Auckland mayoral election, 2013

Auckland mayoral election, 2013
Registered	995,206
Turnout	345,509 (34.72%)
	Brown – 0–10%
	Brown – 10–20%
	Brown – 20–30%
	Brown – 30–40%
	Brown – 40–50%
	Brown – 50–60%
	Palino – 0–10%
	Palino – 10–20%
Mayor before election; Len Brown ;	Elected mayor; Len Brown;

Last updated March 12, 2019

An election was held for the office of Mayor of Auckland on 12 October 2013. It was one of many triennial local elections that took place in Auckland and throughout New Zealand at the time.

Mayor of Auckland head of the Auckland Council

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.

Background

Brown appeared at number seven by the City Mayors Foundation's 2012 World Mayor list.^[1]

The City Mayors Foundation, also known as City Mayors, is an international think tank dedicated to urban affairs. It has been active since 2003 and runs the biennial World Mayor award, as well as providing pro bono consultancy services. Unlike Eurocities and United Cities and Local Governments it is wholly independent of any city.

World Mayor is a biennial award organized by The City Mayors Foundation since 2004. It intends to raise the profile of mayors worldwide, as well as honour those who have served their communities well and who have contributed to the well-being of cities, nationally and internationally. The organisers make it plain that the award has no connection with any city or organization and is run on strictly non-commercial lines. Helen Zille and Leopoldo Lopez discussed their 2008 nominations on the BBC World Service programme 'Outlook', while The Guardian looked at contenders for the 2014 prize. The 2018 World Mayor Project was dedicated to women mayors.

Candidates

Len Brown (independent), incumbent mayor^[2]
John Palino (independent), restaurant manager and former host of television show The Kitchen Job^[3]
John Minto (Mana Movement), activist^[2]
Penny Bright (independent), activist^[2]
Uesifili Unasa (independent), Christian minister^[4]
David Willmott (Roads First), stood for mayor in 2010^[5]
Stephen Berry (Affordable Auckland), also candidate for the Waitematā and Gulf ward^[6]
Jesse Butler^[6]
Paul Duffy^[6]
Susanna Kruger (independent)^[6]
Matthew Goode^[6]
Annalucia Vermunt (Communist League)^[6]
Emmett Hussey^[6]
Phil O'Connor (Christians Against Abortion)^[6]
Wayne Young, homeless man and protester, stood for mayor in 2010^[6]
Reuben Shadbolt, son of Invercargill mayor Tim Shadbolt ^[6]
Julia Parfitt, chair of Hibiscus and Bays local board^[6]

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.

John Minto is a New Zealand-based political activist known for his involvement in various left-wing groups and causes, most notably Halt All Racist Tours. A 2005 documentary on New Zealand's Top 100 History Makers listed him as number 89. Today he is involved with the protest group Global Peace and Justice Auckland and the Unite Union. He also wrote a weekly column for The Press and was formerly editor of the Workers' Charter newspaper.

The Mana Movement is a New Zealand political party led by Hone Harawira which was formed in April 2011, following his resignation from the Māori Party. Harawira won the by-election in Te Tai Tokerau of 25 June 2011 for the Mana Party, and retained the seat during the 2011 general election but lost it in 2014 and 2017 to Labour Party candidate, Kelvin Davis.

Prospective candidates who did not stand

Maurice Williamson (National), MP for Pakuranga ^[7]
Cameron Brewer (independent), councillor for the Orākei ward ^[8]

Maurice Donald Williamson is a New Zealand diplomat and former politician who represented Pakuranga in the House of Representatives as a member of the National Party. He held several ministerial portfolios both inside and outside the cabinet: Transport, Communications, Broadcasting, Local Government, Research Science and Technology, Building and Construction, Customs, Small Business, Statistics and Land Information.

The New Zealand National Party, shortened to National or the Nats, is a centre-right political party in New Zealand. It is one of two major parties that dominate contemporary New Zealand politics, alongside its traditional rival, the New Zealand Labour Party.

Cameron Eric Brewer is a New Zealand politician who was a two-term Auckland Councillor for Orākei Ward. Since 2016 he has been an elected member of the Rodney Local Board as part of the Rodney First ticket.

Campaign

Brown's priority for the city was the funding and commencement of the City Rail Link, which had 63% public support in June 2009.^[9]

The City Rail Link (CRL) is a rail project currently under construction in Auckland, New Zealand. The project consists of the construction of a 3.5 km long double-track rail tunnel underneath Auckland's city centre, between Britomart Transport Centre and Mount Eden Railway Station. Two new underground stations will be constructed to serve the city centre: Aotea Station near Aotea Square and Karangahape Station near Karangahape Road. Britomart will be converted from a terminus station into a through station and Mount Eden Station will be completely rebuilt with four platforms to serve as an interchange between the new CRL line and the existing Western Line.

