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2019 Wellington local elections

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2019 Wellington local elections

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The 2019 Wellington Region local elections were part of the wider 2019 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. These elections covered one regional council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authorities (city and district councils), three district health boards, and various community boards and licensing trusts.[1]

Greater Wellington Regional Council

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Councillors standing down

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By July 2019 four councillors had announced that they would not be standing for re-election to the Wellington Regional Council; Sue Kedgley, Chris Laidlaw, Ian McKinnon and Paul Swain. The GWRC has been "under fire" for changes to the bus services, particularly in Wellington city.[2]

Kapiti Coast constituency (1)

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  • Penny Gaylor
  • Neil Mackay

Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta/Upper Hutt constituency (1)

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  • Ros Connelly
  • Mark Crofskey
  • Bill Hammond
  • Steve Pattinson

Wairarapa constituency (1)

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  • Pim Borren
  • Richard Moore
  • Adrienne Staples

Porirua-Tawa constituency (2)

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  • Jenny Brash
  • Barbara Donaldson
  • Chris Kirk-Burnnand
  • Vaughn Liley
  • Phillip Marshall (Labour)
  • Natalie Repia
  • Roger Watkin

Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt constituency (3)

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  • Leonie Dobbs
  • Peter Glensor
  • Ken Laban
  • Pue Lamason
  • David Ogden
  • Josh van Lier

Poneke/Wellington constituency (5)

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  • Roger Blakeley
  • Gavin Bruce
  • Tony de Lorenzo
  • Jill Ford
  • Alexander Garside
  • Glenda Hughes (Wellington Party)
  • Tony Jansen
  • John Klaphake
  • Anand Kochunny
  • David Lee
  • Yvonne Legarth
  • Troy Mihaka (Wellington Party)
  • Deane Milne
  • Thomas Nash (Green)
  • Philip O'Brien (Wellington Party)
  • Bryce Pender
  • Daran Ponter (Labour)
  • Phil Quin
  • Victoria Rhodes-Carlin
  • Helene Ritchie
  • Lesleigh Salinger
  • Sam Somers
  • Ray Wilson

Kapiti Coast District Council

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Porirua City Council

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Upper Hutt City Council

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Mayor (1)

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  • Wayne Guppy
  • Angela McLeod
  • Steve Taylor

Councillors (10)

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  • Michael Anderson
  • Dylan Bentley
  • Chris Carson
  • Luke Cooke
  • Ted Cooper
  • Blair Griffiths
  • Michael Hurle
  • Harry Dale Kent
  • Paul Lambert
  • Rebecca Macann
  • Glenn McArthur
  • Angela McLeod
  • D J McNicholas
  • Heather Newell
  • Michael Newell
  • Hellen Swales
  • Steve Taylor
  • Paul Thompson
  • Tracy Ultra
  • Dave Wheeler

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Hutt City Council

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Mayor (1)

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Councillors – at-large (6)

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  • James Anderson
  • Campbell Barry (Labour)
  • Josh Briggs
  • Brady Dyer
  • Simon Edwards
  • Michael Gray
  • Deborah Hislop
  • Tesh Kells
  • Michael Lulich
  • George MacKay
  • Chris Norton (Green)
  • Ashok Neil Parbhu
  • Joshua Peauafi
  • Shazly Rasheed
  • Naomi Shaw
  • Phil Sprey
  • Kamiria Mid Thomas-Savelio
  • Gabriel Tupou
  • Karen Yung

Councillor – Central ward (1)

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Incumbent councillor David Bassett was re-elected unopposed.

Councillor – Eastern ward (1)

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  • Glenda Barratt
  • Andy Mitchell

Councillor – Harbour ward (1)

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  • Tui Lewis
  • Simon Monrad
  • Gavin Murphy

Councillor – Northern ward (1)

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  • Casey Diver
  • Julie Englebretsen
  • Leigh Sutton

Councillor – Wainuiomata ward (1)

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  • Keri Brown (Labour)
  • Anania Randell

Councillor – Western ward (1)

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  • Margaret Cousins
  • Chris Milne
  • Chris Parkin

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Wellington City Council

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Mayor

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2019 Wellington City mayoral election (final results)[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Andy Foster 31.9 19,323 19,345 19,411 19,493 19,567 20,457 22,062 27,364
Labour Justin Lester 34.4 20,830 20,845 20,904 20,965 21,084 22,446 24,620 27,302
Independent Diane Calvert 13.8 8,385 8,405 8,429 8,493 8,584 9,335 11,471  
Independent Jenny Condie 9.7 5,901 5,925 5,957 6,005 6,143 7,227    
Independent Conor Hill 7.5 4,555 4,566 4,612 4,658 4,796      
Independent Norbert Hausberg 0.9 562 576 592 632        
Independent Ajay Rathod 0.6 399 406 426          
Independent Don McDonald 0.5 329 340            
Independent Andrew Cox 0.2 151              
Electorate:     Valid: 60,435   Quota:     Turnout: 40.12%  

Motukairangi/Eastern Ward Ward

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The Motukairangi-Eastern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Sarah Free, Simon Marsh, and Chris Calvi-Freeman—Free and Calvi-Freeman sought re-election; Marsh did not.

