Auckland local elections, 2010

The Auckland local elections, 2010 took place from 17 September until 9 October and were conducted by postal vote. The elections were the first since the merger of the seven councils and elected the new Auckland Council, composed of the mayor, 20 members of the Governing Body, and 149 members of 21 Local Boards. It also elected 21 district health board members and 41 licensing trust members.

Mayoral election

At the close of nominations at 12 noon of 20 August 2010, the following candidates had been nominated for mayor:[1]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Aileen Austin Independent
John Banks Independent Sitting Auckland City mayor and former National Party MP
Marlene Barr Independent
Penny Bright
Len Brown Independent Sitting Manukau City mayor
Hugh Chapman Independent
Colin Craig Independent
Nga Dave Independent
Harry Fong Independent
Shannon Gillies
Vinnie Kahui
Alan McCulloch Independent
Steve McDonald Independent
Willie Morton Temnak Withdrew 8 September 2010
Vanessa Neeson Independent Waitakere City Councillor and former National Party candidate
Phil O'Connor Christians Against Abortion
Simon Prast Independent
Raymond Presland
Mark Ross Independent
Annalucia Vermunt Communist League
Andrew Williams Independent Progressive Leadership Sitting North Shore City mayor
David Willmott
Wayne Young

Governing body elections

20 members were elected to governing body of the Auckland Council across thirteen wards using first-past-the-post.

Rodney (1)

Auckland Council Rodney ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Penny Webster 8645 43.0
Christine Rose 5960 29.7
Tom Ashton 4204 20.9
Vincent Pereira 485 2.4
Rejected ballots 801 4.0
Turnout 20096

Albany (2)

Auckland Council Albany ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Michael Goudie 9201
Putting People First Wayne Walker 8547
Proudly Independent Julia Parfitt 7434
Putting People First John Watson 6887
Proudly Independent John Kirikiri 6290
Citizens & Ratepayers Linda Cooper 6152
Shore Voice Margaret Miles 6120
Independent Ian Bradley 5579
Citizens & Ratepayers Josephine Kim 5570
Independent Brian Neeson 4911
Independent Progressive Leadership Andrew Williams 4668
Accountable Independent Ross Craig 3916
Independent Rodney Bell 3388
Independent David Cooper 2978
Independent Alan McCulloch 2851
Independent Laurie Conder 1499
Cameron Slater 1298
Roads First David Willmott 1221
Independent Uzra Balouch 766
Rejected ballots 3402

North Shore (2)

Auckland Council North Shore ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Citizens & Ratepayers - North Shore George Wood 14902
Shore Voice Ann Hartley 13616
Independent Grant Gillon 12626
North Now Christine Rankin 12489
Independent Joel Cayford 10427
Shore Voice Chris Darby 9077
Independent Vivienne Keohane 5650
Independent Jan O'connor 3458
Independent Mary-Anne Benson-Cooper 2709
Independent Steve Ashby 2647
Independent Harry Fong 2356
Independent Ken Mckay 1905
Rejected ballots 2288

Waitakere (2)

Auckland Council Waitakere ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Penny Hulse 18125
Best for the West Sandra Coney 13451
Best for the West Paul Walbran 11400
Citizens & Ratepayers - Waitakere Marie Hasler 10584
Citizens & Ratepayers - Waitakere Mark Brickell 10491
Independent Vanessa Neeson 9609
Independent Peter Chan 6599
CAP - Communities Advancing Prosperity Sailauama Cheryl Talamaivao 4357
Independent Bill Daly 2305
Rejected ballots 2568

Whau (1)

Auckland Council Whau ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Citizens & Ratepayers Noelene Mary Raffills 7518 30.8
Independent Ratepayers & Residents Ross Clow 7132 29.2
Independent Jeremy Kirwan 3934 16.1
Independent Ruby Manukia-schaumkel 3288 13.5
Rejected ballots 2540 10.4
Turnout 24412

Albert-Eden-Roskill (2)

Auckland Council Albert-Eden-Roskill ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Citizens & Ratepayers - Albert Eden Roskill Christine Fletcher 20777
City Vision Cathy Casey 15087
Citizens & Ratepayers - Albert Eden Roskill Paul Goldsmith 14503
City Vision Glenda Fryer 13283
Independent Ravi Musuku 6837
Focus Local Mark Donnelly 6090
Albert-Eden-Roskill Ratepayers & Residents Assn Peter Boys 4375
Independent Lisa Bates 4037
Independent Gary Russell 3719
Independent Harry Palmer 2734
Independent Susanna Kruger 2670
Rejected ballots 4107

Waitemata and Gulf (1)

Auckland Council Waitemata and Gulf ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Mike Lee 11436 42.7
Independent Alex Swney 5398 20.2
Independent Tenby Powell 3363 12.6
Independent Rob Thomas 2905 10.9
Independent Janis Marler 850 3.2
Independent Craig Thomas 619 2.3
Rejected ballots 2187 8.2
Turnout 26758

Orakei (1)

Auckland Council Orakei ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Cameron Brewer 18235 51.5
Citizens & Ratepayers Doug Armstrong 11101 31.4
Independent Hugh Chapman 3590 10.1
Rejected ballots 2476 7.0
Turnout 35402

Maungakiekie-Tamaki (1)

Auckland Council Maungakiekie-Tamaki ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Richard Northey 9236 40.6
Citizens & Ratepayers Alfred Ngaro 7505 33.0
Independent Simon Prast 3409 15.0
Communist League Patrick Brown 751 3.3
Independent Walter Wi-peri 286 1.3
Rejected ballots 1559 6.9
Turnout 22746

Howick (2)

Auckland Council Howick ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Sharon Stewart 23716
Citizens & Ratepayers - Howick Jami-Lee Ross 19289
Citizens & Ratepayers - Howick Dick Quax 19036
Residents and Ratepayers Team David Collings 11590
Independent Maggie Burrill 10674
Community Voice Mike Padfield 4352
Rejected ballots 2413

The ward was originally going to be called Te Irirangi, but this was changed after strong local opposition.[3]

Manukau (2)

Auckland Council Manukau ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Alf Filipaina 15235
Independent Arthur Anae 13260
Citizens & Ratepayers - Manukau Bob Wichman 12032
Labour Party Efu Koka 11287
Independent Gary Troup 9136
Residents & Ratepayers Sylvia Taylor 6637
Independent Brent Morrissey 3565
ABC - A Better Choice Rosie Brown 3168
ABC - A Better Choice Salote Lilo 3088
Independent Lupe Tofilau Alesana 2330
Independent Steven Afford 1087
Communist League Annalucia Vermunt 502
Rejected ballots 1568

Manurewa-Papakura (2)

Auckland Council Manurewa-Papakura ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent John Walker 20996
Manurewa-Papakura First Action Calum Penrose 17266
Residents & Ratepayers Barry Curtis 16597
Team South Waina Emery 4847
Team South Toa Greening 4018
ABC - A Better Choice Vui Sapa'u Vitale 2387
ABC - A Better Choice Timothy Toilolo 2056
Rejected ballots 1402

Franklin (1)

Auckland Council Franklin ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Citizens & Ratepayers - Team Franklin Des Morrison 10651 46.3
Independent Dianne Glenn 9495 41.3
Independent Herman Smeets 1392 6.1
Rejected ballots 1457 6.3
Turnout 22995

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Auckland Council Mayoral Candidate Nominations - Interim listing as at 12 noon on 20 August 2010" (PDF). Auckland Council returning officer. 2010-08-20. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Auckland - Final Results" (PDF). 15 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
  3. ↑ Matt Bowen Howick name gets nod Eastern Courier, 4 June 2010

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