Palino ran on a conservative policy platform, and his campaign was managed by Communities and Residents president and former National Party president John Slater.^[8] He opposed the urban intensification of some Auckland communities, including those on the North Shore,^[10] instead proposing a second central business district model based in Manukau.^[8]

Conservatism is a political and social philosophy promoting traditional social institutions in the context of culture and civilization. The central tenets of conservatism include tradition, human imperfection, hierarchy, authority, and property rights. Conservatives seek to preserve a range of institutions such as monarchy, religion, parliamentary government, and property rights, with the aim of emphasizing social stability and continuity. The more extreme elements—reactionaries—oppose modernism and seek a return to "the way things were".

Auckland Communities and Residents Incorporated, known as Communities and Residents (C&R), is a right-leaning local body ticket in Auckland, New Zealand. It formed in 1938 as Citizens & Ratepayers, with a view to control the Auckland City Council and prevent left-leaning Labour Party control. It controlled the council most of the time from World War II until the council was merged into the Auckland Council in 2010. It changed its name from "Citizens & Ratepayers" to "Communities and Residents" in 2012.

Central business district commercial and business centre of a city

A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business center of a city. In larger cities, it is often synonymous with the city's "financial district". Geographically, it often coincides with the "city centre" or "downtown", but the two concepts are separate: many cities have a central business district located away from its commercial or cultural city centre or downtown.

Postal ballots were sent to voters from 20 September.^[11]

Opinion polling

– Some polls were taken after voting began on 20 September.

Poll source	Date(s)	Sample size	Margin of error	Len Brown	John Palino	John Minto	Uesifili Unasa	Other	None of these/Unsure/Refused
Horizon Research^[12]	13–21 June 2013	1,106	±2.8%	36.7%	6.8%	6.7%	—	41.1%	8.7%
Horizon Research^[12]	13–21 June 2013	1,106	±2.9%	57.4%	42.6%	—	—	—	—
UMR Research^[13]	19 August 2013	500	±4.4%	47%	14%	5%	1%	4%	29%
Horizon Research^[14]	2 October 2013	1072	±2.9%	38.2%	24.1%	2.8%	1.3%	10.0%	23.6%
Herald on Sunday –Key Research^[15]	6 October 2013	514	±4.9%	66%	21%	2%	1%	9%	—
Horizon Research^[14]	9 October 2013	1162	±2.8%	38.5%	24.4%	3.5%	1.4%	9.8%	22.6%

Results

Auckland mayoral election, 2013^[16]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Len Brown	164,338	47.78	-1.46
	Independent	John Palino	108,928	31.67	—
	Affordable Auckland	Stephen Berry	13,650	3.97	—
	Independent	Penny Bright	11,723	3.41	+2.85
	Mana	John Minto	11,591	3.37	—
	Independent	Uesifili Unasa	8,040	2.34	—
	Working for the Homeless	Wayne Young	3,943	1.15	+1.03
	Independent	Reuben Shadbolt	3,152	0.92	—
	None	Paul Duffy	3,083	0.90	—
	Christians Against Abortion	Phil O'Connor	3,032	0.88	+0.61
	Independent	Emmett Hussey	2,974	0.86	—
	Independent	Susanna Susara Kruger	2,173	0.63	—
	None	Matthew Goode	2,116	0.62	—
	Roads First	David Willmott	1,647	0.48	+0.37
	None	Jesse Butler	1,465	0.43	—
	None	Tricia Cheel	1,214	0.35	—
	Communist League	Annalucia Vermunt	856	0.25	+0.16
Majority			55,410	16.11	+2.44
Total valid votes			343,925	99.54
Informal votes			1,584	0.46
Turnout			345,509	34.72	-15.45
Registered electors			995,206

By local board

Local boards and wards won by Brown
Local boards and wards won by Palino

Source:^[18]