Free was re-elected in the first count, and newcomer Teri O'Neill was elected in the fourth (after the elimination of Ajay Rathod, Bernard O'Shaughnessy, and Steph Edlin, in that order). The final seat was taken in the fifth count by Sean Rush, who had overtaken Calvi-Freeman after starting narrowly behind him.

2019 Wellington City Motukairangi-Eastern Ward[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Green Sarah Free 26.4 3,019 2,883 2,920 3,052 2,799
Labour Teri O'Neill 19.3 2,204 2,305 2,408 2,872 2,895
Independent Chris Calvi-Freeman 17.5 1,998 2,072 2,176 2,416 2,501
Wellington Party Sean Rush 17.4 1,988 2,061 2,247 2,692 2,764
Independent Steph Edlin 11.4 1,305 1,368 1,488    
Independent Bernard O'Shaughnessy 5.2 594 645      
Independent Ajay Rathod 2.6 295        
Electorate:     Valid: 11,403   Spoilt: 528   Quota: 2,739.83 (final)   Turnout:    

Paekawakawa/Southern Ward

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The Paekawakawa/Southern ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Fleur Fitzsimons and David Lee—Fitzsimons sought re-election; Lee did not.

Fitzsimons and newcomer Laurie Foon (from the same party as outgoing councillor Lee) were both elected in the first count. Since there were only two seats to be filled, no further counts were necessary.

2019 Wellington City Paekawakawa/Southern Ward[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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Labour Fleur Fitzsimons 41.1 3,967
Green Laurie Foon 39.4 3,805
Independent Humphrey Hanley 12.9 1,249
Independent Thomas Morgan 6.5 632
Electorate:     Valid: 9653   Spoilt: 414   Quota: 3,217.67 (final)   Turnout:    

Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward

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The Pukehīnau/Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Iona Pannett, Nicola Young, and Brian Dawson—all three sought re-election.

Pannett and Young received enough votes in the first count to be elected immediately. Dawson lost his seat in the sixth count to newcomer Tamatha Paul, after all other candidates (Harry Smith, Lee Orchard, and Shan Ng) had been eliminated.

2019 Wellington City Takapū/Northern Ward[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Green Iona Pannett 31.8 3,220 2,539 2,578 2,512 2,607 2,571
Independent Nicola Young 25.3 2,565 2,652 2,547 2,517 2,561 2,678
Independent Tamatha Paul 19.2 1,947 2,134 2,253 2,279 2,483 2,770
Labour Brian Dawson 12.0 1,219 1,431 1,500 1,530 1,624 1,758
Independent Shan Ng 5.0 502 544 592 606 670  
Independent Lee Orchard 4.1 417 490 549 561    
Independent Harry Smith 2.6 263 290        
Electorate:     Valid: 10,133   Spoilt: 287   Quota: 2,444.18 (final)   Turnout:    

Takapū/Northern Ward

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The Takapū/Northern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Jill Day, Malcolm Sparrow, and Peter Gilberd—all three sought re-election.

Day and Sparrow retained their seats (the former being re-elected in the first round). Gilberd was beaten for the last seat by a newcomer, Jenny Condie, after the elimination (in order) of Tracy Hurst-Porter, John Peters, Graeme Sawyer, and John Apanowicz.

2019 Wellington City Takapū/Northern Ward[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Jill Day 27.8 3,404 3,065 3,125 3,125 3,134 2,981 3,316
Moderate Independent Malcolm Sparrow 17.1 2,098 2,173 2,220 2,322 2,507 2,546 2,997
YIMBY Futureproof Wellington Jenny Condie 16.4 2,007 2,079 2,136 2,220 2,367 2,402 2,900
Labour Peter Gilberd 13.3 1,635 1,717 1,761 1,859 1,989 2,029 2,259
Wellington Party John Apanowicz 12.2 1,500 1,533 1,598 1,664 1,925 1,944  
Political Parties have NO PLACE in Local Govt Graeme Sawyer 6.0 731 747 818 866      
Independent John Peters 3.9 482 493 519        
Independent Tracy Hurst-Porter 3.3 401 420          
Electorate:     Valid: 12,258   Spoilt: 452   Quota: 2,868.02 (final)   Turnout:    

Wharangi/Onslow-Western Ward

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The Wharangi/Onslow-Western ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Andy Foster, Simon Woolf, and Diane Calvert—all three were on the ballot again, although Foster's candidacy was superseded by his victory in the mayoral race, and his votes were redistributed according to next preferences.

