2007 Wellington City local elections

2007 Wellington local elections

13 October 2007

Position of Wellington City within Wellington Region

The 2007 Wellington local elections were part of the 2007 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Wellington elections cover one regional council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authority (city and district) councils, three district health boards, and various community boards and licensing trusts.

Wellington City Council

The Wellington City Council consists of a mayor and fourteen councillors elected from five wards (Northern, Onslow-Western, Lambton, Eastern, Southern) using the Single Transferable Vote system.

Mayor

Main article: 2007 Wellington City mayoral election

2007 Wellington City mayoral election

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	Kerry Prendergast	34.89	17,910	18,008	18,110	18,327	18,521	19,274	19,925	20,516	21,868
	Independent	Ray Ahipene-Mercer	13.55	6,954	7,065	7,168	7,360	7,642	8,003	8,632	9,389	10,899
	Independent	Bryan Pepperell	11.07	5,680	5,752	5,861	5,966	6,187	6,458	7,070	8,335	10,125
	Independent	Helene Ritchie	10.83	5,559	5,633	5,755	5,865	6,050	6,346	6,754	7,643
	Independent	Jack Ruben	7.66	3,930	3,996	4,076	4,228	4,424	4,723	5,348
	Independent	Rob Goulden	6.21	3,187	3,241	3,299	3,515	3,708	4,213
	Independent	John McGrath	6.05	3,106	3,155	3,188	3,344	3,473
	Independent	Carl Gifford	3.37	1,730	1,779	1,901	2,015
	Independent	Paul Bailey	2.95	1,512	1,546	1,584
	Workers Party	Nick Kelly	1.82	932	988
	Independent	Nick Wang	1.63	838
Electorate: 132,051   Valid: 51,328   Spoilt: 218   Quota: 21446   Turnout: 39.76

Eastern ward

The Eastern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:

Eastern Ward (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ray Ahipene-Mercer	3,190
	Labour	Leonie Gill	2,698
	Independent	Rob Goulden	2.375
	Independent	Ruth Gotlieb	1,949
	Independent	Paul Bailey	1,058
	Independent	Josie Bullock	546
	Independent	Ian Macfarlane	411
Informal votes
Turnout			12,227

Lambton ward

The Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:

Lambton Ward (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ian McKinnon	2,649
	Green	Iona Pannett	2,401
	Independent	Stephanie Cook	2,460
	Labour	Alick Shaw	1,673
	Independent	Callum Strong	720
	Independent	Ed van Son	424
	Independent	Frank Lawton	306
	Independent	Micheal Durrant	230
Informal votes
Turnout			10,863

Northern ward

The Northern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:

Northern Ward (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hayley Wain	2,968
	Independent	Helene Ritchie	2,446
	Independent	Ngaire Best	2,412
	Independent	Robert Armstrong	2,280
	Independent	Roger Ellis	1,569
	Independent	James Candiliotis	1,352
	Independent	Ian Hutchings	1,175
	Green	Tane Woodley	699
	Independent	Mike Collett	392
	Independent	Jonathan Fletcher	322
Informal votes
Turnout			15,613

Onslow-Western ward

The Onslow-Western ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:

Onslow-Western Ward (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andy Foster	4,246
	Independent	John Morrison	3,296
	Independent	Jo Coughlan	3,176
	Independent	Jack Ruben	3,141
	Labour	Pauline Scott	1,103
Informal votes
Turnout			14,692

Southern ward

The Southern ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:

Southern Ward (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Celia Wade-Brown	2,286
	Independent	Bryan Pepperell	2,134
	Independent	Lorraine Edwards	910
	Labour	Ida Faiumu-Isa'ako	907
	Independent	Rex Nairn	676
	Independent	Shelagh Noble	501
	Independent	John Robinson	388
	Independent	Bernie Harris	302
Informal votes
Turnout			8,104