		Len Brown		John Palino		Stephen Berry		Penny Bright		John Minto		Others^{[upper-alpha 1]}		Total
Board	Ward	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Albert–Eden	Albert–Eden–Roskill	12,114	51.98	6,574	28.21	637	2.73	741	3.18	1,335	5.73	1,904	8.17	23,305
Devonport–Takapuna	North Shore	6,418	38.10	7,620	45.23	584	3.47	508	3.02	456	2.71	1,260	7.48	16,846
Franklin	Franklin	7,364	44.24	6,310	37.91	734	4.41	716	4.30	328	1.97	1,194	7.17	16,646
Great Barrier	Waitematā and Gulf	222	50.23	80	18.10	33	7.47	19	4.30	39	8.82	49	11.09	442
Henderson–Massey	Waitākere	10,309	45.26	6,168	27.08	1,154	5.07	991	4.35	906	3.98	3,250	14.27	22,778
Hibiscus and Bays	Albany	8,306	32.85	11,760	46.51	1,180	4.67	1,182	4.68	563	2.23	2,292	9.07	25,283
Howick	Howick	16,549	48.97	11,790	34.89	1,284	3.80	1,027	3.04	485	1.44	2,555	7.58	33,690
Kaipātiki	North Shore	7,673	38.94	7,609	38.61	1,081	5.49	727	3.69	658	3.34	1,959	9.94	19,707
Māngere–Ōtāhuhu	Manukau	9,369	66.55	1,155	8.20	399	2.83	269	1.91	721	5.12	2,166	15.38	14,079
Manurewa	Manurewa–Papakura	9,949	63.87	2,671	17.15	526	3.38	364	2.34	529	3.40	1,534	9.85	15,573
Maungakiekie–Tāmaki	Maungakiekie–Tāmaki	8,616	52.20	4,018	24.34	655	3.97	557	3.37	615	3.73	2,045	12.39	16,506
Orākei	Orākei	9,682	38.69	12,041	48.11	656	2.62	488	1.95	434	1.73	1,725	6.89	25,026
Ōtara–Papatoetoe	Manukau	10,285	68.24	1,539	10.21	464	3.08	310	2.06	568	3.77	1,906	12.65	15,072
Papakura	Manurewa–Papakura	5,476	54.08	2,762	27.28	356	3.52	342	3.38	302	2.98	887	8.76	10,125
Puketāpapa	Albert–Eden–Roskill	6,957	51.98	3,385	25.29	640	4.78	471	3.52	467	3.48	1,464	10.94	13,384
Rodney	Rodney	5,119	34.65	6,110	41.35	818	5.54	753	5.10	498	3.37	1,477	10.17	14,775
Upper Harbour	Albany	3,869	33.07	5,308	45.37	688	5.88	462	3.95	241	2.06	1,131	9.67	11,699
Waiheke	Waitematā and Gulf	2,098	59.00	677	19.04	108	3.04	154	4.33	234	6.58	285	8.01	3,556
Waitākere Ranges	Waitākere	6,179	49.95	3,239	26.18	517	4.18	545	4.41	629	5.08	1,261	10.19	12,370
Waitematā	Waitematā and Gulf	9,108	56.76	4,163	25.94	393	2.45	437	2.72	847	5.28	1,099	6.85	16,047
Whau	Whau	8,676	50.99	3,949	23.21	743	4.37	660	3.88	696	4.09	2,292	13.47	17,016
Total		164,338	47.78	108,928	31.67	13,650	3.97	11,723	3.41	11,591	3.37	33,695	9.80	343,925

Notes

↑ Excludes informal votes

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[19] Excludes informal votes

[1] "Len Brown one of world's best mayors". Auckland Now. Fairfax New Zealand. 8 January 2013. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015.

[Orsman-2] 1 2 3 Orsman, Bernard (18 July 2013). "Split vote could lead to close mayoral contest". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 1 June 2015.

[3] "John Palino to contest Auckland mayoralty". 3 News . MediaWorks New Zealand. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

[4] Harvey, Sarah (1 July 2013). "Samoan minister to challenge for Auckland mayoralty". Stuff.co.nz. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015.

[5] "The race begins for the Auckland supercity". Manujau Courier. Fairfax New Zealand. 21 September 2010. Archived from the original on 6 June 2015.

[candidates-6] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Whiteacre, Charlotte (20 August 2013). "Auckland mayoral race – who are the candidates?". 3 News. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

[7] "Williamson won't run for Auckland mayor". The New Zealand Herald. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

[Palino-8] 1 2 3 Orsman, Bernard (1 October 2013). "Super City elections 2013: The front runners - John Palino". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 June 2015.

[9] Orsman, Bernard (1 October 2013). "Super City elections 2013: The front runners - Len Brown". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 June 2015.

[10] Hallahan, Marnie (30 May 2015). "Palino notes North Shore's concerns". North Shore Times. Fairfax New Zealand. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015.

[11] "Voting opens for 2013 local government elections" (Press release). Local Government New Zealand. 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-06-21.

[12] "Palino closes on Brown among definite voters in Auckland Mayoralty race". Horizon Research. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

[13] Garner, Duncan (19 August 2013). "Auckland mayoralty polling". Radio Live . Retrieved 1 June 2015.

[HorizonOct-14] 1 2 "Brown-Palino gap 15.8%: Horizon's call 14%". Horizon Research. 3 October 2013. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015.

[15] Blackstock, Russell (6 October 2013). "Palino narrows gap on Brown". Herald on Sunday . Retrieved 1 June 2015.

[16] "2013 election results" (PDF). Auckland Council . Retrieved 1 June 2015.

[17] "Voting Document Returns – 2013 Elections" (PDF). Auckland Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

[18] "Final Result by Local Board" (PDF). Auckland Council. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2015.

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