Chris Darby

Auckland Council

Councillor Chris Darby
Darby in 2014
North Shore Ward Councillor
Incumbent
Assumed office 2013 Servingwith Richard Hills
Years	Ward	Affiliation
2013 –2016	North Shore		Taking the Shore Forward
2016 –2019	North Shore		Taking the Shore Forward
2019 –2022	North Shore		Taking the Shore Forward
2022 –present	North Shore		For the Shore

At the 2010 Auckland Council election, Darby ran for the North Shore ward of Auckland Council for Shore Voice alongside Ann Hartley, who was elected. Darby finished 6th and was not elected to the council, but was elected to the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board for the 2010–2013 term.

At the 2013 Auckland Council election, Darby ran for Council again and was elected as a Councillor for the North Shore ward, polling higher than both incumbents, George Wood and Ann Hartley. ^{[3] [4]} Wood remained Co-Councillor with Darby, given the North Shore ward elects two Councillors, however Hartley lost her seat to Darby, with whom she had campaigned on the Shore Voice ticket in 2010. Darby served his first term on the council with George Wood.

In the 2013–16 Auckland Council he was the Deputy Chair of the Auckland Development Committee and Infrastructure Committee, and is council's Political Urban Design Champion.

Darby was re-elected at the 2016 Auckland Council election, with Richard Hills elected to serve with Darby. ^[5] The new mayor, Phil Goff, appointed Darby the Chairperson of the Planning Committee. ^[6] At both the 2019 and 2022 elections, Darby and Hills were re-elected. ^{[7] [8]}

Darby chose not to seek re-election at the 2025 Auckland Council election, although he has not stated whether he would seek to remain on the board of Auckland Transport. ^[9]

References

1. Vaughan, Rod (13 April 2012). "Devonport residents "bunch of greedy mongrels" – Willie Jackson". National Business Review . Retrieved 30 May 2018.
2. "North Shore City re-elects mayor, stable council". Scoop. 9 October 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
3. Auckland urban design panel boosts reputation of Auckland Scoop.co.nz, 28 October 2014
4. Plan to keep central Auckland square public defeated Nzherald.co.nz, 26 June 2014
5. "Confirmed local election results 2016" (PDF). Auckland Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
6. Orsman, Bernard (20 October 2016). "Auckland mayor Phil Goff announces his 'cabinet'". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 5 March 2017.
7. "Local board members" (PDF). Auckland Council. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
8. "Local elections 2022 – Official results" (PDF). Local elections 2022 – Official results. Auckland Council. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
9. Killick, Jonathan (6 August 2025). "'Long nights and lonely calls': Why an Auckland councillor of 21 years is leaving local politics" . The Post | Te Upoko o Te Ika . Archived from the original on 18 September 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.