | — | |
Christians Against Abortion | Phil O'Connor | 2,095 | 0.53 | -0.35 | |
STOP | Tricia Cheel | 2,024 | 0.51 | +0.14 | |
Communist League | Patrick Brown | 1,826 | 0.46 | +0.21 | |
None | Mario Alupis | 1,800 | 0.45 | — | |
Legalise Cannabis | Adam John Holland | 1,772 | 0.45 | — | |
Independent | Susanna Kruger | 1,670 | 0.42 | -0.21 | |
None | Wayne Young | 1,629 | 0.41 | -0.62 | |
Independent | Aileen Austin | 1,577 | 0.40 | — | |
Independent | Binh Thanh Nguyen | 979 | 0.25 | — | |
Independent | Stan Martin | 836 | 0.21 | — | |
Independent | Alezix Heneti | 599 | 0.15 | — | |
Majority | 75,891 | 19.13 | |||
Total valid votes | 389,472 | 99.63 | |||
Informal votes | 1,427 | 0.37 | -0.09 | ||
Turnout | 390,899 | 37.89 | +3.17 | ||
Registered electors | 1,031,667 |
Local boards and wards won by Goff |
Local boards and wards won by Crone |
Source: [42]
Phil Goff | Victoria Crone | Chlöe Swarbrick | John Palino | Others [upper-alpha 1] | Total | ||||||||
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Board | Ward | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
Albert–Eden | Albert–Eden–Roskill | 14,650 | 51.94 | 6,387 | 24.24 | 3,640 | 12.91 | 1,123 | 3.98 | 2,403 | 8.52 | 28,203 | |
Devonport–Takapuna | North Shore | 7,447 | 39.59 | 7,581 | 40.31 | 1,338 | 7.11 | 981 | 5.22 | 1,461 | 7.77 | 18,808 | |
Franklin | Franklin | 7,576 | 38.83 | 7,329 | 37.56 | 1,751 | 8.97 | 913 | 4.68 | 1,942 | 9.95 | 19,511 | |
Great Barrier | Waitematā and Gulf | 213 | 47.02 | 64 | 14.13 | 71 | 15.67 | 27 | 5.96 | 78 | 17.22 | 453 | |
Henderson–Massey | Waitākere | 12,603 | 51.92 | 4,819 | 19.85 | 1,875 | 7.72 | 1,637 | 6.74 | 3,341 | 13.76 | 24,275 | |
Hibiscus and Bays | Albany | 11,045 | 36.79 | 12,534 | 41.75 | 1,848 | 6.16 | 1,924 | 6.41 | 2,669 | 8.89 | 30,020 | |
Howick | Howick | 17,052 | 44.75 | 12,511 | 32.84 | 1,867 | 4.90 | 3,042 | 7.98 | 3,630 | 9.53 | 38,102 | |
Kaipātiki | North Shore | 9,531 | 43.45 | 6,967 | 31.76 | 1,774 | 8.09 | 1,401 | 6.39 | 2,263 | 10.32 | 21,936 | |
Māngere–Ōtāhuhu | Manukau | 9,595 | 67.15 | 1,301 | 9.11 | 749 | 5.24 | 535 | 3.74 | 2,108 | 14.75 | 14,288 | |
Manurewa | Manurewa–Papakura | 8,806 | 57.97 | 2,138 | 14.08 | 763 | 5.02 | 1,120 | 7.37 | 2,363 | 15.56 | 15,190 | |
Maungakiekie–Tāmaki | Maungakiekie–Tāmaki | 9,072 | 53.33 | 3,808 | 22.38 | 1,368 | 8.04 | 818 | 4.81 | 1,946 | 11.44 | 17,012 | |
Orākei | Orākei | 11,054 | 36.93 | 13,329 | 44.52 | 2,058 | 6.87 | 1,281 | 4.28 | 2,214 | 7.40 | 29,936 | |
Ōtara–Papatoetoe | Manukau | 10,430 | 69.22 | 1,285 | 8.53 | 570 | 3.78 | 640 | 4.25 | 2,143 | 14.22 | 15,068 | |
Papakura | Manurewa–Papakura | 5,356 | 50.38 | 2,177 | 20.48 | 526 | 4.95 | 1,120 | 10.54 | 1,452 | 13.66 | 10,631 | |
Puketāpapa | Albert–Eden–Roskill | 11,591 | 69.89 | 2,629 | 15.85 | 922 | 5.56 | 544 | 3.28 | 898 | 5.41 | 16,584 | |
Rodney | Rodney | 6,803 | 35.32 | 7,924 | 41.14 | 1,323 | 6.87 | 1,112 | 5.77 | 2,099 | 10.90 | 19,261 | |
Upper Harbour | Albany | 5,078 | 36.88 | 5,555 | 40.34 | 891 | 6.47 | 1,056 | 7.67 | 1,189 | 8.64 | 13,769 | |
Waiheke | Waitematā and Gulf | 1,998 | 54.46 | 781 | 21.29 | 448 | 12.21 | 87 | 2.37 | 355 | 9.68 | 3,669 | |
Waitākere Ranges | Waitākere | 6,770 | 48.26 | 3,250 | 23.17 | 1,779 | 12.68 | 678 | 4.83 | 1,552 | 11.06 | 14,029 | |
Waitematā | Waitematā and Gulf | 9,385 | 46.87 | 5,858 | 29.25 | 3,014 | 15.05 | 538 | 2.69 | 1,230 | 6.14 | 20,025 | |
Whau | Whau | 11,567 | 61.85 | 3,054 | 16.33 | 1,361 | 7.28 | 911 | 4.87 | 1,809 | 9.67 | 18,702 | |
Total | 187,622 | 47.29 | 111,731 | 28.16 | 29,098 | 7.33 | 22,387 | 5.64 | 38,634 | 9.92 | 389,472 |
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