Calvert was re-elected in the first count. Woolf was re-elected in the seventh, after Ray Chung, Richard McIntosh, and Rohan Biggs were eliminated. Newcomer Rebecca Matthews was elected in the tenth, after the elimination of Conor Hill and over Michelle Rush, the other remaining candidate.

2019 Wellington City Wharangi/Onslow-Western Ward[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Your Advocate Diane Calvert 26.9 4,141 3,846 4,082 3,793 3,904 3,756 4,133 3,714 3,724 3,945
Independent Simon Woolf 19.0 2,923 3,014 3,211 3,306 3,398 3,447 3,756 3,852 3,684 3,916
Labour Rebecca Matthews 14.6 2,243 2,277 2,358 2,393 2,896 2,916 3,073 3,142 3,166 3,815
Green Richard McIntosh 8.4 1,293 1,307 1,359 1,374            
Independent Rohan Biggs 8.3 1,274 1,307 1,426 1,464 1,549 1,569        
For a Better Wellington Conor Hill 8.1 1,239 1,269 1,365 1,396 1,597 1,614 1,867 1,932 1,959  
Independent Michelle Rush 7.8 1,196 1,232 1,372 1,412 1,680 1,703 1,946 2,036 2,073 2,472
Independent Ray Chung 7.0 1,073 1,108                
Electorate:     Valid: 15,382   Spoilt: 310   Quota: 3,536.95 (final)   Turnout:    

Masterton District Council

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Mayor (1)

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  • Cory Burling
  • Graeme Farr
  • Tina Nixon
  • Lyn Patterson

Councillors (10)

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  • Gary Caffell
  • Deborah Davidson
  • Brent Gare
  • Carys Gibbs
  • David Holmes
  • Jonathan Hooker
  • Peter James
  • Bex Johnson
  • Ronald Karaitiana
  • Donna Laing
  • John Lapslie
  • Britt Leveridge
  • Frazer Mailman
  • Graham McClymont
  • Isabella McClymont
  • Tim Nelson
  • Tina Nixon
  • Chris Peterson
  • Sandy Ryan
  • David Wright

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Carterton District Council

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Mayor (1)

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  • Bernard Bottrill
  • Graeme Farr
  • Jill Greathead
  • Greg Lang

Councillors (8)

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  • Dalina Armstrong
  • Steffen Bertram
  • Bernard Bottrill
  • Roger Boulter
  • Ruth Carter
  • Robyn Cherry-Campbell
  • Steve Cretney
  • Brian Deller
  • John Fairbrother
  • Jill Greathead
  • Jenna Hagan
  • Russell Keys
  • Douge Mende
  • Hank Optland
  • Mike Osborne
  • Marty Sebire
  • Ron Shaw
  • Rob Stockley
  • Rebecca Vergunst
  • Justus Verheij
  • Dale Williams

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South Wairarapa District Council

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Mayor (1)

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  • Beijen Alex
  • Graeme Farr
  • Dayle Harwood
  • Viv Napier

Councillors – Greytown ward (3)

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  • James Bicknall
  • Rebecca Fox
  • Leigh Hay
  • Alistair Plimmer
  • Warren Woodgyer

Councillors – Featherston ward (3)

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  • Garrick Emms
  • Colin Olds
  • Ross Vickery
  • Brenda West

Councillors – Martinborough ward (3)

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  • Pam Colenso
  • Daphne Geisler
  • Jason Jackson
  • Brian Jepson
  • Pip Maynard

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References

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  1. ^ "About your 2019 local elections". 14 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Fourth Wellington regional councillor drops out of local elections". Stuff (Fairfax). 29 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Final Nominations for Upper Hutt City Council 2019 Triennial Elections". www.electionz.com. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Candidates". www.huttcity.govt.nz. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "2019 Triennial Elections Progress - Table of Iterations". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Final Nominations for Masterton District Council 2019 Triennial Elections". www.electionz.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Final Nominations for Carterton District Council 2019 Triennial Elections". www.electionz.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Final Nominations for South Wairarapa District Council 2019 Triennial Elections". www.electionz.com. Retrieved 12 September 2019.